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GM, feds warn of fire risk for some Chevy Bolt EVs — even after recall
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General Motors on Friday issued the second recall in less than a year for its 2017-2019 Chevy Bolt EVs after some of the cars that had already been repaired still erupted into flames.<\/p>\n
Officials with GM and LG, which supplies the electric car’s battery cells, have identified a second \u201crare manufacturing defect\u201d that increases the risk of a fire, the Detroit-based automaker said.<\/p>\n
The recall covers about 69,000 cars globally, including almost 51,000 in the US.<\/p>\n
GM said it will replace the defective battery in the recalled cars at no cost to customers.<\/p>\n
The company asked that owners put a 90 percent state of charge limit on the cars until the recall fix can be implemented.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes a week after GM and federal regulators urged owners to park the Chevy Bolts outside and away from their home due to the risk of fire.<\/p>\n
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said last week that the battery cell packs in the 2017-2019 Bolt EVs \u201chave the potential to smoke and ignite internally.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fire could then spread to the rest of the vehicle and cause a structure fire if the vehicle is parked inside a garage or near a house, the NHTSA warned.<\/p>\n
The federal regulator opened an investigation into the matter in October and issued a recall for the 51,000 affected cars in the US in November.<\/p>\n
But the agency acknowledged last week that it\u2019s now aware of two separate incidents of fires in the electric cars that had already \u201creceived the recall remedy.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the fires occurred while the car was charging at the home of a Vermont state lawmaker earlier this month, CNBC reported.<\/p>\n