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Chevrolet Bolt Ev

14 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V845000·2023-12-14

    2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV Fire Hazard After Crash

    General Motors is recalling certain 2017-2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles where the seat belt pretensioner exhaust may ignite carpet fibers near the B-pillar following a crash, creating a fire risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V930000·2022-12-15

    Chevrolet Bolt EV Pretensioner Exhaust Fire Risk Recall

    General Motors recalls 2017-2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles. After a crash with pretensioner deployment, pretensioner exhaust may ignite carpet near the B-pillar, creating a fire hazard.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V560000·2021-07-23

    GM Recalls 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVs for Battery Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVs because the high-voltage battery may catch fire when fully charged, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V808000·2020-12-22

    GM Recalls 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV for Brake Caliper Fracture Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles because a front left brake caliper may fracture, potentially reducing brake performance and increasing crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V701000·2020-11-13

    Chevrolet Bolt EV Recalled Due to High Voltage Battery Fire Risk

    General Motors is recalling 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVs because the high voltage battery could catch fire when charged to full capacity, increasing the risk of injury.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V576000·2018-08-30

    GM Recalls 2018-2019 Vehicles for Rear Brake Caliper Coating Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2018-2019 Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, and Cadillac vehicles because rear brake caliper pistons may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing braking performance.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, CADILLAC, BUICK IMPALA, VOLT, XTS, BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24V812000·2024-10-31

    Chevrolet Bolt battery can catch fire when charged near full

    GM is recalling certain 2020-2022 Bolt EV and 2022 Bolt EUV vehicles previously repaired under 21V-650, because diagnostic software installation may have failed, so the battery could catch fire at high charge.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EUV, BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24V481000·2024-06-27

    Chevrolet Bolt battery diagnostic software may miss defective modules

    GM is recalling certain 2020-2022 Bolt EV and 2022 Bolt EUV vehicles previously remedied under 21V-650, because diagnostic software may have been installed incorrectly and fail to detect defective battery modules.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EUV, BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V567000·2023-08-10

    2022-2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV air bag deployment defect recall

    General Motors is recalling certain 2022-2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles because the instrument panel cover may lack a required perforation, preventing proper passenger-side air bag deployment.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V650000·2021-08-20

    Chevrolet Bolt EV battery fire hazard recall for defective modules

    General Motors is recalling 2020-2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and 2022 Bolt EUV vehicles. The high-voltage battery could catch fire when charged to full or nearly full capacity, increasing risk of injury.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EUV, BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V517000·2021-07-08

    2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV recalled for driver air bag fastener issue

    General Motors is recalling certain 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV vehicles because driver-side air bag fasteners may be missing or improperly tightened. This could prevent the air bag from deploying properly in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV, BOLT EUV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V811000·2020-12-23

    GM Recalls Bolt EV and Other Vehicles for Seat Belt Attachment Defect

    General Motors is recalling multiple 2020-2021 vehicles due to incorrect bolts used to secure seat belts. Improperly fastened seat belts may fail to properly restrain occupants in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, CADILLAC, GMC SUBURBAN, ESCALADE NA, COLORADO, SILVERADO 3500
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V184000·2020-03-26

    GM Recalls 2019-2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV for Rear Door Cable Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2019-2020 Chevrolet Bolt EVs because a rear door cable may be too long, potentially causing the door to open unintentionally while driving.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET BOLT EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·26V114000·2026-02-26

    General Motors Vehicles Recalled for Missing Electronic Owner's Manual

    General Motors has recalled multiple Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick vehicles from 2025–2027 because their radios were not properly configured to download the electronic owner's manual during production. Without the manual, owners may not know how to safely operate the vehicle.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET, CADILLAC YUKON XL, YUKON, TERRAIN, SIERRA EV
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE20016 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:propulsion system
  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2019 · steering 45 complaints
  • 2020 · steering 22 complaints

Technical service bulletins

568 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2023: 3.7/5 · 59 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2022: 3.3/5 · 59 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2021: 3.5/5 · 67 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2020: 3.0/5 · 172 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2019: 3.2/5 · 175 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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