BoltWanabee said:eTrailer.com offers a Class I trailer hitch for the Bolt. The trailer hitch has chain rings for towing a trailer but it looks like trying to connect trailering wiring harness will be a problem. There is a trailer wiring harness advertised for the Bolt but it’s designed for quarter panel lights and the Bolt has the rear lights in the rear hatch.
I would feel comfortable with doing occasional light towing with the Bolt but until someone figures out how to connect up the trailer lights I’m not going to pursue trailering with the Bolt.
ScooterCT said:ROTFL at both the original question, and several of the answers.
The Bolt, like any other subcompact, is so totally unqualified to tow a boat (well, maybe a canoe), that it's an insanely laughable concept. Brakes: totally inadequate. Frame: totally inadequate. Suspension: totally inadequate. Tires: Totally inadequate.
But maybe you should give it a try anyway. Be sure to film the results for us.
madobee said:Thanks, Zoomit! You covered issues I had not considered. I guess my dream of a Bolt and a Twin Troller X10 will not come true. I may have to opt for the Volt then... or just rent a pick-up truck each time, but that will get old.
Thanks, again, for your thorough reply!
ScooterCT said:The Bolt, like any other subcompact, is so totally unqualified to tow a boat
WRONG!
Brakes: totally inadequate.
FALSE!
Frame: totally inadequate.
UNTRUE!
Suspension: totally inadequate.
WRONG!
Tires: Totally inadequate.
TOTALLY FINE!
But maybe you should give it a try anyway. Be sure to film the results for us.
ScooterCT said:https://my.chevrolet.com/content/dam/gmownercenter/gmna/dynamic/manuals/2017/Chevrolet/BOLT%20EV/Owner's%20Manual.pdf
Page 246 of the online manual will hopefully educate those of you still ignorant and irresponsible enough to consider towing with the Bolt.I quote: "The vehicle is neither designed nor intended to tow a trailer."
I'm an engineer, not a lawyer, so take my interpretation of that sentence with a grain of salt. But I strongly suspect that section in the owner's manual is Chevy's way of telling you that you'll be sued into poverty when your brakes fail or you lose control of your Bolt under sudden hard braking with a trailer and load for which this overweight and under equipped vehicle was MOST DEFINITELY NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE. And you'll void your warranty. And you'll probably be fined or lose your license if caught. That's after the state policeman laughs himself silly and recovers enough to write the citation - you might try to escape while he/she is ROTFL with me.
And, best of all, you'll be immortalized on a YouTube video after you wreck your Bolt - you know, along with all the other imbeciles that do ignorant and irresponsible things with cars.
But I expect some bonehead (like in this thread above) will still put the travelling public at risk just to indulge his own ignorance.