16V422000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Without audible indicators, the driver may not fasten their seatbelt, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
2015 CHEVROLET SONIC
3 safety recall campaigns, 171 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints171
Complaints citing a crash18
Complaints citing a fire4
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 3 of 3
16V257000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Without audible indicators, the driver may leave the key in the ignition, increasing the risk of theft.
15V416000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
Without audible indicators, the driver may leave the key in the ignition, increasing the risk of theft. If a driver or front passenger does not buckle their seat belt, there would be no chime to remind them to fasten their seat belts. If a driver or passenger does not buckle their seat belt there is an increased risk that they will be injured in a crash.
What owners report most
- 32ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 27AIR BAGS
- 23ENGINE
- 22UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 12POWER TRAIN
- 12FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 6STEERING
- 4ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 CHEVROLET SONICs 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.