2014 Chevrolet Volt problems

“Date above is approximate. The airbag sensor in the passenger side of the vehicle is faulty and causes a constantly cycling alarm when there is a passenger present. I believe this means that it is not accurately sensing the passenger and is turning the airbag on and off, making for a safety issue in the event of a crash. This is apparently a frequent issue and customers should not need to pay the $1,000 to fix the faulty sensor that could put a passenger at risk. https://www.gm-volt.com/threads/2013-passenger-presence-sensor-airbag-error.260945/page-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGq_9T6om7g”

“I was slowly maneuvering my car into my garage when the vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly surged forward, despite only lightly tapping the brake and not touching the accelerator. The car had been displaying the warning, “Propulsion Power is Reduced” and was not holding an electric charge in the days before the incident. No malfunction indicator lamp ever turned on. Per the owner’s manual, the vehicle did not need to be serviced because the malfunction indicator light never came on at the same time as the propulsion power reduced message. This led me to believe the vehicle was safe to drive. The unexpected surge caused the car to strike and cause considerable damage to the garage wall. Fortunately there was no one in the garage at the time and I, myself, was not injured. My car was deemed a total loss by the insurance company.”

“While driving 50mph on a 4 lane highway, propulsion reduced speed and engine unavailable message came on and the car immediately shut down, a car almost hit me because of it. I had to hurry up jump out and try and push it off the road out of oncoming traffic! After about 15 minutes of turning car off and then back on. It finally started again, I then drove 1/4 mile and it did it again this time as turning left across a 2 lane highway with traffic oncoming, once again had to hurry up and jump out and push it out of the road! This was such an extremely scary situation for me and I thank god my wife wasn’t driving with our daughter and grand kids! This is the 2nd time because on 8/1/2025 it did the same thing while driving on a major 4 lane toll road, was able to pull off to side of the highway BUT had to be towed home!”

“I bought my car and I had no idea about a known issue that this car has. Unsuspecting and trusting, I noticed my car had a reduced propulsion and it would like lose power and just slowly jerk and then really drastically reduce speed without anyway to fix it and on the freeway I got scared as I have never in my life has this happen in any car. So it happen a couple more times and I took a picture of it and took it to the dealership where I purchased it. They told me they couldn’t do l as they can’t repeat the issue. Well that only usually happens when I’m driving but now it’s more. The propulsion thing loses power and I as a driver going up a hill or anywhere now will lose speed and it’s dangerous, I feel like I may not make it home and I took it to the dealership many times and they told me there’s no issue. I took it again recently now that I’m out of warranty because it also had some high voltage issue and a sensor coolant issue that misreads. I like the car but very unhappy about dealership and manu not fixing this issue that every volt owner I talk to has, read about. I lose power, my car randomly heads up when it’s been cold all night and not driven now I…”

“I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MILES PER HOUR. AS I BEGAN TO BRAKE BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC, 3 LIGHTS CAME ON THE VEHICLE. STABILITRAK FAILURE, ABS AND BRAKE ASSIST FAILURE. WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON, THERE WAS A LOSS OF BREAKING. I ALMOST CRASHED. HAD I BEEN CLOSER TO THE VEHICLES, I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, I KEEP A DISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME AT ALL TIMES. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE REPAIRS AND FIND OUT IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS RELATED TO THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, I RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FRO M JACKIE, THE TECHNICIAN AT MARK CHRISTOPHER AUTO CENTER 2131 E CONVENTION CENTER WAY, ONTARIO, CA 91764. STATED THAT THERE IS TWO SEPARATE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. ONE ISSUE WAS THE STABILITRAK AND THE SECOND ISSUE HAD TO DO WITH THE ABS. EACH OF THE ITEMS WERE ESTIMATED DIFFERENTLY EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RELATED. I ENDED UP COUGHING UP $290 FOR JUST AN INSPECTION OF BOTH ITEMS (NOT REPAIRING THEM). 160 WAS FOR THE CHECK ENGINE, STABILITRAK AND BRAKE ASSIST FALURE. THE SECOND CHARGE WAS TO LOOK AT THE ABS AT $130. I DISPUTED THE CHARGES BUT THEY STATED…”

“MY VOLT STEERING WHEEL STICKS IN THE CENTER POSITION AFTER DRIVING IN STRAIGHT LINE. IT THEN REQUIRES SOME FORCE TO "BREAK OUT". AFTER THIS BREAKOUT IT OPERATES NORMALLY. THIS IS CONCERNING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IT IS ALSO A KNOWN ISSUE AND GM ISSUED BULLETIN 14232A TO ADDRESS IT. HOWEVER MY DESPITE MY VEHICLE SUFFERING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE CAMPAIGN, MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CAMPAIGN. PLEASE UPDATE THE CAMPAIGN VINS TO INCLUDE MY VIN SO GM WILL REPAIR IT.”