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2019 CHEVROLET BOLT EV — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 1739852 · 2021-04-09

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
BOLT EV
Year
2019
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
17,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 4 AM ON 10/6/2020, WE (MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN) WOKE UP TO AN EXPLOSION. I RAN TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS AND SAW SMOKE ENTERING OUR HOME UNDER THE DOOR GOING OUT TO THE GARAGE. I GRABBED MY CHILDREN AND GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE AS FAST AS I COULD. WHEN I OPENED THE FRONT DOOR OF MY HOUSE TO GO OUTSIDE, THERE WERE FLAMES COMING OUT THE FRONT OF THE GARAGE AND THE GARAGE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WE RAN ACROSS THE STREET TO OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE AND I CALLED 911, BY THIS TIME, OUR ENTIRE GARAGE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. OUR 2019 CHEVY BOLT WAS PLUGGED IN CHARGING IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT, AS I HAVE DONE REGULARLY SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2019 WITHOUT ISSUE. AFTER CALLING 911, THERE CONTINUED TO BE A BUNCH OF LOUD 'POP' SOUNDS AND ANOTHER SMALLER EXPLOSION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, AND WHILE THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE PRIOR TO THE FLAMES SPREADING TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE, OUR ENTIRE HOUSE IS A TOTAL LOSS FROM SEVERE SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE AND BLACK SOOT COVERING EVERY INCH OF THE HOUSE. ALSO, MY DAUGHTER'S ROOM THAT 'SHARES' THE GARAGE WALL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE SMELL IN THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS INDESCRIBABLE, I IMAGINE WORSE THAN A 'REGULAR' HOUSE FIRE BECAUSE IT HAS A CHEMICAL SMELL TO IT. THE COUNTY FIRE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THE ORIGINATION WAS IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE, AND SINCE THE INCIDENT, THERE HAS BEEN AN INVESTIGATION WHERE MULTIPLE FIRE INVESTIGATORS, ENGINEERS FROM GM AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NHTSA ALL WERE

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11407212
Machine
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