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GM Replaced More Than 27,000 Chevy Bolt EV, Bolt EUV Batteries So Far

Undoubtedly one of the biggest GM-related headlines to drop last year was a massive recall put in place for all units of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV to address a potential fire risk in the vehicle battery pack. Now, according to the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA), GM has replaced more than 27,000 Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV battery packs thus far.

Per new documents published by the NHTSA, GM has remedied some 27,586 units of the Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV thus far. The documents account for figures collected as of April 22nd, 2022.

One of the recall documents refers to 2017 through 2019 Chevy Bolt EVs, while the second recall document refers to the 2020 through 2022 Bolt EV and 2022 Bolt EUVs. According to these documents, 26,925 units of the 2017 through 2019 Chevy Bolt EV have been remedied out of a recall population amounting to 57,414 units, while 661 units of the 2022 Bolt EV and 2022 Bolt EUVs have been remedied of a recall population amounting to 52,414 units.

Essentially, nearly half of the affected 2017 through 2019 Chevy Bolt EVs have received a replacement battery pack, while progress with regard to newer Bolts EVs and Bolt EUVs is still progressing. Taking both recall populations together (57,414 units and 52,414 units) amounts to a total of 109,828 vehicles tagged for a battery replacement.

As GM Authority has covered extensively, General Motors voluntarily extended an existing recall for the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV in August to include all models and model years.

“In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles may have two manufacturing defects – a torn anode tab and folded separator – present in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire,” General Motors said in August.

The NHTSA closed an investigation into the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV fires in February.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. Those numbers are not making sense to me. 27,586 batteries have been replaced out 109,828 total cars. Seems like they have a long way to go! What are they doing with the buy back vehicles?

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    1. I think it’s a lot more complicated than you imagine. You have cars that have been resold, leases turned in, cars in accidents and destroyed. I assume any vehicle that’s on a lease and is going to be returned in the next few months, GM isn’t going to go out of there way to replace the battery. Also the primary recall is vehicles sold between 2017-2019. The newer 2020-2022 are secondary. Not sure if there are any confirmed fires for the 2020+ (might have been one).

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  2. Seems like this could have been a post from a year ago.

    Recently, there have been a couple posts announcing new Bolt EV colours for 2022. Very old news.

    Seems like a website database mixup.

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  3. New to this forum.I have a 2020 toyota Rav4 and thinking of getting an electric car.I like the looks of the EUV but i am Really concerned about the car catching fire . Has this problem been solved on the 2022 cars?

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  4. please update the statistics as we hear about Bolt euv 2023 order placed, with production on Sept 29,2022.
    I called GMC customer service Sept 7, and David told me that no new Bolt euv 2022 neither 2023 are on production as they only concentrate on replacing batteries.
    Strange that I see lot of new bolts 22 on the road
    Strange also that my dealer didn’t received any batterie since May 2022.
    so please update your post, l like to see if I can hope forca new battery before 2023

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  5. What has GM done with the recalled batteries? If scrapped, who is recycling them, and if reused, as they could be in an innovative (but fire-hardened) grid-tied battery farm, where and how? This is a big piece of the story that’s being ignored.

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