Bolt EUV on jack stands

Please NO! The Battery is under the entire middle of the car, but figured you were aware of that.
There are specific jack and hoist points to raise the car without damage. Look in the ol' Owner's Manual, and there is a diagram that shows you where you should lift the car, and place the jack stands.

Rboud said:

I want to leave my Bolt EUV on jack stands in the garage for the summer. Can I use a floor jack in the middle of the car so I can slide the stands under the jacket points on the front and rear?

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No, nothing in the middle to use as a jack point.

I assume you're thinking about the tires by planning this. What about the rubber suspension bushings that are now stretched to the limits at full droop?
Have you read the manual about long term storage procedures?
Will you leave it plugged in? Will you put a 'maintainer' on the 12V battery and/or disconnect it?

Yeah, great questions and I'm wondering about all of it. Guess I'll just call the Chevy helpline and see what they recommend

I have some surgery coming up at an indeterminate time later in the year that will prevent me from driving for several months during recovery. So I'll have to park the Bolt, as with the OP, for at least a couple of months, maybe 3-4. With a gas car, I would do an oil change, fill the tank, top up the other fluids, fill the tires, put it on jack stands, and hook up a 12V battery maintainer. What's the standard for a Bolt? Guessing: drain the HV battery to 75-80% before parking (what will it fade to after, say, 3 months without use?), fill the tires, jack stands?, 12V maintainer for sure. Alternative for the battery would be to leave it plugged in, but as a 2017 there's no way to limit the charge other than to 90% in Hilltop Reserve, and that strikes me as a tad too high. Any other thoughts? It supposedly has the replaced battery, though over this winter it was hard to tell.

Oops! Did it twice.

Here are photos (and the diagram) and a lot of details about it:

Posted is the proper diagrams. Not sure what would happen if you had a large air bag in middle.

NortonCommando said:

I assume you're thinking about the tires by planning this. What about the rubber suspension bushings that are now stretched to the limits at full droop?
Have you read the manual about long term storage procedures?
Will you leave it plugged in? Will you put a 'maintainer' on the 12V battery or just disconnect it?

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When setting a car on jack stands for long-term storage, it's usually raised to take most of the weight off the tires, but not all of it. So the suspension is stretched,d but not at full droop.

NortonCommando said:

I assume you're thinking about the tires by planning this. What about the rubber suspension bushings that are now stretched to the limits at full droop?
Have you read the manual about long term storage procedures?
Will you leave it plugged in? Will you put a 'maintainer' on the 12V battery or just disconnect it?

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What rubber suspension bushings get stretched? I never heard of this. Please provide more detail.
In fact it is common to take the weight off tires for long term storage to prevent flat spots. I know just because it's commonly recommended, doesn't make it right.

I had my 7500 mile service maintenance (tire rotation) done yesterday. I asked the service writer if the techs would show me the lift points on the Bolt while it was on the lift. They gladly let me go in and the technician took his time showing me the exact lift points that Sequimbay's diagram shows. Points 1 & 2 were for consumer/OEM jacks. Points 3 (and 4 - I didn't pay as much attention to the rear non-consumer grade jack lift point) were for the hydraulic lifts used in service departments.

My camping trailer has sat still for years with only one trip per year usually ,I,ve seen no tire problems.

During my years as an Auto tech, we used those great big air bags when a car came in really trashed after a major crash. There was nothing really to use to support the lift.
I'll bet they might be useful if they were not too big. That would be cool, just toss the bag under the corner with the flat and turn on the air pump.
Life can't be that simple!

Just pump up the tires to max inflation stated on the side of the tire and be done with it.

Electric Personality said:

Just pump up the tires to max inflation stated on the side of the tire and be done with it.

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And RTFM regarding long term storage.

What about the hundreds/thousands (?) of bought-back Bolts sitting out in storage lots?
What are the symptoms of having car tires sit for months? I doubt you'd feel a thing after a 5 minute drive,,, if at all....

Lee Moon said:

I had my 7500 mile service maintenance (tire rotation) done yesterday. I asked the service writer if the techs would show me the lift points on the Bolt while it was on the lift. They gladly let me go in and the technician took his time showing me the exact lift points that Sequimbay's diagram shows. Points 1 & 2 were for consumer/OEM jacks. Points 3 (and 4 - I didn't pay as much attention to the rear non-consumer grade jack lift point) were for the hydraulic lifts used in service departments.

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So the opposite of the text in the manual which states 1 & 2 are for frame lifts, 3 & 4 for service jacks.

NortonCommando said:

What are the symptoms of having car tires sit for months? ....

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crippled 12v, spurious codes on failed startup. Unfortunately those are ALSO symptoms of an active Bolt.

NortonCommando said:

And RTFM regarding long term storage.

What about the hundreds/thousands (?) of bought-back Bolts sitting out in storage lots?
What are the symptoms of having car tires sit for months? I doubt you'd feel a thing after a 5 minute drive,,, if at all....

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The TIRE symptoms are likely some flat-spotting, and having the pressure leak away. Checking the pressure monthly in storage takes care of the latter, or just figure on pumping up some flat tires when ready to pull it out of storage. Unlike with an ICE car, there's little in the way of fluids (gasoline, oil) to deal with. The overall symptoms are more likely to show up in the 12V battery (which is why I would leave it on a maintainer) and just needing a massive cleaning (it's very dusty around here, plus possibly critters if it's not inside).