Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2013 record →
MY CAR STARTED INTERMITTENTLY SAYING "SERVICE AIRBAG" SINCE AROUND 55,000 MILES. NO AT 88,000 MILES IT NOW IS ON NEARLY ALL THE TIME. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE FIX FOR THIS IS REINSTALLING THE PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION DUE TO A BAD DESIGN. THIS REPAIR IS ABOUT $1000 TO FIX A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.
'SERVICE AIRBAG' APPEARS ON DISPLAY WHEN FRONT PASSENGER STEPS OUT OF VEHICLE. WHEN PASSENGER STEPS BACK IN VEHICLE AND FASTENS SEATBELT AIRBAG OFF DISPLAYED ON OVERHEAD DISPLAY INDICATING AIRBAG WOULD NOT WORK IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH FOR PASSENGER. MESSAGE USUALLY DISAPPEARS AFTER CYCLING POWER ON VEHICLE. ALSO WITH LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS ON SEAT (10 LBS OR SO) MESSAGE ALSO APPEARS AND DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE WITHOUT CYCLING POWER.
SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CONCERN THAT AIRBAGS WON'T WORK IF NEEDED.
I HAVE LESS THAN 40,000 MILES IN THIS VEHICLE. AT APPROXIMATELY 35000 MILES THE WARNING LIGHT WENT ON SAYING THE AIRBAG SENSOR WAS NOT WORKING. I UNDERSTAND THAT A CASE HAS BEEN OPENED AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THAT CASE.
SAME PROBLEM MOST EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING. SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND RED AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. STARTED AT AROUND 85-90K MILES. AND NO ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS WILL IT TAKE? ITS A GREAT CAR OTHERWISE. FORD IS MUCH MORE PROACTIVE WITH SAFETY RECALLS THAN GM.
SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING WHEN PASSENGER SEAT UNOCCUPIED. GOES OFF WHEN OCCUPIED.
SERVICE PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING CAME ON CONTINUOUSLY. TWO TRIPS TO THE DEALER, FIRST TIME THEY TRIED TO FIX BY CLEANING A CONNECTION $196 AND IT DID NOT WORK. SECOND TIME THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER PRESENCE SENSOR $636.70. THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY I WAS TOLD. CAR HAD 68514 MILES AND WAS IN SERVICE 4 YEARS.
MY 2013 CHEVY VOLT IS DISPLAYING A "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNING MESSAGE. THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR, (SPECIFICALLY, THE "PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE"), NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DUE TO THE FAULTY PASSENGER OCCUPANCY SENSING, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS ARE DEACTIVATED, EVEN WHEN A PASSENGER IS PRESENT. THE WARNING MESSAGE IS PRESENT (AND INTERMITTENTLY BEEPING) ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY WHEN DRIVING, AND OBSCURES INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THE COST TO REPLACE THE PRESENCE MODULE WILL BE ABOUT $600, AND DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE DESIGN, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE REPLACEMENT MODULE WILL NOT FAIL IN THE SAME WAY AGAIN SHORTLY. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE ANOTHER WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS STAY ON.
MY SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR MONTHS AND I DONT KNOW WHY. I USE THIS CAR FOR COMMUTING AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SEAT OR CAR THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS SERVICE LIGHT TO TURN ON. I HAVE READ ON A FEW FORUMS WHERE THIS AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON FOR A FEW PEOPLE AND ITS LEADING TO A SENSOR FIX WHICH CAN COST UP TO $1000. HAS GM ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE ITS A SAFETY ISSUE?
I RECENTLY NOTICED IN MY CHEVY VOLT PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR PROBLEMS. 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.
WARNING OF FAULTY AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON AT TIMES EVEN IF PASSENGER SEAT IS EMPTY. THIS WARNING COMES ON AT TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND AT OTHER TIMES WHEN STATIONARY.
AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. FAULTY SEAT SENSOR.
