Actual repair order for a 2012 Chevy Volt with 70,000 miles. Simple battery replacement…..$29,842. This is what we have to look forward to in the EV world!
CRISIS Actual repair order for a 2012 Chevy Volt with 70,000 miles (Simple battery replacement)
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Barry Natchitoches
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Holy Toledo!
What did that Chevy Volt cost when new?
What did that Chevy Volt cost when new?
naegling62
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Well the coolant was only $33.98.
phloydius
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A 2019 for sale about 25 miles from me is selling for $16,927 from a dealer.
Hfcomms
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Horses are starting to look good.
John Green
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That seems high for coolant . I would dispute it.
Macgyver
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Barry Natchitoches
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Dobbin will appreciate hearing you say that…
John Green
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Why didn’t they just go to AutoZone and get their own battery. I swear people can’t fix anything by themselves anymore .
John Green
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I think he meant for dinner.
Macgyver
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They probably will because they won't buy another electric car.
ioujc
MARANTHA!! Even so, come LORD JESUS!!!
Yeah, there is only ONE thing wrong with it, ...,.
It needs a NEW BATTERY, WHICH CAN ONLY BE SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP!!!!
BWAHAHAHAW!!!
phloydius
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Seems to be about the going price...
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
Which is also obsolete by the time you need a new one.... which is why the huge bill
LoupGarou
Ancient Fuzzball
Dealer price is almost always very high...
www.greentecauto.com
$7,500 for a remanufactured pack with 18 month warranty
$10,000 for a new pack with 3 year warranty
Still insane for what you are getting, but better than $27K
Either way my question would still be: WHY BOTHER? IIRC, the tiny car is still a hybrid and still uses gas.
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$10,000 for a new pack with 3 year warranty
Still insane for what you are getting, but better than $27K
Either way my question would still be: WHY BOTHER? IIRC, the tiny car is still a hybrid and still uses gas.
There is a shortage of batteries on top of everything else. My older son has a 2012 Mustang. The battery was barely holding a charge to get him from shop to shop. Here in Tampa, he found one battery for his car ... one ... thankfully at a local AutoZone. He grabbed it while the getting was good. And it still cost $240.
Things are insane.
Things are insane.
intothatgoodnight
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Maybe not - could be regular engine coolant - the Volt is a hybrid, with a gasoline pony motor that runs an alternator, which keeps the batteries charged - but the gasoline pony motor only runs the alternator as needed - the Volt's gasoline pony motor does NOT power the drive wheels in any way, UNLIKE the Toyota Prius - which can use BOTH the gasoline motor AND the electric motor simultaneously, as needed (as long as there is a charge on the batteries to run the electric motor).
intothegoodnight
Firebird
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The Volt is 100% EV I think??Dealer price is almost always very high...
$7,500 for a remanufactured pack with 18 month warrantyShop | Greentec Auto
$10,000 for a new pack with 3 year warranty
Still insane for what you are getting, but better than $27K
Either way my question would still be: WHY BOTHER? IIRC, the tiny car is still a hybrid and still uses gas.
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Add trailer hitch and cables.
intothatgoodnight
. . .
So it is said about the Toyota Prius - but is untrue.
Have a tech-head buddy whose wife owns a 2004 Prius with 200K+ miles, that she will not part with - in the last year, he had to replace a couple of individual battery(s) which were defective - total cost of parts and replacement third-party batteries was around $250, less his time and labor.
Fixed Prius is back on the road and functioning perfectly - his wife is happy, once again. (they can afford to replace the 2004 Prius if needed, but wife simply loves her old Prius car)
Cannot speak to a similar approach to fixing the Volt's defective battery pack, but likely fix can be approached similar costs and involvement as to above Prius battery fix method, without having to spent $30K.
Bear in mind - electric car battery packs contain several/many batteries, that constitute the overall battery pack. Individual batteries fail within the overall battery pack, not necessarily the WHOLE battery pack.
intothegoodnight
Macgyver
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I thought they were plug in only.
That's a dam expensive battery for a hybrid, the hybrid's usually don't have as large of a battery.
Mocked up fake, estimate / invoice per another person who knows what a Roger Dean form looks like. Missing address, phone number and a bunch of other stuff that is always on the real thing.
ETA: They have reached out to Roger Dean Chevrolet for comment. Will update if I see a response.
ETA: They have reached out to Roger Dean Chevrolet for comment. Will update if I see a response.
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Southside
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Shhhhhhh. You're ruining it!
Let them buy those, & we keep the gas ones to ourselves.
WFK
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You want to bet that these warranties exclude labor?Dealer price is almost always very high...
$7,500 for a remanufactured pack with 18 month warrantyShop | Greentec Auto
$10,000 for a new pack with 3 year warranty
Still insane for what you are getting, but better than $27K
Either way my question would still be: WHY BOTHER? IIRC, the tiny car is still a hybrid and still uses gas.
intothatgoodnight
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Again, the Volt is a hybrid whose primary and ONLY drive system is electric - hence, it depends upon the batteries for 100% of its motivational power.
The gasoline pony motor in the Volt does NOT drive the wheels, at all. Its ONLY job is to run an alternator that charges the batteries, as needed, commanded and controlled by the onboard Volt computer.
intothegoodnight
Tex88
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Back in East Germany, refilling "disposable" BIC lighters at home was kind of a profitable cottage industry. Everybody "knew a guy" who did that and made good money.
for now
Not to worry, Panasonic is building a new battery plant in DeSoto, KS (Greater KC suburb). They won't pay taxes for umteen years, and there is a report that the county commissioners took money that was supposed to fund additional sheriff's deputies to help pay for the infrastructure. So don't worry, there will be plenty of batteries, even if there is no grid to charge them.
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Someone with access to look it up says that battery part # has been NLA (No Longer Available) for awhile. So if the doc turns out to be real and not fake, unless Roger Dean just happened to have one in stock, they were likely not to find a new one at any price.