Ugh- this is why my wife wants to get rid of her bolt. We love the car, but it’s just not trustworthy. And Chevy has not been very proactive when problems occur. It’s a real shame.
-Steve > On Nov 15, 2023, at 8:52 PM, Collin Kidder via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > It sure does sound as if the car detected something wrong with the battery. > It's my understanding that they did the 80% update instead of replacing > packs so that they could see which packs were actually bad and which ones > were not. If your pack isn't bad then it lets you go back to 100% and life > is good. But, sounds like this pack was one of the "bad" ones and so it is > heavily limiting things. As such, they should replace it under warranty. > >> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 8:09 PM Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> >> wrote: >> >> I'm angry for you. Probably doesn't help much but I think this is really >> unfair and they should fix or replace the car promptly. >> Peri >> >> << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Mark Hanson via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> >> To: "Mark Hanson" <markehans...@gmail.com> >> Cc: "Mark Hanson" <markehans...@gmail.com>; ev@lists.evdl.org >> Sent: 15-Nov-23 17:01:54 >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Bolt “propulsion power reduced” after 80% update >> >>> Ps. In addition to the heater being disabled the charger now won’t >> charge, says “fully charged” at 40% ! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Nov 15, 2023, at 5:29 PM, Mark Hanson <markehans...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Folks >>> I now have an orange vehicle with an exclamation point (check engine >> light) and on power up “service vehicle now” then “propulsion power >> reduced” message. >>> I took it in 2 weeks ago for the requested range reduction 80% for 6200 >> miles (then back to 100% if battery cells are ok). >>> Has anyone seen this display behavior and propulsion limited to 80KW >> (normally 150KW). Regen is now limited to 28KW. >>> Did the software find a bad cell and now is limiting watts in and out of >> the pack? I assume this means another trip to the wheeler dealer? >>> Ps, the $1400 debit card GM gave me actually works. >>> Best regards >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >>> HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20231116/dc99afd4/attachment.htm >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20231115/f4e984de/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
