Yahoo Autos GM issues stop sale on 2024 Chevy Blazer EV
Remember the opening of Casino Royale? Daniel Craig's James Bond whoops a man in a bathroom then drowns the man in a sink of water. The bad guy's boss asks Bond, "How did he die?" Bond replies, "Not well." If someone asked Edmunds, "How did your 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV die?" Edmunds would offer the same two words in response. Last week, we posted on the experience the car sales site has had with the SUV that takes over as Chevy's new entry-level electric vehicle until the upcoming Equinox EV and rebooted Bolt come along. The Blazer EV, after coughing up "the single longest list of major faults we at Edmunds have ever seen on a new car," has been at the dealer for at least two weeks of Edmunds' six weeks of ownership. We then updated the post with comments from a Blazer EV owner who wrote in with a similar tale of owning an example for five days before having to take it back to the dealer, where it's been for three weeks.
It's important to note that before Edmunds posted its story, Inside EVs told the first big story we know of about having its Blazer EV press vehicle die 28 hours into a what was meant to be a week-long test. Then, Inside EVs received a few letters from GM EV owners — Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, GMC Hummer EV — recounting good experiences as well as gremlins. Let's be clear, GM's probably sold close to 10,000 Ultium-based EVs since 2022, we're talking about a handful of failing grades.
However, it's not good to have your new mass-market EV making the worst headlines in two separate publications for the same reasons — infotainment and charging glitches. So GM has issued a stop-sale on the 2024 Blazer EV for software issues that it says pertain to "a limited number" of units. Global VP of Chevrolet Scott Bell said to Automotive News, "We're aware that a limited number of customers have experienced software-related quality issues with their Blazer EV. Customer satisfaction is our priority and as such, we will take a brief pause on new deliveries."
