— A federal judge gave preliminary approval to a Chevrolet Bolt battery settlement after eight class-action lawsuits were consolidated into one.
The Chevrolet Bolt battery lawsuit was filed after General Motors began recalling the vehicles because of defective batteries that could cause fires.
The class-action lawsuits were filed in the months of late 2020 and early 2021 and involve battery fires in 2017-2022 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles.
General Motors agrees to Bolt class action settlement, but the automaker denies the allegations and denies all wrongdoing.
Chevrolet Bolt Battery Settlement Agreement
Owners of 2017-2022 Chevrolet Bolts should understand that most of the “benefits” of the class action settlement are the same things GM was already providing to customers for free long before the settlement was reached.
For example, all previous free battery software updates and free battery replacements were considered benefits of the settlement. In addition, GM also offers vehicle buyback services to some customers.
The Bolt battery settlement also provides compensation of $700 to $1,400 per customer, but GM will begin offering a compensation plan in October 2023.
In 2023, General Motors announced that 2017-2022 Chevrolet Bolt customers could receive a $1,400 Visa eReward card as part of a battery recall.
General Motors customers who signed up for the eReward program and met the program’s requirements have received a $1,400 settlement under the Chevrolet Bolt battery settlement.
Chevrolet Bolt customers who received the battery software update but did not sign up for the eReward program or tried to sign up but the program expired will be entitled to $1,400 each.
If a Chevrolet Bolt owner or lessee is eligible for the final software update but sells their Bolt or terminates their lease before June 13, 2023, the customer will be entitled to $700.
Chevrolet Bolt customers who “owned, owned, leased or leased a vehicle at any time prior to preliminary approval of the settlement agreement and have received or were eligible to receive the final remedy of battery replacement will be entitled to receive the allocated amount of $700…”
These Chevrolet Bolt owners who filed a class-action lawsuit will each receive $2,000:
Robin Altobelli, F. Dayle Andersen, Bruce James Cannon, Mary Carr and Jan G. Wyers, Yohanes Chitra, Christine Chung, Daniel Corry, John DeRosa, William Dornetto and Russell Ives, Kevin Harris and Pamela Duprez, Michael Hickey, Michael and Denise Holbrook , Fred Kass, James Kochma, Robert Kuchar, Joseph Poletti, Edward and Janet Locke, Evie Schultz, Michael Smith, Ashley St. Long, Alucard Taylor, Jason Valler, Tony Vizuela, Sean Walker and Thomas and Carol Whittaker.
Attorneys representing Bolt’s clients will receive approximately $52,500,000.
The Chevrolet Bolt Battery Settlement Final Fairness Hearing will be held on March 25, 2025.
Plaintiffs are represented by proposed co-lead class counsel The Miller Law Firm, PC and Keller Rohrback, LLP.
Listed as the “Proposed Plaintiffs Steering Committee” are McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP, Fine, Kaplan and Black, RPC, Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, the law firm of Todd M. Friedman, PC, and Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP.
The Chevrolet Bolt battery class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division): Altobelli et al., v. General Motors LLCor, Chevrolet Bolt electric car battery lawsuitcase number 2:20-cv-13256.
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