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Chevrolet Sonic · 2015

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V422000·2016-06-10

    GM Recalls 2013-2016 Chevrolet Vehicles for Missing Seatbelt Warning Chime

    General Motors is recalling specific Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, and Trax vehicles because the radio software may fail to provide audible seatbelt or key-in-ignition warnings.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET SPARK, SONIC, TRAX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V416000·2015-06-30

    GM Recalls 2014-2015 Chevrolet Sonic and Spark for Radio Software Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2014-2015 Chevrolet Sonic and Spark vehicles because a radio software issue may disable safety warning chimes, increasing the risk of theft and injury.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET SONIC, SPARK
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V257000·2016-04-28

    GM Recalls 2013-2016 Chevrolet Vehicles for Theft Protection Software Defect

    General Motors is recalling certain 2013-2016 Chevrolet Sonic, Trax, and Spark vehicles because the radio software may fail to provide an audible warning chime, increasing the risk of vehicle theft.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET TRAX, SPARK, SONIC
    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.

  • 20155/5

    2 trims tested for 2015; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

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

  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2012 · powertrain 150 complaints, median 50,000 mi
  • 2012 · electrical 45 complaints, median 40,120 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · powertrain 38 complaints, median 56,000 mi
  • 2014 · electrical 37 complaints, median 55,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · engine 32 complaints, median 74,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

792 manufacturer service bulletins across 9 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2020: 4.4/5 · 10 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2019: 4.5/5 · 8 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2018: 4.3/5 · 14 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2017: 4.1/5 · 37 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2016: 4.0/5 · 48 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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