Pipcecil
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So after owning a leaf for 6 months my wife decided she enjoyed the electric drive so much she wanted one for herself and decided on getting a volt. The decision on a volt versus another leaf was due to styling and her roundtrip commute of 100+ miles (extremely difficult in cold weather with wind on a leaf).
We ordered the volt at the beginning of february with an expected delivery in 6-8 weeks. Unfortunately, the month break was annouced 3 weeks after and our car was pushed to production after the break, much to my wifes dissapointment.
We waited 3.5 crueling months (she has been extremely excited to get a volt as was I) and our dealership finally called yesterday saying it was ready and we could pick it up! After going through all the paperwork/waiting for 3 hours, we finally had our volt and were driving off the lot....then disaster hit.
The check engine light came on while still in the parking lot. We circled around and found our sales rep again who was quite dismayed and confused. The car had 2.1 miles on it. It was already passed the dealership's closing time and the rep had a good idea to use the onstar system diagnostic to figure out the problem, he was thinking it was a sensor error or something, but what came back was worse:
Combustion engine sparking was failing and the engine was not operating correctly. In addition the power output from the electric engine was way below normal and was failing as well. What...the...hell.
The rep was competely shocked as was my wife, whom at this time, was well beyond angry to be so close..yet so far.
I am now extremely concerned. Did we get a lemon? How could a car pass checks at the factory, train depot, and dealership with a major problem? I am frustrated, but maybe optamistic that it was maybe a sensor problem. What could cause the check engine light to come on and a report with those errors? Anyone have ideas?
We ordered the volt at the beginning of february with an expected delivery in 6-8 weeks. Unfortunately, the month break was annouced 3 weeks after and our car was pushed to production after the break, much to my wifes dissapointment.
We waited 3.5 crueling months (she has been extremely excited to get a volt as was I) and our dealership finally called yesterday saying it was ready and we could pick it up! After going through all the paperwork/waiting for 3 hours, we finally had our volt and were driving off the lot....then disaster hit.
The check engine light came on while still in the parking lot. We circled around and found our sales rep again who was quite dismayed and confused. The car had 2.1 miles on it. It was already passed the dealership's closing time and the rep had a good idea to use the onstar system diagnostic to figure out the problem, he was thinking it was a sensor error or something, but what came back was worse:
Combustion engine sparking was failing and the engine was not operating correctly. In addition the power output from the electric engine was way below normal and was failing as well. What...the...hell.
The rep was competely shocked as was my wife, whom at this time, was well beyond angry to be so close..yet so far.
I am now extremely concerned. Did we get a lemon? How could a car pass checks at the factory, train depot, and dealership with a major problem? I am frustrated, but maybe optamistic that it was maybe a sensor problem. What could cause the check engine light to come on and a report with those errors? Anyone have ideas?