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Every model year 2017–2023: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

7 Model years 2017–2023

38 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

978 Complaints owner reports, all years

C Newest grade 2023 Safety Signal

2023 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2023 Bolt EV →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Active NHTSA advisory on 6 model years of the Bolt EV — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Chevrolet Bolt EV model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2023	Electric	C	3	61	★★★★★	259 mi
2022	Electric	F	7	59	★★★★★	259 mi	Park outside
2021	Electric	F	5	67	★★★★★	259 mi	Park outside
2020	Electric	F	8	175	★★★★★	259 mi	Park outside
2019	Electric	F	6	178	★★★★★	238 mi	Park outside
2018	Electric	F	5	89	★★★★★	238 mi	Park outside
2017	Electric	F	4	349	—	238 mi	Park outside

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2023

On the filed record so far, the 2023 is the cleanest Bolt EV year we hold, and the 2022 the one to check hardest. The 2022 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2023	C	1	20	1 critical
2017	F	0.4	39	Advisory
2018	F	0.6	11	Advisory
2019	F	0.9	25	Advisory
2021	F	1	13	Advisory
2020	F	1.3	29	Advisory
2022	F	1.8	15	Advisory

What owners filed about the Chevrolet Bolt EV, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

electrical problems 404 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2020: best range 238 → 259 mi

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Head-to-head	Verdict
2022 Bolt EV vs Nissan Rogue Sport · Compact Hatchback	Toss-up
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Common questions about the Chevrolet Bolt EV

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Chevrolet Bolt EV year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2023 Bolt EV comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade C (72/100), 3 recalls and 61 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Chevrolet Bolt EV years should I avoid?

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Bolt EV model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Chevrolet Bolt EV have?

Across model years 2017–2023, NHTSA has posted 38 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Bolt EV. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.