By Bill Galluccio
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General Motors is advising anybody who owns a Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle to avoid parking it in a garage or near others structures due to the threat of a fire. The car company issued a second recall for nearly 70,000 Bolts after receiving nine reports of batteries bursting into flames while the car was parked.
Two of those fires were in vehicles that had been repaired following a previous recall. At the time, the automaker blamed the issue on a software error and updated the Bolt s computer systems.
GM said they have not identified a fix for the problem and will begin by replacing the battery modules or the entire battery pack.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
General Motors is advising anybody who owns a Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle to avoid parking it in a garage or near others structures due to the threat of a fire. The car company issued a second recall for nearly 70,000 Bolts after receiving nine reports of batteries bursting into flames while the car was parked.
Two of those fires were in vehicles that had been repaired following a previous recall. At the time, the automaker blamed the issue on a software error and updated the Bolt s computer systems.
GM said they have not identified a fix for the problem and will begin by replacing the battery modules or the entire battery pack.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
General Motors is advising anybody who owns a Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle to avoid parking it in a garage or near others structures due to the threat of a fire. The car company issued a second recall for nearly 70,000 Bolts after receiving nine reports of batteries bursting into flames while the car was parked.
Two of those fires were in vehicles that had been repaired following a previous recall. At the time, the automaker blamed the issue on a software error and updated the Bolt s computer systems.
GM said they have not identified a fix for the problem and will begin by replacing the battery modules or the entire battery pack.
By Bill Galluccio
Photo: Getty Images
General Motors is advising anybody who owns a Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle to avoid parking it in a garage or near others structures due to the threat of a fire. The car company issued a second recall for nearly 70,000 Bolts after receiving nine reports of batteries bursting into flames while the car was parked.
Two of those fires were in vehicles that had been repaired following a previous recall. At the time, the automaker blamed the issue on a software error and updated the Bolt s computer systems.
GM said they have not identified a fix for the problem and will begin by replacing the battery modules or the entire battery pack.
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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.