2016 Chevrolet VOLT - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt has not been rated in terms of safety by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, it does come equipped with electronic stability control as a standard feature, which can enhance vehicle stability and help prevent accidents. Additionally, it offers optional forward collision warning and lane departure warning systems, aiming to provide drivers with added safety measures.

It is worth noting that there have been 99 complaints reported for this model, indicating some potential issues that owners have encountered. Furthermore, there has been one recall issued for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, highlighting the manufacturer's proactive approach to addressing safety concerns. Overall, while the NHTSA ratings are not available, the inclusion of safety features like stability control, collision warning, and lane departure warning, coupled with the reported complaints and recalls, suggest that the safety of the 2016 Chevrolet Volt is a significant consideration for potential buyers.

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Complaint Count

99

Recall Count

1

Investigation Count

2

Safety Rating

Not Rated

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Safety Features

2016 Chevrolet Volt 4 DR FWD Safety Features

Here are the safety features that come as standard on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt 4 DR FWD

Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

ESC is an advanced safety feature in vehicles designed to help drivers maintain control during challenging driving conditions. By continuously monitoring various factors such as steering angle, vehicle speed, and individual wheel speeds, ESC can detect and reduce the risk of skidding or loss of control. It achieves this by automatically applying brakes to specific wheels to stabilize the vehicle.

Standard
Forward Collision Warning (FCW)

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is a safety feature in vehicles that helps prevent frontal collisions by alerting the driver of an imminent collision with a vehicle or obstacle ahead. Using sensors such as radar or cameras, FCW monitors the distance and speed of vehicles in front, and if it detects a potential collision, it provides visual and/or auditory warnings to prompt the driver to take evasive action.

Optional
Lane Departure Warning (LDW)

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is a safety feature in vehicles that alerts drivers when their vehicle unintentionally drifts out of its lane without signaling. Utilizing cameras or sensors to monitor lane markings on the road, LDW detects when the vehicle crosses these lines and triggers visual, auditory, or haptic alerts to notify the driver of potential lane departure.

Optional

2016 Chevrolet Volt 4 DR FWD Safety Ratings

Here we have the crash and rollover ratings for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt 4 DR FWD Where possible we've included the ratings for the oldest and latest models of this car so you can compare how the safety ratings have changed over time.

Frontal Crash Ratings

Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.

Test 2011 Score 2016 Score 2019 Score
Overall Front Crash Rating 4 Not Rated 5
Front Crash Driver Side Rating 5 Not Rated 5
Front Crash Passenger Side Rating 4 Not Rated 4

Side Crash Ratings

Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.

Test 2011 Score 2016 Score 2019 Score
Overall Side Crash Rating 5 Not Rated 5
Side Crash Drivers Side Rating 5 Not Rated 5
Side Crash Passenger Side Rating 5 Not Rated 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Front 5 Not Rated 5
Combined Side Barrier Pole Rating - Rear 5 Not Rated 5
Overall Side Barrier Rating 5 Not Rated 5

Rollover Ratings

The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.

Test 2011 Score 2016 Score 2019 Score
Rollover Rating 5 Not Rated 5
Rollover Possibility % 0% 0% 0%
Dynamic Tip Result No Tip No Tip
Side Pole Crash Rating 5 Not Rated 5

Complaints for the 2016 Chevrolet VOLT

This chart show the number of complaints for each car component. A Higher number of complaints could indicate that this car might have a common fault. Something to look out for when purchasing one.

