2013 Chevrolet Volt complaints

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SEATBELT SENSOR FAULTY AND GIVES NOTICE ON DISPLAY. INTERMITTENTLY STOPS TURNING ON PASSENGER AIRBAG WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN IT. I HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS AND DOES IT EVERYTIME WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF POSTS ONLINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE FILED THIS SAME COMPLAINT WITH NO RESPONSE.

GETTING A MESSAGE ALERT "SERVICE AIRBAG" FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT WILL TURN OFF AND ON WHEN A PASSENGER IS SEATED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. I THINK CHEVY IS AT FAULT AND SHOULD FIX THE ISSUE AT THEIR EXPENSE.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AND PASSENGER AIR BAG. WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT IT WAS THE PASSENGER DETECTION SENSOR NOT WORKING AND NEEDS A 1,000 DOLLAR FIX TO REPLACE THE SENSOR. AIR BAG SYSTEM WILL NOT ENABLE WITH FULL SIZE PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT.

THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE THAT CAUSES WATER TO LEAK IN AND POOL IN THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD. THERE ARE LOTS OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS NEAR WHERE THIS WATER POOLS THAT COULD CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE.

1) PASSENGER AIR BAG NOTICES KEEPS COMING ON DESPITE THERE BEING NO PASSENGER. ONLY GOES AWAY WHEN I BUCKLE THE SEATBELT 2)PASSENGER SEATBELT WARNING KEEPS COMING ON, ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS BY BUCKLING SEATBELT 3)AIRBAR LIGTHT GOES ON AND OFF. WILL INDICATE IT NEEDS SERVICE AND THEN GO AWAY FOR A DAY OR TWO BEFORE COMING BACK ON. 4) DRIVE ROTOR BEARING. HAD IT REPAIRED AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS STARTED MAKING SAME NOISES AGAIN. COMMON ISSUE WITH EARLY GENERATION VOLTS BASED ON RESEARCH.

THE SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE APPEARS RANDOMLY WHEN IN MOTION. THE CHEVY DEALER STATES THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR IS $1,300.

THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS INTERMITTENTLY TURNING OFF ON MY 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT WHEN I HAVE AN ADULT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THIS IS VERY SCARY AS THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN THE AIR BAG IS OFF FOR 5 MINUTES AT A TIME. AS WELL THIS IS A VERY ANNOYING CHIME AND DISTRACTING, AND IT OCCURS EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO PASSENGER. FROM MY RESEARCH THE COST TO REPAIR IS ROUGHLY $800-$1,000 WHICH MINIMIZES THE CHANCES OF DOING THE WORK AS THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR.

ON CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY, WHEN INCREASING OR DECREASING SPEED THE DRIVE MOTOR STATOR/ROTARY BEARING MAKES A CHAINSAW TYPE SOUND INDICATINGTHE BEARING AND COVERS FAILURE. THERE IS ALREADY A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THIS VOLT HAS LOW MILES AND SHOULD NOT BE MY $1400 EXPENSE TO REPAIR WHEN THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BECAUSE THE BREAK DOWN OF THE BEARING WILL EVENTUALLY STOP THE VEHICLES FUNCTION AT AN UNKNOWN TIME.

INTERMITTENT SERVICE AIRBAG WARNINGS

MY VOLT SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME. WHEN I GO TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SERVICE THE LIGHT IS OFF. MY UNDERSTANDING IS MANY VOLT OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR CARS. IN ALL MY YEARS OF DRIVING DIFFERENT VEHICLES I'VE NEVER HAD AN AIRBAG ISSUE WITH A CAR. CHEVY NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THIS AIRBAG ISSUE!! A REPAIR BILL OF OVER $800 IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!

