2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV — Complaint #1865912
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NHTSA Complaint about LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION filed January 16, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1865912 (ODI reference 11502012) concerns a 2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV and was filed on January 16, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2022. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as lane departure: blind spot detection, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET BOLT EV cohort independently describe similar lane departure: blind spot detection failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Rainwater leaks through the rear windshield wiper grommet and runs down into the trunk shorting out the amplifier that is located at the bottom underneath the tire change kit. Collision alert sounds and turn signal sounds do not function because the amplifier is shorted out. There is no visible sign of water leak unless you disassemble and entirely remove 1) the top trunk cargo liner, 2) lower trunk charger compartment liner, and 3) large styrofoam tray with tire change kit. Water pools around the amplifier corroding terminals and shorting out the amplifier creating an electrical shock hazard. There are no drainage holes in the trunk well so rainwater has no way of draining.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1865912 |
| ODI Number | 11502012 |
| Date Filed | January 16, 2023 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2022 |
| VIN | 1G1FZ6S05K4 |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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