Engine Failure Problems of Chevrolet Volt

A similar issue is currently listed under the 2013 Volt here but I experienced it on a 2014 Volt & it led to complete engine failure while driving, very different than just "reduced propulsion power". I was driving my Volt on its extended range mode with the gas engine (days earlier, I had taken the car to a repair shop & gotten a green light on it) & I got an error message "service power steering--drive with caution". That error message then turned to "service parking assist" & then "service stabilitrak", but it was driving fine & I intended to take it to the dealership the next day. Then before I could get home, the message changed to "propulsion power is reduced", so the car couldn't drive as fast as before. I still needed to drive home so I turned on my hazards & then that error message morphed into "engine not available, service soon". Now it's still driving okay but then all of a sudden it decelerates completely and stops moving in the median on the highway. I was lucky to be alive. I was never informed of any recall on any Volt & I previously owned two other 2013 Volts.

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Car was being driven on an interstate highway at the speed limit, approximately 30 miles from home. As the drive battery's charge ends,the vehicle should start the internal combustion engine to take over propulsion from the battery. Did not happen. What did happen was a mil illumination,and several messages on the drivers display about the "propulsion system not available" or words to that effect. (spouse was driving car, not submitter. )the driver was immediately forced to negotiate through several lanes of very busy interstate traffic to get to the road shoulder all while dealing with what was eventually a complete loss of drive power. Dead by the side of the road, several attempts were made to start the internal combustion engine. No success. Roadside assistance notified. I head towards location to offer help (1 hour away from home) and arrive before tow does. Manage to start internal combustion engine this time, and cripple car 7 miles into dealership,where mechanic pulls dtc's p0ac4,p1e00,c12fe and updates vehicle software with gm TSB pic5803c-"charge incomplete-charge interrupted and mil with dtcs p0d3e or p0d3f with p1e00" fixing problem. My main complaint with gm on this issue is that this software update was released 6/7/2013 and I had just had this vehicle in dealership for another software update 3 months ago-12/2/13. Why didn't gm provide the pic5803c update at the same time as that one, avoiding a dangerous engine failure that occurred in traffic at highway speeds?contact with gm only reveals that software patches are applied if a failure occurs-like ours-and not proactively. I believe this to be a potentially negligent policy in light of the dangerous event that happened to us. Updates like these should be pushed to the consumer as a recall or whenever a Volt is at a dealer for any service. Can gm learn anything from their ignition switch debacle? I hope so. . .

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I received the chevy Volt 2/20/14 at around 10:45 am. My partner and I had a very important meeting at 12:30 p. M. In jersey city, NJ so we left directly from the dealership in the brand new Volt, 7 miles on the odometer. At approximately 12:00 p. M. The car alarmed with two messages: 1. Engine not available and 2. Propulsion power reduced. The alarms/engine failure came at the most inopportune time---while on the new jersey turnpike in a construction zone and no available shoulder. With semi-trucks bearing down on us, we luckily made it to a construction pull off area and called on star. On star informed us the turnpike is a restricted zone so they could not send anyone, they were helpful and got in touch with the turnpike authority which sent a tow truck. While I was on the phone with on star my partner called the dealership where we got the car. They were helpful and contacted the dealership where the car would be towed—malouf Chevrolet. After waiting over 30 min for a tow truck to arrive, all the while fearing I was going to be mowed down by a semi-truck on the shoulder, the brand new Volt, my partner and I were off the turnpike. Upon arrival to malouf we were greeted by a member of their service team, he asked me how many miles were on the car. I said”66”, he asked “6600”, I responded “no! 66, the car only ran for a little over an hour after delivery!” we now have a loaner from malouf and have not heard anything about what caused this catastrophic failure of the brand new Chevrolet Volt.