N232407300 Open Ground May Not Be Detected – Webasto Portable Charging Cords (Gen 3)

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August 31, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23E065000

Portable Charging Cord May Cause Electric Shock

A portable charging cord that loses its ground connection while in use may result in electric shock, increasing the risk of injury.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23E065

Manufacturer General MotorseBay, LLC

Components EQUIPMENT

Potential Number of Units Affected 9,423

 

Summary

General MotorseBay, LLC (GM) is recalling certain Webasto Portable Charging Cords (Gen 3), with part number 24044913. These charging cords contain incorrect software and may fail to discontinue charging if the ground connection is lost.

 

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the portable charging cord as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 16, 2023. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-888-988-7267. GM’s number for this recall is N2324073000.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 

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Condition

General MotorseBay has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in certain Webasto high-voltage portable charging cords provided with certain 2022 – 2023 model year Chevrolet Bolt EUV vehicles. These charging cords contain incorrect software and may fail to discontinue charging if the ground connection is lost. Someone charging the vehicle with the portable charging cord may be exposed to an unprotected high voltage if the cordset loses its ground connection while in use, increasing the risk of a very brief electrical shock.

 

Correction

Dealers will inspect the portable charging cord and replace if necessary.

 


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Safety Recall N232407300
Open Ground May Not Be Detected

These questions and answers are being provided to help GM dealers respond to inquiries from involved vehicle owners about the Safety Recall identified above.

 

Q1) Which vehicles are involved?

A1) General MotorseBay has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in certain Webasto high-voltage portable charging cords provided with certain 2022 – 2023 model year Chevrolet Bolt EUV vehicles.

 

Q2) What is the issue or condition?

A2) These charging cords contain incorrect software and may fail to discontinue charging if the ground connection is lost.

 

Q3) What symptoms may be experienced? What warning signs may be associated with the issue or condition described?

A3) None.

 

Q4) What is the remedy/repair?

A4) Dealers will inspect the portable charging cord and replace if necessary.

 

Q5) What is the safety risk?  Is the vehicle safe to drive?

A5) Someone charging the vehicle with the portable charging cord may be exposed to an unprotected high voltage if the cordset loses its ground connection while in use, increasing the risk of a very brief electrical shock.

 

Q6) Does the customer have to pay for this remedy/repair?

A6) No, this inspection/repair will be done at no cost to the customer.

 

Q7) Is the remedy/repair available now?

A7) This bulletin contains an inspection procedure until remedy parts become available. It is estimated that a very small percentage of the involved vehicles will fail the inspection and require part replacement.  Vehicles that are in Dealer Inventory that Do Not Pass the inspection procedure MUST be held and NOT SOLD or Delivered until remedy parts are available (use “Inspection Only – Vehicle Did Not Pass Inspection and Will Require Repair – claim submission will not close field action” labor code 9106966. Vehicles that pass this inspection procedure should be closed using the “Inspect Only – Vehicle Passed Inspection (No Further Action Required)” labor code 9106965.

 

Q8) What should customers do until recall repairs can be completed?  Are there any special instructions?

A8) If special instructions are provided, they will be included in the notification letters to customers.

 

Q9) How can customers check to see if their vehicle is involved in this field action?

A9) Customers who own a vehicle involved in the field action will be notified by mail by General MotorseBay, but they may also check their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for field actions in GM Owner Center at https://my.gm.com/recalls or via NHTSA’s website at https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/.

 

Q10) If customers are concerned, can they get a rental car or courtesy transportation? 

A10) Courtesy transportation is available for customers whose vehicles are involved in this recall and are within the warranty coverage period for the warranty which is associated with this recall.  Please refer to Warranty Administration Bulletin #17-NA-073:  Field Action Courtesy Transportation Policy for further information.

 


Chronology :

On March 8, 2023, during a supplier plant audit, GM’s quality engineer discovered an incorrect hardware / software combination being used to produce portable charging cords for the Chevrolet Bolt EUV. Following a review of the issue on April 18, 2023, the issue was reported to GM’s Speak Up For Safety (SUFS) program. GM opened a product investigation on May 9, 2023.

GM’s investigation determined that the mismatch between software and hardware in the suspect charging cords may, under certain circumstances, not allow the software to sufficiently interpret information from monitored circuitry. This could result in failure of the cord assembly’s internal processor to properly detect a ground loss and, in response, fail to halt further charging quickly enough to prevent shock. Testing conducted between August 10 and August 18, 2023, concluded that under certain ground loss conditions, at high ambient temperatures, these units may not correctly interrupt charging. In such limited circumstances, a user could experience a small electric shock for 1/40th of a second.

GM’s investigator obtained 374 specific serial numbers for affected parts from GM’s supplier and traced these to GM’s production period when vehicles may have been shipped with suspect parts. GM produced 10,825 potentially affected vehicles during this period of which 9,423 are in the US. GM is not aware of any field incidents related to this condition.

On August 24, 2023, GM’s Safety and Field Action Decision Authority decided to conduct an equipment safety recall.

 


1 Affected Product

Equipment

BRANDPART NO.PRODUCTION DATES
WEBASTOPORTABLE CHARGING CORDSET

 


5 Associated Documents

Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23E065-5578.pdf 645.542KB

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Miscellaneous Document – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Safety Recall N232407300 Open Ground May Not Be Detected

RMISC-23E065-1764.pdf 103.313KB

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Remedy Instructions and TSB

RCRIT-23E065-7627.pdf 310.391KB

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc) – Dealer Message re N232407300 – Safety Recall Open Ground May Not Be Detected

RCMN-23E065-1182.pdf 169.137KB

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23E065-4480.PDF 214.637KB

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