BACK IN JUNE 2020 TOOK MY 2013 CHEVY VOLT TO FERMAN CHEVROLET FOR SERVICE HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM FAULT, DRIVE BATTERY NOT FULLY CHARGING, REDUCED PROPULSION FAULT AND BURNT ODOR FROM UNDER HOOD. THE DEALER FIX WAS PREFORM GM SERVICE BULLETING. NEXT WEEK STILL NOT FULLY CHARGING. WAS TOLD TO DRIVE CAR SO THE BATTERY CAN LEARN MY DRIVING HABITS. STILL NOT CHARGING. ON 16 OCT SAME PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT DRIVE. NOW THE BATTERY 8 YEAR WARRANTY HAS RAN OUT. NEW FIX IS $5300 BATTERY REBUILD AND I SAY THEY NEVER FIXED THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM. CAR HAS 85 THOUSAND MILES AND WILL NOT DRIVE.

THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS LOST PROPULSION POWER RESULTING IN REDUCED ACCELERATION AND NO LONGER STARTING. IT IS AT A DEALERSHIP FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR REPAIRS. THE RECALL INSTRUCTIONS WERE COMPLETED IN 2019; HOWEVER, I CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS NOW JUST CHARGING ME FOR REPLACEMENT ITEMS (112 VOLT BATTERY, CLUSTER) INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WITH THE VOLTEC BATTERY THAT IS UNDER WARRANTY.

BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNINGS. FINALLY FAILED SOLID. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE PASSENGER PRESENT SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. REPAIR COST $1100. I DECLINED REPAIR. DEALER SAID THIS FAULT MAKES THE ENTIRE AIRBAG SYSTEM INOPERABLE. TRIED TO BUY THE REPAIR PART AND WAS INFORMED BY AN ONLINE GM PARTS SOURCE IT WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS SEEMS LIKE A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE AND A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHEVY VEHICLES. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED.

AIRBAG WILL AT RANDOM SAY TO "SERVICE AIRBAG" THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER AN OBJECT OR PERSON HAS SAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND HAS THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE. MESSAGE DOES NOT PERSIST BETWEEN TRIPS.

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. REPLACED DRIVER SEAT WITH NO CHANGE. CHEVY DEALERSHIP ADVISED THE ISSUE NOW IS THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSORS AND QUOTED ME $1000 TO FIX. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE IS ONLY ONE PART AVAILABLE IN THE USA AND THEY DONT KNOW IF THE HOLDER WILL SELL IT. THIS PUTS MY CAR AND PASSENGERS IN DANGER IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT. CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS/FIX THIS.

THE 'SERVICE AIRBAG' KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. WITH ANY MOVEMENT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. I ALREADY HAD CAR INSPECTED AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AROUND 40K MILES. HAS BEEN ON SINCE. CODE IS SAYING THE PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE TO BE BAD. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CASE AS I CAN PRESS ON THE SEAT VERY HARD WITH MY KNEE AND SOMETIMES GET THE MODULE TO SENSE THE WEIGHT, HOWEVER WHEN SEATED NORMALLY IT NEVER SENSES A PASSENGER, AND I AM 185 POUNDS.

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT SENSOR FOR AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS, RESULTING IN PASSENGER AIRBAG BEING TURNED OFF WHILE ADULT PASSENGER IS IN SEAT. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STATIONARY AND BOTH IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER INDICATED THIS REPAIR WOULD COST NEARLY $1000 (~$500 IN PARTS AND OVER $400 LABOR).

