NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Chevrolet Volt Recalls
The 2012 Chevrolet Volt has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 13, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Chevrolet Volt. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 245
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Chevrolet Volt, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2012 Chevrolet Volt
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 15V145000
- Reported
- March 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,236
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Volt
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 13V271000
- Reported
- June 27, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Chevrolet Volt
2012 Chevrolet Volt complaints by year
NHTSA has received 245 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Volt, the newest on June 25, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Volt, the component group named most often is the air bags (35%), followed by the electrical system (35%) and the fuel/propulsion system (15%).
1 of the 2012 Chevrolet Volt's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Chevrolet Volt owners gave the mileage (185 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags86
- Electrical System86
- Fuel/Propulsion System37
- Engine26
- Service Brakes23
- Power Train22
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 40 | |
| 2020 | 33 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Volt peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 40. 18% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Chevrolet Volt drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Volt year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 245 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Volt are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Volt by model year
Other 2012 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: June 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted