2016 Chevrolet Volt: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt. The campaign is 17V621000. NHTSA received the report on 5 Oct 2017. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal. NHTSA has 169 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 17V621000, in the NHTSA record
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began November 8, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17387.
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.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 16 units in total.
17V621000Received . 16 units.
Air Bags / Frontal
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2016 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado, and 2016 Chevrolet Volt vehicles. The driver's frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began November 8, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17387.
Report filed by General Motors LLC. Manufacturer campaign number 17387. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
169 complaints, 285 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.
- 2016 Chevrolet Volt
- All 2016 vehicles
| Component | 2016 Volt | All 2016 vehicles | Volt, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 270.2 | 116.2 | 237.8 | 77 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 221.1 | 42.9 | 166.9 | 63 |
| Power Train | 178.9 | 127.5 | 144.4 | 51 |
| Engine | 168.4 | 171 | 123.3 | 48 |
| Unknown or Other | 70.2 | 110.2 | 76.3 | 20 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 21.1 | 34.2 | 22.5 | 6 |
| Service Brakes | 14 | 54.2 | 33.6 | 4 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 10.5 | 12.6 | 7.4 | 3 |
| Air Bags | 7 | 42.5 | 104.5 | 2 |
| Steering | 7 | 66.3 | 14.8 | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 18.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 2
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 1
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 30 Jun 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE23022 | Preliminary evaluation | Loss of Motive Power due to the Battery Energy Control Module | Electrical System | 29 Nov 2023 | 3 Mar 2025 | |
| DP22005 | Defect petition | Pedestrian alert sounds | Electrical System / Propulsion System | 27 Jan 2023 | 7 Aug 2023 | 22V063000 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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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.
- NHTSA page of the 2016 Chevrolet VoltThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2016 Chevrolet Volt: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/volt/2016/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- General Motors LLC
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt?
- 16 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Volt have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 8 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Volt, model years 2011 to 2019. 1 of them names the 2016 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Volt name most often?
- Electrical System: 77 of 285 component mentions, or 270.2 per 1,000. For all 2016 vehicles the figure is 116.2 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2016 Chevrolet Volt open?
- No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.