2015 Chevrolet Volt
This year drew an ordinary 43 complaints for a Chevrolet Volt — the model's median is 219. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.3% of them mention another, against 3.7% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 43 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 219 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 37 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- another — 16.3% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the model's other years (4.4×).
- two — 16.3% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the model's other years (3.2×).
- used — 16.3% of this year's complaints, against 5.3% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: used, means, device.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
This car is connected to Bouncie a device that detects when a car turns on and off, the speed, if break or acceletor are stepped on forcefully and any trips. Recently the device is detecting the engine is turned off but the car is showing no signs of strugglin…
CAR WAS PURCHASED USED ON 9/12/18 WITH 50K MILES AND SOON AFTER PURCHASE THE SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING POPS UP INTERMITTENTLY EVERYDAY DURING SHORT OR LONG DRIVES. COMMON COMPLAINT IS PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR BUT I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO BE DIAGNOSED SINCE COMMON RE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 15V442000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Volt 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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