Recent content by MartinPHEV

This can happen if the car needs to deliver more energy than the battery can supply for acceleration or hill climbing. After engaging EV the ICE may still start for a while until the car is happy with the situation. The algorithm is fast enough but it has some heavy hysteresis built into the...

If you think back carefully I pretty sure you'll find you last added fuel 90 days ago. Add 15 litres (about 3.5 gallons, depending which version of Imperial units you might use) and the ICE will stop running. The display would have given you the reason why the ICE started and you can toggle back...

This might help:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4I5SkNT6UY

Have you added at least 15 Litres of fuel in the last 90 days? If not, the ICE will start up to try and use it.

Don't panic. You need to add a minimum of 15 Litres of petrol/gas. The car thinks the fuel is starting to get stale as non has been added for 90 days and so will run the engine to turn this into electricity for the traction battery. The PHEV is a stupidly intelligent car!

Hi Hyper. The usual fault is a break in the mains input cable side of the EVSE. This is often cause is hanging the EVSE by the plug rather than the lanyard. Most folks find that wiggling the input cable brings it back to life for a while. Once you have it apart you can usually feel where the...

That's a little odd Johny. You're right to keep the car in Charge mode if you're towing anything substantial but I'm surprised the traction battery becomes depleted. However, would you not be better off trying to keep above 70 kph on the hills to make the ICE the primary mover if this is...

This is fairly common and is easily fixed. The mains input cable breaks down internally close to the charger. You can open it up and replace the cable but the charger does have sealant on the cover and needs to removed carefully. It takes a little time but can be done.

The feathering is just a symptom of the tracking needing adjustment. Your dealer is a lazy idiot. ECO button does not make the car front wheel drive. It simply remaps the throttle pedal and tries to reduce the intervention of the ICE (petrol engine), it also reduces the efficiency of the heater...

I'm not sure if this helps but... I listen mainly to DAB radio in the car but the traffic report interruptions come from the FM receiver. Not all FM stations support this function and as an example XFM or Radio X or whatever it's called today suppresses this service. Maybe try a few different FM...

On my version 11 remote I can change this setting. In the words of Mitsi' ' You can easily customize ETACS functions. (ETACS customization used to only be possible with a MMCS equipped car with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's dealers assistance.)'...

I have a dual tariff meter (economy 7) but don't have enough off-peak usage to make this worthwhile even with the PHEV plugged in a night. Some suppliers will let you report both readings but just charge you a single rate. Only a few seem willing to do this. I'm using So Energy which is a well...

ELM 327 is not the best dongle and there are plenty of dodgy Chinese clones of that model in the market place. I see your eBay model is both Chinese and unbranded. That said it might work. Do you have to pair it to you phone via a small button on the dongle when you set it up? I expect the...

Coolant filter in the four way valve clogs with scale and is the usual cause of the problem. If you have the patience you can take it out, clean and put back. A Mitsi' garage would normally replace the whole valve assembly but only once they have worked out the cause (won't show up on their MUT3...

Hi there. The 2017 comes with the EV button which is handy if all your journeys are in EV range and you're a bit lead footed. However hit ECO and keep the power gauge in the green zone and you won't start the ICE. I'm not sure the 2017 has Apple/Google Carplay function, my 2017 didn't, I think...