Recent content by AndyInOz

Yes, in older models at least. It's a different style, and connects to the car via wifi.

Hahah! This is my favourite topic. Check for heating timers. My car was losing power from the traction battery, because a previous owner (or perhaps the dealer) had set timers to heat my car twice per day. This uses quite a lot of power from the traction battery. :)

It's probably worth looking to see if that air box suits other Mitsubishi models. In manufacturing, if you can use one component to suit multiple models, then you do so, because it reduces your overheads. In this case, I'm prepared to guess that the same box is used on different models, and...

I have a favourite story about these 'guessometers'... My brother towed a trailer carrying a huge water tank out into the country. Naturally that seriously reduced the instantaneous mileage of his car. All the way home, his guessometer kept increasing the range remaining as if petrol was being...

I was assuming that rocket switch may be another name for 'missile switch'... Here's a local autoparts store that calls them rocket/missile switches: https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/aeroflow-red-covered-missile-switch/SPO3817894.html

Noice.

Hiya, Yes, the reversing camera is automatic, but you may not have one. I don't think that folding mirrors were an option for the PHEV in 2014 (in Australia). If you have the powered boot, there should be a suspicious bulge on the left hand side rear pillar and a metal arm that pushes the...

One thing to check is the sequence of steps you are using. I believe the steps are supposed to be: 1. Plug the charger box into the power supply. 2. Turn the charger box on. 3. Plug the charger into the car. When you perform step 3. make sure that you hear/feel the click of the plug when it...

It may be a convention that was established with earlier, manual transmission vehicles. To me, it has seemed natural, since I first started driving vehicles with floor shifts. Pressing a button to put the vehicle in 'Park' surprised me, but now it happens automatically. (Park button...

Getting this fixed in a couple of weeks, along with the regular service. They asked me to confirm which 'dust boots' had died, so I had a look. The boots on the shock absorbers, inside the front springs, have absolutely collapsed. I'm stunned that they are in such bad condition. It looks like...

For the car to be in parallel mode all the time, you'd need an extra gearbox on the engine.

Well... Here in Oz. If you're in the middle of nowhere, you tow a trailer with many spare wheels and tires, or have them on your roof rack. Everywhere else, places that sell tyres also offer roadside repair/replacement and it's a significant part of their business. You don't destroy your tyre...

Once you've had to deal with a few AI posts, they become more obvious, along these lines: Lots of words, apparently in the right order, but subtle, weird, non-human mistakes, and no value added by the post.

Four out of four posts were AI generated noise. End of user.

That is managed by the car's software, which protects the battery by maintaining 'headroom' between full charge on the display and actual full charge in the battery. However, some people use various 'reset methods' to defeat that protection, so there's no guarantees...