# NHTSA recall 20V701000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

**NHTSA advises: park outside, away from buildings, until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 20V701000
- Manufacturer's number: N202311730
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2020\-11\-13
- Owners notified: 2021\-05\-11
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
- Units potentially affected: 50932
- Part numbers: 24291630, 24295959, 24289549, 24291802, 24295962, 24288644, 24285164, 24286670, 24286783, 24289545, 24290235, 24289548

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling all 2017\-2018 and certain 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicles.  The high voltage battery could catch fire when charged to full or nearly full capacity.


## What can happen

A battery fire increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

This recall has been superseded by recall number 21V\-560.  Vehicles previously repaired under 20V\-701 will still need to have the new remedy under recall 21V\-560.  GM will notify owners, and as an interim repair, beginning on November 17, 2020, dealers will reprogram the hybrid propulsion control module 2 \(HPCM2\) to limit the full charge to 90%, free of charge.  Owners are advised to activate either the Hill Top Reserve \(2017 and 2018 models\) or Target Charge Level \(2019 models\) feature in their vehicle to limit the charge level to 90%, or park outside, until the software update is completed.  Owners were notified of the interim repair beginning November 17, 2020.  The second notice was mailed on May 11, 2021.  Owners may contact the Bolt EV Concierge Team at 1\-833\-382\-4389.  GM's number for this recall is N202311730.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 3, for 2021 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2022\-01\-20
- Vehicles in the campaign: 50932
- Reported remedied: 32593 \(63%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 19

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 CHEVROLET BOLT EV](/makes/chevrolet/bolt-ev/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 CHEVROLET BOLT EV](/makes/chevrolet/bolt-ev/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV](/makes/chevrolet/bolt-ev/2019/recalls.md)

## Investigated as PE20016

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- PE20016: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2020\-10\-09, closed 2022\-02\-07. Electric Vehicle Battery Fires. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V701000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V701000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [PIC6449](/bulletins/10208047.md), 2022-02-14, Service bulletin
- [PIC6231A](/bulletins/10123255.md), 2017-11-14, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V701000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V701000)

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