Chevrolet Bolt Ev 2019

• Recall 238671 [USA]: A fire increases the risk of injury.
  General motors, llc (gm) is recalling certain 2017-2023 chevrolet bolt ev vehicles. This recall includes certain vehicles previously repaired incorrectly under nhtsa recall number 22v-930. After a crash with seat belt pretensioner deployment, the pretensioner exhaust may ignite carpet fibers near the b-pillar, causing a fire.
  dealers will inspect both front seat belt pretensioners and, if necessary, install metal foil at the carpet near the pretensioner exhaust. Certain vehicles will also need a pretensioner cover installed. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed january 24, 2024. These vehicles were previously recalled for this same issue under recall number 22v-930 and will need to have the new remedy performed. Owners may contact gm ev concierge at 1-833-evchevy (1-833-382-4389) (tty 711 / 1-800-833-2438) or customer service at 1-800-222-1020. Gm's number for this recall is n232421970.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

• Recall 233672 [USA]: A vehicle fire can increase the risk of injury.
  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.
  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.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

• Recall 209432 [USA]: A battery fire increases the risk of injury.
  General motors llc (gm) is recalling certain 2017-2019 chevrolet bolt ev vehicles previously recalled under nhtsa recall number 20v-701. The high voltage battery could catch fire when charged to full or nearly full capacity.
  owners are advised to take the following interim steps: activate either the hill top reserve (2017 and 2018 models) or target charge level (2019 models) feature in their vehicle to limit the charge level to 90%, charge their vehicle more frequently, avoid depleting the battery to 70 miles range remaining, park outside after charging, and do not charge the vehicle indoors overnight. Defective battery modules will be replaced by gm, free of charge. Interim notification letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed on august 13, 2021. Owner notification letters were mailed on august 13, 2021. Owners may contact the bolt ev concierge team at 1-833-382-4389. Gm's number for this recall is n212343880.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

• Recall 151211 [USA]: If the rear door opens while driving, or the door handle fails to open the rear door, there is an increased risk of injury to the rear passengers.
  General motors llc (gm) is recalling certain 2019-2020 chevrolet bolt ev vehicles. The door-handle cable inside the rear doors may be too long, allowing contact with the window when it is opened, possibly damaging the cable. A damaged cable may cause the rear door to open unintentionally when the rear window is opened. Additionally, it may cause the rear inside door handle to not work.
  gm will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rear inside door-handle cables, free of charge. The recall began april 17, 2020. Owners may contact chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. Gm's number for this recall is a202298320.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

• Recall 140116 [USA]: A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
  General motors llc (gm) is recalling certain 2018-2019 chevrolet equinox, impala, cruze, volt and bolt ev vehicles, gmc terrain vehicles, buick lacrosse and regal vehicles, cadillac xts and xts professional vehicles and 2018 chevrolet malibu vehicles. The rear brake caliper pistons may have an insufficient coating causing gas pockets to form, potentially reducing rear brake performance.
  gm will notify owners, and dealers will bleed the vehicle's brake system, free of charge. The recall began october 11, 2018. Owners may contact buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or gmc customer service at 1-800-462-8782. Gm's number for this recall is 18279.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

• Recall 2021631 [Canada]: Accessories
  Issue: this recall is for certain driver's all-weather floor liners sold with new vehicles or as accessory parts sold at general motors dealerships. On certain vehicles, the accelerator pedal could get stuck on the floor liner. If this happens, the vehicle may not slow down when you release the accelerator pedal. Note: if you continue to push the brake pedal, the brake-override system will allow you to stop the vehicle. Safety risk: a stuck accelerator pedal could lead to unintended acceleration and increase the risk of a crash. Corrective actions: general motors will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the driver's all-weather floor liner. You should remove the all-weather floor liner until you receive the replacement part.

• Recall 2021449 [Canada]: Electrical
  Issue: on certain vehicles, the high-voltage battery could overheat when it is charged to over 90% of its capacity. As a result, the battery could create smoke or heat, which can melt or damage the battery and nearby parts. Safety risk: a battery that overheats can create a fire risk. Corrective actions: general motors will notify owners by mail and replace defective battery modules. Until replacement battery modules are available, general motors recommends the following: 1. Enable "hilltop reserve" (for 2017-2018 models) or "target charge level" (for 2019 models) using the vehicle's infotainment centre to limit the state of charge to 90%. If you are unable to make these changes, or do not feel comfortable making them, you should visit a dealer to have these adjustments completed. 2. Charge your vehicle more frequently and avoid depleting the battery below approximately 113 km (70 miles) of remaining range, where possible. 3. Out of an abundance of caution, park your vehicle outside immediately after charging and not leave vehicle charging indoors overnight. Please click here for additional information, or call 1-800-263-3777 : https://my.Gm.Ca/chevrolet/en/how-to-support/safety/boltevrecall note: all vehicles must also have transport canada recall # 2020-540 completed.

• Recall 2020540 [Canada]: Electrical
  This recall was replaced by transport canada recall no. 2021-449. Issue: on certain vehicles, the high-voltage battery could overheat when it is charged to over 90% of its capacity. As a result, the battery could create smoke or heat, which can melt or damage the battery and nearby parts. Safety risk: a battery that overheats can create a fire risk. Corrective actions: general motors will notify owners by mail and instruct you to enable "hilltop reserve" (for 2017-2018 models) or "target charge level" (for 2019 models) using their vehicle's infotainment centre. This will limit the battery charge to 90% until you can take the vehicle to a dealer for an update of the battery monitoring software. The dealer will also replace battery module assemblies that fail a diagnostic test. Important - general motors recommends that you should park your vehicle outdoors immediately after charging and not leave your vehicle charging overnight, even after this update is completed.

• Recall 2020130 [Canada]: Structure
  Issue: on certain vehicles, the rear doors may unlatch suddenly due to a damaged cable caused by repeated rear window movement. As a result of this damage, a rear door could open while driving when the window is lowered. A damaged cable may also cause the inside door handle not to work. Safety risk: a door that opens while the vehicle is moving could create an increased risk of injury. Corrective actions: general motors will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the inside door handle cable in both rear doors. Note: until the recall repairs are completed, you can prevent the chance of a door opening while driving by turning on the child lock feature in the rear doors.