REDUCED PROPULSION WARNING. CAUSES CAR TO NOT GO OVER 40 MPH WHILE DRIVING. COVERED UNDER VOLTECH WARRANTY BUT DEALERS WANT TO CHARGE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. UNFAIR, AS THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR A WARRANTY DIAGNOSIS.
THE SERVICE AIRBAG RED LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. WE BROUGHT IT IN TO GET CHECKED AND THE VOLT SERVICE CENTER SAID THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS FAULTY INCLUDING CIRCUITRY WHICH WILL AFFECT THE FRONT AIRBAG FROM WORKING PROPERLY TOO.
PASSENGER SEAT BELT SENSOR WENT BAD AND WAS REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED BY GM
PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR INTERMITTENT FAILURE. SHOULD BE ADDED TO INVESTIGATION PE19013. AIRBAG LIGHT AND SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE IS ON 7 OUT OF 10 TIMES THE CAR IS TURNED ON AND NO PASSENGER OR ITEM IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT(WHILE STATIONARY). LIGHT WILL TURN OFF AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF DRIVING OR APPLYING FORCE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EMPTY PASSENGER SEAT. DRIVING WITH A PASSENGER THE LIGHT IS USUALLY OFF, HOWEVER SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON WITH A PASSENGER PRESENT AND VEHICLE IN MOTION, AND CAN BE RESOLVED BY THE PASSENGER SHIFTING THEIR WEIGHT A FEW TIMES. ISSUE IS TOO HARD TO DEMONSTRATE TO DEALER AND WOULD COST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BOTHER REPAIRING ON MY OWN. OTHER MODELS FROM CHEVROLET DURING THAT TIME PERIOD USE THE SAME SENSOR AND HAVE BEEN RECALLED OR ARE PENDING A RECALL. THIS PROBLEM FIRST STARTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2016 BUT MUCH MORE INFREQUENTLY. IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON GRADUALLY EVER SINCE. SEAT HAS NOT HAD ANYTHING SPILLED ON IT, OR RAIN LET IN FROM OPEN WINDOWS ETC.
PASSENGER FRONT SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR MALFUNCTIONS WHICH TRIGGERS THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT AND DISABLES THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAGS. THIS RANDOMLY OCCURS WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT AND IT WILL HAPPEN IF THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED AND THE PERSON IN THE SEAT MOVES
PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG GETS AN ERROR BECAUSE OF A MALFUNCTIONING SEAT SENSOR. HAPPENS WHETHER SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT OR NOT. MORE TIMES THAN NOT THE AIRBAG WARNING WILL GO OUT AFTER DRIVING FOR A BIT.
I STARTED RECEIVING A PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON MY DASH. IT SEEMED TO HAPPEN MOSTLY IF I SET SOMETHING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THEN REMOVED IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID A SENSOR IN THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS $1100
THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON INTERMITTENTLY. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING IS EITHER SET ON MY PASSENGER SEAT OR IF SOMEONE SITS IN THAT SEAT. IT WILL HAPPEN AT ANYTIME, GENERALLY WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVING.
MY 2013 CHEVY VOLT HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SOME AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ISSUES. THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON FOR STRETCHES OF TIME AND THEN DISAPPEARS ON ITS OWN. I DRIVE 90% OF THE TIME WITHOUT A FRONT PASSENGER AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS NO PATTERN TO WHEN IT COMES ON OR GOES OFF. IT IS COMPLETELY RANDOM. SO I STOPPED INTO MY LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, SO I WENT HOME AND DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE: HTTP://GMAUTHORITY.COM/BLOG/2019/09/CHEVROLET-VOLT-UNDER-INVESTIGATION-FOR-AIRBAG-WARNING-LIGHTS/ OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS, SO I AM FILING A FORMAL COMPLAINT REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND AM REQUESTING SOME HELP AS HOW TO ADDRESS THIS WITH CHEVROLET.
PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON 2013 VOLT STARTED GOING ON AND OFF A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. CONTINUED TO GET MORE FREQUENT OVER TIME UNTIL IT STAYED ON CONSISTENTLY. TOOK TO GM DEALER ON 9/5/18 AT 37,944 MILEAGE AND PAID $130 FOR DIAGNOSIS. DEALER STATED THE PASSENGER PRESENT SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT, THE REPAIR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND QUOTED AN ADDITIONAL $1082.26 TO REPAIR. SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY COMPONENT OF THE CAR, I COMPLAINED TO GM MANAGEMENT DIRECTLY UNDER A CASE#, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR ON 10/12/18. STILL A SERIOUS CONCERN TODAY AT 54,183 MILEAGE. DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE IF NEEDED.
MY AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW AND I JUST READ AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY THAT THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THIS SAME ISSUE. I HAVE A SNAP-ON SCANNER FOR READING OBD2 PORTS ON A LARGE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES AND WHEN I PLUG MINE UP TO MY VOLT IT TELLS ME IT IS THE SENSOR IN THE SEAT. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THIS SENSOR ONCE. THE DEALER TRIED TO ROB ME IN TRYING TO CHARGE ME OVER 800.00 FOR THIS VERY SIMPLE REPAIR. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT IS OUT YET AGAIN AND GM KNOWS THERE ARE SCORES OF PROBLEMS WITH THE VOLT BUT THEY WONT PROPERLY ADDRESS THEM. I HAD A 2017 VOLT THAT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT TO THE GROUND. WHAT DID THEY DO ABOUT IT? NOT A [XXX] THING. I SINCERELY HOPE THE FEDS MAKE THEM DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THIS VEHICLE AS LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
I GET A SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING. I RECEIVE THE MESSAGE ON STARTUP AND AT RANDOM INTERVALS THE CAR WILL CHIME, AND DISPLAY THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" MESSAGE. A RED ICON OF A PERSON WEARING A SEATBELT WITH AN AIRBAG DEPLOYED IS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND REMAINS ON, AT ALL TIMES THAT THE CAR IS ON. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE THIS FIRST OCCURRED. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS. I BOUGHT IT FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER.
PASSENGER AIR BAG SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR INTERMITTENT FUNCTION AT 52K MILES. WOULD DISABLE PASSENGER AIR BAG RANDOMLY WHETHER MOVING OR STATIONARY. HAD DEALER SERVICED, WHICH REPLACED PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR, FOR $1086.
THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR TRIGGERED A WARNING (VEHICLE IN MOTION). TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY TRIED THE TYPICAL LOOSE CONNECTION CHECK, WATER DAMAGE CHECK, ETC. REMOVED SENSOR AND TESTED IT - NOT PULLING ANY CURRENT, SO MUST BE BAD AND NEED REPLACEMENT. TOTAL COST TO REPLACE $1,200!! IF IT'S NOT REPLACED, AIRBAGS ARE DISABLED TO PROTECT AGAINST ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENT. I DECIDED TO PASS AND PRETEND THAT THE CAR WAS BUILT IN THE 1970S (IE, NO AIRBAGS AND JUST RELYING ON SEATBELTS).
MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND IT'S BEEN ON FOR A WHILE NOW. I WENT TO A CHEVY VOLT FORUM ON GOOGLE AND APPARENTLY IT'S A PROBLEM THAT MY CHEVY VOLT OWNERS ARE HAVING SO I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IT INVOLVES THE AIRBAG.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTH CHARLOTTE CHEVROLET (9325 SOUTH BLVD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28273, (704) 444-0109) WHERE THE BRAKE MODULATOR VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,625.
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT DUE TO SEAT SENSOR HAS BEEN ON SINCE 40000 MILES. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY WILL COST 1000. AT THE TIME THE WARNING WAS FREQUENT BUT INTERMITTENT. NOW THE WARNING IS ALL OF THE TIME. MULTIPLE VOLT OWNERS ONLINE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.
