The Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV have lost Consumer Reports‘ recommendation due to reliability issues.
Earlier this month, the publication shared a list of 12 cars that it no longer recommends to readers, which included both the Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV. Both cars have a rather poor reliability rating of 2/5, according to CR’s own rankings, which is much worse than direct rivals like the Kia Niro EV, Hyundai Kona EV and Nissan Leaf.
While CR did not reference the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV battery fire recalls in its report, it seems likely that the recalls played a factor in its decision to no longer recommend the vehicles to readers. GM issued an expanded recall for roughly 140,000 examples of both vehicles earlier this year after it received multiple reports of battery fires in the vehicles. Many Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV models will need replacement battery modules under the recall campaign.
Most Bolt EV and Bolt EUV models that have yet to be repaired also have new preventative software that limits the vehicle’s charging capacity to 80 percent, reducing their usable range. These vehicles cannot be parked indoors, either, and must not be parked within 50 feet of another vehicle. These issues seem as though they would be more than enough for CR to remove the vehicle from its list of recommended models.
The GM Lake Orion plant that produces the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV models is currently closed and is not expected to come back online until the New Year. GM has decided to prioritize getting replacement battery modules and other recall repair parts to owners for now, rather than continuing to build more examples of the embattled vehicles.
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What do you think the resale value will be of these vehicles???????
Honestly.
I'm in the middle of a four year lease with my 2019 Bolt We were excited to try out an electric car. Everything was fine until my wife informed me of a loud noise coming from our Bolt in our garage. it was a loud popping/ boiling sound. Something was definitely amiss.
Wickstrom Chevy of Roselle Illinois, shortly thereafter put in their software patch. Things changed dramatically, instead of getting 250 plus miles after each charge, I now get 155 if I'm lucky.
This makes the car less usable. I'm advised not to park it close or next to other cars. Every where I go I have to park next to other cars, even at my residence. My charger is in the front of our garage. If I pull it in at least half way to charge it I must then go out later in the night, each time to move it out in the cold at the farthest away point in our driveway, where you have to scrape windshields, in the morning ,while my garage sits empty.
If it catches on fire in my garage, am I supposed to jump in it , hope the electric windows and locks will work and back it out of my garage to keep it from burning down our house??
Someone also advised me not to take batteries down much past 70 miles. This makes the car unusable for a lot of our trips and purposes, so the car just sits , while we continue to make lease payments. its just not what I signed up for or was sold at the Chevy dealership
The worst thing is how GM financial and GM treat you. It adds insult to injury .
This is my fourth GM car lease in a row
I feel like Im beining dealt with in bad faith . Every time you talk to them they say 2 more weeks, then four more weeks , then just another 4 more weeks They claim I have a repurchase number assigned 644735 I need to go get a workable car for my family I don't really know if it's for real number or something they made up They say it's not even assign to anybody after 4 months of hassel Cheyenne Smith who claims to be a supervisor that she would get back in 4 more weeks in November ( 5 weeks ago is unreachable ) What a huge disapointment !! GM equals shear frustration