[*]Hi all, thanks for a great forum. It’s been a big part of deciding to find my first Outlander
Decided on going for the 2019 2.4 and found a likely candidate with 20k miles on the clock at a dealer. The vehicle is in good condition with full service history, but had very low main battery when we viewed. Before we test drove, we were in playing with various electronics at which point warning messages started popping up on the dash:
EV system service required stop safely
Brake system service required
ASC system service required
BSW service required
All flashed up, then, after a time, the console flashed on and off a few times and then died entirely
I felt for the salesperson who seemed like a genuinely nice guy (regardless of it being a big red flag for me, it’s obviously not what you want when selling) who went off to speak to the mechanics and returned to say that it was due to the little 12v auxiliary battery being low on charge, perhaps from being sat for awhile.
Obviously my first thought was - I’m looking at a secondhand car, warning lights have come on, obviously I’m going to run in the opposite direction swiftly and look at other options, but from doing some research online, it does seem like these warning lights is a fairly common indicator of when the small lead acid battery is on its way out, or is simply very low on charge.
This thread shows someone with similar issues. https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5114&sid=c0023a3f6e199f008377dcca1143a659&start=10
The vendor has agreed to fit a new lead acid battery, which obviously if this is the only issue, is actually a good thing to get as they’re not cheap from what I understand.
So I wanted to ask, as usually as I mentioned I’d run away from a used car with warning lights, but given that the vehicle looks good otherwise. (We test drove it once they’d jumped it and it drove well- we did it in B3 mode mainly but on a short run it didn’t give much charge)
I’m going to view again when the new aux battery is fitted. If the warning lights come on again, then obviously I’ll walk away, but if they’re not, I’m thinking I’ll still consider it.
Is this a crazy decision, or am I right from googling that these problems are exactly what may come from a faulty aux battery and not necessarily or an indicator of bigger issues (like the means of charging the aux batt being faulty)?
One more question. I ran the Phev watchdog app on our test drive which the dealer suggested we do under B3 to give the main batt a little charge. The main batt didn’t show much (but I think if the aux batt is kaput, this may inhibit the ability to charge the main batt in B3? Could be wrong) and on return the app showed this screen. Any thoughts?
Thanks so much for any help.
https://flic.kr/p/2ogFQHA
Decided on going for the 2019 2.4 and found a likely candidate with 20k miles on the clock at a dealer. The vehicle is in good condition with full service history, but had very low main battery when we viewed. Before we test drove, we were in playing with various electronics at which point warning messages started popping up on the dash:
EV system service required stop safely
Brake system service required
ASC system service required
BSW service required
All flashed up, then, after a time, the console flashed on and off a few times and then died entirely
I felt for the salesperson who seemed like a genuinely nice guy (regardless of it being a big red flag for me, it’s obviously not what you want when selling) who went off to speak to the mechanics and returned to say that it was due to the little 12v auxiliary battery being low on charge, perhaps from being sat for awhile.
Obviously my first thought was - I’m looking at a secondhand car, warning lights have come on, obviously I’m going to run in the opposite direction swiftly and look at other options, but from doing some research online, it does seem like these warning lights is a fairly common indicator of when the small lead acid battery is on its way out, or is simply very low on charge.
This thread shows someone with similar issues. https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5114&sid=c0023a3f6e199f008377dcca1143a659&start=10
The vendor has agreed to fit a new lead acid battery, which obviously if this is the only issue, is actually a good thing to get as they’re not cheap from what I understand.
So I wanted to ask, as usually as I mentioned I’d run away from a used car with warning lights, but given that the vehicle looks good otherwise. (We test drove it once they’d jumped it and it drove well- we did it in B3 mode mainly but on a short run it didn’t give much charge)
I’m going to view again when the new aux battery is fitted. If the warning lights come on again, then obviously I’ll walk away, but if they’re not, I’m thinking I’ll still consider it.
Is this a crazy decision, or am I right from googling that these problems are exactly what may come from a faulty aux battery and not necessarily or an indicator of bigger issues (like the means of charging the aux batt being faulty)?
One more question. I ran the Phev watchdog app on our test drive which the dealer suggested we do under B3 to give the main batt a little charge. The main batt didn’t show much (but I think if the aux batt is kaput, this may inhibit the ability to charge the main batt in B3? Could be wrong) and on return the app showed this screen. Any thoughts?
Thanks so much for any help.
https://flic.kr/p/2ogFQHA
