More on this today:
This was released today:
- GM Recall #:
- N212343880
- NHTSA #
- 21V560
- Date Issued:
- Jul 23, 2021
Recall Title:
High Voltage Battery May Melt or Burn
Recall Description:
General Motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle
safety exists in certain 2017-2019 model year Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles. A
certain number of these vehicles were built with high voltage batteries
produced at LG Chem’s Ochang, Korea facility that may pose a risk of fire
when charged to full, or very close to full, capacity. GM previously
recalled these vehicles for this condition. Through additional
investigation, experts from GM and LG have now identified the root cause,
and GM is commencing a new recall to replace defective battery modules in
the recall population.
Safety Risk Description:
If the batteries in certain vehicles within this population are charged to
full capacity, or very close to full capacity, the batteries may pose a
risk of fire.
Repair Description:
The remedy will be the replacement of defective battery modules in the
recall population. Until the updated recall remedy is performed, customers
should take the following interim steps: (1) Customers should, whether or
not they received the current software update, return their vehicle to the
90% state of charge limitation using Hilltop Reserve mode (for 2017-2018
model years) or Target Charge Level (for 2019 model year) mode. If
customers are unable to successfully make these changes, or do not feel
comfortable making these changes, we are asking them to visit their dealer
to have these adjustments completed. (2) Additionally, we ask that
customers charge their vehicle after each use and avoid depleting their
battery below approximately 70 miles (113km) of remaining range, where
possible. (3) Out of an abundance of caution, customers should continue to
park their vehicles outside immediately after charging and not leave their
vehicles charging overnight.. Owners who have not visited their dealer to
receive the original recall remedy should visit their nearest Chevrolet
dealer to obtain this important software update, which includes a
diagnostic check on the health of their vehicle’s battery system. After
obtaining the software update, customers should still take the interim
steps summarized above
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 2:56 PM Rudy Singh <n39c5r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
They are good cars despite this issue. I keep my fingers crossed for my
car since I do charge overnight in a garage under the house. I guess the
worst case scenario is we all burn up and save the cremation costs - sorry
dark sense of humor:( GM's response is somewhat questionable - they
should just replace all the battery packs with good ones. However, they
are not a billion dollar company for no reason.
Rudy
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 12:25 PM Marty Young <youngma65500@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Glad to see GM finally doing the right thing for the affected Bolt
owners. Now let’s hope it doesn’t take an inordinate amount of time to
complete the recall!
On Jul 23, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Jack Goodwin <rjgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
https://electrek.co/2021/07/23/gm-announces-recall-after-a-dozen-bolt-ev-fires-6-key-questions-we-need-answers-to/
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