I had an issue where I could not get the bolt out of N or P. I would not go into D, R or L. The dash display said “Conditions aren’t met to shift.” I kept turning the car off and trying to reboot the CPU (if it has one). I hadnt plugged it in overnight but there was still 81 miles charge. I have a Juice box 40A and it is brand new and has worked like a charm for 11K miles. I tried to turn the car off and it would only cycle through the start up process and I couldn’t get it to turn off. I did notice that when I Held the power button down the dash screen would say initializing. I’d never seen that before. I gave up and plugged the car in and went to work in my gas guzzler. I noticed that the screen didn’t recognize the charger. It said I had a 110 plugged in. I called the dealer and arranged to have it towed. 10 hours later I came home and the car turned itself off. I powered up and Still same issue but the car was able to turn off. I plugged it in for a nightly charge. The next morning it started like normal and has worked for the last 1K miles no reoccurrence of the problem. I took it to the dealer and they ran diagnostics and found nothing but normal operation. I’m guessing that somehow the Juice box charged the car up and “resettled” it.
Is there a way to reset or hard boot a bolt like you do a computer when it is having trouble and just needs a new “brain” so to speak?
Has anyone had this issue and is there a fix. The dealer is perplexed.
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Turn the Bolt off, get out, close the driver door and walk 25ft (you should hear the doors lock) or so away from the car for a min or two. that should preform a full power down.
I’ve had to do that once in my Bolt and once in my Volt. The key is getting out, closing the door and getting out of RFID proximity range so the car performs a full power down.
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gknights Discussion starter
5 příspěvků · Připojeno 2018
The Bolt wouldn’t turn off. But I did just get out and shut the doors and walk away. There was nothing else i could do. I figured it would eventually run out of charge and maybe the Juice box would kick it back into normal. Which I think it did in the end.
25 příspěvků · Připojeno 2017
I recall people having similar issues on this forum — try searching for «conditions aren’t met to shift.»
Everything runs off the 12V battery so disconnecting it will effectively reset everything.
677 příspěvků · Připojeno 2016
When I got that message, my 12 V battery had gone below 10 Volts. That is a long story covered in another thread. Was there a symbol of a battery in red in the lower right corner of your screen? Probably not, because it would have said, battery saver mode. Part of the trouble was the transmission module had improper code.:nerd:
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I did notice that when I Held the power button down the dash screen would say initializing. I’d never seen that before.
You probably entered «Service Mode», pg 202 of the user manual.
Servisní režim
This power mode is available for
service and diagnostics, and to
verify the proper operation of the
malfunction indicator lamp as may
be required for emission inspection
purposes. With the vehicle off, and
the brake pedal not applied,
pressing and holding POWERO for
more than five seconds will place
the vehicle in Service Mode. The
instruments and audio systems will
operate as they do in ON/RUN, but
the vehicle will not be able to be
driven. The propulsion system will
not start in Service Mode. Press
POWERO again to turn the
vozidlo vypnuto.
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gknights Discussion starter
5 příspěvků · Připojeno 2018
Maybe. but whenever I do the power button I apply the breaks. Still doesn’t explain why it happened in the first place. Thanks though.
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I had the exact same thing happen this morning on my 2017. Couldn’t shift into any drive mode, pushing the power button restarted instead of powered off, etc. The initialization screen showed up every time it booted, which is unusual. Also, an indicator light was on: a car with an exclamation point.
Not sure what caused it or fixed it, but I was sitting in the car researching the error for a couple minutes when I noticed it was randomly operating normally again (it might have rebooted itself, I can’t recall). I hope this doesn’t become a common occurrence. It’s the first time it’s happened in three years.
I like the idea of resetting by disconnecting the 12V should it happen again.
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- Walked away from Bolt with fob, waited 2-3 minutes and was able to start up the car and drive away. This got me out of the loop where I couldn’t turn off the car and get my propulsion back.
- The service light was on as a result. Later that same day, I disconnected the negative lead on the 12v battery, waited 2 minutes and that reset the service light. Bolt seems to be fine now.
1554 příspěvků · Připojeno 2019
I don’t know if this will work in your case, but I’ve disconnected the negative terminal of the 12V battery for a few seconds to «reboot». In fact, I carry a 10mm wrench in the sub trunk «just in case».
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Yeah, I carry the 10mm wrench so I can disconnect the battery in case the car needs a tow. If the car is alive while being towed it has a propensity to believe it’s rolling downhill and to attempt to remedy the situation by applying the brakes.
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I had an issue where I could not get the bolt out of N or P. I would not go into D, R or L. The dash display said “Conditions aren’t met to shift.” I kept turning the car off and trying to reboot the CPU (if it has one). I hadnt plugged it in overnight but there was still 81 miles charge. I have a Juice box 40A and it is brand new and has worked like a charm for 11K miles. I tried to turn the car off and it would only cycle through the start up process and I couldn’t get it to turn off. I did notice that when I Held the power button down the dash screen would say initializing. I’d never seen that before. I gave up and plugged the car in and went to work in my gas guzzler. I noticed that the screen didn’t recognize the charger. It said I had a 110 plugged in. I called the dealer and arranged to have it towed. 10 hours later I came home and the car turned itself off. I powered up and Still same issue but the car was able to turn off. I plugged it in for a nightly charge. The next morning it started like normal and has worked for the last 1K miles no reoccurrence of the problem. I took it to the dealer and they ran diagnostics and found nothing but normal operation. I’m guessing that somehow the Juice box charged the car up and “resettled” it.
