Chevrolet Sonic: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 16 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Sonic, model years 2011 to 2018. NHTSA has 637 complaints on file for this model line. 5 of the 8 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Chevrolet Sonic NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 4% | 71 |
| 2017 Chevrolet Sonic NHTSA page | 0 | 10 | 13% | |
| 2016 Chevrolet Sonic | 2 | 19 | 24% | 336,352 |
| 2015 Chevrolet Sonic | 3 | 55 | 69% | 382,137 |
| 2014 Chevrolet Sonic | 4 | 101 | 127% | 322,424 |
| 2013 Chevrolet Sonic | 6 | 158 | 198% | 337,813 |
| 2012 Chevrolet Sonic | 7 | 290 | 364% | 112,157 |
| 2011 Chevrolet Sonic NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
936 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 178.4 | 167 |
| Engine | 145.3 | 136 |
| Electrical System | 144.2 | 135 |
| Air Bags | 103.6 | 97 |
| Unknown or Other | 101.5 | 95 |
| Steering | 40.6 | 38 |
| Service Brakes | 40.6 | 38 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 38.5 | 36 |
| Suspension | 31 | 29 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 31 | 29 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Malibu66 campaigns
- Silverado 150055 campaigns
- Impala57 campaigns
- Silverado46 campaigns
- Blazer40 campaigns
- Tahoe80 campaigns
- Cobalt10 campaigns
- Suburban82 campaigns
- Trailblazer29 campaigns
- S1033 campaigns
- Equinox32 campaigns
- Cavalier40 campaigns
- Corvette48 campaigns
- HHR7 campaigns
- Lumina29 campaigns
- Silverado 250044 campaigns
- Astro17 campaigns
- Camaro56 campaigns
- Venture18 campaigns
- Cruze26 campaigns
- Traverse32 campaigns
- Monte Carlo44 campaigns
- Avalanche18 campaigns
- Colorado29 campaigns
- Suburban 15007 campaigns
- Aveo4 campaigns
- Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
- Avalanche 15005 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
- Corsica15 campaigns
- C15001 campaign
- Silverado 350045 campaigns
- Caprice50 campaigns
- Uplander5 campaigns
- Beretta15 campaigns
- Express72 campaigns
- Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
- Lumina APV11 campaigns
- Pickup0 campaigns
- Tracker0 campaigns
- Volt8 campaigns
- C/K Pickups4 campaigns
- K15001 campaign
- Malibu Classic2 campaigns
- Cobalt SS0 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
- G2022 campaigns
- Spark9 campaigns
- 15003 campaigns
- C152 campaigns
- Captiva1 campaign
- C25001 campaign
- Van0 campaigns
- Celebrity15 campaigns
- Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
- C1041 campaigns
- Suburban 25000 campaigns
- Prizm0 campaigns
- Trailblazer 3600 campaigns
- Corvette Z061 campaign
Chevrolet: all 177 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Chevrolet Sonic: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/sonic/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- General Motors LLC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Chevrolet Sonic model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2012 with 7, 2013 with 6, 2014 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Chevrolet Sonic model year has the most complaints?
- The 2012 model year, with 290 of the 637 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet Sonic name?
- Power Train: 178.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 145.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 144.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Chevrolet Sonic?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.