While slowing to make a stop at an intersection, the vehicle experienced sudden acceleration and would not stop. the car struck the vehicle in front of it a couple of times and continued to accelerate.
Got the message: propulsion power is reduced i could start the car but not shift gear. got the error "cannot shift gear conditions not right
My 2017 chevy bolt lost propulsion while in motion on city streets in los angeles in traffic without warning from either on star or the vehicle. the battery indicated approximately an 60% charge. the vehicle is now at el camino chevrolet in monterey park, ca., waiting on service.
While in motion the car began to erratically speed up & slow down without the driver depressing either the acceleration pedal or the brake. the result was the jumping & bucking of the car & passengers within. upon taking the car to chevy repair, it was discovered that the wheel speed sensor was damaged because of a faulty washer in the axle that broke. the broken washer parts entered the wheel hub, damaging both the wheel hub & the speed sensor.
On the night of march 2, 2019 i was driving at about 50 mph on a state highway when i suddenly, without warning, lost propulsion. a note came on on the dash indicating that i needed to pull over and put the car into park. happily there was no traffic so that i was able to do so without an accident. i was unable to restart the car and put it into drive after that, so i called a tow truck. it was very cold waiting for the tow truck as the car had no heat. the car reported approximately 50% battery capacity the entire time. a sudden unexpected loss of propulsion is a dangerous event. the car had only 11,000 miles on it. after sitting for some time, the car has 'fixed' itself. however, this will probably happen again. i have brought it to a certified chevrolet service center and called chevrolet to report the issue. because the problem is intermittent, they are unable to diagnose the problem.
My car was stopped at a red light signal, someone behind me was unable to stop and crashed into the rear of my car, pushing my car approximately 20ft forward. my car was rendered in operable due to damage to a rear electrical amplifier beneath the trunk floor. i had to get the car towed to a collision repair facility. gm withdrew the necessary structural parts to repair it (part number - 95429564 r upper rear body side rail.) and did not release a new part during the 8.5 weeks my car was at the collision repair facility. my insurance company then determined that the car was a total loss due to no parts were available to repair it. the other driver did not get a ticket, the speed limit was 40mpg on this road. this was a low speed crash that rendered the car drive system inoperable. chevy bolt ev's with model years 2017, 2018 and 2019 has the same design that will lead to the drive system being inoperable in low speed rear end collisions.
Driving at 65 mph with 100+ mile range, car had a sudden and complete lack of propulsion. electronics in the car continued to work, but absolutely no propulsion. could shift car to neutral. car eventually towed to dealer.
Car suddenly lost power on the highway. i had to coast to a stop. the high-voltage battery which had been 3/4 full went down to zero. after the incident, the car could no longer be drive. i'd already had gm's recall installed n172127150
Bolt ev chimed, icon appeared and the travel mileage from the evening's charge dropped from about 240 mi to lo and i had to pull over and park. message on display was propulsion power is reduced. i then had to be towed to chevy dealer to have the recall #18097 reprogrammed. problem reoccurred 3 days later. had to be towed again. car is unsafe. i live in very rural area...was lucky it was daylight.
On 2018-07-26 at approximately 2325h, vehicle was being driven at ~70mph northbound on i-95, the maine turnpike. location was approximately 1/2 mile north of exit-32 (biddeford, me). road conditions were good, temperatures in the mid-70f, humid. the owner's wife was driving, with her husband in the passenger seat. at the time listed, the vehicle sounded a warning chime, and rapidly lost power from highway speeds (70 mi/hr). vehicle, with the exception of speed, was in control with brakes and steering, emergency flashers, and lights operating. vehicle driver information panel gave erratic and unreliable readings. alternately, the display showed: * warning icon on right hand side * message "shift into park" * range dropped from ~75 miles to zero * battery gauge would indicate 5% battery with a range of 70+ miles * regenerative battery icon showed a regen braking limit of <30kw (indicating battery full??) (page 116 chevrolet bolt user manual) after stopping vehicle was unresponsive to most controls. * intermittent inability to shift out of park * warnings to go into low-power mode * warning the "battery saver active" * warning for "high voltage charging system"
The bolt stopped providing power when i was driving down a 4 lane freeway. it has already failed 3 times in the past, this is the 4th time.
This vehicle has abruptly gone to zero range and entered a reduced power mode even though the battery showed sufficent range seconds earlier. after stopping, getting out and keying up again, the car stayed at zero range and displayed a charge now message. the first incident happened on january 11, 2018. in that case the range meter showed about 30 miles remaining. as i understand it, there are two preliniary warnings before the third more insistent one. the car was driven by another colleague who hadn't driven it before, and he wasn't sure if he missed the first two warnings or not. he was traveling at 70 mph on the freeway at the time the vehicle "stalled" for lack of a better word. the range went to nothing, the vehicle dropped in speed significantly (not a pure stall) and he had to move through lanes to the side of the road amid faster traffic. because of the uncertainty about warnings he may have missed (i don't think they're subtle enough to miss, so it is my view they never happened) we talked ourselves out of a dealer visit. we towed it to a nearby level 3 fast charger instead, after which it performed normally. subsequent onstar e-mail health reports have described the battery as in good condition. the most recent of these was february 7th, which is interesting because ... then, on february 8, 2018, it happened again. this time the vehicle went from 60 miles to nothing. same issue: drastically reduced power with no advanced warning, maneuvering through faster traffic to a freeway exit ramp. the car came to a halt on the long exit ramp. it was towed to a dealer, where it now sits. i have never received a serivice bulletin or recall notice for anything, and as far as i know the car is up to date in this regard. there may be two problems: 1) the battery has a defect and 2) on star health battery checks reports are meaningless.
Driving on the freeway (60-70mph) with the battery at or slightly above 50%, an alert sounded, and the battery level immediately went down to nearly zero. it estimated 10 miles left, but speed immediately decreased, and the accelerator stopped working. after rapidly coasting over to the shoulder, and within seconds, the car made a series of loud noises and completely stopped.
Service engine light came on along with the message propulsion power reduced while driving on the freeway. i pulled off to the side and read what the warning light meant and decided to head home. i stopped on the way home at the grocery store and when i came back out and started the car the warnings were still there and then it wouldn't shift into gear. i kept getting a message that conditions were not right to shift and please put the car in park. (it would go into neutral) when i tried to shut the car off it wouldn't shut off. i finally got it to shut off by opening the door when i was shutting it off. on star told me i was having a "catastrophic failure and the car would need to be towed. the two truck driver called me 15 minutes later and asked me to make sure i could get the car into neutral. i started that car again, all the warmings came back on except it did allow me to shift into gear. i drove it home and backed into my drive. the two truck arrived and when we started the car again the warning lights were all on but again it did shift into gear. he towed it to the dealership.