Recent content by Johny451

You don't even have to press park. Turning off does that too.

As someone else said. It sounds like an earth fault at the power point. Plug it in somewhere else (no car) and see if the fault persists.

China is a big country. "They know what they are doing" might cover some of the better manufacturers but not, I fear, those who sell though AliExpress. My dealing with them have been suss. The PHEV charge profile would be quite wrong for a LiFePO4 battery so you are risking life and limb here...

Very weird. In Australia the 2014 PHEV is rated at 1500kg braked with a 150kg maximum ball weight which is reasonable.1500kg is about 3300lb. Seems to me there is a huge mistake in the USA (and other) manuals.

Sure https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating&ved=2ahUKEwiH7P3sjLaEAxVhUGwGHZQ5DdEQFnoECBIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0EmftIRuiHR4MD8We81KR8

Folk should really read science based information in why petroleum has octane ratings. Higher octane than an engine requires is just burning money.

When you charge the traction battery the 12V battery gets charged as well.

When it starts the petrol motor. There is no 12v starter motor in the PHEV. The generator under the bonnet is used to start the petrol motor so there needs to be some battery left to do this a few times.

Wow. Exactly the opposite. I will point out that b5 is a little harsh for drivers behind you and there is no brake light warning (at least on the 2014).

Great for towing...

I strongly recommend you purchase an OBD2 dongle and use EvBatMon or Phev watchdog to actually see what is going on with your battery. Knowledge will help and quite possibly save the car.

On this topic. I have a 2014 PHEV (in Australia) that only has Fog lights down low - no DRLs. Does anyone know if these https://www.stedi.com.au/boost-integrated-driving-light-to-suit-type-a-fogs.html are essentially a drop-in replacement? I realise I may have to run the wiring for the DRLs -...

No, not turtle mode, but a previous trip made me aware that once the battery bars are gone, demanding lots of power DOES cause turtle mode. Agreed. But when you demand lots of power like that and it switches to series mode, most of it still comes from the battery. I'm not really after an expert...

One additional point. In REALLY hilly country where you are down to 60-70km/h it's not a problem. The ICE is free to rev as high as it likes to generate lots of elecyricity - series mode.

SAVE and CHARGE do exactly the same thing when towing and you hit a hill or two. It just can't keep the battery charged. I only slow to 70km/h when the battery is almost fully depleted. Happy to contact Andy - how?