THERE'S A PERSISTENT ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT, WHERE IT WILL EITHER 1) GIVE AN ERROR WARNING WHEN NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT, OR 2) TEMPORARILY NOT REGISTER THE PRESENCE OF A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. IN THE LATTER INSTANCE THE AIRBAG IS TEMPORARILY TAKEN OFFLINE WHILE A PERSON IS ACTUALLY IN THE SEAT, AND IT TURNS ON AND OFF WHENEVER THE PASSENGER SHIFTS THEIR WEIGHT. THESE ERROR WARNINGS OCCUR WITH EVERY START UP OF THE VEHICLE.
AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED DUE TO A FAILED SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. HAD TO REPLACE WITH A USED SEAT.
AN APPARENT FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR PREVENTS CORRECT OPERATION OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. WHEN A LIGHT OBJECT IS ON THE SEAT, OR WHEN A PASSENGER EXITS THE SEAT, A SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND PERSISTS UNTIL THE NEXT VEHICLE POWER CYCLE. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. INITIAL RESEARCH POINTS TO THE SEAT SENSOR AS THE CULPRIT, BUT THE REPAIR IS OUTLANDISHLY EXPENSIVE, AND PREVENTS OWNERS FROM SEEKING THE REPAIR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DEALER CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THE REPAIR WILL SUCCEED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,941.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR FAILURE. AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF PASSENGER IS NOT DETECTED. KNOWN ISSUE FOR MANY 2013 VOLT OWNERS.
THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG FREQUENTLY SIGNALS THAT SERVICE IS REQUIRED. OCCUPIED, UNOCCUPIED, BAG OF GROCERIES, OR OCCUPIED WHEN OCCUPANT SHIFTS AROUND A LITTLE. SIMILAR REPORTS INDICATE THAT SERVICE REQUIRES EXPENSIVE CALIBRATION WITH LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN A LASTING CORRECTIVE OUTCOME. CAN BE STATIONARY AT BEGINNING OF TRIP, DURING TRIP WHILE MOVING - NO OBVIOUS CORRELATION. HAPPENS MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, BEGINNING AT LEAST A YEAR AGO.
I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 CHEVROLET VOLT AND I RECEIVED A LOSS OF PROPULSION MESSAGE ON MY DASHBOARD AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. MY CAR SHUT DOWN AND SLOWED DOWN ON THE FREEWAY AS I WAS DRIVING. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO DARK. I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE TO EXIT THE FREEWAY. MY CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE EXIT LANE OF THE FREEWAY. I PRESSED THE POWER BUTTON TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND THEN I WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND I TURNED THE POWER BUTTON BACK ON AND THE CAR CAME ON AS ONLY POWER MODE. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR VERY SLOWLY SOMEWHERE MORE SAFE. I CALLED TOW TRUCK AND I TOWED IT TO DEALERSHIP. THE VOLT WAS STILL ABLE TO MOVE SLOWLY UP THE TOW TRUCK AND WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS STILL ABLE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE SERVICE STATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, BUT LOSS OF PROPULSION LIGHT WAS GONE. SERVICE ADVISORS TOLD ME THEY WOULD FIX MY CAR AS IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH MY CAR WAS SALVAGED. THE ESTIMATE WAS $145. LATER ON THEY CALLED ME THAT MY CAR HAD 8 CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON AND THAT I NEEDED A TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEIR WAS A WHINING SOUND AND ALSO LOSS OF PROPULSION STILL ON. I WENT TO GO LOOK AT MY CAR A COUPLE DAYS LATER AFTER I FILLED A COMPLAINT WITH GM HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. WHEN I WENT TO GO CHECK OUT MY VEHICLE, IT WAS IN A WORSE CONDITION THEN WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF. MY CAR WOULD NOT EVEN TURN ON. WHEN I PUSHED THE POWER BUTTON, IT WOULD SAY ENGINE
ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO MY SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. NO CAR CRASH AND NO WET SEAT FOR THE SENSOR TO GO OFF. THE LIGHT JUST CAME ON WHEN I TURNED THE CAR ONE MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK. I USE THE CAR TO COMMUTE TO WORK AND BACK HOME, HAVE NO CHILDREN 70% OF THE TIME I DRIVE ALONE.
