[BoltyVolty]

Yes the dealer should be able to replace these for you under warranty. With only 1200 miles on the car when I noticed the sound I felt comortable just injecting grease and just living with it without having to spend alot of time with the dealer. I have around 11k miles on the car now and the sound has never returned. Also, I have not noticed any evidence of leaks however I injected it until it oozed out and then manually moved the joint around until it stopped coming out of the hole so it wouldnt seep out in the future. Having the tools already in my garage helped lean me the direction of fixing it myself and if the sound returns out of warranty it is $11 per link which would be easily replaceable at home. If it were a more major issue as some other people seem to be having I may have went to the dealer instead. Good luck!

Thanks Opp, saved me a ton of time and money, 2017 Bolt with 90,0000 Km.
Your fix worked a treat and I am way out of warranty.

 

[readvanderbilt]

Count me in! How does one go about complaining in the proper channels to achieve this goal of bulletin issuance? I have a feeling that there should be a good enough number of folks here in the US with the same issue to gain traction.

As noted, it's a high-pitched metallic "clink" or "tink" during the situations described in the Korean bulletin (i.e., "while slowly cruising, passing over uneven surfaces, or turning the steering wheel"). Barely perceptible, I only hear it when the radio's off. It kind of reminds me of the sound that's made when plinking at tin cans.

I'll see if I can capture audio of it one of these days for demonstration purposes and post it on this thread. (Would probably help in the future if I decide to go to the dealer.)

I have this problem too. I live in the U.S., San Francisco. Any recommendations?

 

[FlyingMachineEV]

I have a three week old 2021 bolt that has a similar noise that just started at 750 miles. I hear a noise from the steering wheel and when going over bumps. It typically is in the morning and then goes away as the day goes on. Are the 2021 bolts having this issue as well?

 

[readvanderbilt]

Thanks! I am happy to help! I had originally posted all of this information in this thread Creaking/Clunking at Low Speed but I will copy over the most important bits..

UPDATE 1 - I injected all of the ball joints on the stabilizer links on both sides with JT6 Mystik High Temp Bearing Grease. The creaking sound in my video is completely gone. The only thing I hear now is a small bit of knocking that sounds like play in the stabilizer link possibly. I have only driven it around the block, so I need to put some more miles on it to see what the longer term effects are of this grease. I will report back after a day or so of driving around.

UPDATE 2 - After 100 more miles of driving, the slight knocking sound disappeared as well. I dont know if this is luck or not, but I am going to keep listening and will report back if anything returns. But as of now, injecting this grease has seemed to completely solve the sounds coming from my car.

The picture shows the grease needle and grease type I used to fix this issue. I already had these items for other maintenance that I do, but if you dont have them, it is typically easy to find someone that has this stuff and any NGLI 2 grease would probably work. The key is to get the grease injector needle which is about $7 on Amazon.

thanks for the info. I have the clicking sound in my 2017 Bolt but haven’t yet replaced the stabilizer links. (I’m a decent diy guy around the house but have little experience with car repair.)

is this issue purely an annoyance, or is it something that could break down or cause larger problems over time? (The clicking sound has been happening more frequently during the last six months or so)

 

[readvanderbilt]

The noise happened in my Bolt last winter, I parked it for the winter to use a beater, when I stated using the car again the noise was there.
I checked out the front end everything was tight, what I did notice, if I steered the car to the left the noise stopped, that told me I needed to check out the left side.

Bushings and ball joints, tested fine, tie rod ends checked out.

I found a tiny bit of play in the stabilizer link, ordered one on line(make sure you buy the correct side they do not interchange) I paid about 10 bucks shipped it took about 20 min in total to install.

You do a torx bit to hold the the stud to remove the 19mm nut on the link ends, if you do have one that is stuck in the hole, the stud can be hit with a hammer.

My car was jacked on the pinch weld, when it came to removing the link I had to jack up the lower control arm to take the pressure off the link.

Its a very simple job its been over a year since I changed the link all is well.

thanks very much for the info. I have the clicking sound in my 2017 Bolt but haven’t yet replaced the stabilizer links. (I’m a decent diy guy around the house but have little experience with car repair.)

is this issue purely an annoyance, or is it something that could break down or cause larger problems over time? (The clicking sound has been happening more frequently during the last six months or so)

 

[MDBolt]

I have this problem too. I live in the U.S., San Francisco. Any recommendations?

Chevy eventually replaced the entire axle assembly under warranty

 

[chewdog]

Sound Identified! So today I got lucky.. The noise was very loud when turning the steering wheel back and forth so I took advantage of the moment. I have identified the noise as the stabilizer bar LINK, not the mounts but the link with a ball joint on each end. Look at the picture for reference. When I reached my hand into this area and squeezed the lower ball joint on this link, the sound went completely away, when I let go it came right back (I could also feel the vibration from the internal rubbing at this location). The upper joint also makes some slight noise which explains why I thought it was coming from the strut at first. I spoke to the dealer and have an appointment next week for repair. After confirming the issue with them, if they need time to get part in stock, I will inject some high temp bearing grease into the coupling with my grease needle to see if this makes it go away prior to full replacement. I also added a video on youtube of the sound, hopefully it helps someone... youtu.be/9giUOZ2xdUM

Hey elon-who!?, could I trouble you to reactivate that youtube video you made of the sound / problem? I think I have the same issue and would like to confirm via your video. Thanks buddy.

 

[HuskieJohn]

My 2020 LT with 33k miles (41mo 😬 from purchase) and just started to make this ticking noise last week. Also to note temps increased these past few days. Logged in here and saw all this today so I made an appointment with the dealer next to my work for next week to do the seatbelt/airbag recall along with looking at this. This isnt the dealer I bought the vehicle from but I have brought it to them before so hopefully they will work with me since the mileage is still under 36k.

 

[HuskieJohn]

My 2020 LT with 33k miles (41mo 😬 from purchase) and just started to make this ticking noise last week. Also to note temps increased these past few days. Logged in here and saw all this today so I made an appointment with the dealer next to my work for next week to do the seatbelt/airbag recall along with looking at this. This isnt the dealer I bought the vehicle from but I have brought it to them before so hopefully they will work with me since the mileage is still under 36k.

Dealer said it was the axle bolt that came loose, They cleaned, inspected and retorqued it and now the noise is gone. Before this they also disassembled, cleaned, lubed, inspected and reinstalled the breaks as part of the investigation of the noise but the sound didn't go away.

They said even though I was under 36k miles that I was over in time (by 6mo) and the fix was no longer under warranty. Used a coupon code for a total of $70 charge. For those DIYers I don't own a torque wrench, I have a bad left hip and the right hip with a recent surgery so for $70 its really not worth my time nor injury risk to do this myself.

They also did the seatbelt recall while I told them to hold off on the battery recall until I hear more from the Bolt community. Dropped off at 7:30am for an 8:30am appointment and it was ready by 12:30pm. Did they give me totally new seatbelts? They are black now and I swear before they were gray.