r/volt

This hasn’t been posted in a couple years and would like to see how the Gen 2s are holding up! Currently at 114k. Had BECM, shift to park done. EGR valve is holding up. Hoping to reach 200k!

They checked and rechecked their computer and swore it wasn’t covered. GM customer service was no help. The EV concierge department can’t see the service bulletin, apparently. But I sent it to the dealership and they finally acknowledged that it is covered. The magic word is “19-NA-206.”

Basically title. I needed a new car, I was dying for an electric or plug in hybrid because of the cost of gas rn, and this was in my area (and I'm from a hardcore Chevy family so bonus that it's a Chevy too). I think 105,000 miles on the odometer. Not that that reading ever matters to a Chevy because they'll run fine until 350,000.

Anyway, one night I was coming home from work. It has been raining the past few days, and I've noticed when I plug it in in the rain it usually doesn't charge. I think that already is a problem, as I've read on here it is able to be charged in the rain (I could be wrong, fellow Volt owners please correct me if I am). So that was the case that day, it wasn't charged because it stopped overnight while it rained. I went to work, which is an hour away from where I live, on gas just fine. When I got to work, my gas was a bit low, maybe 50-60 miles left, but I was gonna fill it up on the way home.

So I finally get out of work, start heading home, with plans to go get gas as soon as I got out of the city I was in because gas is $0.30 more expensive there. I do this all the time in other cars, even if the gas light is on in the car. I'm not sure if this is one of those kinds of cars that act weird with little gas, so again fellow Volt owners please let me know if it is a thing. I get off the highway onto the exit minutes away from the gas station, and at this point I had like 40 miles of gas left, so I thought the gas light was coming on. Instead it said "Propulsion power reduced."

I was able to make it to the gas station just fine, and I go and put gas in it. Then I go to start the car and shift it into drive. As soon as I do that, I see "shift to park" as the car doesn't move an inch. As anyone else would do in this situation, I google it. It says various things could be causing it, like sometimes you just wait 10-15 minutes and it goes away. It also said it could be the 12V battery or the battery energy control module. So of course I wait, while making some phone calls to the most useless roadside assistance service, AAA, in case I have to be towed (I call triple A useless because last year I spent 18 hours waiting for them to tow my car, the state police towed that first. And this time, as per usual, they didn't show up and were extra dicks about giving me a ride home if I was getting towed. It was 11:30 pm and I live 40 minutes away, where tf would I stay if I was left there? Redditors, don't give your hard earned money to those useless assholes.)

After waiting, it still wouldn't move, and in the meantime 7 good samaritans helped me push the car to an electric car charger, because maybe if it had some charge, it'd run. It was a chargepoint charger and I've never used a public electric car charger, so I try plugging it in. One side of it was definitely not the right side, and the other the top part looked like the thing you plug your volt into, but it had an oval bottom part in the way so it was unusable. Fellow Volt owners, am I doing something wrong, or was it the wrong connector? Again I've never done that so I have no idea. I couldn't get it to charge as a result.

My dad came to pick me up (since triple A kept flip flopping if they were going to give me a ride home, better safe than sorry), and look at the car. It fucking started as normal. I was able to drive it home scared shitless. I noticed whenever I hit the brakes during the drive home, the "propulsion power reduced" would come on (same thing when driving to the dealership... traffic was scary bc it was really heavy).

I got the car home, to be looked at in the morning. This happened on a Saturday night, and even though car dealerships are evil and not religious, they're all still closed on Sunday (fucking why? in 2026???) So my dad and I took a look Sunday morning. We tried charging it (and it finally wasn't raining), but it won't stay charging for more than a few minutes. It also won't move again if you shift into drive, you'll get the "shift to park" error. We put the code reader on it, and it gave out like 35 codes that were like "Battery energy control module can't communicate with..." (I can't remember what it wasn't communicating with or the specific codes). It seems like the problem is the BECM, which seems to happen to like every chevy volt of that year with that mileage. According to the internet, GM issued out a special 15 year/150,000 mile warranty to get that part fix since it fails in like all of them? Does anyone have any experience doing that? Just in case I have to. My dad called our local Chevy dealership (not where we got the car) and asked about this coverage, and they first basically told him to go fuck himself because it's an electric car in their eyes, then they said maybe they'd look at it at the end of the month. I don't have much faith in that. Is that how the warranty is supposed to work?

I was able to drive it to the dealership today and even in quite literally an hour of heavy traffic, I made it. I saw "Propulsion Power Is Reduced" many times, but I didn't end up stuck on the side of the road somehow. I'm honestly very impressed with this car's limp mode if that's what it was in, it still worked pretty good. Didn't die at any green lights or in traffic AND it went well above 40 mph in limp mode (it got up to 80+). I had a 2013 Chevy Malibu Eco, my first hybrid and my favorite car so far I've owned, that went into limp mode for an entire summer. It could not go over 40 mph and was loud as fuck, so limp mode in this car was soooooooooo much better. (also carplay is the fucking BEST when waiting for a tow. Can't complain one bit, it was fun). I just miss my sunroof (anyone try adding one in?).

I guess they'll tell me what's up tomorrow. Anyone got any experience/tips for first time volt/plug in hybrid owners?