To ensure accuracy and for your safety, it is recommended to do a free VIN recall check here or here [USA] - UK - Canada.

Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Pedestrian alert sounds investigation as of 20230127

  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 pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after march 1, 2021.On january 27, 2023, nhtsa opened defect petition (dp) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On june 24, 2023 and as supplemented on june 25, 2023, the petitioner notified nhtsa he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review of data, there is no justification for asserting potential benefits that could be derived from actions sought by my petition. Based on the petitioners withdrawal, dp22-005 is closed. Closure of this dp does not represent a determination by nhtsa regarding the subject matter of the petition.
  

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• Electric vehicle battery fires investigation as of 20201009

  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 questionnaires (voqs) and several field reports. All complaints alleged vehicles caught fire during or after electrical charging.Odis review found vehicle thermal events occurred during and/or at the end of the battery module charging cycle. The information learned from nhtsa and general motors joint vehicle inspections prompted general motors to file recall 20v-701 on april 29, 2021. The remedy for this recall included 1) performing diagnostic procedures to identify and replace potentially defective battery cell-module assemblies and 2) installing onboard diagnostic software, designed to detect and warn owners regarding potential issues related to changes in battery module performance over time. Until this interim remedy became available for all affected vehicles, general motors instructed their customers to enable “hilltop reserve or “target charge level, based on the vehicle-equipped technology. Enabling these technologies would limit charging capacity of the battery module to a maximum of 90 percent. General motors then continued to investigate the root cause of these battery cell module thermal events, which would lead them to their long-term recall remedy solution. Utilizing the information obtained from the recall 20v-701 software update, general motors and lg energy solutions,the supplier of the battery cell module pack along with lg electronics,determined the root cause of the thermal events to be the result of two simultaneous manufacturing defects occurring in the same battery cell. The defect condition appears to be aggravated by routinely charging the battery to a full or nearly full state of charge after it has been substantially depleted. The two defects, located within the same battery cell module, would cause an internal short within the battery pack, resulting in the thermal events. The manufacturing process was changed to prevent the occurrence of these two defect conditions.On july 24, 2021, general motors filed a defect information report recalling all 2017-2018 chevrolet bolt and certain 2019 chevrolet bolt vehicles with design level n2.1 battery cell produced at the lg ochang, korea plant. This remedy replaces defective battery cell-modules and will prevent potential thermal events from occurring during and/or at the end of the charge cycle. The recall (21v-560) includes vehicles that were remedied under 20v-701.General motors continued to review new data after recall 21v-560 and learned of an incident that occurred outside of the scope of the recall population. Additional analysis led general motors and lges to determine that the manufacturing defects defined by recall 21v-560 were not isolated to one battery manufacturing plant. On august 21, 2021, general motors filed a defect information report to expand the scope of recall 21v-560. The recall (21v-650) includes all 2019-2022 chevrolet bolt ev and 2022 chevrolet bolt euv vehicles. In view of the recall actions being taken by general motors, odi is closing this preliminary evaluation. Nhtsa reserves the right to take additional action if warranted by future circumstances.The odi reports cited above can be reviewed online at nhtsa.Gov under the following identification numbers:11230072, 11425524, 11339878, 11365622, 11364692, 11427180, 11429891, 11374956, 11407212, 11372429, 11425225, 11415800
  

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• Ev battery fire investigation as of 20201009

  The office of defects investigation (odi) of the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) has received two vehicle owner questionnaires (voqs) regarding a model year (my) 2018 and a my 2019 chevrolet bolt ev and alleging that the vehicles caught fire under the rear seat while parked and unattended.Odi conducted additional research, and found a my 2017 bolt ev with a similar burn pattern in the interior rear seat area.In the three cases identified, fire damage appeared to be concentrated in the ev battery compartment area with penetration into the passenger compartment from under the rear seat. The root cause of these fires is unknown. One of these incidents, odi 11230072, reported smoke inhalation injuries.Odi is opening a preliminary evaluation to assess the scope, frequency, circumstances, and safety consequences of the alleged fires.The reports cited above can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under the following reference numbers: 11230072, 11339878.
  

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• Electric vehicle battery fires investigation as of 20201009

  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 questionnaires (voqs) and several field reports. All complaints alleged vehicles caught fire during or after electrical charging.Odis review found vehicle thermal events occurred during and/or at the end of the battery module charging cycle. The information learned from nhtsa and general motors joint vehicle inspections prompted general motors to file recall 20v-701 on april 29, 2021. The remedy for this recall included 1) performing diagnostic procedures to identify and replace potentially defective battery cell-module assemblies and 2) installing onboard diagnostic software, designed to detect and warn owners regarding potential issues related to changes in battery module performance over time. Until this interim remedy became available for all affected vehicles, general motors instructed their customers to enable “hilltop reserve or “target charge level, based on the vehicle-equipped technology. Enabling these technologies would limit charging capacity of the battery module to a maximum of 90 percent. General motors then continued to investigate the root cause of these battery cell module thermal events, which would lead them to their long-term recall remedy solution. Utilizing the information obtained from the recall 20v-701 software update, general motors and lg energy solutions,the supplier of the battery cell module pack along with lg electronics,determined the root cause of the thermal events to be the result of two simultaneous manufacturing defects occurring in the same battery cell. The defect condition appears to be aggravated by routinely charging the battery to a full or nearly full state of charge after it has been substantially depleted. The two defects, located within the same battery cell module, would cause an internal short within the battery pack, resulting in the thermal events. The manufacturing process was changed to prevent the occurrence of these two defect conditions.On july 24, 2021, general motors filed a defect information report recalling all 2017-2018 chevrolet bolt and certain 2019 chevrolet bolt vehicles with design level n2.1 battery cell produced at the lg ochang, korea plant. This remedy replaces defective battery cell-modules and will prevent potential thermal events from occurring during and/or at the end of the charge cycle. The recall (21v-560) includes vehicles that were remedied under 20v-701.General motors continued to review new data after recall 21v-560 and learned of an incident that occurred outside of the scope of the recall population. Additional analysis led general motors and lges to determine that the manufacturing defects defined by recall 21v-560 were not isolated to one battery manufacturing plant. On august 21, 2021, general motors filed a defect information report to expand the scope of recall 21v-560. The recall (21v-650) includes all 2019-2022 chevrolet bolt ev and 2022 chevrolet bolt euv vehicles. In view of the recall actions being taken by general motors, odi is closing this preliminary evaluation. Nhtsa reserves the right to take additional action if warranted by future circumstances.The odi reports cited above can be reviewed online at nhtsa.Gov under the following identification numbers:11230072, 11425524, 11339878, 11365622, 11364692, 11427180, 11429891, 11374956, 11407212, 11372429, 11425225, 11415800
  

