Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2015 Chevrolet Sonic has 3 recalls, 113 complaints, and a 5-star overall safety rating from NHTSA.
3
Recalls
113
Complaints
★★★★★
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 7, 2026
16V422000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Chevrolet Sonic and Trax, and 2013-2015 Spark vehicles equipped with a Bring Your Ow...
15V416000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Chevrolet Spark vehicles manufactured April 30, 2014, to May 20, 2015, and 2015 Chev...
16V257000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Chevrolet Sonic and Trax vehicles and 2013-2015 Chevrolet Spark vehicles equipped wi...
Overall
★★★★★
Front Crash
★★★★★
Side Crash
★★★★★
Rollover
★★★★★
Rating for: 2015 Chevrolet Sonic 5 DR FWD
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2025 | WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,LANE DEPARTURE | my recall is already completed, why on the your website still showing incompleted? |
| Aug 29, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | Code U0101 is set. Unable to communicate with TCM. Troubleshooted and found TCM is bad. Removed nece... |
| Aug 7, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | I have had this vehicle for three years now and no matter of the repairs I had done to it by machani... |
| Jun 1, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Right Hand Steering Wheel Controls Inoperative, Outside Ambient Temperature Reading on Radio Display... |
| May 6, 2024 | AIR BAGS | The air bags deployed while the vehicle was in motion. No Collision or impact occurred. |
| Apr 4, 2024 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Stalls when reduced speed. CEL constant. Codes indicate Emission promlem. Cleared by replacing intak... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Odometer Fraud. The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact purchased the vehicle from a de... |
| Mar 3, 2024 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the ch... |
| Dec 10, 2023 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, u... |
| Oct 28, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated the audible indicators for the driver's ... |
| Sep 21, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | First sign of problem - Sept. 2021. Driving on highway at about 35 mph. Simultaneously, engine qui... |
| Jun 24, 2023 | AIR BAGS | Air bag light on. There are 4 codes in the SDM, due to an internal fault in the sensing diagnostic m... |
| Jun 2, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | We have a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic Lt that we bought from car country in Aurora Indiana the transmission... |
| Apr 23, 2023 | AIR BAGS | Passenger side front airbags did not deploy during a front end vehicle crash. All other airbags in v... |
| Apr 11, 2023 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | My cars coolant is leaking and the source is unknown. My car has overheated twice and my mechanic ha... |
| Dec 2, 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The driver, and front passenger interior door handles the metallic chrome coating starts to lose its... |
| Oct 1, 2022 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the od... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | Once again, my doors unlocked then relocked, my dashboard lights went out and the engine stalled. I... |
| Sep 2, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | On September 2, 2022, the locks on my car unlocked and relived while I was driving at about 20 mph. ... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 3 times yesterday - September 1, 2022, my car locks unlocked then locked again and the engine stalle... |