2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Complaints about this year name return center far more often than the model's other years — 22% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 7.5%.
| Complaints filed | 316 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 73 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 4 |
Also unusual this year
- turns — 8% of complaints, 6× usual
- steering rack — 10% of complaints, 4× usual
- longer — 8% of complaints, 6× usual
What owners wrote
The steering has gotten stiffer over time. It no longer returns to center on its own.
Steering wheel no longer returns to center. When I make a turn the steering wheel feels like it is binding and does not return to center without the drivers correction.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V560000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V701000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 22V930000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V845000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Bolt EV was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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