{"id":38785,"date":"2022-12-21T09:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38785"},"modified":"2022-12-21T09:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T14:19:21","slug":"gm-recalls-140000-chevy-bolt-evs-due-to-risk-of-carpet-catching-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=38785","title":{"rendered":"GM recalls 140,000 Chevy Bolt EVs due to risk of carpet catching fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Motors<\/a> (GM) shared yesterday that it has issued a recall on 140,000 Chevy Bolt EVs throughout the US and Canada. The recall addresses a potential risk of fire in the EV\u2019s carpet after an accident. Here\u2019s what we know so far.<\/p>\n

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The Chevrolet Bolt debuted in 2016 as the lone EV offering from GM; it has since been joined by the Bolt EUV as well as a few other models like the GMC Hummer EV<\/a> and Cadillac Lyriq<\/a>. While the Bolt continues to grow in sales as one of the most affordable EVs on the market today, it has not come without its fair share of controversy, particularly in the recall department.<\/p>\n

A massive recall of the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV due to battery fires stifled GM\u2019s delivery numbers in 2021, since the American automaker had to halt production<\/a> for several months while it sorted out the issues. Following several punts from GM, the Bolts wouldn\u2019t resume production until this past April.<\/p>\n

2023 model year versions of the Bolt EV saw a $6,000 price cut<\/a> in addition to a $6,000 refund to previous Chevy owners who promised not to sue<\/a> over the battery recall. This strategy offered a major bounce back as GM was reporting record Bolt sales by October, garnering increased production<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Domino\u2019s might want to wait on the 800 Bolt EVs it recently ordered<\/a> for pizza deliveries, because Chevy\u2019s long-running EV has hit yet another snag in the form of a recall.<\/p>\n

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GM issues recall for 120k Chevy Bolts EVs in US alone<\/h2>\n

General Motors announced news<\/a> of the Chevy Bolt recall yesterday, citing risk of the EV\u2019s carpet catching fire following a crash where the front seat belt\u2019s pretensioner deploys. According to GM, the exhaust gases from the pretensioner can come into contact with carpeting fibers on the Bolt\u2019s floor and ignite.<\/p>\n

The recall affects 120,000 Chevy Bolt EVs in the US and 20,000 in Canada, and pertains to model year vehicles between 2017 and 2023. GM has not shared how many incidents of the Bolt\u2019s floor carpets catching fire have been reported, only declaring \u201crare instances\u201d of the occurence.<\/p>\n

Still, we\u2019d wager the American automaker wasted no time in recalling these EVs to avoid any additional negative PR (and litigation), following a tough lesson learned in 2021. <\/p>\n

You can check if your Chevy Bolt EV is affected by the recall through GM\u2019s site<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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General Motors (GM) shared yesterday that it has issued a recall on 140,000 Chevy Bolt EVs throughout the US and Canada. The recall addresses a potential risk of fire in the EV\u2019s carpet after an accident. Here\u2019s what we know so far. The Chevrolet Bolt debuted in 2016 as the lone EV offering from GM; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}