Here’s Why Your Chevy Bolt EV May Have A Clicking Sound
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Some owners of 2017 to 2019 model year Chevy Bolt EV vehicles may observe a clicking noise coming from the front of the vehicle, along with an illuminated ABS and/or traction control warning lamp on the instrument cluster. GM has identified the root cause of this problem, outlining a fix for the issue on its GM Techlink service website.
According to the relevant GM Techlink post, “some 2017-2019 Bolt EVs may have an intermittent click sound at the front of the vehicle and the ABS, traction control and/or StabiliTrack warning lamps may illuminate on the instrument cluster. These conditions may be caused a fractured front drive shaft anti-click washer, which could result in possible damage to the ABS wheel speed sensor.
Dealer technicians should replace the anti-click washer on the affected half shaft in vehicles with the above-described conditions, and then inspect the wheel speed sensor. If certain trouble codes for the wheel speed sensors are set, or the sensor appears damaged, the sensor should also be replaced. To check the anti-click washer on each front-wheel drive shaft, technicians will have to separate the lower control arm from the steering knuckle and remove the anti-click washer from the outboard joint of the half shaft.
This potential problem will affect 2017, 2018 and 2019 model year Chevy Bolt EV models only. The refreshed 2022 Chevy Bolt EV, along with the new, closely related 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV crossover model, seemingly do not experience this issue.
Production of the 2023 Bolt EV, along with the 2023 Bolt EUV, will begin at the GM Lake Orion plant in Michigan on Tuesday, July 26th, 2022. Both the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV and 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV are equipped with a 65 kWh battery pack, as well as a front-mounted Voltec electric motor. Output is rated at 200 horsepower and 266 pound-feet of torque, with both models riding on the GM BEV2 platform.
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“EV’s will cost less to maintain” right cause every repair is a he’d gasket or torque converter. Most repairs line up in this area, suspension, AC, electronics. Which suspension components for heavier EV’s are more expensive.
So dont buy an ev. They are not for everyone. Love ours and it works well for us. It always amazes me how the anti ev crowd feels the need to come up with reasons to not buy one. Simple solution, dont get one. Keep paying for that $5 gas
Gas won’t be $5 anymore after the GOP takes over and restarts our energy industry.
This story made me think of a Uber ride I had back to work a couple months ago. I was picked up in a (maybe) 2019 Tesla Model S. I thought great, this was my first ride in the Model S. That was shattered quickly as the driver pulled away and a noise coming from the passenger rear wheel area was beyond loud. It would get louder as she drove faster and kind of reminded me of when we were kids and would clip a card to our bike rims and make a clicking sound. That was cool as a kid. This noise was beyond annoying as a rider in a luxury car.
I asked the driver is she noticed that noise and she said yes. Apparently it was like that for a while. I gave her a suggestion as to what I guessed it would be and advised her to get it fixed before it causes more issues. Well how funny because I was waiting to cross the street the other day and that same car/driver drove past with the Uber sign in the window. As the light turned green and she began to drive away, I heard the sound immediately. I guess the noise doesn’t bother her. haha.
Yeah and those are the first owners to scream when their car breaks down, because they don’t take care of them.
It’s getting ready to burst into flames?? Just kidding, sorry I couldn’t resist an easy target.
This is a crock of sh*t. This has been known on the VOLTS for years. I changed the one on m y passenger side myself for a frequen $5 part! Rediculous that GM has not fixed this issue permanently. The Axle nut often has to be changed with it.
The Chevy Bolt is a death trap. I have seen one involved in a major accident. All the young occupants were killed. If they had been riding in an ICE suburban they would have lived too grow up and maybe finish out their lives. High gas prices will fall along with an administration change. A few dollars saved on transportation costs are not worth a life.
SF: Ah, as an ex police officer who responded to way too many accidents, I will call total BS on your statement as fact. First, for you to say the Bolt is a death trap although it meets or exceeds all federal safety regs, immediately disqualifies your comment. Second, unless you were part of the experts who would have handled that accident and investigated the facts surrounding the accident, then you have zero ability to say those occupants died due to being in a Bolt or would have lived in a Suburban.
Dan….which would you rather have your family riding in, a vehicle that only weighs a little more than 3500lbs. or a full size Suburban that weighs over 7500lbs. There is no comparison in safety between the two.
SF: You are living in an old time with outdated thoughts. Posing a question as you just did is kind of silly. So I’ll respond in kind.
SF, which would you rather have your family riding in? A Bolt or a Smart (by MB)?
Dan B…. You know the clicking sound people are experiencing in Bolt. That would drive me crazy.
Of Course it would. You go to the dealer or your favorite mechanic and you get it fixed. Simple. Stupid comment.
Just left a Chevy dealer to have that noise checked. The technician bypassed the service advisor and tried to sell me this repair for $600.00, it’s covered by the power train warranty and I asked him to confirm that which he did.
Let me confirm my understanding: this is not a safety-related issue. It is not a recall. Any repair would be at owner expense?
I’d think such questions would be important enough to to state explicitly in the article. Did I miss that here?
This would be covered by the power train warranty if it is still in effect.
$5 dollar a gallon gas still isn’t a reason to buy an EV. As they are very expensive. Especially a defective one like the Bolt. Park it outside.
Bolts are not defective. The batteries are. LG is replacing them. End of story.
These anti EV ppl Crack me up. Especially as my little Bolt leaves their car in the dust at merge points. Were similar conversations going on when the automobile was first invented? The anti EV crowd would be the same type of ppl saying they’d never give up there horse and buggies. Looking back…isn’t a good thing the horse and buggy crowd didn’t win?
Obviously an oppose to oranges comparison.
Just left the dealer where the technician tried to sell me this repair covered by power train warranty FOR $600.00
I recently drove my 2018 Chevy Impala on a trip. I Averaged 32.5 mpg. My Impala is a base 4 cylinder. Not bad fir a full size sedan. I hope all those Bolts get fixed.
Don’t lose any sleep over it. If you are worried about the clicking sound, it is a $3 part and pretty easy to replace. If you are talking about the battery recall, most Bolts have already had it done. I had the new battery put in my 2017 Bolt in January. Now I have a battery that is larger (more range than my Bolt came with originally), and a new 8 year/100,000 mile battery warranty… on a 6-year-old car! My last car got about 30 MPG on premium gas. 1,000 miles would take 33 gallons of gas. Premium is about $4.50 around here… so that’s $148.50. The Bolt gets me about 3 miles per kWh in the winter and about 4.5 miles per kWh in the summer. Let’s call it 3.75 on average. So that’s 266kWh of electricity at $0.15/kWh… so $40 in electricity. Oh, and no oil changes… no spark plugs… no filters. At 30,000 miles per year, I am saving about $3,500/year. In six years, my savings in gas and oil changes will pay for the Bolt. If I have to replace a couple of $3 axle rings, then so be it.