If you have one of these Chevy cars, it could take fire, GM warns
Ten of these cars caught fire in less than a year, which concerns its battery.
Everyone knows theirThe car needs a balance sheet or develop periodically, but even the maintenance of these regular visits on your dealer or mechanic may not prevent you from dealing with avery serious problem If you have a certain Chevrolet vehicle. GM recently announced the reminder of a type of chevy car, including all six-year models, due to a handful of reported incidents from the vehicle in questionburst. Read it to find out if your car could be affected and what to do if so.
GM has published a reminder on all the models of Bolts Chevy from 2017 to 2022.
On Friday, GM issued a voluntary reminder of its Chevrolet bolt, one of Behemoth's most successful entries because the manufacturer in the electric vehicle market.
The reminder, which includes both EVs and Chevy Bolt EVS bolts, covers more than 73,000 cars made between 2019 and 2022. It's an extension of aPrevious reminder of bolts Built between 2017 and 2019 that the company published in November, according to the associated press. The initial reminder included about 69,000 Chevy bolts, which reports 142,000 cars affected in total.
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There were at least 10 reports on cars caught fire.
According to GM, thisLast reminder is due to a problem with lithium-ion batteries. In rare cases, GM stated in a press release, two flaws in the manufacture of the batteries have resulted in fires.
GM first noticed the problem in November, after five distinct incidents of fires caught up, resulting in two reports of people with inhalation smoke and a fire from home. It is at this moment that GM issued the initial reminder of past history bolts.
More recently, a car owner in Chandler, Arizona, reported that his new model Bolt also caught fire, bringing the total number of fires related to the bolt at 10, spokesperson GMDan Flores said to the AP.
The company was not initially safe from what caused fires. But after more than several others were reported earlier this year, they determined that they seemed to happen when the car was almost complete. They followed the problem of the car's ion battery, that the South Korean technology company LG product.
"After a more in-depth investigation into LG manufacturing processes and disassembling the battery batteries, GM has discovered manufacturing defects in some battery cells produced in LG manufacturing facilities beyond the Ochang, of Korea, the factory. GM and LG are working to rectify the cause of these defects, "the company said in a statement.
Chevy requested that bolt owners stop charging their cars overnight and follow a strict protocol.
To avoid a potential fire, Chevy recommends that bolt owners concerned in several stages. For one, bolt owners should avoid letting their car batteries charge at night inside, when a potential fire could sparkle and go unnoticed. They also say to "park your vehicle outside immediately after the load."
The owners must also "define their vehicles to a 90% limitation of the charge state using the Hilltop reserve mode (for 2017-2018 years of model) or the level of charge of the target (for the Year Model 2019-2022), "advised the company.
Chevy added that if you are a bolt driver, you should "load your vehicle more frequently and avoid unfolding your battery below 113 kilometers away from remaining distance, as far as possible."
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Chevy also offers replacement batteries for affected bolts.
Chevrolet recommends that the bolt pilots stop by their dealers so that their cars are inspected. The company will also replace the batteries in all models allocated for free to the consumer.The Washington Post considers that theTotal cost for battery replacements exceed $ 1 billion for GM.
They also made a concierge service available for the clients concerned, which are accessible at 1-833-Evchevy. It is open from Monday to Friday from 8h to 12h00 to 12h00 and, and Saturday and Sunday from 12 hours. at 9 o'clock and.
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