In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Apple Carplay never works correctly. It switches sources on its own, it doesn't play phone audio through the speakers, it mutes phone calls, after calls it returns to a different source than before the call. It is broken and completely unusable. The dealership has no idea. Apple blames GM, GM blames Apple. Worthless."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt LT 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"erratic capabilities sometimes poor speech recognition"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt LT 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Carplay relentlessly autoplays random selections from my iPhone when connected. If I have the radio on and take a phone call, Carplay will default back to the iPhone and play either the last item played or a random selection instead of reverting to the radio. I usually disable carplay for this reason. GM has been no help."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Since new, "Service Rear Vision System" error that disables the backup camera, CHEVROLET advice: "reboot the car""
Anonymous, MD (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Backup sensors are overly sensitive and constantly raising alarms unnecessarily (literally every time I'm backing out of my garage)"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Problems with sensors and timely replacement Vu the dealer"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"The center stack display would occasionally gradually lose functionality. For example, adjustment of the climate control fan speed would not register on the display showing fan speed. After a bit, it became difficult or impossible to switch between different functional displays. A couple of times the vehicle propulsion display showed the gas engine/generator, electric motor and battery all OFF, even though the car was traveling down the road at the time. Eventually the display would freeze up c"
Peter W., MD (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"This was not a recurring problem. The screen went blank and the CHEVROLET dealer was unable to fix it-only replace the unit, which he did. The warranty had expired for this part, so I cost me out of pocket."
Anonymous, (2016 Chevrolet Volt LT 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Screen went dark while radio still on. Could only control radio from steering wheel controls. Took six weeks to get a new module"
Jim H., CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Screen went v\blank after tire replacement which caused low pressure sensor to go on. Dealer had to unplug screen and replug it to fix"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt LT 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Screen went blank for more than one week and had to be replaced by the dealer. It took almost another week for the screen replacement to be approved by GM"
Erick M., CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"This is pretty annoying when the display screen goes blank. The only way to fix it is to turn the car off and back on."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Main telematics (nav, radio, etc) screen failed. Dead, except, oddly, it still displayed the backup camera. Diagnosed as a hardware failure. Replaced under warranty."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Apple CarPlay is unusable and locks up the entire entertainment system until the vehicle is powered down and restarted"
Anonymous, FL (2016 Chevrolet Volt LT 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Music playback from my phone over Bluetooth sometimes does not resume after starting the car, or resumes at double speed (and I have to stop and restart it to get it to play normally)"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Occasionally when the car starts, USB music plugged into the car can fail. The only way for it to go back to normal is to turn the car off and turn it back on"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"USB port stop working. I had to bring it to the dealer, who had it replaced to get it fixed."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Why connecting a phone to use Apple Car Play, the entire screen/infotainment system would freeze and then reboot. The dealer had to replace the entire system (it was under warranty)."
Anonymous, MD (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Locks up every time, Apple CarPlay is unusable"
Anonymous, FL (2016 Chevrolet Volt LT 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)"Amplifier was replaced under warranty"
Anonymous, VA (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)
"The system would sometimes lock up which would require either pulling the fuse or disconnecting the 12v battery and reconnecting."
Anonymous, AZ (2016 Chevrolet Volt Premier 1.5-L 4 Cyl plug-in hybrid)