2018 Chevrolet VOLT - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"driving down interstate when the following error came up on the console: action required: shift vehicle into park coasted to a stop in the middle of a homeless encampment under the freeway. i was in fear of my life due to the failure of the vehicle. vehicle taken to rydell chevrolet 18600 devonshire st, los angeles, ca 91324. told the power inverter module had failed. parts unavailable."

"the car lost propulsion while driving on the interstate, luckily the car was able to make it the shoulder. the check engine light was not on prior to this and it was taken to the dealership where it diagnosed as a faulty battery energy control module (becm). the part is awaiting replacement, but no spare parts are currently available."

"the contact owns a 2018 chevrolet volt. the contact stated that after coming to a complete stop and shifting into park(p), the message "shift to park" was displayed. the contact stated that the transmission shifted to park(p) after several attempts to park the vehicle. the contact then turned off the vehicle. the local dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. the failure mileage was 25,000."

"car doesn't shift into gear, just goes into neutral. car says 'shift into park' and won't turn off when in park and the power button is pushed."

"on nov 21, 2022, after approximately of 10 minutes (5 miles of driving), while attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle lost the ability to accelerate. the vehicle was in full ev mode in the middle of a busy intersection. the vehicle had a full charge (50+ ev range remaining or 100% total ev remaining). the driver attempted to press down more on the accelerator to no avail. after approximately 5-10 seconds, in the busy intersection, without the ability to make the vehicle accelerate, the driver noticed the vehicle jerk (which occurred 2-3 times) at which point the ice turned on and provided power to the vehicle, allowing the driver to drive out of the intersection. after several minutes of driving, the driver noticed "reduced propulsion warning" was noticed/illuminated in addition to "check engine light". after this point, the driver noted that the propulsion felt approximately 20% of "normal propulsion". the driver was also concerned about the ability to drive up very small hills due to reduction of propulsion/power. upon arrival at the destination (2-3 miles from incident), the vehicle was safely parked, the vehicle's codes were checked with an obd2 code reader and 19 codes were noted. given the manifestation and safety issue of the vehicle, the vehicle was towed to quality chevrolet in escondido where it remains as of 1/10/23. the codes collected on 11/21/22 include the following: 1. p0a46, 2. p0ac4, 3. p1e00, 4. p1b0b, 5. p1b43, 6. p1e1e, 7. p0ac4, 8. p1e00, 9. p0a46, 10. p1af0, 11. p1af2, 12. p1b0b, 13. p1b43, 14. p1e1e, 15. p1e22, 16. p0a46, 17. p1b0b, 18. p1b43, 19. p1e1e. per the obd2 code reader, the primary code was p0a46 (drive motor 2 position sensor performance). as of 1/9/23, the dealer has indicated that the primary problem is with the entire transmission assembly which requires replacement. the replacement assembly is not in stock, is back-ordered and there is no eta to receive the transmission assembly. the vehicle has 32243 miles on it."

"i put it in park, and try to turn off the car, but it says "shift to park", and won't let me turn off the car."

"when the vehicle is placed in park and i attempt to turn it off, the dash will indicate the vehicle is not in park and subsequently, the vehicle cannot be turned off. sometimes, if you wiggle the shifter or move it through all the settings (rndl) and back to park, it will resolve the issue. sometimes, it can take a few minutes to resolve the issue."

"car shifter saying not in park when it is causing issues with turning off car. has been happening for a while"

"over the past several weeks, i have had the car issue an error stating "shift to park". i have previously had the car in for service for this error, and in the past have succeeded in getting it to stop by squeezing the trigger on the shifter repeatedly, but the error has returned and is getting more persistent. it now happens every few times i park the car. i cannot turn off the car without getting the error message to clear, and sometimes it has taken considerable time and effort to get the message to clear. i have not taken the car back to the dealer again as i read that it was important to first submit a report here."

"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 refuse to fix it or issue a recall for cars outside of warranty"