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P1AEE on Chevrolet vehicles

P1AEE is named on 8 Chevrolet model years (2016–2019): 38 manufacturer filings and 2 owner reports in NHTSA’s files, across Volt, Malibu.

Powertrain 8 model years 38 manufacturer filings 2 owner reports

Which Chevrolet model years name P1AEE

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications and complaints
Model yearFiled underBulletinsOwner reports
2017 Chevrolet VoltPower Train61
2018 Chevrolet VoltPower Train51
2016 Chevrolet VoltElectrical System6—
2017 Chevrolet MalibuPower Train5—
2016 Chevrolet MalibuPower Train5—
2019 Chevrolet VoltPower Train4—
2018 Chevrolet MalibuPower Train4—
2019 Chevrolet MalibuPower Train3—

A model year is listed because the code is named in its own record — a bulletin filed against it, or an owner’s complaint about it — not because every one of these vehicles sets it. Counts are documents in NHTSA’s files, not failure rates.

Power Train 31 Electrical System 8 Fuel/Propulsion System 1
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What Chevrolet owners said

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners’ own words, scrubbed of anything identifying. Unverified reports filed with NHTSA — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

Onstar advised the following codes appeared POACA (Hybrid/ electric vehicle powertrain control module requested malfunction indicator lamp illumination), P1AEE ( the electric propulsion system is not performing as expected
2017 Chevrolet Volt Jan 18, 2024 NHTSA owner report

Chevrolet filings that name P1AEE

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Bulletins and campaigns Chevrolet filed with NHTSA whose summary names P1AEE. Quote the document number at the service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

What P1AEE means

Source: SAE J2012 / OBD-II

P1AEE is a manufacturer-specific code: the second character is a 1, which under the OBD-II standard hands the definition to whoever built the vehicle. The same code can mean one thing on a Ford and something unrelated on a Hyundai. Any site that prints a single definition for it is guessing.

A stored code names the test that failed, never the part that caused it. The record above is what Chevrolet and its owners have filed about it; the code’s page across every make has the whole file.

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA files and the OBD-II standard

Is P1AEE a known problem on Chevrolet vehicles?

It is a documented one: NHTSA's files hold 38 manufacturer filings and 2 owner reports naming P1AEE on 8 Chevrolet model years (2016–2019). Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count — but a bulletin that names the code on your model year is the place to start.

Which Chevrolet models does P1AEE appear on most?

2017 Volt (7 documents), 2018 Volt (6 documents), 2016 Volt (6 documents).

Does P1AEE on a Chevrolet mean it is recalled?

No. Recalls are filed by campaign and matched by VIN; no recall is triggered by a scan tool. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or open the model year's page here for the campaigns filed against it.