2013 Chevrolet Volt: sudden loss of power

Filed Mar 31, 2025 · Electrical, Fuel system · 61,000 miles · KY

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated while driving approximately 76-77 MPH, the vehicle experienced reduced power. The message "Low Propulsion" was displayed, and the engine revved significantly. The contact moved over to the far-right lane to pull over to the side of the road as needed. The contact stated that the failure had been recurring temporarily. The contact had researched the failure online and became aware that the release of the accelerator pedal while the failure was occurring could temporarily correct the failure. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 61,000.

Filed Apr 23, 2024 · Transmission · TX

Sudden loss of power. Driving on freeway. Speed decreased by 25 mph. Just about avoided a rear end accident. Have seen that 2016 onwards Volts have experienced this malfunction. Request that it be noted that this is a 2013 model with less than 60,000 miles. Have already had the latest programming done by Chevy.

Filed Nov 3, 2021 · Electrical · 78,000 miles · MN

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the propulsion power reduction message was displayed, and the vehicle began to lose power and the speed was reduced while driving. The contact was able to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road, waited a few minutes, and then restarted the vehicle and continued to his residence. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the propulsion battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,000.

Filed Nov 3, 2021 · Electrical · 78,000 miles · MN

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated while driving at 65 MPH, a warning message appear a propulsion power reduction and the vehicle began to lose power and reduce in speed while the contact was driving. The contact was able to pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road waited a few minutes and restart the vehicle and continue to drive to their residence. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer who diagnosed the failure as the propulsion battery would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was appromaxtley 78,000.

Filed Nov 3, 2021 · Electrical · 78,000 miles · MN

The contact owns a 2013 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated while driving at 65 MPH, a warning message appear a propulsion power reduction and the vehicle began to lose power and reduce in speed while the contact was driving. The contact was able to pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road waited a few minutes and restart the vehicle and continue to drive to their residence. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer who diagnosed the failure as the propulsion battery would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was appromaxtley 78,000.

Filed Feb 12, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 85,000 miles · NV

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.

Filed Apr 27, 2017 · Fuel system · 35,063 miles · FL

Driving in traffic, multiple lanes.." reduced power" message appears on dash..car shuts down immediately...no steering assist...brakes okay...stuck in middle lanes with no propulsion...luckily a firetruck happened by and was pushed off the road...car towed to dealer. Informed multiple volts towed in for same issue. Also informed extreme backorder for repair battery across u. S. Told approx 2 month wait for battery section...once this battery fails while you are driving, you are dead in the water...no power steering and unable to move in or out of traffic...if this dealer has 3 cars, how many unsafe cars are there across the country?

Filed Apr 6, 2017 · Fuel system · 34,000 miles · NY

Lost power while driving down the road!

Filed Aug 4, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 1,000 miles · GA

The car's electrical / software issues caused (1) all of the windows to roll down in unison (in for repair 3 times to fix this one), (2) caused the car to not recognize that it was in "park", thus not shutting off, and (3) caused the car to lose power without touching any of the buttons on the console (I.e. The "drive" button or the "power" button). The latest incident occurred last friday (august 1, 2014) when the car just lost power while I was driving at 65 MPH on I-85 north at around 4:00pm. I had to get over from 4 lanes of traffic with no power at all in the car and luckily did so without incident. Onstar's diagnostics showed that the electrical system, braking system, engine, and other parts of the car showed the car needed immediate attention. I put the car in park and while still with onstar the dashboard lit up and the power button lit up too. I hit the power button and drove straight to the rick hendrick chevy dealership in duluth. When I went to pick the car up later saturday morning, I was told that there's nothing they car do because they can't recreate the problem. They have reflashed various ecus, but at the end of the day cannot "recreate" the problems and cannot fix them. So they just wipe their hands clean of these issues and act like they don't exist. (the service manager actually called me "ignorant" once and later apologized.) I pray it doesn't take people dying in these cars before chevrolet and/or general motors does something to fix them.