US opens probe into 73,000 Chevrolet Volt cars over loss of power
US opens probe into 73,000 Chevrolet Volt cars over loss of power
A U.S. auto safety regulator said on Friday it is opening an investigation into 73,000 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid cars over reports of abrupt loss of power, failures to restart and other issues.
This happened to me with my Volt. Had to have the BECM replaced, just like it says in the article.
Same thing happened to mine. Except 3 Chevy dealerships refused to fix it under warranty. Despite there being a service bulletin on exactly that failure. They even charged me for the diagnostics.
Every car I ever owned was a Chevy but after this I will never buy another GM product.
Fuck GM. They fought the union ridiculously on giving them decent wages, then afterwards still had enough free cash lying around to do a $10 billion stock buyback and increase dividends by 33%.
Oof. That is not something you want breaking. I am curious if the BECM handles charge balancing between the cells of the entire battery pack... I am guessing that is a thing with large EV batteries.