{"id":9327,"date":"2022-06-28T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=9327"},"modified":"2022-06-28T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:45:45","slug":"chevy-bolt-battery-problem-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=9327","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Bolt Battery Problem Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Motors is still rolling out new batteries for the troubled Chevy Bolt electric vehicle, albeit very slowly. We are hearing from clients and potential clients that dealerships are putting them on \u201cwait lists\u201d for the new battery but are not hearing again from the dealership. The dealerships give the owner no times table for getting their new battery as well. Obviously, this is very frustrating for consumers who are tired of figuring out ways to safely charge their EV. To date, we have only heard of the new batteries actually being installed in the 2017 \u2013 2019 year models, but not for any 2020-2021 models. The good news is that once the battery has been installed, consumers seem to be happy with the new battery giving them a longer range than the original. More importantly, we have not heard of any problems associated with the new battery. This is good news for consumers.<\/p>\n

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\nWith that said, we are still accepting Chevy Bolt cases, regardless of whether the new battery has been installed, and we continue to achieve favorable settlements with General Motors. Many of our settlements are for cash, allowing the consumer to receive compensation while being allowed to keep the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Please call us at 1-888-395-3666<\/a> for more details about this problem.<\/span\/><\/p>\n

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Here is a summary of the defect.<\/strong>
\nGeneral Motors recalled all of their Chevrolet Bolt EVs<\/a> because there is a manufacturing defect affecting the battery cell. The problem is aggravated when the battery is charged to a full or nearly full state after it has been substantially depleted. The battery could overheat and catch fire, causing damage to the vehicle and structures around it. As a temporary solution, GM asked owners to reprogram their hybrid propulsion control module to limit a full charge.<\/p>\n

The safety recall from the NHTSA states the following:<\/strong>
\nAs an interim remedy, dealers will reprogram the hybrid propulsion control module to limit full charge to 90%. Until this interim is completed, customers should enable either \u201cHilltop Reserve\u201d (for 2017-2018 model year vehicles) or \u201cTarget Charge Level\u201d (for 2019 model year vehicles) using their vehicle\u2019s infotainment center. These two features will limit the vehicle\u2019s state of charge to 90% until the HPCM2 software re-calibration is applied. If customers are unable to successfully make these changes or do not feel comfortable making these changes, they will be advised to not park their car in their garage or carport until after they have visited their dealer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Motors is still rolling out new batteries for the troubled Chevy Bolt electric vehicle, albeit very slowly. We are hearing from clients and potential clients that dealerships are putting them on \u201cwait lists\u201d for the new battery but are not hearing again from the dealership. The dealerships give the owner no times table for… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,78,145,15],"tags":[1481,1076,1599,1548],"class_list":["post-9327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-lemon-law","category-chevrolet","category-electric-cars","category-general-motors","tag-automobile-safety-defect","tag-battery-fire","tag-battery-overheat","tag-manufacturing-defect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9327"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9341,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9327\/revisions\/9341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calemonlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}