Chevrolet Bolt battery settlement agreement gets preliminary approval
Chevrolet Bolt battery fire class action lawsuit settlement receives preliminary approval and applies to cars built from 2017 to 2022. October 2, 2024 — 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…