Here's the main thing I've learned about my 2023 Bolt after almost 2 years of ownership.
Lesson #1--The Only Lesson: When you sit down in the driver's seat, once you hit the start button, DO NOT touch or do anything else (other than breathe or fasten your seatbelt LOL) until the car fully boots up. Do not release the parking brake, place your phone in the cubby (you might accidently hit the TCS button), or shift the car.
Experience: One time I hit the start button and then immediately shifted into drive. The bootup process did not like that--and I got the unable to shift message and had to go through the procedure (that's been discussed here a million times) to resolve that. I've done that twice--second time I yelled at myself in the mirror for 5 mins LOL. Most recently, I accidently hit the TCS button while the car was booting up, while simultaneously placing my phone in the cubby hole. Booting process didn't like that, so I had to deal with the "Service ESC" message. So if you ever have an issue that seems out of left field, think about what you were doing before the error message appeared. I'm now in the habit of sitting down in the driver's seat, placing the phone in the cubby, hitting the start button, and not touching or doing anything else (other than fastening the seatbelt) until the car fully boots--about 15 seconds.
Lesson #1--The Only Lesson: When you sit down in the driver's seat, once you hit the start button, DO NOT touch or do anything else (other than breathe or fasten your seatbelt LOL) until the car fully boots up. Do not release the parking brake, place your phone in the cubby (you might accidently hit the TCS button), or shift the car.
Experience: One time I hit the start button and then immediately shifted into drive. The bootup process did not like that--and I got the unable to shift message and had to go through the procedure (that's been discussed here a million times) to resolve that. I've done that twice--second time I yelled at myself in the mirror for 5 mins LOL. Most recently, I accidently hit the TCS button while the car was booting up, while simultaneously placing my phone in the cubby hole. Booting process didn't like that, so I had to deal with the "Service ESC" message. So if you ever have an issue that seems out of left field, think about what you were doing before the error message appeared. I'm now in the habit of sitting down in the driver's seat, placing the phone in the cubby, hitting the start button, and not touching or doing anything else (other than fastening the seatbelt) until the car fully boots--about 15 seconds.
