Recent content by makkaboo

If anyone is interested, the previous owner had a daily heater schedule, which was causing my problem. The schedule is removed, and the battery has 100% even after a few days. Thanks everyone for your comments and tips!

Thanks everyone for your helpful tips! First, I want to make sure that the battery actually isn't faulty i.e. that it will in fact have close to 100% capacity tomorrow morning (now that I switched off the scheduled preheating). My most common trip is about 10-15 miles (two-way) which means I...

Is this a known fact, that it's better to charge it just before you're going to use it?

Bingo! I found a pre-heating schedule that I wasn't aware of, and switched it off. Now I'll just have to see if the battery has (close to) 100% left tomorrow morning!

Hi, Sorry for a newbie question but I couldn't find a thread with the same question! I bought a 2014 Outlander PHEV with 35000 miles on it two weeks ago. Everything works fine, except one little detail: If I charge the battery to full, and leave it in the driveway for three days, the battery...