NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 Chevrolet Sonic Recalls
The 2015 Chevrolet Sonic has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 10, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 114
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 16V422000
- Reported
- June 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Sonic, 2 other models
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 16V257000
- Reported
- April 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 317,572
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2016 Sonic, 2 other models
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 15V416000
- Reported
- June 30, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 45,785
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2015 Chevrolet Sonic complaints by year
NHTSA has received 114 owner complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic, the newest on May 23, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (13%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the air bags (24%) and the engine (20%).
1 of the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2015 Chevrolet Sonic owners gave the mileage (79 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System34
- Air Bags27
- Engine23
- Unknown Or Other22
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
- Power Train12
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 17. 44% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2015 vehicles, the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Sonic year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2015 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Sonic years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 114 complaints about the 2015 Chevrolet Sonic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Sonic by model year
Other 2015 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted