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I have a 2016 model with 52000 km and have noticed that the rear springs are no longer strong enough. In fact they were in my opinion never strong enough for using an SUV as it should be used, i.e. carrying a lot of gear with you and your family. Under heavy load the car sags enormously. So, off...

Contacted Mitsu Sweden regarding the update to mitigate the WiFi security problem. For the swedish owners, this is the answer I got. Detta ligger i vår ”pipeline” och vi hoppas att vi snart skall kunna erbjuda uppdateringen. Ett exakt datum är inte satt ännu. Då detta inte är en...

I know a lot has been written on unwanted ICE start in cold temperatures but this week I had on two occasions a very mystic ICE start. Case is this, note short journey within EV distance. I preheat the car and start my journey in ECO mode slowly increasing the temperature from 15,5 to 17 or 18...

Always thought that rear wipers on all cars I had were way too small. You could always fit 5-10 cm longer blades and get better visibility. Same on the PHEV, looks like you could fit 10 cm longer blade, if you could find one with the same fixture. Turns out you can at least find a 5 cm longer...

I just had my car for 40 000 km service at an authorised Mitsu dealer where I specifically requested the drive battery report as well. At pick-up there were no report and the dealer said that they did not have the equipment to do the check AND that Mitsu Sweden has told them that this is not a...

Thought I share my experience towing heavy equipment. I rented a Skylift weighing 1800 kg and it was no problem towing it. Rental site was 15 km away and I just managed this on battery, i.e. 15 km one way not towing and then returning with Skylift. Battery however depletes quickly while...

Hi Decided to play with the EV range map the other day. It shows a circle around the car with the radius being the remaining distance. Could be useful when having alternate routes to choose from, not the most important feature but anyhow I decided to try it. I was looking forward to seeing the...

Hi Did not know how to properly phrase the headline but thought I would share my experience on how preheat works. Last week I drove my son to training practice and it was -3C outside. Did not warm the car at all (using warmed seats only) so arrived at training with cold car AND cold ICE. Did...

Hi from Stockholm again :) On my quest to understand how the car really works I was today playing around on a level parkinglot covered with rather thick and EXTREMELY slippery wet ice. You could hardly walk on the ice. Anyway, trying to start with AntiSpin activated worked fine. Very limited...

Recently we have had between -10 to -15 C in Stockholm. I have been trying to avoid ICE start for shorter journeys (<20 km) by running preheat for 20-30 minutes before starting the trip. This has been fairly successful but I noticed a weird thing on the guessometer while doing this. At start of...

Just had the first Snowstorm in Stockholm. I have always suspected that the charging flap mechanics and connectors are not worthy of an SUV being parked outside, and this night confirmed my thoughts. Remote heater did not start now in the morning. I use the keyfob hack and the car blinks three...

I have been really annoyed on the stupidity in the PHEV to always start the ICE when cold outside and I want to have a warm car inside. Using preheat obviously helps but you do not always have the time to plan that. So looking at the cabin temp-sensor and the wiring diagram (supplied somewhere...

As has been mentioned in a number of posts the PHEV is not an offroader, which I am well aware of and accepts. Now with the recent snowfalls in Sweden I have finaly noticed how really low the car is. I have googled on liftkits for the car but have found nothing. I am not looking at anything...

Now we have had a couple of weeks with subfreezing temp in Sweden and I have been trying to avoid ICE start on short travels. Short being less than 30 kms. Using preheat is necessary and renders me a cozy car at start. I have then played with fan settings and temperature settings while observing...

Sunday I was running my son to and from gymnastics training. When picking him up I was 15 minutes early and temperature was was below freezing outside. At the training center there are 4 charge points so I happily connected the car and was going to stay in the car listening to the radio and...

This morning I started the car for the first time at cold temperatures (0 C). My normal commute is 15 km one way and I can charge the car at work so I do all I can to avoid having ICE start. My normal procedure is to always switch the heater to 15C when I park the car and have ventilation off...

With winter coming I have modified the keyfob to start the remote heater, which seems to work in turning it on. I previously used the phone app to do this and I have also used the MMCS in the car to set the remote heater to start. And now comes the questions, how does the remote heater really...

Thought I should share my experience of driving the MY16 PHEV during a south European vacation for almost 4 weeks. Driving distance was +8000 km with 4 days of more than 1000 km per day. Car was fully loaded (in all honesty probably overweight) with 3 adults, full camping gear, 3 mountain-bikes...

I have a 2016 car and during the summer vacation we are touring Germany, France and Spain. Allthough the MM navigator has a truly horrible user interface we have used it and after fiddling in the correct address it works OK. A few days ago driving south in Germany I relised I had made up...

Hi I would prefer to be able to use 16A when charging my PHEV at home. Having looked into the IEC standard on what the box on the cable does it does a number of safety functions. The most important being turning on the power only after the PHEV has been connected and saying that I am ready to...