16V422000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Without audible indicators, the driver may not fasten their seatbelt, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
2016 CHEVROLET SONIC
2 safety recall campaigns, 69 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints69
Complaints citing a crash11
Complaints citing a fire2
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 2 of 2
16V257000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Without audible indicators, the driver may leave the key in the ignition, increasing the risk of theft.
What owners report most
- 13ENGINE
- 9ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8AIR BAGS
- 8UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 3SUSPENSION
- 3ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 3POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.