[Big m]

Plugged my 2020 Bolt with less than 1800 miles into a level 3 chargepoint station and walk away. Can back within a half a hour and notice no charge. Now for some reason it doesn’t want to charge. Ive tried different 110, 240 and level 3’s and nothing. It gives me a, “unable to charge error”. Onstar emailed and said take it to the dealer, so there it waits. A ton and a half brick. Service advisor told me probably be there all week. No recall or bulletins to help. Anyone have a similar situation and or solution.

 

[Curt]

Glad you made it to the dealer. It sounds very cut and dry, an easy diagnostic case. If in the worst case the battery needs replacing, a big dealership should take about 1 week.

 

[GJETSON]

Could be any number of things. I recall someone needing their AC serviced to be able to charge. A properly functioning AC system is required for charging by at any level charger.

 

[surgeonFWW]

Sometimes it is the 12 VDC battery that is the culprit.

I presume you meant DC Level 2 charging.

It is becoming increasingly important to differentiate DC Level 1 and DC Level 2 EVSE. Since SAE dropped the proposed "Level 3" designation", it becomes confusing to term all DCFC as "Level 3".

It is also becoming less helpful to lump all AC Level 2 EVSE together just because they use > 208 VAC. The wide variability (<10 to >30) in range miles per charging hour (rmpch) makes using trip planning apps (especially those which do not provide EVSE power levels in kW) very difficult.

 

[XJ12]

Anyone have a similar situation and or solution.

@klowenst had this happen and it was the Power Line Communications Module that failed.

Unable to Charge (anywhere)

I get the "Unable to Charge" message on my dash regardless of the charger being used. My L1 and L2 chargers at home have the same issue and also any public ChargePoint charger, so I cannot charge at all! The home chargers give a "Charging Fault" immediately when connecting the cable to the...

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