2020 CHEVROLET BOLT EV

8 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 245 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints245
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire6

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 8

24V8120002024-10-31

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

A battery fire increases the risk of injury.

24V4810002024-06-27

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

A battery fire increases the risk of injury.

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.

21V6500002021-08-20

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

A battery fire increases the risk of injury.

20V8110002020-12-23

SEAT BELTS

If a seat belt assembly is not properly attached to the vehicle, the seat belt may not properly restrain an occupant in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 87ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 30FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 21UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 21STEERING
  • 11POWER TRAIN
  • 8ENGINE
  • 8VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 6AIR BAGS

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2020 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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