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My car actually does that several time during charging, not just at the end

6 Weeks seems a bit long.. there are daily flights from Japan.

Don't forget about the rear motor coolant, it needs to be changed every 20 years according to the schedule..... :D

The traction battery would not go totally flat, even sitting there for two years. Li-Ion has a very low self discharge rate and when the car is turned off, there is a solenoid that disconnects it, so there would be very little parasitic drain.

The one I have is branded AutoXS. It does allow the selection of CCA capacity as well as whether it is in or out of the vehicle.

I do have one of those testers... Also thought they are a great idea, mine even tells me what the internal resistance is in milliohms... great, until the battery in my big car died.... After I replaced it, I decided to recharge the old one and this gadget pronounced it good even though it can...

I'd be careful with that load tester if it is one that puts a real load on it.. it is not a starter battery and drawing a hundred A, as many load testers do, would not be a good idea to do repeatedly. Theoretically, this battery should last a very long time unless it is deep discharged a few...

It really is not that difficult at all, as the full charge and endpoint are well known, as well as the energy consumed to get there and back. The BMU in my experience is actually quite accurate, provided the car is regularly fully charged from a power point. The only time where it may be...

Alex, you will find that the battery is actually not allowed to go much below 3.8V, I once measured a cell voltage of 3.79 and the SOC displayed was 25%. In fact at the 30% where the engine normally kicks in, the cell voltage is still well over 3.8V(3.84) in my car. It probably gets down to your...

for a little while :D

The answer is no. In fact, once the stale fuel warning is triggered, the engine will start every time you use the car, until you have added about 15l to the tank. So, if it happens when your tank is already full you might have to drive about 200km so you can put that much in.

My 2014 model draws less than 5W when it is full charged. Do you have heated seats that may be turned on?

Yes, that is one way to look at it, however, doing a small software upgrade or even replacing a little box that is easy to get at, one would think that would be done. Certainly far less trouble to fix than the DSG.

The BMU knows EXACTLY how much energy goes into a battery. The charge cut-off on Li-Ion batteries is well defined and while a battery COULD be charged to more than the nominal value, i.e. charging to 4.2V/cell rather than 4.1, the BMU will stop the charge once the current has dropped to a...

There is no way the BMU can tell how much charge each individual cell has received and balancing is absolutely necessary in Li-ion battery packs. I think the BMU is actually quite accurate, the only time it will deviate significantly from the real SOH is if the car is exclusively charged from a...

It looks like you just flattened the aux 12V battery.... you should be able to jump start it. The procedure is in the manual.

There is no "digital maintenance"... the actual work to be performed at each service is easily done by any competent workshop and is in fact very basic as shown in the service schedule. Not sure how they justify the money they charge for this (actually I am sure the really can't). The only thing...

When you select MANUAL it will show you the fuel consumption since the last reset (which may well be since the car was delivered), in auto it resets every 4 hours.

There seems to be a refusal to accept that batteries do in fact degrade.....

I would keep a very close eye on that. Refrigerant would not just disappear without a leak and running the compressor dry could cost big money if it isn't already damaged.