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Chevrolet Volt

Every Chevrolet Volt model year on file, 2011 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,86668 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92011 to 2019
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins12,573Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 699, 37% of the model's total

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

0200400600800201120122013201420152016201769920182019
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
703
Fuel system
501
Powertrain
430
Engine and cooling
379
Airbags
310
Brakes
102
Speed control
67
Seats
55
Steering
44
Structure
22
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
2019Hatchback348.826222631
2018Hatchback2251.81,60722849
2017Hatchback6993.04,112021,171
2016Hatchback1691.81,352121,334
2015Hatchback444.5259111,419
2014Hatchback938.6775011,655
2013Hatchback3084.21,925321,952
2012Hatchback2454.9980231,847
2011Hatchback494.1223121,715
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet Volt

  • 23V-516 Jul 27, 2023
    Driver-side air bag inflator may explode during deployment due to a manufacturing defect
    Airbags · 767 vehicles
  • 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
  • 18V-397 Jun 14, 2018
    Update to the Hybrid Powertrain Control Module 2 (HPCM2) may have disabled the cell balancing function causing a low-voltage condition
    Hybrid and electric propulsion · 4,606 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
  • 15V-145 Mar 13, 2015
    If the driver exits the vehicle without turning off the electrical system, the battery may drain low enough that the gasoline engine will…
    Electrical system · 50k vehicles
  • 13V-271 Jun 27, 2013
    Due to a brake pressure modulator valve problem, the vehicles do not relieve brake pressure from the front brakes during an anti-lock brake system…
    Stability and traction control · 4 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.