AutoUtility currently tracks 2 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. Steering System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 1 complaint (50% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 2 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Steering System (1 reports • 50% of submitted complaints)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Steering System
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"Without any warning, the INFO-TAINMENT COMPUTER SYSTEM on the dashboard (BOLT EV) fails to come on, sometimes lasting up to 5 minutes. This has happened intermittently for the last 8 years and can be problematic. When the computer info-tainment is not on, I cannot control anything on the dashboard...."
"COMPONENT: Electric power steering (EPS) steering gear / rack and pinion assembly. WHAT HAPPENED: The steering gear binds internally. After a turn the wheel does not return to center and must be forced back to straight; steering feel is stiff and clunky. On at least one occasion the wheel felt..."
Complaint History for Chevrolet Bolt EV
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2017–2023)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Current Page | 2 | 0 | 4 | Current |
| 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV | 0 | 0 | 5 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV | 175 | 2 | 6 | View 2019 Problems → |
| 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV | 172 | 7 | 8 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 Chevrolet Bolt EV | 66 | 4 | 5 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV | 59 | 3 | 7 | View 2022 Problems → |
| 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV | 59 | 8 | 3 | View 2023 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 2 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering NHTSA category: STEERING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (2)
Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
Pedestrian alert sounds
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight ra...
Electric Vehicle Battery Fires
In October 2020, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) on 2017-2020 Model Year (MY) Chevrolet Bolt vehicles based on complaints received alleging that the vehicles caught fire under the seating area while parked and unattended. At the time, ODI had received 2 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) and several field reports. All complaints alleged vehicles caught fire during or after electrical charging.ODI's...
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
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