A WARNING LIGHT APPEARS SPORADICALLY REPORTING THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. IF THE PASSENGER WIGGLES AROUND, THE AIRBAG WILL TURN ON AND THE WARNING LIGHT GOES OUT.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AND "SERVICE AIRBAG SOON" APPEARS ON DASH. VEHICLE IS NOT IN MOTION OR IS IN LOW-SPEED TRAVEL ONLY WHEN LIGHT/ NOTIFICATION APPEARS. LIGHT/ NOTIFICATION DISAPPEARS WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. ISSUE ONLY APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN TEMPERATURE INSIDE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY HIGH (LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT EXPANSION OF CUSHION/ SEAT MATERIAL IN HIGH HEAT MAY BE CAUSING WEAK CONTACT ACTIVATIONS. G-FORCE WHEN ACCELERATING/ DECELERATING MAY BE CAUSING SENSOR/ SEAT MATERIAL TO MOVE/ SHIFT IN SUCH A WAY TO RELEASE WEAK CONTACT). BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR $200 DIAGNOSIS. REPORTED PROBLEM AS PASSENGER SEAT NEXT-GEN AIRBAG SENSOR MODULE FAILING. COST TO REPAIR $1200+ REVIEWED MANY ONLINE FORUMS AND POSTS RETURNING SAME ISSUE AND COST FOR REPAIR FOR CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN SAME MODEL AND PLATFORM RANGE (MALIBU, IMPALA, VOLT, CRUZE).

THE PASSENGER DETECTION SENSOR FAILED WHICH AFFECTS FUNCTIONALITY OF PASSENGER AIRBAG. FOR SOME REASON THIS WASN'T COVERED COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY.

SEVICE AIRBAG MSG AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT (RED) COMES ON ON DASH AND "DING DONG" SOUND. SOMETIMES IT GOES OFF WHEN PASSENGER IS IN FRONT SEAT. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. SOMETIMES IT COMES ON IMMEDIATELY UPON START UP AND SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. IT IS VERY SPORATIC AND ALSO VERY WORRISOME. JUST STARTED DOING THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. WAS ON TONIGHT GOING TO WORK (NIGHT SHIFT RN). DRIVING CONFITIONS DON'T SEEM TO MATTER. JUST IF SOMEONE IS INNTHE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT.

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SIX MONTHS, THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS HAS GIVEN DIFFERENT REASONS AND NONE OF THEM HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE DIFFERING CLAIMS. ALL THREE DEALERS ESTIMATES BETWEEN $900 TO $1,100 AS POSSIBLE RESOLUTION COST. *TR

THE A-PILLARS ARE WIDE AND OFTEN IN MY FIELD OF VISION. I HAVE HAD 3 CLOSE CALLS WITH HEAD ON COLLISIONS WHILE ON CURVING ROADS, AND LAST WEEK I NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN AND HER DOG AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WHILE THEY WERE IN THE CROSS WALK. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON. SCHEDULED SERVICE VISIT WITH LOCAL CHEVY DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A FAULTY FRONT PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR. COST TO FIX WITH LABOR $913.60. FAILING SEAT SENSOR APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH 2012/13 CHEVY VOLTS. *TR

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT SPORADICALLY COMES ON. USUALLY GOES OFF WHEN THERE IS A PASSENGER OR SOMETIMES WILL GO OFF IF I HIT S BUMP. ALREADY INVESTED $309 FOR THE MECHANIC AT THE CHEVY DEALER TO TELL ME SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE GREASED WHICH DID NOTHING TO HELP SOLVE THE ISSUE.

HI SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY 2013 CHEVY VOLT WHEN I GOT THE MESSAGE OF SERVICE AIRBAG AND THE LIGHT OF AIRBAG ON THE DASHBOARD, I TOOK IT TO O'REILLY TO CHECK THE CODE ON IT AND THEY SAID IT HAS TWO CODES OF BEES 0074 AND B0081 WHICH RELATED TO PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE. THIS CAME ON BY ITSELF!! *TR

WHENEVER SOMEONE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. I THINK THIS DISABLES THE AIRBAGS WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING! THIS WARNING COMES ON RIGHT AWAY WHEN TURNING ON THE CAR.

THE VEHICLE AIRBAG SERVICE CONTINUALLY GOES ON WHILE DRIVING AND IN PARK. THERE HAS BEEN NO SPILLS OR RELATED ISSUES WITH THE SEAT BUT THE SENSOR HAS OBVIOUSLY MALFUNCTIONED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF ROADWAY. PROPULSION POWER REDUCED WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER WAITING FOR TEN MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STARTED AND OPERATED AS INTENDED HOWEVER, THE MESSAGE REMAINED DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PARADISE CHEVROLET CADILLAC (27360 YNEZ RD, TEMECULA, CA 92591) HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 107,000. *LN*JB*DT THE CONSUMER HAS STATED THAT THE ISSUE OCCURED ONCE MORE ON JULY 11 AND JULY 12 OF 2020. *AS

FAULTY AIR BAG SENSOR

THIS VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOOSES PROPULSION WHILE DRIVING AND IT SWITCHES FROM ELECTRIC TO GAS. IT HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE, BUT THIS LAST TIME I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER TO BE REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED.

AROUND 90000 MILES THE "SERVICE AIRBAGS" LIGHTS AND WARNING MESSAGES APPEARED FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG.

PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR (PPS) MALFUNCRION IN PASSENGER AIRBAG IN 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CAR ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY HAD THE AIRBAG LIGHT GO ON AND OFF MANY TIMES FOR YEARS WITH THE CAR. IT ALWAYS STAYS ON DUE TO PPS MODULE ERROR NOW.

PASSENGER AIRBAG IS TURNED OFF, DESPITE AN OCCUPANT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. HAPPENS AT ALL TIMES, IRREGARDLESS IF VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT WESELOH CHEVROLET LOCATED AT (5335 PASEO DEL NORTE, CARLSBAD, CA 92008), TO BE SERVICED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECTED TO A RECALL REGARDING THE HYBRID POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

I AM RECEIVING A WARNING LIGHT REGARDING MY AIRBAG SENSOR. THIS COMES ON EVERYTIME I START MY CAR AS SIMILAR TO OTHER REPORTED CASES IN THE SAME MODEL YEAR OF THE CHEVY VOLT. THIS HAPPENS ON IGNITION AND OCCASIONALLY DURING DRIVING.

MY CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR YEARS WITHOUT INSTIGATION. IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING ISSUE WITH CHEVY VOLTS AND IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR THAT AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS. IT FIRST APPEARED NOT LONG AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR NOT WHEN IT APPEARS AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT WILL ALSO GO AWAY WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED. I'M WORRIED IT COULD APPEAR AGAIN AND MY AIRBAGS WON'T DEPLOY PROPERLY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.

SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING DISPLAYED FOLLOWING MOVING THE PASSENGER SEAT FORWARD WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. BASED ON FACT THAT CAR WAS NOT MOVING WHEN NOTIFICATION CAME ON, SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE THAT HUNDREDS OF GEN 1 VOLT OWNERS HAVE HAD, MANY OF THEM WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS, AND GM IS IGNORING THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF RECALLING THE PART.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW AND LOSS POWER. THE PROPORTION POWER REDUCED MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN ABNORMAL NOISE DETECTED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE HEADLIGHT BECAME INOPERABLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITH THE HAZZARD LIGHTS FLASHING TO HER RESIDENCE. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ELCO CHEVROLET LOCATED AT 15110 MANCHESTER RD, BALLWIN, MO 63011 (636) 232-0007 WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,000.

PASSENGER SEAT PRESENCE SENSOR IS FAULTY, CAUSING "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNINGS AND AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, BUT ONCE SENSOR IS TRIPPED, ERRORS AND WARNING MESSAGES APPEAR UNTIL VEHICLE IS POWERED OFF. HAPPENS FREQUENTLY - MANY TIMES PER DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ISSUE IS ACTUALLY AFFECTING THE AIRBAG'S FUNCTIONALITY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR - ABOUT $500 FOR THE SENSOR, AND $500 FOR LABOR. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH 2013 VOLTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM THIS SHOULD BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON MY CAR FOR YEARS.

