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The OP does not have CHAdeMo Fast Charging on their car: I could not find any CHAdeMo stations in the US nearby that were anywhere close to economical to use relative to just buying fuel, probably similar in other countries; these DCFC stations seem to often be priced by the minute, with the...

Both the air cleaner housing 1500A731 and air inlet cover 1500A701 do not seem to cross over to other models, at least not US Mitsubishi models - but a crossover part to another model was my first thought too. It is quite possible that the size of the box and the filter shape was engineered...

I'm in the US we don't have the cordless/socketed public charging so this isn't from direct experience, but what I found is you'd use a type 2 to type 1 cable like this style - https://store.jetcharge.com.au/products/type-2-to-type-1-lead?variant=18459079311419

The car has been tested extensively by the manufacturer and third parties in similar conditions, seems to perform well overall!

Trip 4: April 2024 Conditions: 37-55F (2.8 to 12.8C), 15mph crosswinds departure trip, 10mph headwind last 4 hrs. return trip Drive Mode: Normal, 67-68mph cruise speeds Worst Tank: 29.3 MPGus (8.03 L/100km, 35.19 MPGuk) Best Tank: 39.45 MPGus (5.96 L/100km, 47.38 MPGuk) (~15% electric...

You can use an app like PlugShare to find all the nearby Type 2 connections in Australia, these are different than the DC fast chargers like CHAdeMo, but often they are lower cost or even free in some locations like car parks, rest areas, roadhouse, motels and hotels. You can even take your...

Very nice work! I need to get the MUT-III myself so I can do my own DBCAM and other diagnostics as required, and perhaps eventually do CMU/cell module replacements if/when needed. I already have at least one J2534 VCI cable for other uses, I'd need to test it with the driver that is for sale...

That is the kit for the non-PHEV. This is the PHEV kit: https://www.curtmfg.com/part/56412 The correct kit has the red wire attached to the black box with enough length to attach to the 12V battery. It says "excluding Canadian models" though, I'm not sure why exactly...

It does, as long as the other conditions are met, warm enough battery, high enough speed, etc. But, it also stays in parallel in Normal mode too, as long as those same conditions are met, so either mode works the same for highway use, except Normal is the "easier" default I suppose. What I'm...

I actually bookmarked this post from Trex where he noted that the fuel economy does seem to drop above 5 bars on the Energy Flow display, so I think this is a good thought to keep in mind; probably why Normal mode is ending up as the best case, or near best case highway mode on the drives I've...

Yup, if only there was a simple selection for parallel only mode! Also, it shouldn't have taken so long to determine that Save mode is actually utterly useless on this car, perhaps it only locks out parallel mode on a degraded battery, but at any rate it has no use case I can think of other...

I recently bought a used 2019 with ~68,000 miles (110,000km) on the clock for use this summer as a sort of test mule to determine if the newer 2023+ Outlander PHEV might be right for our next longer term car. I am using this as a backup commuter and a highway trip car, and will be testing long...

Your dealer is misinformed. More information was provided by Trex here: https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/threads/technical-graphs-and-images.1278/post-13908

No doubt it would be cheaper, but the A/C wouldn't work much of the time, and the car itself would shut down if the battery got too hot while the engine is off, which is when the battery usually warms up due to higher discharge rates - it's a complete non-starter to use an engine-driven...

There are lots of bad shops, they surely outnumber the good ones by a large margin... This is one of the reasons I do my own work when possible, as even (especially) dealerships are often very high up the list of just how bad, a bad shop, can be! This is apparently a luxury of the US legal...