2017 CHEVROLET VOLT — Complaint #2079948
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM) filed April 3, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2079948 (ODI reference 11652563) concerns a 2017 CHEVROLET VOLT and was filed on April 3, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 26, 2025. The vehicle had 107,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:propulsion system:traction battery:management system/energy control module (bms/becm), 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:traction battery:management system/energy control module (bms/becm) 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 while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle stalled; the contact stated that the vehicle was jumpstarted and the vehicle to returned to normal operation; however, the failure reoccurred on several occasions. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the Battery Energy Control Module (BECM) needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the 12-volt battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the check engine warning light illuminated again. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 107,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2079948 |
| ODI Number | 11652563 |
| Date Filed | April 3, 2025 |
| Failure Date | February 26, 2025 |
| VIN | 1G1RC6S58HU |
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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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