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I’ve been running 225/60-R18 all-season tires and 235/55-R18 studded winter tires since about 50,000 miles, on my 2018 GT PHEV. There has been no issue other than slight speedometer inaccuracy. The car has been in almost constant use as my fulltime Uber vehicle since new, so goes through...

I guess it’s a quirk of the charging management system. Going uphill with 4WD Lock on, in Charge mode, the battery does not charge. But if I take 4WD Lock off, the rear motor continues to be used, but now the battery charges. I don’t use ECO mode unless no other traffic and wide open road...

I have driven the (US model, I’m in Seattle) 2023 PHEV only once, but have owned a 2018 PHEV since new. The 2018 is EPA-rated at 26 mpg and this is exactly what you will get on the freeway at 60 mph if you just keep it in the default D gear and don’t use Charge mode and start out with a...

Shortly after purchasing my 2018 US PHEV (GT trim level) new, I too noticed the burning rubber smell after I drove on the I-5 freeway at 60 to 70 mph with 4WD Lock on, in Charge mode, with braking regen strength B5, attempting to quickly charge the battery pack. Soon thereafter I needed to...

Update, Thursday January 19 2023. The dealership mechanic has given up. The DBCAM fails because cell # 38 refuses to charge beyond 3.892 volts. Question: can anyone point me to a diagram of the 2018 PHEV’s lithium battery pack, which will show me which cell # 38 is?

Another idea has occurred to me. If the donor car was, as it appears, t-boned in the left rear door…and, if the impact made the rear of the car violently rotate counterclockwise…I wonder if that sudden jarring might have disconnected a harness connection inside the lithium battery pack? Does...

Thanks very much for your replies. It is now Friday night, 30 minutes after the dealership’s closing time. The last DBCAM failed, throwing PHEV error codes P3026 (“Each Cell VOLT.difference [038]”) and P0A80 (“Cell fail”), and BMU error codes P3026 (“Each Cell VOLT.difference [038]”) and P1AC6...

Thanks very much for replying. Choosing the best 80 of the cells might have been a good idea, but the new-to-me battery pack is already installed. The dealership charged me US $903 for performing the swap. I do still have the old battery pack. There is one company locally which supplies...

Hi everyone, my name is Phil, I’m in Seattle. I’ve been lurking here about a week, and have watched some of the the 3-year-old videos by Andy/bert in Australia. I own an iPhone, not Android, cellphone, so do not have PHEVWatchdog, nor have I ever held a MUT in my hands, only seen pictures of it...