2016 CHEVROLET VOLT — Complaint #2107331
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM) filed July 7, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2107331 (ODI reference 11671603) concerns a 2016 CHEVROLET VOLT and was filed on July 7, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 2, 2025. The vehicle had 98,500 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California 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 2016 CHEVROLET VOLT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Volt. The contact stated that while operating vehicle the "Propulsion Errorâ was displayed, and the message "Shift to Park" was displayed while driving. Additionally, the vehicle occasionally failed to immediately start. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the Battery Energy Control Module (BECM) was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the Manufacturerâs Extended Warranty Coverage related to the failure. The failure mileage was 98,500.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2107331 |
| ODI Number | 11671603 |
| Date Filed | July 7, 2025 |
| Failure Date | July 2, 2025 |
| VIN | 1G1RC6S52GU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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