Recent content by msmatt

Nice job! I hope I never need it, but glad to have the information if I do.

I have a similar one from Amazon. Any Level 2 charger should charge the car in about 3.5 hours.

I don't have the bill anymore but I believe they were the "FloorLiner" , regular, not HP. I only bought the front liners, back seat passengers are rare. 2018 was the first year in Canada so they may not go further back.

I bought WeatherTech mats for my 2018. They are the waterproof tray style and fit like a glove. Not the cheapest though.

That triggered my interest, so I did spend a few minutes googling "PHEV ICE running in cold weather in Norway". I didn't get any hits from Norway, but the search turned up a blog from Sweden. The entry was from 2016, here are some excerpts: "....I had had my Outlander in garage overnight where...

I fully understand your disappointment as I am in the same situation. My 2018 did not force-start the ICE in the first winter either. It was a design (software) change by Mitsubishi, done after I had already owned the car for many months that gave me this "feature". Any research we could have...

I usually hover my foot over the brake pedal, just in case, while I wait for the car in front to pull away. Luckily this situation is not frequent enough to get anyone car sick! It happens most in the "fast" lane of the highway and a good indication that I should move to the right where traffic...

Another reason to select B5 is unrelated to regen efficiency - quicker braking when you are in stop and go or busy traffic (especially if you don't have ACC/FCA). With full regen, just the act of releasing the accelerator starts braking a fraction of a second sooner. The overall reaction time is...

I have the OEM trailer hitch . I mainly wanted it to mount a bike carrier, but I was surprised that it has a 2" receiver. That size is usually associated with Class 3 hitches which go well above 3500 lbs. I suspect the OEM hitch is quite capable of 1500kg, but for some reason Mitsubishi decided...

I'm in the same boat. First winter in 2018 was fine, EV most of the time, I just had to make sure not to turn on the heater. Now it's lots of cold starts where the ICE barely warms up. It's at 56,000 km and 78% battery SOH. I read an article where someone in Europe was claiming PHEV's contribute...

I recently was browsing on Amazon and happened across some silicone wedding bands. It turns out that a women's size 4 ring fits the radio knob quite well. Ring size 4 has an internal diameter of 14.8mm and the stock knob in my car has a 15mm diameter. Now it is much easier to grip and turn. The...

Google says: "P0A45 OBD-II: Drive Motor "B" Position Sensor Circuit The hybrid control module uses sensors to determine the position of the hybrid motor's internal components. If the hybrid control module determines there is a fault in the position sensor, the engine control module will set...

As long as it's not too cold and the battery is not fully charged, putting it in Charge Mode usually makes it switch to parallel mode. I do that going up hills on the highway since it keeps the ICE from revving too high. It doesn't actually charge much uphill as most of the ICE power goes to...

I've got a Duosida as well for my 2018 PHEV, and it's also much tighter than the 120V Mitsubishi one. It has gotten somewhat easier to connect with a few years of usage. I tried sanding the outer housing at one point but I don't think it helped much. I didn't find a way to work on the internal...

Sounds like it it's not booting up properly, maybe the memory was corrupted somehow. Just for fun you could try Google Translate with the camera on your phone to translate the Japanese to English, then search that error message.