From the same company that is going to ditch android auto and apple car play
this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2023
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Yes, it's just insane. I wouldn't even consider a car that doesn't have Android Auto or Car Play.
This is hilarious
Have you ever noticed it’s always a limited number of whatever is fucked up? “A limited number” is corporate shit-speak for “significant problem.“
Also, ensuring quality is something you do before you sell the product not after.
Dont be GM’s beta tester.
Every number is limited, technically.
You wouldn't want an unlimited number of broken vehicles, that would break space time itself.
When you outsource to the cheapest, dumbest people you get what you pay for.
Happy to sit out the first model year. My 2019 BoltEV is a solid vehicle, and the Blazer had me interested in an upgrade, but not so much anymore.
Yeah? Glad they paid more attention when they assembled yours. Our 23 Suburban came from the factory with a misaligned steering wheel, improperly sealed passenger rear door by the robot, a broken interior door panel on the drivers rear door, random electrical gremlins that move the mirrors when it feels like it, it sees ghosts in the backup camera and freaks out, like they almost couldnt have made a worse car and they laugh everytime someone pays $70,000 for it. At least our engine has not blown up in the 35,xxx miles it's had in its first year.
I'm sorry that sucks.
Positive side, it is an absolute monster in the snow with blizzak tires. It runs I-70 during the winter for airport transportation and it has never had issues with snow.
GM isn't capable of continuing to make a good car that isn't a truck or the corvette. Once they find something good they have to kill it or somehow make it awful.
Such a solid vehicle that it had two software updates for its battery, followed by a complete battery replacement.
Those things didn't impact me beyond an afternoon in the shop getting work done in warranty.
They shouldn't bother. I highly doubt they'll ever be able to put quality software on their cars.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Our automotive editor was scheduled to test a Blazer EV soon, but it looks like that will have to wait — GM has paused sales of its brand-new Chevy Blazer EV following reports of significant issues.
In a statement provided to The Verge, Chevrolet communications executive director Chad Lyons said, “Our team is working quickly to roll out a fix, and owners will be contacted with further information on how to schedule their update.” Chevrolet vice president Scott Bell said, “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.” GM did not confirm how many vehicles are affected, other than saying it’s a “limited” number.
Edmunds reports that two months after purchasing a 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS AWD for its long-term test fleet, the SUV has been at the dealership for two weeks.
Things went even worse for InsideEVs writer Kevin Williams, whose weeklong test ended after 28 hours.
InsideEVs followed up its initial report, noting owners of other Ultium-powered electric vehicles from GM complaining of unusual and, so far, hard-to-fix issues with their cars.
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Hah, all the drama over Tesla issuing automatic updates and calling them “recalls”… at least they’re able to update their software.