2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV
This year drew an ordinary 59 complaints for a Chevrolet Bolt EV — the model's median is 58. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.9% of them mention too, against 4.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 59 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 58 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 120 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- too — 11.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: too, sent.
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
Car electrical system is very glitchy at times worse when it rains. Side mirror falls off if road debris hits outside of assembly. Timeline to replace battery taking too long. Car was sent to dealership ahead of schedule and sold with known battery issue.
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V650000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that there were error codes being sent to the smart charger. The contact stated that the manufacturer had e…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V517000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V650000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 22V930000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V567000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V845000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V481000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V812000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 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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