The defect
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2017-2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles. After a crash with seat belt pretensioner deployment, the pretensioner exhaust may ignite carpet fibers near the B-pillar, causing a fire.
The risk
A vehicle fire can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will install metal foil at the carpet near the pretensioner exhaust, and install a pretensioner cover as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed between January 23, 2023 and April 25, 2023. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N222383790.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Components: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2017 | 349 | 4 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2018 | 89 | 5 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2019 | 178 | 6 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2020 | 175 | 8 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2021 | 67 | 5 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2022 | 59 | 7 |
| Chevrolet Bolt EV | 2023 | 61 | 3 |
Other seat belts recalls in 2022
30 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the seat belts; General Motors, LLC filed 186 campaigns in all.
| 22V953000 23 Dec 2022 | Ford Motor Company |
| 22V838000 10 Nov 2022 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 22V816000 31 Oct 2022 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 22V798000 21 Oct 2022 | Tesla, Inc. |
| 22V766000 13 Oct 2022 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 22V698000 19 Sept 2022 | Prevost Car (US) Inc. |
| 22V689000 14 Sept 2022 | Nikola Corporation |
| 22V666000 1 Sept 2022 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022