{"id":"2017_chevrolet_volt","make":"Chevrolet","make_slug":"chevrolet","model":"Volt","model_slug":"volt","year":2017,"url":"/chevrolet/volt/2017/","pts":["phev"],"configs":[{"id":37309,"model":"Volt","pt":"phev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":1.5,"eng":"SIDI; PHEV","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":43,"hwy":42,"comb":42,"cityA":113,"hwyA":99,"combA":106,"kwh100":31.0,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":53.0,"phev_comb":77,"charge240":4.5,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"48 and 87 kW 3-Phase AC","fuel":"Regular Gas or Electricity","vclass":"Compact Cars","co2":51,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1500,"save_spend":6750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"GMX","modified":"Fri Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2022"}],"vclass":"Compact Cars","segment":"Compact car","recalls":[],"recall_count":0,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":100,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":696,"crash":8,"fire":9,"injured":11,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Electrical System",314],["Fuel/Propulsion System",233],["Power Train",219],["Engine",181],["Unspecified",113],["Vehicle Speed Control",32]],"by_year":{"2016":8,"2017":20,"2018":23,"2019":27,"2020":118,"2021":96,"2022":69,"2023":93,"2024":144,"2025":71,"2026":27},"excerpts":[["2021-06-23","Electrical System","Shifter is defective so that the car won't turn off, instead sticks on with \"Shift to Park\" warning. This makes it not possible to lock the car using the buttons, and drains the battery, resulting in stranded driver. Dealership said that they had never heard of it, but I see on the internet that is very, very, very, ve\u2026"],["2021-06-20","Electrical System","When turning the car off a \"shift to park\" message appeared. The car wouldn't automatically lock because it thought it was still in drive. When I returned I tried to turn the car on while still in park, I shifted back to Drive and then back to park and the same message appeared when I tried to turn it on as if it still\u2026"],["2021-06-20","Forward Collision Avoidance","Parking sensors malfunction often and error \"service park assist\". Sometimes when someone is less than 500 feet away and turning the car slams on the brakes which points to a radar issue. Also sometimes the adaptive cruise doesn't work (Windshield is clean) so we are without cruise control. Happened twice on a cross co\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"PE23022","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM)","opened":"2023-11-29","closed":"2025-03-03","campaign":"","subject":"Loss of Motive Power due to the Battery Energy Control Module","summary":"On November 29, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened PE23022 to investigate allegations of a loss of motive power, including a stall, reduced power state, and/or a no start condition due to the Battery Energy Control Module (BECM) in model year (MY) 2016-2019 Chevrolet Volt passenger car vehicles manufactured by General Motors (GM). The BECM is located within the high voltage electric vehicle (EV) battery pack and monitors the temperature, current, and voltage of the high voltage battery cell groups. GM stated that the root cause was identified as an internal failure leading to a loss of communication within the BECM and does not pose a risk to motor vehicle safety. GM fur"},{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"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 rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"5 HB FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.093,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":42,"ncap":5,"complaints":696},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}