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2027 Chevrolet Bolt

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1 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

97 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 1

Complaints1 injured reported 6

Crash ratingnot rated by NHTSA —

EV rangebest configuration, EPA 262 mi

Starting MSRP2 trims · manufacturer $28,995

2027

The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt is sold in the U.S. as an electric compact hatchback. Its longest-range version, the BOLT, is EPA-rated at 262 miles with 120 MPGe combined efficiency. NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of A. Owners have filed 6 complaints, most often about the forward collision avoidance. Manufacturer pricing runs from $28,995 to $32,995 across 2 trims.

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Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitCompare a trim →

Trim	Powertrain	Drive	MSRP	MPG comb	Seats	Wheels
LT	Electric	FWD	$28,995	120 MPGe	5	17 in
RS	Electric	FWD	$32,995	120 MPGe	5	17 in

Warranty basic 3 yr / 36,000 mi · powertrain None yr / — mi · roadside 5 yr

MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

Configuration	Powertrain	Drive	Engine / motor	City	Hwy	Comb	Range	kWh/100mi	Charge (240V)	Annual fuel*
BOLT	Electric	FWD	180 kW ACPM	134	106	120 MPGe	262 mi	28.2	6.8 h	$650

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 50372.

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Recalls (1)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Equipment

N252540430

5,861 vehicles 74% reported repaired built Oct 20, 2025 – Feb 24, 2026

Problem General Motors has decided that certain 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV, 2025-2026 Cadillac OPTIQ, Chevrolet Colorado, Equinox EV, GMC Canyon, 2026 Buick Enclave, Envision, Cadillac CT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade IQ, Escalade IQL, LYRIQ, VISTIQ, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Corvette Convertible, Corvette Coupe, Corvette Convertible E-Ray, Equinox, Silverado 1500, 2500, 3500, Silverado EV, Suburban 1500, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Acadia, Hummer EV Pickup, Hummer EV SUV, Sierra 1500, 2500, 3500, Sierra EV, Terrain, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles. The radio may not have been set to the correct status to download the electronic owner's manual during production. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the req Risk Without an owner's manual to consult, owners may not know how to safely use and operate the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in a crash. Fix Dealers will reset the vehicle radio, which will facilitate automatic download of the electronic owner’s manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 16, 2026. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-866-467-9700, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. The manufacturer's number for this recall is N252540430. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 26,

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V114000 reported Feb 26, 2026 General Motors, LLC the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

Whether any of this applies to one specific Bolt

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2027 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Chevrolet publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Chevrolet’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

6complaints filed

0 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 1 injuries · 0 deaths reported

8.6 per 10,000 built · Chevrolet reported 6,983 Bolt built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2026: 6

Most-cited components

Forward Collision Avoidance 3

Service Brakes 3

Electrical System 2

Power Train 2

Fuel/Propulsion System 1

Lane Departure 1

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

I am reporting a serious vehicle control hazard concerning the One-Pedal Driving (OPD) implementation on the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt RS. The vehicle enforces automatic rolling/creeping behaviors in reverse, creating a dangerous conflict with muscle memory.

Service Brakes Oct 21, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11772590

2027 CHEVROLET BOLT – SUDDEN FORWARD LURCH / PROPULSION EVENT WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION FAULT CODES While driving my new 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, I was stopped at a traffic light. When the light changed, I applied the accelerator gently to move forward. The vehicle suddenly produced a loud bang or clunk and lurched sharply forward.

Electrical System Aug 7, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11755494

The contact owns a 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH with the Adaptive Cruise Control activated, the braking system suddenly activated causing the vehicle to abruptly decelerate when another vehicle passed by.

Forward Collision Avoidance at 900 miles Jul 20, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11751617

This is in regard to the automatic emergency braking function in my new 2027 Chevrolet Bolt. While driving, the emergency braking system suddenly activated the brakes. It was unanticipated, unnecessary, and violent to the extent my wife, in the passenger seat, later reported headache and neck pain.

Service Brakes Sep 19, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11765487

The main infotainment screen provides the critical safety rear view display screen for the rear view camera. This is a legally required function for this vehicle, a 2027 Chevrolet Bolt RS. The failure of the screen means that a clear view towards the back of the vehicle is unavailable.

Electrical System Jul 17, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11751154

The brake pedal can easily become disconnected from the electronic brake booster behind the firewall. When this happens, it stops all driver aids. The safety issue is it can happen while driving, and if using adaptive cruise control, or GM super cruise, if one pedal driving is on, it can without warning substantially slow the car, and…

Service Brakes Aug 28, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11760397

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

NHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 51

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-10-05

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 34 service bulletins, 9 over-the-air updates, 8 service campaigns

Most often about: Unknown Or Other, Fuel/Propulsion System, Suspension, Steering, Structure.