Hello! Wanted to ask how much y'all are paying for insurance? 18 Volt premier, full comprehensive insurance for $248/mo 😮‍💨 with State Farm

Bought my 17 Volt Premier with 75k miles for 12,000 from dealership in Jan of 2025. Everything looked great and I was very impressed. Fast forward 17-ish months and I have had the following:

3 TPMS sensors died about 3 months in

Check engine light for EGR valve but it resolved itself?

A/C no longer blows cold air, no check engine light but haven’t had it serviced yet. Compressor hisses when engaged.

Oil pressure sensor gets stuck and resolves on a weekly basis. Constantly triggers reduced propulsion power and check engine light.

Shift to park every time vehicle is placed in park after driving

I kinda just want to sell the thing at this point. It is great on gas mileage but I am afraid of worsening problems and the cost to have the current issues repaired. I doubt i’d be able to sell it back for more than 8,000. I just feel frustrated bc I wanted to like the car and was very excited when I bought it. Thoughts?

I have a gen 1 that I've had for a little over a year and put on 20k miles (only at 77k now). The thing seems very good. But I'd really like a Gen2 due to the better mileage and the extra seat in the back. So my questions are as follows.

• It seems like the Gen1's have less extreme (costly) issues, is that true?
• It also seems like they corrected a lot of the major issues in the 2019 Volt, is that true?

Thank you!

It’s in good condition, it’s a premium so has the nice interior. Needs tires, and maybe an alignment.

My 2017 volt is coming to its end. It gets about 11.4 kilowatt hours out of the main drive battery still, but I'm just south of 200,000 mi, I haven't had an EGR in over a year, a number of my sensors aren't quite right, and it's just not worth putting any money into other than the basics.

There is no car that compares to the volt. What I was really hoping is that someone would take the ERV concept further and remove the gas engine from the drivetrain so that we had a car that got 120 or so miles electric and then had a generator and a gas tank that could get it another 80 or so miles as needed. For some reason that's not happening.

Tesla is not an option for me. That leaves 1) gas or hybrid, 2) the ioniq 5, which is probably a non-starter because of the ICCU issue, 3) The equinox EV which I have concerns about the build quality on, 4) The Subaru solterra or Toyota BZ, which are pricey and have slow charging and limited range, or, maybe 5) The mach e which has the downside of being a Ford. The bolt isn't an option because they've already told us they're only going to make it for a year, and I drive a car they don't make parts for that they made for way longer than that and I can't own a car that I can't get parts for again.

What did everybody else do when they gave up on the volt, or what are they planning when their volt can't go anymore?

My 2017 Volt’s high voltage battery shot craps last month and now GM is offering me a buyback of $900. It’s been a trouble free car until now and I truly love the thing. Over the last ten years and 140,000 miles I’ve averaged nearly 90 mpg. Hybrid2go will replace the battery and give me a three year warranty for around $3500. Has anyone used this company or another and had good results? Thanks to all my fellow Volt owners.

My 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier with 142k miles has been at a dealership for over two months now waiting on warranty fix approval from GM now waiting on battery replacement, when GM sends email to dealership saying they want to offer a buyback. Dealership says they were suppose to have the parts later this month. Does anyone have any experience with a buyback like this? We purchased the vehicle used at 28k miles in Nov. 2020 for about $19k.

After 2 months of owning a 2nd gen I came up with a list of features I'd like to see if Chevrolet were to make a third gen. if you have anything else you'd like to add feel free to leave your responses below

1. Show how many miles you've traveled on electric only (no app needed)

2. Extended EV mode allows you to charge battery to 100% for longer range travel

3. Battery regulation mode allows battery temperature to be regulated when unplugged Can be toggled to shut off when battery dips below a certain amount of your chosing Ex. 30%

4. Trunk release on key fob or in vehicle 

5. Disable cord theft protection when key fob is near vehicle allowing you to unplug vehicle without unlocking the car

6. Standard feature for base model: front and rear parking sensors (auto park) 

7. Overall improved performance better 0-60 more sensitive accelerator personally I think the sport mode should be the standard and you could throw it into eco mode which would switch the mapping to make the throttle less responsive 

8. True one pedal driving mode so you can come to complete stops without touching the break at all 

9. Regen paddle strength adjustment so you can choose how much regen you want

10. Improved charging times ( yes I know the 2019 has faster charging)

This is literally the stupidest question but I would down shift in my manual to reduce speed without using my brakes.

So part of this is me still getting used to driving an automatic. But I feel like when I attempt to coast in drive, it's just not sufficient for stopping unless I have miles notice.

What am I missing?

A couple days ago, my volt was goin great. But a chekc engine light popped up. Knowing I still had my OEM 12v battery, I decided to swap that out first, sure enough it goes away. The next day i go shopping, it refuses to turn on. It gets stuck at the booting screen for ACC.

I go to the trunk, tap around the terminal connection on the negative and there it goes, starts right up.

Well, yesterday... it showed a full battery with 1 mile of range, then "Propolusion Power Reduced" and the ev range went down to 0. I fear this is the dreaded BECM.

Luckily i live in CA (CARB State) and fall under the 150k warranty. But for anyone else in CA who had a volt how long was your warranty process to either get it fixed or receive a buyout