KNOWN FAULTS · Opel
Opel Ampera / Ampera-e Ampera-e common problems.
2012–2019 · Electric
Sources are not verified in real time and no entry confirms that your car is affected.
1 known fault with sources
Ampera-e battery fire risk (as on the Chevrolet Bolt)High-voltage battery
- Engine / equipment
- Electric Opel Ampera-e (twin of the Chevrolet Bolt EV)
- Period mentioned
- 2017–2019
- Symptoms
- Risk of smoke, melting and fire in the battery pack, especially when charged close to 100%.
- Possible cause described
- Two rare manufacturing defects in the same cell (LG Chem). Recall of about 1,500 Ampera-e in Germany: first software limiting charge to 90%, then complete replacement of the battery modules.
- Check for the garage
- Check by VIN that the battery was replaced; until then, limit charging to 90% and do not park charging indoors.
- Cost cited in the source
- Free under the recall.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.
Sources from the original database
Electrive: recall of 1,500 Opel Ampera-e in GermanyEcomento: LG compensates General Motors for the faulty batteries
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