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• Ev battery fire investigation as of 20201009

  The office of defects investigation (odi) of the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) has received two vehicle owner questionnaires (voqs) regarding a model year (my) 2018 and a my 2019 chevrolet bolt ev and alleging that the vehicles caught fire under the rear seat while parked and unattended.Odi conducted additional research, and found a my 2017 bolt ev with a similar burn pattern in the interior rear seat area.In the three cases identified, fire damage appeared to be concentrated in the ev battery compartment area with penetration into the passenger compartment from under the rear seat. The root cause of these fires is unknown. One of these incidents, odi 11230072, reported smoke inhalation injuries.Odi is opening a preliminary evaluation to assess the scope, frequency, circumstances, and safety consequences of the alleged fires.The reports cited above can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under the following reference numbers: 11230072, 11339878.
  

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Common OBD Error codes specific to this vehicle.

• P0BBD [11] Hybrid Battery Pack Voltage Variation Exceeded Limit
• P050D [4] Cold Start Rough Idle
• P0300 [4] Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected
• P0308 [4] Cylinder 8 Misfire Detected
• B101D [2] Electronic Control Unit Hardware Internal Malfunction
• B101E [2] Electronic Control Unit Software
• B395A [2] B395A
• B395B [2] B395B
• B395C [2] B395C
• B094C [2] B094C
• P3014 [1] P3014
• P302D [1] P302D
• P0AA1 [1] Hybrid Battery Positive Contactor Circuit Stuck Closed
• P0442 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0455 [2] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)
• P0534 [1] Air Conditioner Refrigerant Charge Loss
• P0ABB [2] Hybrid Battery Pack Voltage Sense "A" Circuit Range/Performance
• P0ABC [2] Hybrid Battery Pack Voltage Sense "A" Circuit Low
• P0AFA [2] Hybrid Battery System Voltage Low
• P0C78 [2] Hybrid Battery System Precharge Time Too Long
• P0D26 [2] P0D26
• P1AE6 [2] P1AE6
• P0A3F [4] Drive Motor "A" Position Sensor Circuit
• P0A78 [2] Drive Motor "A" Inverter Performance

My bolt was purchased in sept. 2019. It was not part of the initial nhtsa recall because it has a battery made in the u.S. However, chevrolet still issued a company recall on it and performed a software update, evaluation of battery health, and installed an on-board diagnostic module. The "final fix" as it is called. Even though my battery appears to be safe, it has the same design, materials and similar manufacturing practices by the same company, as the cars that have caught fire. Now there has been a battery fire in a bolt in vermont that had the "final fix" installed. (not my car, it's in another state) i am concerned that the battery problem is in the design and how it is built, not due to a faulty manufacturing contaminiation that could only occur in korea. And i'm also concerned that the "final fix" is not sufficient to take care of the problem. I am asking you to investigate all the lg batteries in all the bolts to determine if they truly are safe.

I was denied the buyback by gm due to the weak lemon law in the state of michigan. Gm should be replacing these batteries if they are not allowing a buyback or trade up. There were 16,418 bolts produced in the us-market for the model year 2019. If i take a ballpark half of the vehicles with korean cells, and half of the vehicles produced with cells in holland michigan (the holland cells not having the defect), to-date we are looking at 5 in 8,209 cars catching fire due to the battery defect. That translates to 1 in every 1,641 2019-model-year korean-cell bolts catching fire, to-date. Statistically, this number cannot go down. This represents a much higher percentage than what gm is publicly stating. This is a much higher, unacceptable risk. I do not have faith in a software update and battery voltage spread test for the latest "fix." gm is very secretive on what the defect or defects are. A battery may test fine today, as it made it into the production vehicle and passed the test then. Though, tomorrow it may fail due to the defect. When it fails, i don't want my family to be anywhere near it. Please hold gm's feet to the fire on this to prevent the possibility of the unsuspecting consumer to get burned.

Re: gm recall number n202311731 i am dissatisfied with the gm’s response to this recall that addresses fires involving their battery charging system in the chevy bolt. The long-awaited final remedy is a setup for failure. Installing a software monitoring system to look for the theoretical cause of the problem is inadequate and fails to protect consumer safety. They allege, without providing consumers with the undisclosed engineering analysis that underpins their solution, that this is the best they can offer. Their plan is to monitor for electrical aberrations in the cars’ electrical/battery system instead of replacing the faulty system. By analogy this is like a home builder acknowledging that they installed faulty wiring in your home that does not meet code and there have been a number of fires. However, instead of replacing the faulty wiring, they are installing a monitoring system that looks for changes in resistance or areas of high temperature in your walls and shuts down your power before they think your house will explode into flames. Gm has not provided any testing in the real world of this "remedy", and asks that we trust their engineers. I would like to see an independent assessment of this, not paid for by chevrolet or gm. I have no confidence in this or with gm's assertions that it is the best they can do to protect the safety of the public. As a health and safety professional, i am appalled at this solution at its acceptance. I cannot believe that this would be approved as a remedy for an aircraft problem. The more recent and less publicized boeing max airliners’ electrical problems require replacement of the bonding between electrical panels and their contacts. Nhtsa should demand full disclosure of all studies done for gm’s bolt recommendation, and publication on the nhtsa site for a period of public comment. I adamantly reject that this has been conducted by gm in a transparent manner or that it is the safest response. Thank you

The center touchscreen will intermittently freeze when started and not recover when driving. When this occurs the hvac and radio hard buttons also stop responding which prevents control of the defrost, creating a visibility hazard that could result in a crash. Sometimes the freeze will result in the backup camera remaining on while driving forward. When in reverse the freeze results in the backup camera guidelines, parking collision warning and rear cross traffic warning being unavailable. Failure of these systems intended to prevent collisions is a safety hazard because unavailability of these systems could result in a collision. The freezing did not occur frequently when the vehicle was new, but over time this has become a frequent occurrence. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. The problem has been reproduced by a dealer and been subject to repair twice, but the issue has continued to occur after each repair attempt. The vehicle was subject to bulletin 20-na-119 which was intended to correct radio screen black/freezes after boot up, but this does not appear to have resolved the issue.

