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Chevrolet Bolt EV Problems by Model Year

Shade compares each year’s NHTSA complaints with a typical Chevrolet Bolt EV year, allowing for the era and time on the road: darker means more. Unshaded years are too new, too old or have too few complaints to compare.

NHTSA recorded 985 consumer complaints across the 8 model years of the Chevrolet Bolt EV (2017–2027) that have at least 5 complaints. 2017 has the most, with 349. Across all years, the part named most often is electrical system (405 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.

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Years with fewer than 5 complaints are not listed. The score compares years of the same model, allowing for the era and for how long each year has collected complaints: 50 is a typical year, lower means fewer complaints. It is not adjusted for sales volume.

Year	Complaints	Median mi	Recalls	TSBs	Score (50 = typical)	Trend
2027	6	900	1	51	—	Too new
2023	61	—	3	366	21 · Fewer	Too new
2022	59	6,612	7	515	47 · Typical	Falling
2021	67	2,700	5	506	50 · Typical	Falling
2020	176	5,800	8	601	85 · More	Rising
2019	178	10,230	6	630	80 · More	Falling
2018	89	18,000	5	819	4 · Fewer	Falling
2017	349	20,000	4	1,056	64 · Typical	Falling

Parts named most often, all years

Counts add up complaint mentions across the listed years. A complaint can name several parts.

Electrical system405 34%
Steering262 22%
Fuel system190 16%
Other or unknown114 9.6%
Transmission and drivetrain88 7.4%
Brakes56 4.7%
Engine44 3.7%
Vehicle speed control33 2.8%

Example complaints

One per model year, chosen for length and detail. Personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

2017: “The dealership performed unauthorized service on the vehicle. In contact with the manufacturer(GM) they are in willing to reverse the unauthorized software update until a long term solution has been identified. I have opened a case 1 week in advance and no resolution has been communicated about their responsibility of rendering my vehicle unusable.”

NHTSA complaint #11388285, filed 2021-01, 62,000 miles

2018: “At 25,000 miles my brake pads are crumbling and the rotor are scored and pock marked .. I drive the car in l mode exclusively and I don't use the brakes. Ed shuts chevy cadillac says the brakes are warranted. I say there is a problem with the brake system. They should not wear out or crumble if I don't use them on a 2 year old car.”

NHTSA complaint #11408497, filed 2021-04, 25,000 miles

2019: “This front collision warning system doesn't work well, today I was driving on a car pool lane at a speed about 65-70 MPH, a white ford explorer suddenly cut in, the system didn't make any warning or brake at all. I have a dash cam recorded it. When this happened, it was sunny, clear day, on a straight free way. After a while, when I left the free way, the system started to make warnings while the speed dropped to 50 MPH.”

NHTSA complaint #11414219, filed 2021-04, 35,000 miles

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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate. Methodology