On march 17, 2019 at approximately 3:45p.m., we parked the bolt in the driveway of our home. we exited the bolt and plugged it into our juicebox (level 2) charger as usual. at approximately 5:00 pm, we were alerted that the bolt was on fire. we discovered smoke billowing out of the rear of the bolt and the bolt apparently combusting from within in the area of the battery cells. the fire department was contacted and took approximately 3 hours to control the fire and smoke. the fire department evacuated us, our downstairs neighbors, and both units of the home next door during the fire. the fumes from the burning materials was so thick and noxious it permeated our home, requiring professional cleaning. we experienced headaches following contact with the smoke. the bolt is a total loss. it took chevy a few days to respond to our claim. eventually chevy sent two engineers from detroit to our driveway to inspect the juice box. chevy purchased the car from the insurance company.
While approaching a busy intersection of a busy city street, as coming to a stop first using regenerative braking, then applying the mechanical brakes, the gauge cluster read "limited driving capability" (or something like that). as i came to a stop the car shifted itself to park and applied the parking brake. i attempted to shift into drive and take off the parking brake, with no success. the vehicle instructed to go back into park, which it did without my intervention. i tried reverse and neutral with no effect. all other electronics appeared to work properly. i put on the hazard lights. i tried turning the vehicle off and back on by pressing the start button, but the car rebooted showing a globe like graphic which said something to the effect of "re-initializing". police were called at this point as i was limiting safe traffic movement by blocking a lane. i attempted the restarting procedure repetitively, with no success to get the vehicle moving again. a tow truck was required to move the vehicle from the road as the road was too dangerous to try pushing the vehicle, and the car did not appear to be able to go into neutral. my dealership states they are going to replace the "transmission" to resolve the problem.