N262559000-01 Service campaign
2026-10-05 · Unknown Or Other
Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the software that maintains the RESS battery pack may inadvertently cause a drain on the high voltage and low voltage batteries. Dealers are to program the Battery Energy Control Module then fully charge the high voltage battery to reset the cell balancing software.
PIT6457C Service bulletin
2026-09-28 · Unknown Or Other
This preliminary information is for technicians that may see DTCs that are history and should not perform any part replacements. They should follow the notes mentioned prior to anything being replaced.
PIC6540K Service bulletin
2026-09-28 · Unknown Or Other
This Preliminary information communicates to dealers a procedure to reset the radio.
PIT5698F Service bulletin
2026-09-26 · Unknown Or Other
This PI provides Diagnostics tips on how the LIN bus works and how to diagnosis it.
N262568370 Service campaign
2026-09-23 · Exterior Lighting
Certain vehicles listed above may have a condition in which there is a water leak due to a partially seated tail-lamp harness grommet. Dealers will inspect and reseat grommet if necessary.
PIC6629F Service bulletin
2026-09-10 · Unknown Or Other
This PI is to instruct dealer on diagnostic procedures that need to be completed prior to replacing a radio or IPC display
N262566020 Service campaign
2026-09-10 · Structure — Body
Certain vehicles may have a condition in which the roof to body side structure has a pinhole in it. Dealers are to inspect the right hand side of the roof-to-body joint for pinholes and, if necessary, reseal the area.
PIP4902W Service bulletin
2026-09-04 · Unknown Or Other
This preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email GDS2 session logs into Technical Assistance.

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

Diagnostic trouble codes on file

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints

Codes documented against this model year in the federal record. A code appearing here does not mean this vehicle will set it — it means the code is part of this nameplate-year's documented history.

Code	What it means	Most often filed under	Where it appears
B1A25	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Electrical System · Battery →	1 owner report
P059F P059F on Chevrolet →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Unknown Or Other	1 bulletin
P0604 P0604 on Chevrolet →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Unknown Or Other	1 bulletin
P0607 P0607 on Chevrolet →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Unknown Or Other	1 bulletin
P3013	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Electrical System · Battery →	1 owner report
U0159 U0159 on Chevrolet →	Manufacturer-defined — the meaning is set by the automaker, not the standard.	Electrical System · Battery →	1 owner report

Generic codes (the second character is 0 or 2) mean the same thing on every vehicle sold in the United States. Manufacturer-specific codes (1 or 3) mean whatever the automaker assigned, and no honest source can define them for you — which is why the ones here carry the evidence instead of a definition. A code is a link when enough separate federal documents name it across the catalogue to be worth a page of its own; the rest are listed here, where the vehicle is the context that makes them mean something.

Compare the 2027 Bolt with

Any vehicle, your weights →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2027 Nissan Kicks · Compact Hatchback · grade A	Bolt +16.5

Common questions about the 2027 Bolt

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

How much does the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt cost?

Manufacturer pricing runs from $28,995 for the LT FWD to $32,995 for the RS FWD, across 2 trims. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.

Does the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 1 recall campaign for the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt. The most serious on file is 26V114000, covering Equipment. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt?

NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it A (97/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt?

For the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, the longest EPA range is 262 miles on a charge. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt?

Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA about the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, most often about forward collision avoidance, service brakes, electrical system. Of those, 1 reported injuries. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

Are there service bulletins for the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt?

The manufacturer has filed 51 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, most often covering unknown or other, fuel/propulsion system, suspension. The most recent is dated 2026-10-05. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

Which 2027 Chevrolet Bolt trim is the best value?

$4,000 separates the cheapest of the 2 trims from the most expensive, so the answer depends on which of the differences you would actually use. Every trim has its own page here with the manufacturer's full specification and equipment list, plus a short summary of exactly what it adds over the base trim — worth reading before a dealer frames the walk-up for you.

Is the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt better than the 2027 Nissan Kicks?

The Chevrolet Bolt wins clearly, 92.1 to 75.6, on fuel & range, tech & comfort. The Nissan Kicks is ahead on price and safety. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt against the 2027 Nissan Kicks — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	1 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	none	EPA emission certificates	The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page.
Recalls	1	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	6	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	none	NHTSA NCAP	NHTSA has not tested this model year. Cars are selected for testing, so untested is not unsafe.
Service bulletins	51	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	none	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	No defect investigation has been opened.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	none	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment	2 trims	Manufacturer press kit	Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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