2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Electrical arcing and thermal events, potentially leading to fires, while utilizing Enel X Way USA, LLC's JuiceBox residential charger.
  Preliminary Evaluation PE24028 · opened Oct 3, 2024 · closed Jun 5, 2025

  On October 3, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened PE24028 to investigate alleged failures of Enel X Way's JuiceBox Level 2 residential EV chargers. The allegations were described as thermal incidents and electrical malfunctions, which could trip the circuit breakers in Juicebox owners’ homes and dis…

• Pedestrian alert sounds
  Defect Petition DP22005 · opened Jan 27, 2023 · closed Aug 7, 2023 · led to recall 22V063000

  NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pe…

• Electric Vehicle Battery Fires
  Preliminary Evaluation PE20016 · opened Oct 9, 2020 · closed Feb 7, 2022 · led to recall 21V650000

  In October 2020, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) on 2017-2020 Model Year (MY) Chevrolet Bolt vehicles based on complaints received alleging that the vehicles caught fire under the seating area while parked and unattended. At the time, ODI had received 2 Vehicle Owner Quest…