Around 11:00am on 5/1/21 saturday morning noticed thick smoke coming out of the rear side of the car parked in the garage and it was not connected to the charger and shouted at my family & kids to come out of the house and when i opened the garage shutters i saw fire in the rear of car from beneath and the rear seats, which my neighbors witnessed too we called 911 meanwhile we tried to extinguish the fire using the kitchen fire extinguisher which did not help at all and it turned into a big blaze and set the whole garage on fire and burning the motor cycle and snow thrower parked in the garage and also got to the nissan amada suv parked right in front of the garage and the fire went into the master bed room upstairs and fire team later put off the fire but the car battery was still smoking until 2-2:30pm. The car was serviced on 3/25/2021 at pohanka chevy, chantilly and they did apply the safety recall-high voltage battery may melt or burn hybrid power train control module 2 reprogramming with sps and attached is copy of invoice stating the same.

I just want the battery pack to be replaced with one that does not catch fire due to manufacturing defects. Nearly all of the fires have been 2019 model years. There were 16,418 bolts produced in the us-market for the model year 2019. If i take a ballpark half of the vehicles with korean cells, and half of the vehicles produced with cells in holland michigan (the holland cells not having the defect), to-date we are looking at 5 in 8,209 cars catching fire due to the battery defect. That translates to 1 in every 1,641 2019-model-year korean-cell bolts catching fire, to-date. Statistically, this number cannot go down. This represents a much higher percentage than what gm is publicly stating. This is a much higher, unacceptable risk. Gm needs to be replacing these defective batteries, or we will continue to see more fires. A software update and battery voltage check is unacceptable, as these defective cells made passed the test to make it into these cars in the first place. Model year 2019 fires: ashburn, https://insideevs.Com/news/505346/chevy-bolt-ev-blaze-ashburn/ port st lucie, https://www.Tcpalm.Com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2020/10/06/electric-vehicle-thought-have-caught-fire-garage-psl/3635092001/ vienna, https://abcnews.Go.Com/us/wirestory/us-investigates-fire-reports-chevy-bolt-electric-vehicles-73582418 miami, https://bid.Cars/en/lot/0-27990292/2019-chevrolet-bolt-1g1fy6s07k4113757 jacksonville, https://www.Chevybolt.Org/attachments/jacksonville-bolt-png.31467

This front collision warning system doesn't work well, today i was driving on a car pool lane at a speed about 65-70 mph, a white ford explorer suddenly cut in, the system didn't make any warning or brake at all. I have a dash cam recorded it. When this happened, it was sunny, clear day, on a straight free way. After a while, when i left the free way, the system started to make warnings while the speed dropped to 50 mph.

This front collision warning system doesn't work well, today i was driving on a car pool lane at a speed about 65-70 mph, a white ford explorer suddenly cut in, the system didn't make any warning or brake at all. I have a dash cam recorded it. When this happened, it was sunny, clear day, on a straight free way. After a while, when i left the free way, the system started to make warnings while the speed dropped to 50 mph.

General motors refuses to service my vehicle and claims i'm black listed from every dealership in the area. They refuse to complete the safety recall for battery fires on my vehicle, the windshield wipers are slapping each other and rear suspension is making metal on metal clanking noises. Gm has had me black listed from all dealerships in the area and refuses to complete necessary safety repairs on my vehicle. I have absolutely no way of getting these necessary services completed on my vehicle. Gm customer experience center won't assist in finding a dealership in the area. Please help.

General motors refuses to service my vehicle and claims i'm black listed from every dealership in the area. They refuse to complete the safety recall for battery fires on my vehicle, the windshield wipers are slapping each other and rear suspension is making metal on metal clanking noises. Gm has had me black listed from all dealerships in the area and refuses to complete necessary safety repairs on my vehicle. I have absolutely no way of getting these necessary services completed on my vehicle. Gm customer experience center won't assist in finding a dealership in the area. Please help.

My car is in the chevy bolt recall due to battery fires. Many months ago chevy took away 5 to 10% of my e-mpg in order to lessen the likelihood of fire. When i heard they had a fix, i immediately called. I was told i will not be able to have my car checked and repaired/restored until november. This is an inordinately long time to be driving a car on recall due to possible battery fire.

Vehicle will not charge fully due to battery catching on fire

Vehicle will not charge fully due to battery catching on fire

My 2019 chevrolet bolt premier has the battery made in korea that is part of the current investigation chevrolet is doing, announced yesterday july 14, 2021. This is the announcement from chevrolet: july 14 2021 important update from general motors general motors has been notified of two recent chevrolet bolt ev fire incidents in vehicles that were remedied as part of the safety recall announced in november 2020. Out of an abundance of caution, we are asking owners of 2017-2019 chevrolet bolt evs who were part of the recall population to park their vehicles outdoors immediately after charging and not leave their vehicles charging overnight while we investigate these incidents. This has been a known problem for several months, since november 2020, as noted in chevrolet's announcement above. I limited my charging to 90% the minute the news broke about the possibility of a battery fire. I have had "the remedy" done to my car, which is all that one can do at this point. Live in a condo building in a busy downtown setting and my only parking spot is two levels underground. It is both unsafe and very costly/inconvenient for me to have to park on the street at meters while waiting to hear anything from chevy regarding next steps. I want to get my situation on your radar, as i am sure many other bolt owners do. I want to stop worrying about the potential of a fire that would kill or maim any person or living creature, destroy any property, especially my home, my neighbors' homes, cars, etc. Help!