"SERVICE AIRBAG" INDICATOR APPEARED AFTER CAR WAS STARTED. INDICATOR PERSISTS

SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR, AND WOULD COST $800 TO FIX. THE WARNING LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT NOW IT IS ON ALL THE TIME. AND THE WARNING BEEPING SOUND CONTINUES ALMOST CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. VERY ANNOYING. THE AIR BAG IS NOT ON EVEN WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE FRONT SEAT. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY GM. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE PASSENGERS IN THE CAR BECAUSE I FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY. THE CAR HAS 120K MILES ON IT. THE ISSUE IS PRESENT IN ALL DRIVING AND PARKED SITUATIONS. I HAVE READ ON MANY FORMS ONLINE, THAT THIS IS A PRETTY PREVALENT ISSUE WITH MANY VOLT OWNERS AND IS IN DEFINITELY NEED OF SOME ATTENTION. THE ISSUE STARTED BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF 2018 AND IS STILL A PROBLEM AS OF JAN 2020. THE COST TO FIX THE ISSUE IS TOO PROHIBITIVE FOR ME.

STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2019, OUR 2013 CHEVY VOLT AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING. THIS USUALLY HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN IT WAS IN PARK. IT ALSO HAPPENED WHENEVER CHANGING THE SPEED USING CRUISE CONTROL. WE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED IT WAS RELATED TO THE SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN WE DID, WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER MENTIONS OF THIS PROBLEM ONLINE (ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THERE AREN'T MANY MODELS OF THIS CAR ON THE ROAD), AND THAT THE SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE SENSOR IN THE SEAT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A CHEVY DEALER TO ASSESS THE PROBLEM, AND WERE TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT WHEN THE SENSOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, THAT THE AIRBAGS LIKELY WON'T INFLATE IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. THEREFORE, WE ASKED TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR, BUT WERE TOLD THE PART COULD NOT BE ORDERED DUE TO THE GM STRIKE. IN LATE DECEMBER, WE HEARD FROM THE DEALER THAT THE PART WAS IN SO WE HAD IT FIXED TODAY AT THE COST OF $755.05 WE ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THE HIGH COST FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SENSOR, AND A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD.

SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER WHO REPORTED THE AIR BAG SENSOR FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT IS NO LONGER WORKING. REPLACEMENT PLUS LABOR QUOTED AT $1000. THIS CAR IS A 2013, THE AIR BAG SENSOR SHOULD NOT BREAK SO QUICKLY.

PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR WENT BAG RESULTING IN THE CAR THROWING A "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNING LIGHT. COST OVER 800 DOLLARS TO FIX, HAVE HEARD FROM THE DEALER AND ON VOLT FORUMS ONLINE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A RECALL

SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY UPON FRONT PASSENGER ENTERING OR LEAVING VEHICLE. SERVICE LIGHT CLEARS AND REAPPEARS AT RANDOM FOR SEVERAL TRIPS AFTER THIS OCCURS.

AT 40,000 MILES APPROXIMATELY, THE CHECK AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT CAME UP. THE DEALER SAID THAT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, IT WAS NOT COVERED AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT $850 AND THERE WOULD BE NO GUARANTEE THAT THE SENSOR CHANGE WOULD FIX IT. I REFUSED THE WORK FOR THAT PRICE. I HAVE DRIVEN ANOTHER 135,000 MILES AND IT IS STILL ON. SAFETY HAS BEEN REDUCED DUE TO THE HIGH CHARGE FOR A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

MY CAR HAD THE EXACT ISSUES THAT ARE DOCUMENTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 18V397000 WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I GOT A LOW PROPULSION WARNING WHEN THE LITHIUM BATTERY WAS DEPLETED AND SWITCHED TO ENGINE. ENGINE WAS REVVING VERY HIGH AND ALMOST NO ACCELERATION WAS AVAILABLE. I MADE IT HOME AND CAR WOULDN'T RESTART. 12V BATTERY WAS DEAD SO I REPLACED IT BUT STILL COULD NOT START THE CAR.