[Paj]

It is possible for the dashboard and centre console to contradict each other.

I was running in hold mode, with 5 miles left on the battery.
When I left the motorway, I switched to sport mode, however, the dash kept on displaying the petrol gauge.
I had the centre console display the power distribution, and it only showed the electric motor running, drawing power from the battery which still had two bars left.
Meanwhile, on the dash, the petrol range is going down. I cannot hear the engine running, and if I try to change the driving mode, it won't let me select hold, and no other mode will get it to switch the display to battery mode, even though it is still showiing 5 miles battery range.
After plugging in for a bit of a recharge at my destination, when I come to leave, the petrol range is back up to where it was when I first switched off hold mode.

It looks like it is possible for the dash to get stuck in petrol mode when running on battery, and reduce the petrol range display instead of reducing the battery.

 

[Paul_Moxhay]

I have noticed one or two similar anomolies especially when using HOLD or MOUNTAIN. I can describe in detail as I can't remember the precise situation but I will look out for it happening again and report if I see it again.

 

[dpeilow]

I've had this petrol gauge thing coming out of hold mode happen to me lately too. It seems to be a new phenomenon. Luckily, last time it happened I was in a traffic jam, so I rebooted the car.

 

[MK AMP]

Yes, Ad this one yesterday too.

 

[Dave Mathers]

Mine did this once

 

[dpeilow]

As long as we don't get a bug like this...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/ ... RX20121023

 

[RalphGoodson]

I have found that if you switch to petrol with only 5 miles or less of battery power left, it disappears and you cannot go back to batteries again.

 

[MK AMP]

Thanks for that tip Ralph, will give it a go next time I get to 5 miles!

 

[MK AMP]

Yes, on 5 miles and it cannot get back to battery, however, on the last bit of the journey at low speed it is operating off battery despite the blue petrol icon.

 

[RayG]

I have also seen this now.

 

[dpeilow]

That energy isn't lost, it just seems to get used to accelerate the car.

 

[dpeilow]

Anyone had all four windows suddenly go down? It happened to me at Christmas and I thought possibly I'd done something daft with the key fob and not noticed for a few minutes, but it turns out to be a known issue http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php ... post247882

 

[Parax]

Yes, I've had that, but, If you press and hold the unlock button the windows will all go down (This is a feature on many cars, sometimes called a summer opening feature), I had this happen when I sat on my keys once at work, I noticed it outside though. The stupid thing is you can't remote close them (only an auto-close trap-sensor on the drivers window).

 

[dpeilow]

I know it's a feature, but on this occasion the keys were in a jacket hanging 10 metres away.