2014 Chevrolet Volt problems
NHTSA has received 128 complaints about the 2014 Chevrolet Volt, and 25% of them involve air bags. Next are electrical system (21%) and fuel system (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 128 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 52,000 miles 78 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 17 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 78 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 52,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 64,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Chevrolet Volt with enough data (77 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 chevrolet volt. While operating the vehicle, the door ajar sensor indicator illuminated because the rear liftgate door would not remain latched and secured. In addition, the rear liftgate door was hard to open at times and would come down very hard when attempting to close. The contact's son sustained a fractured right thumb when the door slammed down onto the thumb. Medical attention was not received. The local dealer (cable dahmer chevrolet in st.
A used chevy volt.it came with a level 1 charger. Basic 110 v takes 8 hours to charge 18kvh battery. This charger was repaired from the looks of it.I used it for a few times and it burnt. Luckily it was not near any flame able material, or it may have caused fire.
3-7-18 we have a 2014 volt which is charged with our charging station. My husband was in the vehicle and I reached with my left hand to pop the charger lid open and with my right reached for the charger hose. My left hand finger got trapped in the hinge of the driver door unknowingly my husband slammed the door and crushed my finger with severe lacerations.
Chevy volt was driven into the garage with 10 miles left on the battery, the car was plugged into the electric charger for over night charge. In the morning in the attempt to turn on the car a message appeared stating. "not able to charge" "battery range 0 miles" "charging override/interrupt occurred" my husband came and checked out the car we plugged into our 110 volt charge to make sure that it wasn't our charging system. Waited several hours still no charge.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 chevrolet volt. The contact stated the air bag warning light illuminated intermitantly for several months. Consumer was quoted $1300. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 48,000.