Chevrolet Volt owners have reported 415 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 10 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (399 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's transmission gear indicator (4 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The vehicle frequently fails to register that the transmission has been shifted into park. When this happens the instrument cluster displays "action required / shift to park" and the power (stop/start) button will not shut the vehicle off. The condition is intermittent. Read details...
After driving and when stopped, when car is placed in park, there is a notice on the dash that states, "action required" "shift to park", even though the gear indicator shows the car is indeed in park. Read details...
Faulty micro-switch from factory, causes power surge. Flawed microswitch in transaxle shift cable. Incomplete connection of microswitch resulting higher Voltage to pcm. (power control module) this irregularity, shows a dtc code reducing power propulsion during movement. Read details...
Car wouldn’t turn off kept saying shift to park. When car was already in park on chevy Volt forms this problem is common, sometimes it comes on when driving and freezing the steering wheel. Chevy knows how wide spread this problem is as attested by the many class action law suits, but the Read details...
My vehicle was stationary in a left turn lane at an intersection. I took my foot off the gas and pressed the gas pedal to accelerate the car through the intersection. When I pressed the gas, the car did not accelerate. Read details...