Recent content by mort

I would be happy to join you and others in this pursuit of being compensated for a vehicle that does not perform as described as well as the way we were treated when bringing this issue to Mitsubishis attention. I have multiple documents and a paper trail of the entire miserable experience...

We purchased a 2023 Ford Lightning XLT. It is fantastic! And despite what you read it is the best towing vehicle I’ve ever owned.

God I wish my PHEV , had that problem! I ended up selling it because it had the opposite problem.

You are not alone, I tried all of these so called remedies for over 4 years, nothing worked. Our PHEV became a low mpg Prius in the mild PNW winter. The only solution was to sell it and buy a vehicle that worked as advertised. Now I’m finally happy.

Dude, I can’t express my level of understanding for your frustration. In our experiance it was not an update, it was related to time. Without updates the problem got worse by 2-5 degrees F with every year. It is not true of all PHEV’s our Volt never suffered from this. This is an outlander...

Well I’m back, Now the 18 PHEV will not stay in EV mode with ambient temperatures below 55. Vehicle still drives 21 miles when it is eventually in all electric so it’s likely not battery degradation. Mitsubishi service refuses to admit a design flaw. Mitsubishi wants me to pay $600 for...

Yeah it’s really hard for some people on this forum to understand that some of us like to do shit on the weekends that requires a longer drive than our short daily commutes. Annually I commute around 4000 miles a year this is well with in the range of the EV traction battery. But we put 10000...

No it’s every morning. And this afternoon it was 55 Fahrenheit 13 C ambient. Car parked in the sun, 75 F 21 C inside the cab and in EV mode, no HVAC, 75% SOC, Light throttle, ICE starts at 12 MPH. I immediately pulled over as I was just going to the store 3/4 of a mile, power cycled the...

Kpetrov, There is a small audible relay click that comes from the fuse box in the passenger cabin just forward and to the left of the drivers knee whenever the ICE starts or stops. I have been unable to locate this relay. I am curious as to whether or not you have attempted to mod or remove...

Now getting cold starts when simply crossing from one side of a parking lot to another in 54° ambient temperatures. Took PHEV into the service department they installed three updates and took care of the seatbelt recall. The next morning the vehicle did not start at 38 but later that day it was...

Same thing again! Left to go home for lunch, outside 50 F. All same settings. ICE fires again at 15 MPH runs for 5 miles at 45 MPH.

I will receive the socket today and wire the remote switch to control the relay coil. Today's Bullshit commute. Preheated cabin for 30 min. fully charged battery. outside temp: 45 EV mode selected. Eco selected. HVAC turned all the way to low and turned off. light throttle applied. ICE starts...

Thanks for the ideas, I am wiring a remote switch today. I have tried this approach by both pulling the relay and the Main Eng Fuse, this seems to produce the exact same results. I believe the fuse will allow easier wiring so I'm going that route. The question I have is whether you have used the...

Have you perfected the ice start command algorithm yet? Every year my 2017 PHEV ice starts at a higher outside ambient temp. The following conditions occur: 1.No use of cabin heater 2. Immediate selection of EV button 3. Immediate selection of ECO button 4.SOC 100% 5. Preheat makes no...

This occurrence was so random happening some mornings and not others even with the same variables, even happening after charging the car to full at work on days in the upper 40’s. I called the dealership, they have informed me that it is a known error with the software and have an update to stop...