"Service High Voltage Charging System" - Dropped from 170 miles range to 0 miles
Hi everyone. I've been a happy Bolt owner since March when I bought a 2019 Chevy Bolt EV Premier -- until that ended yesterday evening. I actually took the Bolt on my first long distance trip last week but hadn't used it since Monday. Normally charge it to 80% capacity and definitely did not mind driving at 65 mph and stopping every few hours. It made the trip to and fro much more relaxing than I was expecting.
That said, I drove my Bolt about 12 miles away from home last night and was about a mile into heading back when I was stopped at a stop light. Looked down at the information screen and it told me to shift to park. I had been at about 170 miles worth of range and it suddenly said I had zero. Turned off the car and turned it back on and I started getting nothing but the following messages: "Service High Voltage Charging System" "Service Vehicle Soon" along with the car-exclamation-point light. Ended up calling a tow truck and a few cops quickly stopped and helped to direct traffic (I was luckily stopped in a turning lane to begin with). Upon further reflection, I should have just had it towed to the dealership near where I live but I figured I'd get it home and try to cess out the situation. Towing was a little interesting since I had to find out how to attach the towing eye and wrangled a bit with an automatic parking brake that turned itself on on a few times. I live in flat Florida and we don't really have to worry about parking brakes all that often.
I read a number of posts in this forum and tried charging and fiddling around with it last night once I was home but kept getting the same messages alongside ones like "Unable to Charge" and "Initializing, Wait to Shift". The same screen that shows "Unable to Charge" confirmed that there is still about a 70%-75% charge.
After getting it towed to the dealership (the "My Chevrolet" app made that super simple), I found out that the one technician that works on Bolts is not there today but should be there Monday. And they might get a chance to look at it Monday. And until it has diagnostics run, it's not possible to get a loaner vehicle. As the Bolt is my one household car, looks like I'm marooned for at least two days. I've driven it for three months and only have about 2500 miles on it. I just hope this isn't going to be a lengthy or expensive repair and really hope it's covered by the initial bumper to bumper warranty.
Hi everyone. I've been a happy Bolt owner since March when I bought a 2019 Chevy Bolt EV Premier -- until that ended yesterday evening. I actually took the Bolt on my first long distance trip last week but hadn't used it since Monday. Normally charge it to 80% capacity and definitely did not mind driving at 65 mph and stopping every few hours. It made the trip to and fro much more relaxing than I was expecting.
That said, I drove my Bolt about 12 miles away from home last night and was about a mile into heading back when I was stopped at a stop light. Looked down at the information screen and it told me to shift to park. I had been at about 170 miles worth of range and it suddenly said I had zero. Turned off the car and turned it back on and I started getting nothing but the following messages: "Service High Voltage Charging System" "Service Vehicle Soon" along with the car-exclamation-point light. Ended up calling a tow truck and a few cops quickly stopped and helped to direct traffic (I was luckily stopped in a turning lane to begin with). Upon further reflection, I should have just had it towed to the dealership near where I live but I figured I'd get it home and try to cess out the situation. Towing was a little interesting since I had to find out how to attach the towing eye and wrangled a bit with an automatic parking brake that turned itself on on a few times. I live in flat Florida and we don't really have to worry about parking brakes all that often.
I read a number of posts in this forum and tried charging and fiddling around with it last night once I was home but kept getting the same messages alongside ones like "Unable to Charge" and "Initializing, Wait to Shift". The same screen that shows "Unable to Charge" confirmed that there is still about a 70%-75% charge.
After getting it towed to the dealership (the "My Chevrolet" app made that super simple), I found out that the one technician that works on Bolts is not there today but should be there Monday. And they might get a chance to look at it Monday. And until it has diagnostics run, it's not possible to get a loaner vehicle. As the Bolt is my one household car, looks like I'm marooned for at least two days. I've driven it for three months and only have about 2500 miles on it. I just hope this isn't going to be a lengthy or expensive repair and really hope it's covered by the initial bumper to bumper warranty.
