NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Chevrolet Volt Recalls
The 2013 Chevrolet Volt has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 27, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Chevrolet Volt. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 308
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Chevrolet Volt, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2013 Chevrolet Volt
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 23V516000
- Reported
- July 27, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 767
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Hybrid propulsion system
- Campaign
- 18V397000
- Reported
- June 14, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,606
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Chevrolet Volt
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 15V145000
- Reported
- March 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,236
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Volt
2013 Chevrolet Volt complaints by year
NHTSA has received 308 owner complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Volt, the newest on April 30, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Volt, the component group named most often is the air bags (52%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the fuel/propulsion system (17%).
1 of the 2013 Chevrolet Volt's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2013 Chevrolet Volt owners gave the mileage (213 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags161
- Electrical System63
- Fuel/Propulsion System53
- Engine37
- Seats31
- Power Train24
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 37 | |
| 2019 | 71 | |
| 2020 | 51 | |
| 2021 | 35 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Volt peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 71. 14% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Chevrolet Volt drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Volt year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 308 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Volt are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Volt by model year
Other 2013 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted