2014 Chevrolet Volt: engine stalls while driving

6 of the 93 complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Volt describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 6%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 168 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2019
1
2018
10
2017
30
2016
9
2015
1
2014
6
2013
12
2012
11
2011
2

What owners say

Filed Jan 10, 2025 · Electrical · CA

The contact son owns a 2014 Chevrolet Volt. The contact's daughter stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle loss motive power without warning and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed with battery failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the time frame for a free battery replacement had expired. The vehicle was towed to the residence and had not been driven since the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jul 26, 2023 · Electrical, Engine · FL

Vehicle stopped when changing from battery power to gasoline. Unable to drive. Not charging the Lithium battery therefore, I experienced 3 similar incidents with this vehicle. The first one on 02/15/22. The vehicle was towed to Bommin Chevrolet in Florida City, FL. This time it was under warranty. The second time 01/02/23 while on the road similar thing happened, again was towed to Tropical Chevrolet in North Miami, FL; a diagnostic was performed the error code was cleared and started charging again. This time same issue when the main battery was depleted the vehicle stalled. I had to towed to my home where is still sitting. Not operational.

Filed Mar 30, 2020 · Fuel system · 82,628 miles · WA

On 2/17/2020, I was driving on I-5 northbound at about 10 pm near burlington, wa. My speed was about 60 MPH on a relatively flat highway. Weather was normal for the time. No rain, no wind. Shortly after my car switched from the electric-powered over to gas-powered, the car started to rev very high and quickly decelerated even though my foot was fully pressed on the accelerator pedal. "propulsion power reduced" message came on, followed by "engine not available, service soon" message came on. The cel also came on. I had never seen these messages before. Semi-trucks were bearing down on me from behind. It was a very dangerous situation. Luckily, I was able to coast to the right shoulder without any car damage or injury. Easily this could have been more serious damage and/or injury if there was more traffic nearby or I stalled in the traffic lanes. I was able to re-start car at about 10 minutes and slowly drove home at a very reduced speed. Subsequently, my car seemed to drive fine. But every time the car goes from electric to gas, I get nervous that this incident will reoccur and cause an accident. Many times, the high rev will start and the "propulsion power reduced" message comes on and the car decelerates but thankfully the car has not completely lost power like the first incident. About 1 month later, I took the car to a chevrolet dealership for diagnostics. The cel went out prior. They could not find any faults and said everything was normal. Nothing was stored in memory. They could not reproduce the problem in the shop. The "propulsion power reduced" message has appeared again after servicing. I am fearful to drive this car.

Filed Jun 26, 2016 · Fuel system · 15,000 miles · GA

While in full motion on the highway, the car suddenly decelerated to 5 MPH despite pressing on the accelerator and then a minute or two later completed stalled out. Two error messages: engine not available, service soon and propulsion power is reduced. An earlier incident, a few months ago, while accelerating up a slight incline, the car decelerated to a few miles per hour despite pressing on the accelerator.

Filed May 15, 2015 · Engine · 23,000 miles · CA

My car stalled on the freeway ramp with engine warning reported on the dashboard. The issue was identified to be due to engine propulsion and transmission failure and they would have factory technician replace/rebuild all related components as a preventative maintenance/repair. Later they said that they found that the replaced part had again failed during overnight test and they were repairing the car again. I am concerned that this is a safety issue with the car stalling in the freeway and the component seems to fail easily as demonstrated by the repair that failed again in the dealers shop floor. This issue with volt needs to be investigated before lives are lost due to improper design/component.

Filed Mar 18, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · FL

2014 chevrolet volt. Consumer writes in regards to electric drive malfunction. *smd the consumer received two error messages on the dashboard that read propulsion power is reduced and engine not available, service soon. The vehicle stalled within minutes. The consumer tried to re-start the vehicle, but it stalled again within seconds.