2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV

6 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 241 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints241
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire15

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 6

23V8450002023-12-14

SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER

A fire increases the risk of injury.

22V9300002022-12-15

SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER

A vehicle fire can increase the risk of injury.

21V5600002021-07-23

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

A battery fire increases the risk of injury.

20V7010002020-11-13

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

A battery fire increases the risk of injury.

20V1840002020-03-26

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

If the rear door opens while driving, or the door handle fails to open the rear door, there is an increased risk of injury to the rear passengers.

18V5760002018-08-30

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER

A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 80ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 45STEERING
  • 44FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 20UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 13POWER TRAIN
  • 4FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
  • 4SERVICE BRAKES
  • 4VISIBILITY/WIPER

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EVs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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