Hot Topic: GM Warns Some Chevy Bolt Owners To Park Outside Due To Risk Of Fire:

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I am not making this up. News 10: GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk.
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made.​
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The company said Wednesday that the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of a group that was recalled earlier due to fires in the batteries.​
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The latest request comes after two Bolts that had gotten recall repairs caught fire, one in Vermont and the other in New Jersey, GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said.​
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Owners should take the steps “out of an abundance of caution,” he said. The steps should be continued until GM engineers investigate and develop a repair, he said.​
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“We are moving as quickly as we can to investigate this issue,” GM said in a statement.​
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More at source.​
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The serious side of me feels sorry for those involved and thinks they should get rid of those dangerous things. The silly side of me says "Car-B-Q".
 

JonDouglas said:
I am not making this up. News 10: GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk.
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made.​
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The company said Wednesday that the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of a group that was recalled earlier due to fires in the batteries.​
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The latest request comes after two Bolts that had gotten recall repairs caught fire, one in Vermont and the other in New Jersey, GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said.​
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Owners should take the steps “out of an abundance of caution,” he said. The steps should be continued until GM engineers investigate and develop a repair, he said.​
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“We are moving as quickly as we can to investigate this issue,” GM said in a statement.​
​
More at source.​
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The serious side of me feels sorry for those involved and thinks they should get rid of those dangerous things. The silly side of me says "Car-B-Q".
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Brilliant, they sell you a seriously defective product and instead of telling you to return your vehicle so they can rectify their mistake in a timely fashion their best advice is to park your car in the street so it can be stolen, broken into amongst other things so when your insurance premium goes up they'll cover the loss?
 
If GM really cared, they'd tell people not to buy their cars. Remember Chevrolet's SUV? They didn't call it a "Blazer" for nothing.

Ford has the same problem: "Have you driven a Ford lately? (to the fire station)
 
win231 said:
If GM really cared, they'd tell people not to buy their cars. Remember Chevrolet's SUV? They didn't call it a "Blazer" for nothing.

Ford has the same problem: "Have you driven a Ford lately? (to the fire station)
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FORD: Fixed or repaired daily

Then eventually it's

FORD: Found on road dead

I should know. I once had a Mustang GT, had a blower and nitrous installed, kicked off from a light on a street race with an OldS 442 and blew the engine. Put in a claim with Progressive and they dropped me when the appraiser saw all the crap I had installed.
 
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win231 said:
Several years ago, people learned about Ford the hard way.
Hours after parking their Crown Victorias in the garage, they'd catch fire & burn the whole house down.
So, the solution: Park your Ford far away from any buildings - and far away from any brush.
https://www.autosafety.org/popular-police-cars-crown-victorias-prone-explode-tied-deaths/
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/...-the-mystery-of-fords-fireprone-switches.html
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Cars do catch fire sometimes. A neighbor several houses down the street where we used to live had his Chrysler minivan catch fire in the garage in the middle of the night. Fortunately, no one was injured but it made a mess of one side of the house.
 
JonDouglas said:
I am not making this up. News 10: GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk.
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The serious side of me feels sorry for those involved and thinks they should get rid of those dangerous things. The silly side of me says "Car-B-Q".
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win231 said:
Yes, Chrysler - another American-made gem. 😊
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Speaking of tarnished gems, I read the other day that Toyota finally overtook GM in sales in the U.S. and beat both VW and GM in global sales. You can Google it for details. I am reminded of GM's "glory" days when they had the Motorama events and built such things as the 57 Chevy. As someone who still likes cars, I can't find much of anything interesting in the company. Once a major player in the railroad industry (i.e., EMD)) they've managed to lose that also. It was places like GM, Ford, Chrysler and others who manufacturing capabilities helped us win WWII. God help us if we have to ramp up big-scale manufacturing in the future.
 
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There was a segment on this evenings news that warned Bolt owners not to charge the battery more than 90%, and Not to charge it overnight indoors in a garage. This sounds like something wrong with the charging controls...perhaps allowing the batteries to overcharge and overheat.
 
Even if a Chevy Bolt does not cause a fire while charging, it's still risky.
Because after it's charged, you might drive it.
😁
 
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