I've had the recall work done. But because of the verbiage in the recall itself it's remaining open on nhtsa and carfax. This is preventing me from using my car as income.

I've had the recall work done. But because of the verbiage in the recall itself it's remaining open on nhtsa and carfax. This is preventing me from using my car as income.

Dash reflect excessive light onto windshield blinding driver. I have a turn from sr-95 south to i-15 north ramp and i am blinded while making the turn potentially causing a crash. Seems this has been a known issue since 2017 and no fixes has been mad.

Dash reflect excessive light onto windshield blinding driver. I have a turn from sr-95 south to i-15 north ramp and i am blinded while making the turn potentially causing a crash. Seems this has been a known issue since 2017 and no fixes has been mad.

In the early morning hours of october 21st, around 3am, we were woken up by smoke/fire alarms. We started running around our home to identify the cause of the alarm. After about 5 minutes of searching inside the home and finding nothing, we realized that there was some smell of smoke coming from the garage and when the mudroom door which leads to the garage was opened, we found that the chevy bolt was on fire and there was lot of smoke in the garage. The chevy bolt was parked/stationary in door 3 section of the garage and our other car was parked in door 1 section of the garage. The door 2 section of the garage was empty at the time of the incident. With chevy bolt on fire, we saw that the door 3 section of the garage was engulfed in flames and filled with smoke. We tried to use the fire extinguisher to put-off the fire but could not contain the spread of the fire. The chevy bolt was kept for charging overnight , as has been the general practice that we have been following for around 2 years. We called 911 as soon as we saw the garage in flames and fire engines arrived within 15 minutes but the fire had spread widely and caused rampant damages to the entire garage including the other car, bedroom on the top of the garage in the second floor and the bedroom adjoining the garage in the first floor. While all the occupants of the home got out within around 8 minutes of hearing the fire alarm, the fire and heat/smoke spread quickly to washer/dryer section, eat in dining, kitchen, family room and formal dining room. The other sections of the home including the foyer, office room, sun room and all of the bedrooms upstairs were quickly filled by smoke and soot. The heat inside the home was so much that one can literally see the framing studs. The township fire and police department arrived promptly on the scene and have been diligently following up on the investigation.

In the early morning hours of october 21st, around 3am, we were woken up by smoke/fire alarms. We started running around our home to identify the cause of the alarm. After about 5 minutes of searching inside the home and finding nothing, we realized that there was some smell of smoke coming from the garage and when the mudroom door which leads to the garage was opened, we found that the chevy bolt was on fire and there was lot of smoke in the garage. The chevy bolt was parked/stationary in door 3 section of the garage and our other car was parked in door 1 section of the garage. The door 2 section of the garage was empty at the time of the incident. With chevy bolt on fire, we saw that the door 3 section of the garage was engulfed in flames and filled with smoke. We tried to use the fire extinguisher to put-off the fire but could not contain the spread of the fire. The chevy bolt was kept for charging overnight , as has been the general practice that we have been following for around 2 years. We called 911 as soon as we saw the garage in flames and fire engines arrived within 15 minutes but the fire had spread widely and caused rampant damages to the entire garage including the other car, bedroom on the top of the garage in the second floor and the bedroom adjoining the garage in the first floor. While all the occupants of the home got out within around 8 minutes of hearing the fire alarm, the fire and heat/smoke spread quickly to washer/dryer section, eat in dining, kitchen, family room and formal dining room. The other sections of the home including the foyer, office room, sun room and all of the bedrooms upstairs were quickly filled by smoke and soot. The heat inside the home was so much that one can literally see the framing studs. The township fire and police department arrived promptly on the scene and have been diligently following up on the investigation.

Chevy bolt finished changing and then started to smoke from under the car. The sound of popping noises were heard and then 10 minutes later the car was engulfed in flames. The cars battery pack starting popping then exploded in flames.

Chevy bolt finished changing and then started to smoke from under the car. The sound of popping noises were heard and then 10 minutes later the car was engulfed in flames. The cars battery pack starting popping then exploded in flames.

I was driving my chevy bolt at approximately 40-45 mph when it was at about 50% charge capacity when all of a sudden the car sharply decelerated and warning lights came on saying the charge was down to 0 and that it needed to be recharged immediately. I pulled over to the side of the road and called for help. There's no way the car should have lost 50% of it's charge out of nowhere like that. I was not able to restart the car or regain power. It has to be towed to the dealer.

I was driving my chevy bolt at approximately 40-45 mph when it was at about 50% charge capacity when all of a sudden the car sharply decelerated and warning lights came on saying the charge was down to 0 and that it needed to be recharged immediately. I pulled over to the side of the road and called for help. There's no way the car should have lost 50% of it's charge out of nowhere like that. I was not able to restart the car or regain power. It has to be towed to the dealer.

Since new i've had an issue with the bolt ev's infotainment display going black to include the backup camera. I cannot control the screen, the climate control settings or anything. I've been bringing it in since it was new and was told by chevrolet that it's normal operation. Now it's fried with a burning electrical smell in the center of the dashboard and uncontrollable or unresettable. I have video of the incident and have taken videos of prior incidents which gm states they cannot fix based off of a video of the occurrance. It won't allow me to upload here. I can provide if need be.

Since new i've had an issue with the bolt ev's infotainment display going black to include the backup camera. I cannot control the screen, the climate control settings or anything. I've been bringing it in since it was new and was told by chevrolet that it's normal operation. Now it's fried with a burning electrical smell in the center of the dashboard and uncontrollable or unresettable. I have video of the incident and have taken videos of prior incidents which gm states they cannot fix based off of a video of the occurrance. It won't allow me to upload here. I can provide if need be.

