NHTSA Complaint #11426379 — 2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11426379
Vehicle 2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV
Component ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage N/A miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State CA

Consumer Description

I own a 2017 Chevy bolt and the batteries are catching fire on a high state of charge which should not happen. Chevy offered a final "software fix" before which was supposed to fix the issue and prevent the batteries from overcharging and catching fire. The software update/diagnostic was also supposed to be able to tell Chevy which battery cells had problems. THIS DID NOT WORK. Chevy bolts continued to catch fire after this software fix . Well the new issue is that Chevy now has a new recall for the bolt to replace the problem battery cells in the pack. The problem is they could NOT identify which were the problem cells before with their software fix. And they're going to use software diagnostics again to try and isolate the problem cells and replace those. They have already proven their software does NOT work to diagnose problem cells in the battery pack. This new recall by chevy won't work and cars will continue to catch fire because Chevy is being cheap as [XXX]. They need to replace the complete battery packs and not individual cells in it. This is the only way because they're completely incompetent and incapable of finding individual problem cells. They need to replace whole packs with good packs to fix the issue. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

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