It really is a bummer. It was one of, if not the best car I've ever owned, until it wasn't. Sad that GM just threw in the towel on this car and the people who owned them. I've been a loyal GM customer for over 45 years. I feel a bit betrayed, but that's the way things are now. I'll keep driving my 95 Buick Roadmaster and my wife will keep driving her showroom condition 2001 Pontiac Montana. Both far cheaper and easier to maintain.

 

Yeah, I'm loving my Volt now that's it's working again, but what a process! I hope that GM and other EV producers decide to make repairable and quality cars that don't cost more to maintain than gas cars.

 

I've worked in the semiconductor and radio communications technology industries my entire life. I am a fan of tech when it's built well and designed to be reliable. And I really thought GM was going to do great things with the Volt. Alas, they couldn't figure out how to market it and then they bailed on their own product and bailed on those who decided to buy it.

 

Yup.

 

It really is an outstanding vehicle but if the tech is unique and complicated it seems inevitable the repairs will be expensive. Then of course there is discontinuing the line which they may bring back.... That's another downside of Ev hybrid technology is it's a small niche.

I'm sorry your vehicle broke down so bad

 

I too, agree. GM had something at least 10 years ahead of its time and squandered it. They're pretty good at that.
This car really was the best car I've ever owned, until it wasn't, and I've owned probably 45 plus cars in my life, nearly all GM.
I was fully aware it was a limited run vehicle, but I was amazed, disappointed and now a bit bitter at how quickly GM pulled the plug.
TL

 

The economics of it changed. Specifically, batteries got cheap enough that storing reserve range over and above daily driving in more battery made more overall financial sense than storing that same reserve range in liquid fuel, an engine, more complicated gearing and a fussy emissions system.

 

I am still not sure how good an EV is if you live in the northern tier of the US. In Montana I've heard Tesla drivers say the automatic door handle gets frozen shut at minus temps. I don't know how the batteries handle that level of cold or if it shortens lifespan?We can easily hit minus 20 a few times in winter or colder. So I like the engine turning on to heat up the cabin. Fossil fuels will have a place in the extreme north for many decades.

 

Hi ismaelvalencia,

These are all questions for the contact I gave. Hopefully it's solved by now, given my slow reply -- sorry!

I'm sure that the mechanic needs some adapter that goes from PC to car module/s. If your mechanic doesn't have one or isn't willing to do it, hopefully you'll find one that is willing. Also my contact only communicated with me through Facebook Messenger and didn't respond to phone text messages from my mechanic, but did call mechanic when I provided the number and communicated between them about the day/time ... hopefully my contact would be willing to make an international call. I hope this works out.

If it doesn't with my programmer contact, I hope you can find someone there!

Best of luck!

 

Brian has finally reached me.

To set the appointment I would need to know if he will have to connect to the ebcm unit or just to the obd port. It's important because the new unit is installed in the car and depending on that I will have to ask to the mechanic to uninstall prior to the appointment.

 

Has anyone had any luck with using a used EBCM and reprogramming it with an AUTEL scanner. And going thru the learn and bleed process