Component Complaints

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Complaint:
"when attempting to power down the car, a message, “action required, shift to park” appears and car will not power down. after repeated attempts, sometimes requiring 10 or more, by re-starting the car and attempting to power down, it has eventually powered down. this problem is intermittent and the car will power down successfully repeated times, and then do it’s “shift to park” refusal to power down. there are hundreds of complaints on the gm volt owners’ forum and even a technical service bulletin no. 19-na-206 dated february 2020 (maybe even more recent, but that’s the latest one i know of). the service bulletin also includes the chevy blazer, malibu, traverse and gmc acadia (which, i understand, there is now a class action suit in that regard). if the car will not power down, it could drain the battery and leave the driver stranded, as well as making the car unable to be locked, which could also be a safety issue."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2023-08-06
Complaint:
"my 2016 chevy volt has an issue where the is an intermittent shift to park message displayed while the vehicle in in park. this issue has been identified as a widespread issue and chevrolet has published a service bulletin (nhtsa technical service bulletin 19-na-206). the most recent version is version 6 that was published in december 2020. the dealership is refusing to perform repairs that are clearly under warranty. the service bulletin specifically says it is covered under the warranty."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2023-03-08
Complaint:
"vehicle shifter does not correctly register the vehicle is in park. does not allow the vehicle to be turned off. this is a common issue experienced by gen2 volt owners and well known by gm service tech and gm has not yet issued a recall. there is a potential safety issue if someone believes the vehicle is parked and exits the vehcile and the car is left running. potential driver confusion on the park status could lead to the vehicle continuing to run or being put back in gear. gm needs to issue a recall for gen2 volts - 2016 and on."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2022-04-06
Complaint:
"an error appears "shift to park" when parking. the car does not recognize that it is shifted to park thus it continues to run. a running vehicle that cannot be turned off and can run on gas is a considerable hazard. the gm forum for volts contains many such messages for 2016 volts and a problem with the same system error led to a recall in 2017 volts. the problem is occurring with increasing frequency in this car, starting a few months ago."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2022-04-01
Complaint:
"when parking the car there's a chance for the error "shift to park" to occur when trying to turn off the car,. this is due to a defective switch that wears out within the shifter assembly. the error starts to become more and more common as time go on. it is too easy to accidentally leave the car "on" when shifting the car to park and stepping out of the car and using the push to stop. the only known workaround is to flick the shifter button until the car registers that the car is now shifted to park. this is a recurring and well known issue in the chevy volt community. it's predicted that all 2016+ chevy volts will eventually develop this issue due to the defective design of this switch. i have another volt in the family that's already had the shifter replaced because of this same issue."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2019-02-09
Complaint:
"after 100k miles right when my warranty ends, i'm getting the shift to park error message, constantly having to power up the vehicle off and on is annoying. i i feel like the car is breaking more. very unsafe."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2020-08-08
Complaint:
"after putting the shift lever in park, then powering the vehicle off the dashboard would advise to shift the vehicle in park. could not lock vehicle, lights would remain on. this could be worked around by pressing the shifter knob a few times to clear the message. brought vehicle in for regular service, was advised there was a short in the wiring harness related to the shifter knob. harness was replaced, issue has not repeated. it has been noted online that this is a common issue with generation 2 volts, i wanted to add my vehicle to the list of those affected."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2021-10-09
Complaint:
"the vehicle does not recognize it has been shifted into park, which does not allow the vehicle to be turned off. dash display states 'action required, shift to park'. this happens consistently and is a known issue by chevrolet. yet they have not issued any recall. it is known as the 'shift to park' issue. there is no work-around for the issue other than shifting back and forth into gears, sometimes hundreds of times, before the error clears. for example: my wife took my daughter to an emergency room and could not get the vehicle to turn off. she tried to clear the error a few times before having to leave the vehicle running in the parking lot."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2020-01-08
Complaint:
"keep getting action required message "shift to park" even though the car has been powered off. it takes about 5 trys now to actually power off the car, have to repeatedly turn the car on and off to actually power off the vehicle."
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2022-03-07
Complaint:
"while turning off vehicle: vehicle is shifted to park ignition button is pressed message appears on console 'action required: shift to park' vehicle will not turn off with prndl in park position"
Components Involved: POWER TRAIN
Date of incident: 2020-11-07

Recalls for the 2016 Chevrolet VOLT

Component Recalls

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Recall:
"general motors llc (gm) is recalling certain 2015-2016 gmc canyon and chevrolet colorado, and 2016 chevrolet volt vehicles. the driver's frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash."
Consequence:
An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in a crash.
Remedy:

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began November 8, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17387.

Component(s) Involved: AIR BAGS > FRONTAL
Date of incident: 2017-10-05

CHEVROLET Overall Complaint Ranking

This table shows the ranking of car manufacturers when it comes to most complaints and recalls. The manufacturer with the most complaints is at the top. However this doesn't necassarily mean they should be avoided. Some manufacturers might just have more popular or affordable cars which a lot of people have bought. Which means there's more scope for a complaint to be made. Use the ranking table below as a part your wider research into buying a car.

CHEVROLET ranks 2 out of 44 in the complaints ranking table.

Manufacturer Complaint Count Recall Count Ranking
FORD 208,358 3,259 1
CHEVROLET 111,306 2,082 2
TOYOTA 81,019 1,852 3
HONDA 61,937 1,268 4
NISSAN 56,226 930 5
DODGE 45,756 827 6
HYUNDAI 44,150 649 7
GMC 34,441 1,410 8
KIA 29,832 501 9
CHRYSLER 27,698 254 10
TESLA 26,230 730 11
BMW 24,890 1,877 12
VOLKSWAGEN 23,125 829 13
MERCEDES-BENZ 19,066 2,925 14
SUBARU 18,513 703 15
MAZDA 10,599 364 16
PONTIAC 10,430 138 17
CADILLAC 9,434 444 18
AUDI 7,865 1,093 19
BUICK 7,851 279 20
SATURN 7,672 84 21
MERCURY 7,374 135 22
LEXUS 6,373 408 23
LINCOLN 5,897 423 24
ACURA 5,722 382 25
MINI 5,585 366 26
INFINITI 4,000 187 27
MITSUBISHI 3,912 397 28
VOLVO 3,875 727 29
PORSCHE 2,646 1,231 30
SUZUKI 2,272 123 31
FIAT 2,205 80 32
SAAB 1,536 76 33
JAGUAR 1,195 198 34
SMART 528 17 35
GENESIS 436 42 36
ISUZU 249 37 37
ALFA ROMEO 161 37 38
MASERATI 76 46 39
BENTLEY 46 159 40
POLESTAR 42 2 41
LUCID 14 6 42
CODA 4 2 43
MAYBACH 0 0 44

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