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Service bulletins for the 2012 Chevrolet Volt

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

1848 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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SB-DCS-2830-A2016-03-31. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS: ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT AIR BAG. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-DCS-28282016-03-31. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS: ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT AIR BAG. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-132022016-03-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-131842016-03-16. Service bulletin. TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC); SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIC-6039-A2016-02-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. CHEVROLET: ON SOME VEHICLES, MAIN POWER FEED TO FUSE BLOCKS COULD HAVE POOR TERMINAL RETENTION OR ARE DAMAGED. MODEL 2011-15 VOLT. *PE
PIC-56022016-02-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. CHEVROLET: SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING DOME LAMPS ARE INOPERATIVE, RIGHT SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS INOPERATIVE, REVERSE LAMPS INOPERATIVE, SUNSHADE AND MAP LAMPS INOPERATIVE AND REARVIEW BACK UP CAMERA INOPERATIVE DUE TO A POSSIBLE FUSE OPENING. MODEL 2011-15 VOLT. *PE
PI-15212016-02-13. Service bulletin. STEERING; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC: DUE TO AN IMPROPER JUMP START, THE POWER STEERING FUSE WAS EITHER BLOWN OR FAILED, CAUSING A HARD STEERING. OR LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. MODEL 2013-16 LACROSSE, REGAL, MALIBU, 2010-13 EQUINOX, TERRAIN, 2014-15 ELR, 2014-16 IMPALA, 2012-15 VERANO, 2011-15 CRUZE, VOLT. *PE
PIC-61032016-01-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. GENERAL MOTORS: INFORMATION REGARDING SERVICE STABILITY LAMP BEING ON AND HISTORY OR CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) C012E, C12FE. MODEL 2011-15 VOLT, 2014-15 SPARK EV, 2014-16 ELR. *PE
PIP4869D2015-07-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. GENERAL MOTORS 2011-2015 CHEVROLET VOLT, 2014-2015 CADILLAC ELR, 2012-2015 OPEL AMPERA: INFORMATION ON COMMON DIC MESSAGE SEEN BY CUSTOMERS "PROPULSION POWER IS REDUCED". *LJ
PIP4841M2015-07-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. GENERAL MOTORS 2011-2015 CHEVROLET VOLT. 2014-2016 CADILLAC ELR: INFORMATION REGARDING HIGH VOLTAGE DRIVE MOTOR BATTERY REPAIR AND EXCHANGE PROCESS. *LJ
PIC60802015-07-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY. GENERAL MOTORS 2011-2014 CHEVROLET VOLT, CADILLAC ELR, OPEL AMPERA: SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING SES LIGHT WITH MULTIPLE HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY PERFORMANCE CODES. *LJ
PIP4869D2015-06-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY. GENERAL MOTORS 2011-2015 CHEVROLET VOLT, CADILLAC ELR, OPEL AMPERA. CUSTOMERS HAVE CONCERNS WHILE DRIVING IN MOUNTAINS THEY EXPERIENCE A MESSAGE DISPLAY "PROPULSON POWER REDUCED" AND SHOULD USE MOUNTAIN MODE DURING DRIVE. *LJ
PIP4841M2015-06-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. GENERAL MOTORS 2011-2016 CHEVROLET VOLT, CADILLAC ELR. SERVICE BULLETIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE HIGH VOLTAGE DRIVE MOTOR BATTERY REPAIR AND EXCHANGE PROCESS. *LJ
PIP4880E2015-06-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. GENERAL MOTORS 2011-2015 CHEVROLET VOLT, 2012-2015 OPEL AMPERA, 2014 CADILLAC ELR: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION REGARDING (EREV) DTC P0336 STORED IN THE T6 POWER INVERTER MODULE(HPCM). *LJ
PIP4845E2015-06-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. GENERAL MOTORS: 2011-2015 CHEVROLET VOLT, 2014-2015 CADILLAC: PI REGARDING ELR BATTERY CHARGE MODULE(OBCM) PART RESTRICTION. PLEASE DISCARD PI 4845D. *LJ
142742015-05-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. GENERAL MOTORS:2010-2015 CADILLAC SRX, 2011-2015 CHEVROLET VOLT . SOME MODEL VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE LIFTGATE STRUT ROD DETACHING. DEALERS ARE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *LJ SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNERS LETTER. *LJ
SC-142322015-04-11. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. GEMS/CHEVROLET/BUICK: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK IN STRAIGHT AHEAD POSITION AFTER LONG DISTANCE DRIVING ON STRAIGHT HIGHWAY DUE TO STEERING SYSTEM HAVING AN INCREASED FRICTION AND TURNING WOULD BE AN INCREASED EFFORT. MODEL 2011-2014 CRUZE, VOLT, 2010-14 EQUINOX, TERRAIN, 2012-14 VERANO, 2013-14 MALIBU. *PE UPDATED 11/6/15. *PE
PIP4910D2015-02-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. CADILLAC: WHEN SERVICING ANY OF THE COOLING SYSTEMS ON THE CADILLAC, CHEVROLET &OPEL AMPERA VEHICLES IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE PROPER COOLANT AND WATER MIXTURE. *LJ UPDATED 2/25/15. *LJ
PIP-52462015-01-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE. CHEVROLET/CADILLAC: WITH ENGINE UNAVAILABLE AND PROPULSION POWER REDUCED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1B03, P0C01, P0C4E AND ROUGH OPERATION WITH ENGINE RUNNING. MODEL 2014-2015 ELR, 2011-2015 VOLT. *PE
PI-13222014-12-10. Service bulletin. STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. CHEVROLET/BUICK: NEAR CENTER POSITION, A STICK/SLIP OR NOTCHY FELLING IS FELT IN STEERING WHEEL, AFTER MAKING LANE CHANGES DURING A TIME ON HIGHWAY, DUE TO OVERCOMING AN INCREASE EFFORT OF RESIDUAL FRICTION INSIDE STEERING GEAR. MODEL 2011-12 CRUZE, VOLT, 2012 VERANO. *PE
PIC-60262014-12-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. CHEVROLET: THE HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE IS UNABLE TO CONNECT TO REPLACEMENT ACCESSORY DC POWER CONTROL MODULE (APM). MODEL 2011-2013 VOLT. *PE
PIC-60152014-11-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. CHEVROLET/CADILLAC: CHARGE RECEPTACLE SHOULD BE INSPECTED FOR WATER INTRUSION OR MICRO CRACKING WHEN DURING DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS CHARGE RELATED ISSUES, NOT SHIFTING OUT OF PARK, HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY NOT CHARGING. MODEL 2011-14 VOLT, 2014 ELR. *PE
PI-12352014-10-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GENERAL MOTORS: DUE TO LOOSE GROUND TERMINAL CONNECTIONS, IN SOME VEHICLES AND TRUCKS EXPERIENCE, ACCESSORIES MALFUNCTIONS, DIC MESSAGES, IPC WARNING INDICATORS, SES LIGHT ON. *PE
PIC-5383-D2014-07-31. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC. CHEVROLET/CADILLAC: A RESTRICTION HAS BEEN PLACED, THRU TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (TAC), ON THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE (EBCM) AND BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE (BMPV) FOR VOLT. MODEL 2011-2014 VOLT, 2014 ELR. *PE UPDATED 12/9/14. *PE
12-08-45-001-A2014-04-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GM: INFORMATION CONCERNING INTERMITTENT ISSUE WITH ELECTRICAL NOISE OR INADEQUATE GROUNDING ON110/220 VAC PLUG-IN CHARGING. *JS

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.