2016 Chevrolet Volt
This year drew an ordinary 169 complaints for a Chevrolet Volt — the model's median is 219. What they were about is the unusual part: 34.3% of them mention shift park, against 0.4% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 169 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 219 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 42 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- shift park — 34.3% of this year's complaints, against 0.4% across the model's other years (84.1×).
- engine light — 33.1% of this year's complaints, against 12.2% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: engine light, check engine, valve, egr.
- warranty — 20.7% of this year's complaints, against 6.5% across the model's other years (3.2×).
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
The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) valve failed. Confirmed by dealer, Culver City Chevrolet, 8/29/2024. Failed EGR valve causes gas engine to emit harmful smog forming emissions. This part is still covered by 10 year, 150,000 mile warranty. However, GM/Chevro…
On 2023/09/09, my Check Engine Light came on, and my car showed a "Reduced Propulsion" warning. As I continued to drive home, the car later began overheating, requiring me to reduce speed & stop frequently to let the car cool down. The local Chevrolet dealersh…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V621000 AIR BAGS 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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