2016 CHEVROLET SONIC

2 safety recall campaigns, 69 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints69
Complaints citing a crash11
Complaints citing a fire2

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

16V4220002016-06-10

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Without audible indicators, the driver may not fasten their seatbelt, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.

16V2570002016-04-28

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Without audible indicators, the driver may leave the key in the ignition, increasing the risk of theft.

What owners report most

  • 13ENGINE
  • 9ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 8AIR BAGS
  • 8UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 3SUSPENSION
  • 3ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
  • 3POWER TRAIN

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2016 CHEVROLET SONICs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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