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Chevrolet Volt

Every Chevrolet Volt model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,17133 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52015 to 2019
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins5,406Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 699, 60% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

020040060080020152016201769920182019
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Chevrolet Volt complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
504
Fuel system
386
Powertrain
377
Engine and cooling
299
Speed control
49
Brakes
49
Steering
25
Airbags
23
Stability and traction control
14
Driver assistance
14
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet Volt model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet Volt by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2019Hatchback348.826222632
2018Hatchback2251.81,60722850
2017Hatchback6993.04,112021,171
2016Hatchback1691.81,352121,335
2015Hatchback444.5259111,418
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet Volt

  • 18V-673 Sep 26, 2018
    Certain second-row or third-row rear seatbelts retractor assemblies may not automatically lock when the seatbelt is fully pulled out of the…
    Seat belts · 16k vehicles
  • 18V-576 Aug 30, 2018
    Rear brake caliper pistons may have an insufficient coating causing gas pockets to form, potentially reducing rear brake performance
    Brakes · 211k vehicles
  • 17V-621 Oct 5, 2017
    Driver's frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash
    Airbags · 16 vehicles
  • 15V-442 Jul 10, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, the inner tie rod may not be tightened to specification allowing the tie rod to separate from the steering gear
    Steering · 10 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.