Model years to avoid

Chevrolet Bolt EV

What it says about you

Opinion

Small, quick, and cheap to run, with a battery recall saga you can recite. You got a free pack out of it eventually.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

8 model years on record, 533 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2020 (battery), 2019 (battery). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2027 1 recall 3 complaints
  2. 2023 3 recalls 58 complaints
  3. 2022 7 recalls 59 complaints
  4. 2021 5 recalls 66 complaints
  5. 2020 battery 172 complaints
  6. 2019 battery 175 complaints
  7. 2018 5 recalls 0 complaints
  8. 2017 4 recalls 0 complaints

What does a Chevrolet Bolt EV say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.