At approximately 4 am on 10/6/2020, we (myself and my children) woke up to an explosion. I ran to find out what it was and saw smoke entering our home under the door going out to the garage. I grabbed my children and got out of the house as fast as i could. When i opened the front door of my house to go outside, there were flames coming out the front of the garage and the garage was engulfed in flames. We ran across the street to our neighbors house and i called 911, by this time, our entire garage was engulfed in flames. Our 2019 chevy bolt was plugged in charging in the garage overnight, as i have done regularly since purchasing the vehicle in december 2019 without issue. After calling 911, there continued to be a bunch of loud 'pop' sounds and another smaller explosion. The fire department arrived, and while they were able to extinguish the fire prior to the flames spreading to the rest of the house, our entire house is a total loss from severe smoke and water damage and black soot covering every inch of the house. Also, my daughter's room that 'shares' the garage wall was completely destroyed. The smell in the entire house is indescribable, i imagine worse than a 'regular' house fire because it has a chemical smell to it. The county fire investigator determined the origination was in the battery compartment of the vehicle, and since the incident, there has been an investigation where multiple fire investigators, engineers from gm and a representative from nhtsa all were present to investigate and remove the vehicle from the garage. We, personally, have not received any reports from this extensive investigation to provide any further information to the cause.

At approximately 4 am on 10/6/2020, we (myself and my children) woke up to an explosion. I ran to find out what it was and saw smoke entering our home under the door going out to the garage. I grabbed my children and got out of the house as fast as i could. When i opened the front door of my house to go outside, there were flames coming out the front of the garage and the garage was engulfed in flames. We ran across the street to our neighbors house and i called 911, by this time, our entire garage was engulfed in flames. Our 2019 chevy bolt was plugged in charging in the garage overnight, as i have done regularly since purchasing the vehicle in december 2019 without issue. After calling 911, there continued to be a bunch of loud 'pop' sounds and another smaller explosion. The fire department arrived, and while they were able to extinguish the fire prior to the flames spreading to the rest of the house, our entire house is a total loss from severe smoke and water damage and black soot covering every inch of the house. Also, my daughter's room that 'shares' the garage wall was completely destroyed. The smell in the entire house is indescribable, i imagine worse than a 'regular' house fire because it has a chemical smell to it. The county fire investigator determined the origination was in the battery compartment of the vehicle, and since the incident, there has been an investigation where multiple fire investigators, engineers from gm and a representative from nhtsa all were present to investigate and remove the vehicle from the garage. We, personally, have not received any reports from this extensive investigation to provide any further information to the cause.

General motors will not provide a solution to potential battery fires, as identified in their recent recall of chevrolet bolts. Mine is a 2019 and is part of the current recall.

General motors will not provide a solution to potential battery fires, as identified in their recent recall of chevrolet bolts. Mine is a 2019 and is part of the current recall.

This is a note regarding the manual disconnect fuse on chevrolet bolts, including the 2019 model. Failure of the fuse while driving can cause injury/death. My chevrolet dealer is taking three weeks to fix the issue. Chevrolet is not allowing the dealers to keep the replacement fuse in stock, so you have the car inspected, then they order the fuse. In my case it took two weeks for the fuse to arrive, another week to an appoitment. Total of three weeks.

This is a note regarding the manual disconnect fuse on chevrolet bolts, including the 2019 model. Failure of the fuse while driving can cause injury/death. My chevrolet dealer is taking three weeks to fix the issue. Chevrolet is not allowing the dealers to keep the replacement fuse in stock, so you have the car inspected, then they order the fuse. In my case it took two weeks for the fuse to arrive, another week to an appoitment. Total of three weeks.

I purchased a 2019 chevy bolt on dec. 20, 2019. The car has about 7,200 miles. While i was turning onto a thoroughfare , a warning light said there was a problem with the high voltage battery. This happened on aug. 6, 2020. Chevy replaced the battery under warranty. I took the car to alfano chevrolet in san luis obispo, ca where i bought it. I mention this because i've heard of bolt batteries catching fire or melting resulting iin destruction of the vehicle.

I purchased a 2019 chevy bolt on dec. 20, 2019. The car has about 7,200 miles. While i was turning onto a thoroughfare , a warning light said there was a problem with the high voltage battery. This happened on aug. 6, 2020. Chevy replaced the battery under warranty. I took the car to alfano chevrolet in san luis obispo, ca where i bought it. I mention this because i've heard of bolt batteries catching fire or melting resulting iin destruction of the vehicle.

My 2019 chevy bolt was fully charged and driven for 12 miles to our destination, a townhouse development with private outdoor open parking. We arrived around 7:30pm, parked it and turned it off. 20 mins later a neighbor rang our doorbell because there was 20 foot high heavy white/gray smoke cloud coming out the back of the car. I called 911 and firefighters doused the car with water for an hour after smashing the rear window to get access to the smoking area.They left, less than an hour later i called 911 again b/c the smoke restarted. Smoldering was so hot it partly burned the backseat. Once the car was cool enough it was towed to the dealership where it was originally purchased. There it began to smoke again. 911 was called and firefighters put out the smoke once again. This time the smoke was small and started on the area where the backseat was previously located; minutes later the same heavy smoke came out fast from underneath the front passenger side. The police were there to witness that incident. It was around midnight then. 3 spontaneous combustions in 4 hours; door camera videos didn't pick up movement between our arrival and the neighbor ringing the bell; onstar reports don't show anything electrically wrong with the car; no alterations had been made to it; and the dashboard didn't show any warnings during that one last trip. Based on the above, i believe the problem was a high voltage battery runaway thermal event. Even though the car is still under gm's warranty, they refuse to investigate because we called our insurance first instead of gm (per gm's product assistance claim team). The car is currently at aiia and gm could go investigate. But they won't. How many other bolts are spontaneously combusting and people getting hurt? How many will it take for gm to care? This car's damage looks similar to mine ('loss: fire') iaai.Com/vehicledetails/36707410

