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2017 CHEVROLET VOLT — Complaint #1947847

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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM filed December 4, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1947847 (ODI reference 11558413) concerns a 2017 CHEVROLET VOLT and was filed on December 4, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 20, 2023. The vehicle had 60,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida 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.

Vehicle
2017 CHEVROLET VOLT
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM
State
Florida
Mileage
60,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start up after multiple attempts. Due to the failure, the vehicle was towed to a local dealer where the mechanic informed the contact that the 12-volt battery needed to be replaced. After the battery was replaced, the contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the Propulsion Power reduced message was displayed. The vehicle was towed to AutoNation Chevrolet West Colonial (3707 W Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32808) where the contact was informed that the battery had failed for a second time within two weeks and needed to be replaced. After the second 12-volt battery replacement, the vehicle started making an abnormal cranking sound while the vehicle independently surged and then lost power. The contact stated that an unknown power failure message was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact drove the vehicle to another dealer, AutoNation Chevrolet Airport (5600 Lee Vista Blvd, Orlando, FL 32812) but the veh

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1947847
ODI Number 11558413
Date Filed December 4, 2023
Failure Date November 20, 2023
VIN 1G1RA6S50HU

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.