Is there a way to reset or hard boot a bolt like you do a computer when it is having trouble and just needs a new “brain” so to speak?
Has anyone had this issue and is there a fix. The dealer is perplexed.
If something is not working right, sometimes that helps. Yes, disconnecting the 12V battery will indeed stop everything.
If that doesn’t help, it’s a trip to Chevy service.
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HICRNT Discussion starter
204 příspěvků · Připojeno 2012
Where is the 12 disconnect/battery ? In the rear compartment ?
24615 příspěvků · Připojeno 2011
Yes, it is under the cargo area.
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HICRNT Discussion starter
204 příspěvků · Připojeno 2012
Thanks. I’ll give it a shot
1929 příspěvků · Připojeno 2011
HICRNT, once you have done the hard reset, please report back on what the problem was, and whether the hard reset corrected the issue. That will be useful for future readers of this thread. Thanks!
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HICRNT Discussion starter
204 příspěvků · Připojeno 2012
My Drivers Display went black(DIC). a 600 mile drive later(which sucks without speedo and fuel gauge), a simple 12v battery disconnect for 5 minutes did the trick.
Display working normally now (lost compass calibration, but will re-calibrate). Why I love this forum- and avoided another trip to the dealer. Thanks ! I will repost if the issue returns.
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Thanks, HICRNT! My Audio Cue sound quit about two months ago, and I thought about doing the hard reset to fix the issue. I need to take my car in for the power inverter reprogram anyway, so I’ll just let them note the issue and correct it for me. But your post is useful should I ever experience the black DIC.
Update: The issue with the Audio Cue sound was fixed by replacing the radio. Reprogramming the radio did not help. Sidenote: when you get your radio replaced, you will have to swap radio IDs if you have an XM subscription (costs $15, but they will only give you a credit — no refund — if you question them on the charge).
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HICRNT Discussion starter
204 příspěvků · Připojeno 2012
Another tidbit that may/may not explain this phenomenon. The car was at a campsite plugged in to 120v charging. Had the need to get in/out of the car several times over 24 hrs;wife purse(& extra key fob) were stored in the car; each time in/out would get the «forgotten keyfob» horn chirp.
Don’t know if its related, but that was an unusual usage pattern for us- maybe a security feature (or just tripped up the display computer ? Thought it was worth mentioning
3479 příspěvků · Připojeno 2013
It is possible that the campsite charging was the problem. likely that with a high current draw the power at the campsite was low quality, possible that some other users on the same load center were messing up the power quality as well (voltage or power factor or noise) it may be that something in your 12 volt electronics got «confused» by this. Camp site outlet are often on very long feeds from their panel, and just as often share their transformer output winding with lots of noisy devices.
Tady to je, moje myšlenky pro vlastníky „nových pro vás“ voltů (2011 až 2015), správné nebo špatné, v jednom příspěvku.
http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread. Crystal-Red-Volt-Owner!&p=1595858#post1595858
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Remember to drive some now using GAS if a state inspection is coming up soon as those flags got reset .
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After almost a full recharge, when I turned on my Ampera yesterday afternoon, my center LCD was blank, radio wouldn’t turn on, back-up camera wouldn’t display.
I turned the car off, exited the vehicle, locked it and then opened the car and turned it back on, but the problem was still there.
I drove home (I was visiting my mother) without any music or any climate display, no way of setting the charging method etc and I remembered this thread.
When I arrived home, I decided to check the manual to see where and how to disconnect the 12V battery. I exited the car, closed the driver’s door, opened the passenger door since I have the manual in the glove compartment and started reading. After I found what I needed, I closed the passenger door and again opened the driver’s door and at that moment I noticed, that the center LCD was lit. I turned the car on and it was back to normal.
I was happy that it worked itself out, but these kind of quirks really don’t make me confident in my car.
2012 e-Pioneer Edition Ampera
1300 příspěvků · Připojeno 2013
We had the same issues. Sometimes the center stack LCD was out, sometimes the buttons under the center stack LCD wouldn’t work. Then they would work after the car turned off completely. One time HVAC wouldn’t work no matter what you did. I was thinking of a battery disconnect reset/reboot but people here talking about issues with a loss of 12V battery power made me nervous to try it with GM telling me to. Afterall, our vehicle is under warranty still. (Heck it only has 5k miles on it now)
Volt Adviser said that you have to leave the immediate area for 20 minutes and then come back for a «reset». If the car senses your FOB it doesn’t totally turn off. (What we were told) We did bring it in for it and a reprogram — it hasn’t happened since, but when we brought it in the displays were back to normal anyways.
I agree that this car doesn’t give me a great sense of confidence. We have had a lot of experiences of the electrical things not working. Once getting stuck and having to get towed to the dealer. I am able to deal with a lot of the glitches as I know this car is one big computer network, but I had hoped after a couple of years most of the gremlins would have been removed.
The good news is that after several dealer visits the old gremlins are gone — hoping to not get any new ones. Only exception is the charge port door and charging codes. And on a non-electrical gremlin issue, hopefully my passenger side rear view mirror falling off issue will be resolved with this dealer visit too. Got a rental SONIC again, which is OK. At least it gets 28 mpg on our daily routes to/from work.
