Posted on 07/23/2021 4:11:32 PM PDT by george76
General Motors is recalling tens of thousands of Chevrolet all-electric Bolt hatchbacks for the second time in less than a year because of a potential fire risk.
The company made the move on Friday after two Bolts caught fire without impact recently. GM is confirming that at least one of the Bolt fires was battery related and happened despite the owner getting the fix from the first recall.
This time, GM said it would recall all 2017-19 model-year Bolts. In total, the recall involves 68,000 vehicles globally; of those, 50,925 are in the United States. The vehicles contain high voltage batteries produced at LG Chem’s Ochang, South Korea, facility.
As part of GM’s commitment to safety, experts from GM and LG have identified the simultaneous presence of two rare manufacturing defects in the same battery cell as the root cause of battery fires in certain Chevrolet Bolt EVs," GM spokesman Dan Flores said in a statement. "As part of this recall, GM will replace defective battery modules in the recall population. We will notify customers when replacement parts are ready."
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GM recommends :
Return the vehicle to the 90% state of charge limitation using Hilltop Reserve mode (for 2017-2018 model years) or Target Charge Level mode (for 2019 model year), or visit a dealer to make that change.
Charge the vehicle after each use and avoid depleting the battery below 70 miles of remaining range.
Park the vehicle outside immediately after charging and do not leave the vehicle charging overnight.
Customers who have not received the advanced diagnostics software should visit their dealer to get the update. After obtaining the software, limit the state of charge to 90% and follow the advice above.
Battery fires..
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
...do not leave the vehicle charging overnight.
Didn’t a guy’s house go up in smoke? Charge it out in the woods.
Do NOT garage these EV cars that may spontaneously combust. Park outside away from buildings and combustibles.
Charge it at night AWAY from the house.
FYI, Sandy’s channel on Youtube where he has torn down both the Chevy Bolt and the Ford E “Mustang” showed that both used almost exactly the same pouch type cells from LG....even the color of the tape on the pouches was the same teal-like color....
Converting them to safer gasoline ,LOL
The more research I do on lithium the more I’m surprised it was ever approved. But there are only three sinks thus lithium was / is one that was probably thought to be capable of leaving on sink and returning back to a sink in one of least resistance and probable harm. Could be all hades if that theory turns out to be wrong
GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3976142/posts
Android phones tell you to “Unplug your phone” when it’s at 100%. There’s a reason for that I guess.
That’s an old wives’ tale.
I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. GM has thoughtfully designed the Chevy Bolt to be both a car and a grill. Pass the hot dogs, please.
baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet
At least two items on that list weren’t ruined by the left . . .
Wasn’t this Barack Obama’s baby when the government owned GM? Dude was the kiss of death on anything he touched. Own it Barky!
Oh my goodness. I remember that commercial! But that was back when GM still made decent cars. Now, meh. Buy a GM vehicle, and be prepared to spend half your life in a repair shop’s waiting room.
wouldn’t recommend eating them but apparently in some cases hotdogs can be cooked over a chevrolet...
Electricity is tricky and sneaky stuff and not to be trusted. It will find unexpected paths and especially when being introduced into or drawn from storage cells, it has a tendency to produce a very hot arc, from which all kinds of mischief may result.
Unintended consequences...
Trade up to a Pinto
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