I have had my 2012 Volt a little over 2 months. I absolutely adore it, but it is doing something that gives me cause for concern.
I have noticed that it occasionally seems to hesitate or lose power for a few seconds when it should be accelerating. It seems to happen most often early in a drive, usually when I am running on battery power. I press the accelerator, but the car doesn't accelerate. Instead, my speed drops, and there is a 1-3 second hesitation before it "catches" and becomes responsive to the accelerator again. Needless to say, it is a little scary when this happens, especially when attempting to merge into traffic. My significant other was in the car with me Friday and it happened twice. I thought he was going to go into orbit, since obviously this is a good way to get run over. (Pressing the gas harder doesn't have any effect, by the way.)
Has anyone else had this issue, or does anyone have an idea as to what causes this and what the remedy might be? The dealership says there are no software upgrades for my car, and they are going to have a service tech drive it after lunch to try to duplicate the issue.
I have noticed that it occasionally seems to hesitate or lose power for a few seconds when it should be accelerating. It seems to happen most often early in a drive, usually when I am running on battery power. I press the accelerator, but the car doesn't accelerate. Instead, my speed drops, and there is a 1-3 second hesitation before it "catches" and becomes responsive to the accelerator again. Needless to say, it is a little scary when this happens, especially when attempting to merge into traffic. My significant other was in the car with me Friday and it happened twice. I thought he was going to go into orbit, since obviously this is a good way to get run over. (Pressing the gas harder doesn't have any effect, by the way.)
Has anyone else had this issue, or does anyone have an idea as to what causes this and what the remedy might be? The dealership says there are no software upgrades for my car, and they are going to have a service tech drive it after lunch to try to duplicate the issue.
