I don't drive in the mountains a lot, but today I was. Ran into a very concerning issues. Tried searching, nothing on topic.
Setup: Two different drives, car shut off for three hours in between. 2015 Volt. Both times on the interstate, in MM, about 40% of battery remaining, ICE running, doing about 65. With my commute, the last part of every day in on gas, on the interstate, 65-75mph, so I am used to what the car normally feels like.
Going uphill, needed to pass, floored the gas. Saw kW reading go up to about 80 and just hung there. Car not accelerating much. Not nearly what I'm used to. Managed to get around, but concerned.
On the way back, I was going uphill, MM, ICE running, 65mph, about 40% of battery remaining. Floored it, again maxed out at about 80kW, not accelerating much. Held my foot to the floor for about 10 seconds, no change.
Tapped the mode button to Normal (foot still flat to the floor). The instant it dropped to normal mode, the car surged forward and was accelerating MUCH harder, the kW jumped to 110kW, had to get off the gas pedal after just a couple seconds.
Anyone seen this? Known issue? Something wrong with my car?
I'm not happy. In the mountains, uphill is NOT the time for my car to decide that it doesn't want to give me full power.
Setup: Two different drives, car shut off for three hours in between. 2015 Volt. Both times on the interstate, in MM, about 40% of battery remaining, ICE running, doing about 65. With my commute, the last part of every day in on gas, on the interstate, 65-75mph, so I am used to what the car normally feels like.
Going uphill, needed to pass, floored the gas. Saw kW reading go up to about 80 and just hung there. Car not accelerating much. Not nearly what I'm used to. Managed to get around, but concerned.
On the way back, I was going uphill, MM, ICE running, 65mph, about 40% of battery remaining. Floored it, again maxed out at about 80kW, not accelerating much. Held my foot to the floor for about 10 seconds, no change.
Tapped the mode button to Normal (foot still flat to the floor). The instant it dropped to normal mode, the car surged forward and was accelerating MUCH harder, the kW jumped to 110kW, had to get off the gas pedal after just a couple seconds.
Anyone seen this? Known issue? Something wrong with my car?
I'm not happy. In the mountains, uphill is NOT the time for my car to decide that it doesn't want to give me full power.