My 2019 chevy bolt was fully charged and driven for 12 miles to our destination, a townhouse development with private outdoor open parking. We arrived around 7:30pm, parked it and turned it off. 20 mins later a neighbor rang our doorbell because there was 20 foot high heavy white/gray smoke cloud coming out the back of the car. I called 911 and firefighters doused the car with water for an hour after smashing the rear window to get access to the smoking area.They left, less than an hour later i called 911 again b/c the smoke restarted. Smoldering was so hot it partly burned the backseat. Once the car was cool enough it was towed to the dealership where it was originally purchased. There it began to smoke again. 911 was called and firefighters put out the smoke once again. This time the smoke was small and started on the area where the backseat was previously located; minutes later the same heavy smoke came out fast from underneath the front passenger side. The police were there to witness that incident. It was around midnight then. 3 spontaneous combustions in 4 hours; door camera videos didn't pick up movement between our arrival and the neighbor ringing the bell; onstar reports don't show anything electrically wrong with the car; no alterations had been made to it; and the dashboard didn't show any warnings during that one last trip. Based on the above, i believe the problem was a high voltage battery runaway thermal event. Even though the car is still under gm's warranty, they refuse to investigate because we called our insurance first instead of gm (per gm's product assistance claim team). The car is currently at aiia and gm could go investigate. But they won't. How many other bolts are spontaneously combusting and people getting hurt? How many will it take for gm to care? This car's damage looks similar to mine ('loss: fire') iaai.Com/vehicledetails/36707410

Vehicle unexpectedly & without warning lost power while traveling on highway. Vehicle was unable to accelerate and all power from the high voltage system was lost. *tr

Vehicle unexpectedly & without warning lost power while traveling on highway. Vehicle was unable to accelerate and all power from the high voltage system was lost. *tr

On june 1, 2020, 1-yr old vehicle (4000 miles on odometer) with 55% battery charge lost full propulsion power on a gentle curve on a country road at 40mph in l drive setting. Propulsion gone, steering stiff, warning bells, service-vehicle-soon warning messages. I coasted barely off the road onto the shoulder. Car was towed to dealer. Dealer now says it is a manual service disconnect fault and is waiting for a back-ordered replacement part. *tr

On june 1, 2020, 1-yr old vehicle (4000 miles on odometer) with 55% battery charge lost full propulsion power on a gentle curve on a country road at 40mph in l drive setting. Propulsion gone, steering stiff, warning bells, service-vehicle-soon warning messages. I coasted barely off the road onto the shoulder. Car was towed to dealer. Dealer now says it is a manual service disconnect fault and is waiting for a back-ordered replacement part. *tr

Failure of the "drive motor battery high voltage manual disconnect lever" caused immediate and complete loss of power on the road.

Failure of the "drive motor battery high voltage manual disconnect lever" caused immediate and complete loss of power on the road.

The car (bolt ev) suddenly stopped and lost all power while i was stopping at a red light. The car would not move and the error message "conditions not correct to shift". I had over 180 miles of range and all of a sudden it dropped to zero.

The car (bolt ev) suddenly stopped and lost all power while i was stopping at a red light. The car would not move and the error message "conditions not correct to shift". I had over 180 miles of range and all of a sudden it dropped to zero.

I have a 2019 bolt ev (mileage approximately 10k) that automatically shifted gear to "park" mode from the "l" mode and slowed to an almost stop while i was on the highway at rush hour driving approximately 65 mi/hr. I was able to safely steer the car to a median and call on star after repeatedly shutting power off and back on again. I was able to connect with on star for live diagnostics showing a failure in the hybrid control processor (P0A78). I arranged for the vehicle to be towed to the nearest dealership and has been under repair for the past two weeks. Gm sent the dealer a "control module" as replacement but this didn't fix the problem. Recently, the dealer called to inform me that the transmission will be replaced but neither the dealer or gm provided a root cause for the failure. Gm has not provided any indication whether this is an isolated or known issue, however, i gathered from public forums that other bolt ev owners have experienced somewhat similar unexpected shifts in gear to park.*dt*jb

I have a 2019 bolt ev (mileage approximately 10k) that automatically shifted gear to "park" mode from the "l" mode and slowed to an almost stop while i was on the highway at rush hour driving approximately 65 mi/hr. I was able to safely steer the car to a median and call on star after repeatedly shutting power off and back on again. I was able to connect with on star for live diagnostics showing a failure in the hybrid control processor (P0A78). I arranged for the vehicle to be towed to the nearest dealership and has been under repair for the past two weeks. Gm sent the dealer a "control module" as replacement but this didn't fix the problem. Recently, the dealer called to inform me that the transmission will be replaced but neither the dealer or gm provided a root cause for the failure. Gm has not provided any indication whether this is an isolated or known issue, however, i gathered from public forums that other bolt ev owners have experienced somewhat similar unexpected shifts in gear to park.*dt*jb

Vehicle was doing highway speeds on interstate 81 in pennsylvania in the left lane. Suddenly, the vehicle made a loud thud, followed by rapid deceleration. Managed to barely make it to the right shoulder, and at that point the vehicle put itself into park and refused to shift into drive or reverse. Warning messages and indicators lit up on the dashboard, and an onstar notification email was received on my phone. Was fortunate to make it to the shoulder, otherwise the vehicle would have been stranded in the middle of the highway with no way to move it off the active roadway.

Got brand new vehicle on sept 7th. On sept. 8th suffered loss of propulsion and inability to change gears. After driving for 20 minutes (50%+ charged) we reached our destination. I attempted to shift the vehicle to r in order to parallel park, however the vehicle was stuck with a message showing an inability to shift. We tried multiple times toggling the car on/off. After leaving for 10 minutes and trying again it worked, however with a service engine light on. We continued to the grocery store. After leaving the grocery store and driving 10 minutes we suddenly while moving got a 'loss of propulsion" message. Pressing the acceleration pedal did not move the vehicle. We struggled to navigate to the side of the road after losing total power. We tried again turning the vehicle on/off being greated with inability to shift message. Eventually after 15 minutes it turned on and luckily we were blocks from a chevy dealer. This was quite traumatic to go through with my mother-in-law and pregnant wife.

I was attempting to charge this electric car at a greenlots ccs (480volt) charger in kennewick, washington. The car was parked and turned off. A blue arc of electricity shot out of the charger port on the car and came within an inch of my hand. I understand from people who know the science of electricity that i would have been killed if the arc touched my hand. The safety features on the car, the charger or both did not function properly. There is no time when an electric car should emit a lethal arc of electricity. I do not know if the arc came from the battery of the car or from the charger, or both. Neither gm/chevy nor the charger company admits there is a safety problem. Without a thorough safety investigation we can't tell if the problem is all bolts, all electric cars, all 480v chargers, ccs chargers, greenlots chargers, the greenlot charger in kennewick, wa, or the specific chevy bolt that sent out the lethal arc towards my body. Please help!

