NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Volt Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 5, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Volt. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 170
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V621000
- Reported
- October 5, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Chevrolet Volt complaints by year
NHTSA has received 170 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (1%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (38%) and the power train (30%).
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Volt owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 42,090 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System77
- Fuel/Propulsion System64
- Power Train51
- Engine48
- Unknown Or Other20
- Vehicle Speed Control6
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 51 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Volt peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 51. 13% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Volt year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Volt years.
The 170 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Volt are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Volt by model year
Other 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted