2017 CHEVROLET VOLT — Complaint #1939391
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM filed October 30, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1939391 (ODI reference 11552553) concerns a 2017 CHEVROLET VOLT and was filed on October 30, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 1, 2022. The vehicle had 99,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:propulsion system, 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 VOLT cohort independently describe similar electrical system:propulsion system 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 2017 CHEVROLET VOLT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the "Propulsion Power Reduced" message would appear on the instrument panel. In addition, several other unknown messages appeared on the instrument panel during the failure. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The contact stated that it took hours for the vehicle to start up after multiple failed attempts. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to Manufacturer Communication Number: 18-NA-261.The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 99,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1939391 |
| ODI Number | 11552553 |
| Date Filed | October 30, 2023 |
| Failure Date | August 1, 2022 |
| VIN | 1G1RB6S51HU |
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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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