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I just put a 2017 Bolt EV Service manual on Ebay.

I did have a power pack, and I did jump start the car, but it still was undriveable and had to be towed to the dealer.

Thanks, SparkE. One difference between my experience and the one described in that thread is that his car was left unplugged for a month in cold weather, and mine was left for less than 24 hours in a garage. He didn't give much detail about it, but it seems that jump starting, which one would...

Or does it stay on until what? If it times out, how long does it take? It would help if you cited authority for your answer. Thanks.

DanDietrich, I checked the 12V battery voltage with the car parked in my garage and turned off. It was 12.45 V. I then checked it at intervals. Two hours later it was 12.66 V. Clearly, either the 12V battery was getting charged or had been charged in the interval because that's the only way the...

I jumped my car twice. The first time, when it was completely dead, it woke it up and allowed me to charge it. I tried it again a second time after discovering that it was still undriveable after charging. I verified for myself after getting it back from the dealer that the 12V battery gets...

Further update: The service manager did finally call me after about five hours. He tried to reassure me that the car wouldn't shut down while in motion. However, he was much less dogmatic and much more willing to say so when he didn't know something instead of making assumtions. He promised to...

I picked the car up today. Before I moved it I checked the 12V battery voltage; it was 12.5. I told the man at the service desk that I was concerned about a safety issue, i.e., that, if the 12V battery went dead when I was driving, would it be dangerous? Would I lose brake function? Would the...

Update: They called back today and said they found nothing wrong with the car. I had a long, unproductive phone conversation with the service manager (When they called, the tech who worked on it was no longer available.). He said that they had checked the battery again twice today, and it was...

Of course they should. Follow-up: The car was plugged in for about 60 hours, about 45 hours of which was after the app said it was fully charged. Interestingly, the app said, "Keypass Disabled, Your vehicle's Battery Saver has disabled your connection. Please allow the vehicle's 12-volt battery...

Last night I parked my 18 month old 2017 Bolt EV with about 5400 miles in my garage. It showed 150 miles remaining range, and I didn't plug it in. This afternoon, I found that it wouldn't respond to the fob, wouldn't respond to door button presses, and when I plugged it in, the charge light...

3m markets a product specifically for removing adhesives. I have used it for various adhesive es on various surface3s; it always worked and never damaged the surface, but YMMV. See...

Reading here and elsewhere online it appears that the best thing for the battery is to not fully charge it, which equates to turning on hilltop reserve, and not recharging until the battery is down to about 20% charge. It also appears that it's best for the battery if the car is plugged in when...

Great idea that would cost essentially nothing to implement.

In mild weather, I like to keep the windows closed to minimize noise and to run the fan to keep the car from getting stuffy, without using either heat or air conditioning. Intuitively, one might think that turning "Heat & A/C" off and turning the fan on would accomplish my goal of bringing in...

Let me emphasize that what surprised me was not that the range decreased in cold weather, but that the range decreased by so much, one third, with a temperature, 45 F, that's not even very cold. Also, as I understand it, the car actively heats and cools the battery as needed to keep it at the...

Here's the pic . I forgot to attach it.

It was never as low as 3.8. The -3.8 is the Outside temperature value shown on the Energy Usage Score page. See the attached photo. I don't know how cold it was in the garage while it was charging. It could have been as could as 20 or 25 F part of the time, but must have been 40 F or higher part...

I've had my 2017 Bolt EV Premier a little over a month, and it has 600 miles on it. Right now, it is sitting in my closed-but-unheated garage plugged in. It says it is fully charged and that the range is 152 miles, only 64% of the claimed 238 miles. The car displays the ambient temperature as...

I have observed this, too.