FORWARD COLLISION SENSOR HAS BEEN GIVING FALSE POSITIVES WHILE DRIVING A HIGHWAY SPEEDS AROUND TURNS AND IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES.
"SERVICE AIRBAG" SENSOR ISSUE ON THE 2013 CHEVY VOLT. IS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE PER THE PRIOR COMPLAINTS I SEE. AS STATED BY OTHERS, NO WATER DAMAGE OR ANYTHING HAS OCCURED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. IN FACT, I'VE ONLY HAD PEOPLE ACTUALLY RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT 5 TIMES IN TOTAL IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE HAD IT. SO BASICALLY IT ISN'T USED. THE ISSUE IS AN AIRBAG / SENSOR ISSUE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BY CHEVY TO FIX SAID ISSUE! AS OTHERS HAVE STATED. IT DOES COME AND COME BUT HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT AS OF LATE EVEN THOUGH THE CAR PASSENGER SEAT IS NOT USED!
PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR, BEING TRIGGERED INTERMITTENTLY. SENSOR IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE PASSENGER SEAT. SENSOR IS QUESTION IS CALLED A PASSENEGER PRESENCE SYSTEM MODULE.
A SERVICE AIRBAG MESSAGE RANDOMLY APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD AND GOES AWAY AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE MESSAGE APPEARS AT RANDOM WITH NO APPARENT CAUSE.
CAR SLOWED DOWN AND THEN CAME TO A FULL STOP ON SIDE OF RESIDENTIAL STREET. TRIED TO TURN OFF AND RESTART ENGINE TO NO AVAIL. NO POWER COMING FROM MOTOR
"SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNING LIGHT AND CONSOLE MESSAGE APPEARS INTERMITTENTLY, MAINLY IN WARM WEATHER. DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST $1100 TO FIX DEFINITIVELY - FOR 3 YEARS. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY WAY GM WILL GUARANTEE THE AIRBAG WILL INFLATE. MANY OTHER VOLT OWNERS ON THE GM VOLT FORUM (HTTPS://GM-VOLT.COM/FORUM/) HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND AT LEAST ONE HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH YOU.
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
OVERALL BATTERY LIFE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM AVERAGE 38 MILES AT FULL CHARGE TO 31 MILES.
THE CAR REGULARLY GETS AN AIRBAG LIGHT RELATING TO THE PASSENGER SEAT PRESENCE SENSOR. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL RANDOMLY COME ON AND THEN TURN OFF AS I DRIVE.
NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. NO SPILLS OR OTHER OCCURRENCE THAT COULD CAUSE SENSOR TO FAIL. PASSENGER SEAT PRESENCE DETECTION SENSOR HAS FAILED. CAR NOW REPORTS A "SERVICE AIRBAG" WARNING AND HAS DISABLED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG BECAUSE OF IT. THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING ERROR CAUSED BY A SIMPLE SENSOR FAILURE THAT IS SHOWING A HIGH FAILURE RATE WITH COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT REPAIRING THIS SENSOR AS IT COST $1000 TO $2000 TO REPAIR THROUGH THE DEALERS THAT ARE NOT DISCOUNTING OR COVERING THE COST OF REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY.
I AM GETTING AN AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAUSED BY A FAULTY PASSENGER PRESENCE MODULE. IF I HAVE A PASSENGER RIDING WITH ME, THE WARNING LIGHT WILL GO ON AND OFF SOMETIMES CAUSED BY HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD. WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON THOUGH, IT SAYS THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF WHICH IS A VERY BIG SAFETY CONCERN. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK OR HAD ANY LIQUID SPILLED ON THE SEAT.
THE AIRBAG SENSOR STOPPED WORKING CAUSING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG TO BE TURNED OFF.
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