Our 2019 got the new battery - no fuss. You may need to needle them. At one point our Bolt wouldn’t talk to fast chargers and my wife got stuck on a trip and had to stay overnight. She kept after them and they finally reimbursed at least some of her expenses.
-Steve > On Sep 25, 2023, at 10:33 AM, Mark E. Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > I got a letter from Chevy 6/15/23, GM posted as "Final Recall Remedy" for my > 2020 Bolt with 47K miles on it. > > > > It states that instead of replacing the battery (thought that *was* the > final recall remedy), that they're just "updating" the software to *reduce* > my range to 80% for 6200 miles. If no fault is found, then it says the > software will bump the range back up to 100% hopefully. > > > > I originally thought they were supposed to replace the battery - but this > sounds like a workaround. I've been ignoring their various urgent > "important safety racall" notices I've been getting periodically as a ploy > to *reduce* my range. Is there a method to actually get a battery > replacement - like they were supposed to do originally? Otherwise I'm *not* > taking it in to get my range reduced. > > > > They still didn't fix the display or operators manual to tell customers to > only charge to 80% for *local* trips like *all* other EV manufacturers have. > > > > > > Have a renewable energy day, > > > > Mark > > > > Mark E. Hanson > > 184 Vista Lane > > Fincastle, VA 24090 > > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) > > UL Certified PV Installer > > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh > > REEVA Demo: <http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 > > > <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd89 > 75b8d/signature> Fincastle Solar Weather Station > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230925/44a9278b/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/
