GM tells Bolt EV owners park away from vehicles in decks

[JeffKeryk]

Around here, some Bolt owners are asking for, and receiving, refunds. Some are getting credit towards another GM vehicle.

 

[2EHA]

On another note, Elon Musk today tweeted that people who purchase the "Full Self Driving" option on Tesla cars can be "Lulled" into thinking that their car can actually drive itself!!
Gotta love that logic.

when FSD beta goes fully operational all the dorks who put $10k down on it will begin to terrorize the roads. i can still drive better than it after a 16 pack

autopilot abuse helped tesla’s publicity big time, people think the average tesla can drive itself right now. high profile FSD accidents and the many lives it will take before regulators step in will not

 

[Rmay635703]

I’m hoping the used prices of these absolutely tank. I’d 100% buy a “cheap” one, store it in my backyard for a year and let GM put a brand new battery in it with a huge warranty attached.

Sadly they aren’t cheap, steadily rising in price after each recall.

I foresee GM doing what Nissan has done with old leafs and exporting them

 

[sk_pete]

GM is getting under fire and has another recall on 330,000 DMax

They are getting pummeled as of late for burning vehicles

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/recall...et-330000-chevy-silverado-gmc-sierra-pickups/

looks like common diesel thing, when turbo start leaking oil to intake.
engine will keep run until oil is consumed .
gotta put in top gear and stand on brakes.

 

[2EHA]

looks like common diesel thing, when turbo start leaking oil to intake.
engine will keep run until oil is consumed .
gotta put in top gear and stand on brakes.

feed it shop rags

 

[billt460]

Ford EV's are starting to come out (Mustang & F150's) that were designed from the ground up to be electric.

So they have Martin-Baker ejection seats?

 

[PWMDMD]

It's like no manufacturers have any idea what they are doing anymore. GM sucks. LG sucks. But this is not unique because just about every manufacturer of everything made today sucks in one way or another.

 

[Job]

Here is the emergency mechanical front door release for the Tesla Model 3:


Tesla warns not to use it routinely because the window ordinarily opens slightly when the door is opened.

Thanks. It would be something to practice with. If a person didn't know or think fast, that placement could be a problem imo. The handle should be on the door where it can be pulled without even looking at it. The cars I have now I never look at the inside handle, just get in and out like it's part of movement. There is one handle so it's use becomes automatic.

 

[PandaBear]

Recommendation without cost, why not right? The words are already out that it can catch fire so if it is the owners that have to deal with the consequence and not the manufacturer, why not recommend it?

 

[ecotourist]

Thanks. It would be something to practice with. If a person didn't know or think fast, that placement could be a problem imo. The handle should be on the door where it can be pulled without even looking at it. The cars I have now I never look at the inside handle, just get in and out like it's part of movement. There is one handle so it's use becomes automatic.

It's in the same place as GM used for the regular interior door handle in the (?)1980s. I think my BIL's Buick had a silver handle right there. Someone's car did anyway.

When I took my daughter for a ride in the Tesla she opened the door using the "emergency release" handle so it is in a pretty intuitive location.

 

[OVERKILL]

You are a regular comedian! That is so funny! Gas cars catch on fire all the time! They leave patches of melted asphalt as evidence of the events.

In the late '90's, Ford recalled almost 8 million cars because of a faulty ignition switch the would keep power on continuously, resulting in the cruise control module overheating. On many occasions, this resulted in cars catching on fire.

The defect ended up in recalls that spanned over a decade of Fords. Everything from Lincoln Town Car, Expedition, Explorer, Bronco, Taurus, F150, F250, F350. And on and on. Ford even issued an advisory to owners of these vehicles to not park them in a garage, but instead park them outdoors and away from any structure.

Before all was over, over 500 vehicle fires were attributed to this defect. Even a few deaths resulted when homes were caught on fire while occupants slept, and the Ford in the garage overheated and caught on fire.

People recall all the time about the Pinto gas tank fire issue. But this issue was much more recent. And not small by any means. Ford was very slow to react. They masked the size of the issue by agreeing to recalls for only a model or two at a time, and limiting the years covered in each recall.

So yea, cars catch on fire. And not only Tesla and Bolt.

From what I recall, the Ford Cruise Control recall wasn't anything to do with the ignition switch, it was a design issue that left the brake sensor used to cancel the cruise on the master cylinder hot all the time and, being immersed in brake fluid, if it shorted and failed, it had the potential to light the brake fluid on fire as well as the wiring. I believe it was unfused as well.

There was a fused harness that was the "fix" for vehicles, and later an updated sensor (which, IIRC, had a different harness yet again).

 

[E365]

Chevrolet Bolt EV Battery Production Resumes​

• LG battery cell and module production resumes with updated manufacturing processes
• Battery module replacements to begin in October
• GM to introduce new advanced diagnostics software

https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm...tent/Pages/news/us/en/2021/sep/0920-bolt.html

 

[supton]

Thanks. It would be something to practice with. If a person didn't know or think fast, that placement could be a problem imo. The handle should be on the door where it can be pulled without even looking at it. The cars I have now I never look at the inside handle, just get in and out like it's part of movement. There is one handle so it's use becomes automatic.

Always the same response, the same motion, no need to think about what to do. One tends to fall back to training and how they have always done things.

 

[PandaBear]

It's like no manufacturers have any idea what they are doing anymore. GM sucks. LG sucks. But this is not unique because just about every manufacturer of everything made today sucks in one way or another.

Toyota is still boring and relatively reliable, if you buy the Prius or Camry.

 

[JeffKeryk]

From RoadShow:
"Toyota is recalling 158,489 full-size Tundra pickup trucks over headlamps that could trigger an electrical fire. The recall covers select 2018-2021 model-year trucks."

From me:
"Don't park in the garage."