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Canada Bolt Recall 2024-654: When Completed Work Needs Rechecking

Completed does not always mean final. The later 2024 Canadian notice applies to a small population whose previous GM recall repair may not have been per.

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Research checked 2026-10-24. Individual vehicle eligibility must be confirmed with the manufacturer or regulator.

The official action and its boundaries

On 2024-10-31, the responsible Canada record documented campaign 2024-654 involving Bolt EV; Bolt EUV. Its published coverage is 2020-22 EV; 2022 EUV (Canada model-year listings). This is a dated summary of a specific official safety action, not a new mechanical diagnosis or a claim about the whole global nameplate.

The notice qualifies applicability as follows: Small subset of vehicles previously repaired under Canadian 2021-524 with work requiring correction. Transport Canada publishes a Canadian campaign identifier. It should remain distinct from a similarly named American campaign, and the Canadian manufacturer must confirm the individual VIN and whether the stated repair has been carried out.

The identified safety concern

The regulator or manufacturer describes this concern: Incorrect recall repair leaves high-voltage overheating/fire risk. It is an identified possibility within a defined campaign, not a prediction that an owner’s vehicle will fail. The population count, where supplied, means potentially involved vehicles, not that every vehicle in the list actually experienced the hazard or that a specified percentage failed.

Completed does not always mean final. The later 2024 Canadian notice applies to a small population whose previous GM recall repair may not have been performed correctly. It does not independently establish that the original campaign fix failed on all Bolt EVs.

Remedy recorded in the official notice

The source’s documented corrective approach is: Dealer installs advanced battery diagnostic software; module replacement if fault detected. This is the notice/remedy evidence available in the source reviewed on 2026-10-24; it does not establish that work has been completed on any particular vehicle.

Safety campaign documents may be amended, expanded or replaced. Confirm the current instructions and open/closed status with the official brand network using the vehicle identity. Do not carry out unapproved repairs or deliberately recreate the alleged fault to see whether the car qualifies.

What an owner or used-car buyer should do

A buyer should check both the base 2021-524 and the later 2024-654 campaign rather than stopping after finding one closed item. If documentation conflicts, let the GM dealer interpret manufacturer repair completion rather than drawing conclusions from an online VIN decoder.

Retain the country, campaign ID 2024-654, original notice date and dated repair confirmation in the vehicle history. If you experience hazardous steering, braking, sudden propulsion loss, smoke, fire or loss of visibility, follow the vehicle maker’s emergency instructions and obtain professional assistance. Related entry: Follow-up to Canada 2021-524; subset.

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