2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV — Complaint #2175780
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NHTSA Complaint about LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION filed February 11, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2175780 (ODI reference 11717281) concerns a 2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV and was filed on February 11, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 2, 2025. The report was geocoded to Washington 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
Water has infiltrated the lower trunk area and fried the sound amplifier. The result is no sounds can be heard from the speakers. This includes sounds and warnings from the safety systems. Seat belt, ADAS, BLIS, OnStar, Turn Signals, Radio. The rear hatch seals seem to be intact and it is unclear how water is entering this lower area as there is no evidence of water anywhere else in the rear cargo area. A google search reveals many other Bolt owners are experiencing the same issue
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2175780 |
| ODI Number | 11717281 |
| Date Filed | February 11, 2026 |
| Failure Date | December 2, 2025 |
| 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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