Recent content by johnwilson

Well, they have finally agreed to take my car in and put it through the three day test. I presume it will be a DBCAM and smoothing and BMU reset. What an effort. After 1 year of denying anything was wrong with the car, the mechanic at our local dealer contacted me and asked that I bring it...

Hi Kpetrov: Thank you for your input. I am desperate to talk with people who have some insight into this problem and clearly you do. I am trying to get into the Canadian PHEV group on facebook, so far with no luck. I would like to lend my support to a class action or at least get names and...

Hi Kpetrov: Thank you for your input. I am desperate to talk with people who have some insight into this problem and clearly you do. I am trying to get into the Canadian PHEV group on facebook, so far with no luck. I would like to lend my support to a class action or at least get names and...

Hi Mort: Same story with my Canadian 2018 PHEV. First two years worked perfectly. Now it is an ICE car for half of the year. No help from the dealer, in fact I think they know all about this but wont let on. I have tried getting a hold of someone at MMCanada, but they will not let you...

Hi Mellobob, No I am not really sure what happened to my car when the relay was changed out. I do not know if they installed new software. The mechanic at the dealership tells a different story every time so I am sure that I do not know the truth. One time he says that they have changed...

Hi Andy: It was just a guess as far as RPMs go. We used to drive a CRV and it sure is louder when I pull onto the highway. I dont know; I am a farmer and I would never run a bone cold engine i.e. 0C at much more than an idle until the oil was circulating. Just sayin! But my main problem...

Hi Msmatt: I assume if Garry is still not having trouble with his PHEV it is because he has not taken it in for the engine start relay. I will watch the video and perhaps attempt to contact him. He is well versed on the Outlander PHEV. I am still trying to sign up for the Canada outlander...

There is a person on Facebook that is suggesting a class action against MMCanada for this unnecessary cold starting of the car. I feel that this is warranted by the fact that MMCanada sold us cars that performed as per the manual and now have reduced the functionality of the product that I...

I have had the car in twice to address the problems. Both times the "mechanic" has said " no fault found" when clearly the car has changed its operating parameters. MMCanada has a customer service desk staffed by a individual that has no idea how a PHEV works and they will not put you...

There seems to be conflicting info on this site as to whether a 2k resistor in the ambient air sensor plug allows the car to be run as an EV when below 13c. I would consider this mod if it worked. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to get a 2018 PHev to run on ev between -5 and 13C...

Re: 2018 Canadian PHEV wont run in ev. ReportQuote Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:16 am My UK 2016 does not run the ICE no matter what the outside temperature is (unless called upon for heat or acceleration) so it's either a fault or a country specific calibration. It's not the real answer, but have you...

So after the relay change the car was able to drive in EV mode even in cold temperatures? Did the problem emerged only the next winter? Then it may have the battery state of health (capacity) set in to the parameters that govern the engine start-up as well. I know of few owners that report this...

Hi Kpetrov, The dealer is making me feel like a madman. After they installed the new relay, the car worked perfectly until summer. We couldnt tell whether there was a problem over the summer because of no under 10 C temps. Come October however it was apparent that the car could not be...

Thank you for the replies. My problem however is that for the first two years the car responded as the manual for the car said it would and that is when the temperature was low in our case below 3C, the engine would start if the defrost button was depressed even when the car was in ev mode, but...

Hi, First time posting here. We have a PHEV with 65,000 km on it and it started acting up last year. It could not be forced into EV mode when it was below 10C out, which is a lot of the year here. We took it in for a recall of the engine start relay ( it apparently could freeze resulting in...