23V516000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
2013 CHEVROLET VOLT
3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 448 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints448
Complaints citing a crash17
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 3 of 3
18V397000
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
If the voltage drops, the vehicle may lose propulsion, increasing the risk of crash.
15V145000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the engine runs for an extended period of time in an enclosed space, there may be a build up of carbon monoxide, increasing the risk of personal injury.
What owners report most
- 160AIR BAGS
- 53FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 52ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 37ENGINE
- 31SEATS
- 24POWER TRAIN
- 19SERVICE BRAKES
- 15UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 CHEVROLET VOLTs 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.