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2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
5about this part
Share
8%of 59 total for the year
Median mileage
29,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV, 8% of the 59 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 29,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I was driving on the highway above 60 mph, and I suddenly got a propulsion power reduced alert, along with a yellow indicator light. I almost immediately thereafter got a message saying speed reduced to 50 mph and then speed reduced to 30 mph. I got no acceleration when I depressed the accelerator pedal. In fact, it felt like the car had engaged the regenerative braking to actively slow me down. This is a life-threatening safety flaw, as it was difficult to get to the breakdown lane. The only reason there was no collision was that there was relatively light traffic. …”

NHTSA complaint #11710387, filed 2026-01

“I was driving 72 mph, and went to accelerate to 75 mph to set my cruise control. As soon as I stepped on the accelerator pedal, my 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV jerked violently and immediately applied braking to car to take it from 72 mph to about 30 mph within 1 second. Had someone been behind me I would have been rear ended. I was able to pull over to the shoulder of the road, and put my car into park. I was unable to turn off the vehicle or shift into any gears (reverse, neutral, drive). The car displayed a warning on dash power drive train malfunction pull over safely . …”

NHTSA complaint #11569705, filed 2024-02

“The contact owns a 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV. The contact stated that while in the process of parking the vehicle on the side of a street, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated, and the front end of the vehicle crashed into an unoccupied parked vehicle, which crashed into a second occupied vehicle parked in front of it. No property damage was reported. The vehicle came to a stop upon impact. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle did not need to be towed. No warning lights were illuminated. A police report was not filed. …”

NHTSA complaint #11679095, filed 2025-08, 29,000 miles

“Euv service soon light came on followed by a propulsion reduced message. Speed was limited and air conditioning was warm. While parked the euv made a pulsating clicking noise. Euv would not go through charging procedure. Euv gave a change complete message with only 81 miles on the display”

NHTSA complaint #11468830, filed 2022-06

“Not necessarily a failure or malfunction. When making right/left turns vehicle will accelerate for apparently no reason. Each time entering a parking lot or making a standard right/left turn. Each time this has happened during this acceleration it has almost caused a vehicle crash with another car in front or in another incident almost hit pedestrian. Found that the Rocker switch for Cruise control is being hit accidentally causing Cruise control to become activated causing the vehicle to accelerate.”

NHTSA complaint #11517716, filed 2023-04

Related service bulletins

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202335%
202258%
202134%
202085%
201833%
2017113%

Other parts of the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV

Electrical system
29 complaints
Fuel system
11 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
10 complaints
Other or unknown
8 complaints
Brakes
5 complaints
Engine
5 complaints
Steering
4 complaints
Air bags
3 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
3 complaints
Exterior lighting
2 complaints
Body and structure
2 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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