Braking failures. After driving the vehicle for a few miles with normal operation of the regenerative braking system, the car was in motion (about 45 mph) when the car's regenerative braking system was requested by completely removing the foot from the accelerator in "l" mode (the "one foot driving" mode that automatically brakes as less pressure is applied to the accelerator). The car continued to move forward at full speed toward a red traffic light at a normally busy intersection. At that point i validated that the car was in "l" mode and decided to use the regenerative brake paddle connected to the steering wheel. That also failed to engage, and the car continued at full speed toward to the red light. At that point i engaged the brake pedal briskly and barely came to a stop before entering the intersection. Nearly the exact same problem happened a second time on the drive back about 5 minutes into the drive, and after the car had been resting about 30 minutes. The car gave no notifications or warnings of anything abnormal. Many drivers of the chevy bolt rely on the regenerative braking system nearly exclusively for all braking scenarios. Because of this, any failure can result in an extreme hazard to the driver and nearby pedestrians or vehicles. When contacting gm, they said that under some conditions the regenerative braking system will not engage. They will not investigate or fix the issue.

Complete power failure without warning. Brand new vehicle (82 miles driven). Owned less than 72 hours. Car was driving up a very slight grade at 35 mph. Dealer diagnosed it as a failure of an eaton manufactured drive motor battery high voltage manual disconnect lever fuse. Fuse was replaced and car runs. Dealer offered no explanation for fuse failure other than to say that it was probably a bad batch of fuses. Identical complaints have been made on 2017 and 2018 bolts so the chances of it being a bad batch are very slim. Dealer also said that there was a technical service bulletin on point: 18-na-225. I am unable to get a copy of that. Chevrolet customer service (1-800-222-1020) says that there is no longer a bolt/volt expert on staff. It referred me back to the technician (jon powell, 541-245-2140, medford, or). It seems to me that the problem is not just a faulty fuse, it seems that there is an underlying problem with the electrical system. Dealer will not take the vehicle back; prefers instead to have us have 2 more complete power failures without warning before he will consider the car a "lemon" under oregon's lemon law. This is an unacceptable risk.

The left and right sides of the dashboard continue to come loose after multiple fix attempts from the dealer. In the event of an accident, if the airbags fire and the a-pillar trim moves outward the dash parts may be thrown at the car's passengers further injuring them. Gm rep stated there is no fix at this time and all the other bolts on the dealer's lot had the same issue so i would have to continue to drive an unsafe car.

Back up cam remains on after i put my car in drive. Also a loss of control of the infotainment console. You cannot lower the radio or control your climate control which means when the windshield is fogging up i cannot correct it.

Car came with light gray dashboard which unbeknownst to me and undeclared by dealer has been reported to nhtsa since 2017 as a safety hazard due to reflection and glare that this color dashboard creates. At times sideview mirror and driver's windshield is dangerously challenging to see clearly out of as dashboard reflection intersects with outside environment. Hard to tell what is what. This is particularly dangerous during unfilled driving (i live in los angeles which is mostly unfilled). Given the complaints to nhtsa in 2017, i contacted chevrolet corporate to complain and exchange brand new car for black dashboard. They claim there is no defect!!!! It is a design defect that is dangerous....Since 2017...For no reason. Make black dashboards!!!!!!!! Light colored dash is dangerous!!!! Please do something!

I experienced extreme windshield glare while driving my new chevy bolt at midday on a very sunny day. The glare was manageable at first, as i approached an intersection to make a left turn. As i entered the intersection, the windshield seemed to turn white. I lost my view of oncoming traffic and was hit by an suv. This was the first really sunny day after i took possession of the bolt. Prior to that day, the weather had been partly/mostly cloudy. I have driven through this intersection many times before under various weather conditions in my old acura tsx without incident. I have never experienced this amount of glare on a windshield at this time of day before.

On saturday june 1, 2019 i was driving down the freeway at approximately 65mph. As i pulled off the freeway onto a side road, the "low propulsion" light came on. I immediately lost all propulsion and coasted into a parking lot. I had the car towed to the chevy dealer. The technician was able to start the car on monday but as he drove it into the garage, the same thing happened, sudden loss of compulsion. The dealer diagnosed my car with chevrolet engineering and had to order a transmission, power harness and a 3rd major part. The service person said this had happened to several other 2019 bolts. This sudden loss of propulsion was a dangerous situation and could have been much worse had we lost propulsion on the freeway, just 5 minutes before we exited the freeway.

Tl* the contact owns a 2019 chevrolet bolt ev. The contact stated that there was an abnormal ticking noise coming from the vehicle. The noise sounded as if it were coming from the area of the console/ gear shift. The vehicle was taken to camelback chevrolet (1233 e camelback rd, phoenix, az 85014, (602) 457-3232) where it was kept for two weeks to have a new gear shift installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 3,217.

The bolt ev has a dangerous design problem when using regenerative braking. You don't have to use the brake pedal to slow or stop. The car slows in relation to how quickly you release the accelerator pedal. The brake light only comes on when the accelerator pedal is fully released. The car will stop quickly at that point with the brake lights on during the last few seconds until at a full stop, when the brake lights turn off. The vehicle remains at a full stop without any brake lights on once your foot is off the accelerator. When stopped you have to hold the brake pedal to keep brake lights on to warn following cars. This needs to be addressed to give adequate notice of changes in speed to following drivers to avoid collisions.

Odo, 500 miles, brand new vehicle. The vehicle makes a clicking noise at speeds of 0 - 25 mph, or, when the vehicle coming to a stop, or, when the vehicle accelerates. Other owners complain about the same issue discussed here https://www.Chevybolt.Org/forum/178-2017-chevy-bolt-ev-issues-problems/25985-clicking-noise-very-slow-speed.Html