15V145000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the engine runs for an extended period of time in an enclosed space, there may be a build up of carbon monoxide, increasing the risk of personal injury.
2012 CHEVROLET VOLT
2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 359 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints359
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
13V271000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If the brakes lock up it could cause a loss of steering control and/or a lengthened distance needed to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 84AIR BAGS
- 78ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 37FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 26ENGINE
- 23SERVICE BRAKES
- 22POWER TRAIN
- 17UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 14SEATS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 CHEVROLET VOLTs 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.