GM stops promoting the Chevy Blazer EV to take care of ‘software program high quality points’

In an announcement supplied to The Verge, Chevrolet communications govt director Chad Lyons stated, “Our group is working rapidly to roll out a repair, and homeowners can be contacted with additional info on the best way to schedule their replace.” Chevrolet vp Scott Bell stated, “We’re conscious {that a} restricted variety of prospects have skilled software-related high quality points with their Blazer EV. Buyer satisfaction is our precedence and as such, we are going to take a short pause on new deliveries.” GM didn’t verify what number of autos are affected, aside from saying it’s a “restricted” quantity.

Edmunds studies that two months after buying a 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS AWD for its long-term take a look at fleet, the SUV has been on the dealership for 2 weeks. With 23 fault codes on a diagnostic take a look at, they wrote that “What we bought again from the vendor was alarming: the only longest listing of main faults we at Edmunds have ever seen on a brand new automotive.”

Issues went even worse for InsideEVs author Kevin Williams, whose weeklong take a look at ended after 28 hours. The car’s CarPlay- and Android Auto-free infotainment system went clean whereas he was driving, after which an try and cost the battery failed, producing a “Service Automobile Quickly” error message.

InsideEVs adopted up its preliminary report, noting homeowners of different Ultium-powered electrical autos from GM complaining of surprising and, to date, hard-to-fix points with their automobiles.