Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-30 | 15V416000 |
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | 45,785 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | my recall is already completed, why on the your website still showing incompleted? |
| 2024-08-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Code U0101 is set. Unable to communicate with TCM. Troubleshooted and found TCM is bad. Removed necessary components fo… |
| 2024-08-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I have had this vehicle for three years now and no matter of the repairs I had done to it by machanics the check engind… |
| 2024-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Right Hand Steering Wheel Controls Inoperative, Outside Ambient Temperature Reading on Radio Display Inoperative, inope… |
| 2024-05-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The air bags deployed while the vehicle was in motion. No Collision or impact occurred. |
| 2024-04-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Stalls when reduced speed. CEL constant. Codes indicate Emission promlem. Cleared by replacing intake valve. CEL came b… |
| 2024-03-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact purchased the vehicle from a dealer in March 2024.… |
| 2024-03-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine light re… |
| 2023-12-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, upon coming to a com… |
| 2023-10-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated the audible indicators for the driver's seat belt and the "… |
| 2023-09-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | First sign of problem - Sept. 2021. Driving on highway at about 35 mph. Simultaneously, engine quit running, door loc… |
| 2023-06-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Air bag light on. There are 4 codes in the SDM, due to an internal fault in the sensing diagnostic module. The dealersh… |
| 2023-06-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | We have a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic Lt that we bought from car country in Aurora Indiana the transmission has gone the deale… |
| 2023-04-23 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | Passenger side front airbags did not deploy during a front end vehicle crash. All other airbags in vehicle did deploy. … |
| 2023-04-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My cars coolant is leaking and the source is unknown. My car has overheated twice and my mechanic has been unable to fi… |
| 2022-12-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 4 | The driver, and front passenger interior door handles the metallic chrome coating starts to lose its adhesive. When ope… |
| 2022-10-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the odor of exhaust fumes… |
| 2022-09-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Once again, my doors unlocked then relocked, my dashboard lights went out and the engine stalled. I was on the KU camp… |
| 2022-09-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | On September 2, 2022, the locks on my car unlocked and relived while I was driving at about 20 mph. This keeps happenin… |
| 2022-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 3 times yesterday - September 1, 2022, my car locks unlocked then locked again and the engine stalled. Dash lights did… |
| 2022-07-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Dashboard speed indicator dimming and getting brighter for no reason. no warning lamps. Check engine lamp turned on th… |
| 2022-07-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that while the vehicle was turned on with the transmission … |
| 2022-06-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The manual transmission's clutch master cylinder failed on two occasions. It snapped into two pieces. On the first o… |
| 2022-05-17 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Vehicle shows P0420 code (Bad Catalytic Converter) at relatively low miles 92,000 miles on a 2015 model with a 1.8L eng… |
| 2022-05-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The car keep getting hot due to liquid missing but I always fill the car up to 2014 it was a recall to all the chef son… |
| 2022-05-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | While driving, the locks on the car will unlock then relock quickly, the dash will go black and the motor will rev like… |
| 2021-07-18 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Catalytic converter failed at 110,000 miles. Same exact catalytic converter recalled for 2013 and 2014 sonic models, fo… |
| 2021-06-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My airbag on the passenger side goes on and off all the time, dealership wouldnt fix it couldnt find why it was doing t… |
| 2021-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1ST AT 20K MILES (2019) MY CAR WOULDN'T START, STUCK LATE NIGHT. CALLED AAA, BATTERY HAD DEAD CELL SO I PURCHASED ONE F… |
| 2020-12-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY CAR "GLICHES" THE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF, THE POWER STEERING STOPS THE LOCKS GO UP AND DOWN AND ALL ELE… |
| 2020-12-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I HAD IT. FIRST THERE WAS A SMELL OF COOLANT IN THE CABIN. ALTHO… |
| 2020-09-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT LATCH WILL NO LONGER CATCH AND LOCK WHEN FASTNEING SEATBELT |
| 2020-08-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH. KEY WILL NOT COME OUT. WHEN I PUT IT INTO PARK TO GET OUT. |
| 2020-07-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HAZZARD LIGHTS BUTTON WOULD NOT DEACTIVATE. HAD JUST REPLACED ALL FRONT HEADLIGHTS AND 3 WEEKS LATER THEY BOTH WENT OUT… |
| 2020-05-30 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SYSTEM TURNS OFF EVEN WITH AN ADULT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. SOMETIMES IT TURNS ON AND THEN TURNS O… |
| 2020-05-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND YOU HAVE YOUR HIGH BEAMS ON THE DOORS WILL UNLOCK. THE WIPERS WILL TURN OFF, THE RPM… |
| 2020-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE RADIO WILL FREEZE SOMETIMES AND THE SEATBELT CHIME WILL NEVER COME ON IF IT'S NOT BUCKLED, AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE L… |
| 2020-02-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Vehicle shakes and vibrates when first turned on, and driving. Has alot of vibration. |
| 2020-01-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY CAR ABOUT A YEAR A HALF AGO AND IT HAS BEEN GIVING ME NON STOP ENGINE AND LEAK ISSUES. I HAVE A 2015 CHE… |
| 2020-01-02 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | MY CAR STARTING KILLING ON ME I HAD TO LEAVE IT AND GET A RIDE HOME A COUPLE OFF TIMES THE LAST TIME I HAD IT TOWED TO … |
| 2019-12-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SIDE (OCCUPANT SENSOR) AIR BAG SWITCH IS INCONSISTENT. IT WILL NOT ALWAYS TURN ON WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN… |
| 2019-11-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | HAS BEEN HACKED |
| 2019-11-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet sonic. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 MPH, there was white… |
| 2019-11-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE RECALL FOR THE MANIFOLD. WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE… |
| 2019-10-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IS SURGING IN GEAR, IN MOTION AND STATIONARY, AT ANY SPEED. SENSATION IS STRONG ENOUGH TO NOTICE EVEN AT H… |
| 2019-10-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET MY DOORS UNLOCKED, ALL OF THEM. WHILE STILL DRIVING I PUSHED THE BUTTON ON THE DRIVER … |
| 2019-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT IS INCONSISTENT. WITH ANY PASSENGER SEATED THE "ON" LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. IT WIL… |
| 2019-09-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | STATIONARY. 2015 CHEVY SONIC. THE GEAR SHIFT BUTTON/KNOB WAS STICKING AND FINALLY BROKE. I'VE HAD TO FIDDLE WITH IT (FO… |
| 2019-09-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS VIBRATING WHILE IN IDLE AND WHEN PRESSING DOWN ON THE BRAKES. THERE WAS VERY LOW ACCELERATION … |
| 2019-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CHEVY SONIC STALLS WHILE DRIVING IT. THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, DOOR LOCKS CYCLE, LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF, POWER STEERING … |