Chevy Bolt Battery Class Action Lawsuit to Proceed
Thursday, October 13th, 2022 Auto LitigationA Chevy Bolt battery lawsuit will continue in court, although several claims were dismissed in the most recent court action of the case.
The Chevrolet Bolt battery class action lawsuit was consolidated from eight separate class actions.
The class action alleges 2017-2022 Chevy Bolt electric vehicles are equipped with defective lithium-ion batteries and battery management systems.
The Bolt battery can catch fire if a single battery cell in the module has a torn anode tab and also a folded separator. The batteries allegedly won’t catch fire unless both conditions are present.
General Motors knows of at least 13 Chevrolet Bolt fires caused by the batteries. The Bolt battery lawsuit says several software updates have been offered to customers, but those updates prevented the cars from being fully charged.
