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Well, had the service done yesterday. They are still mystified as to why it started saying 'maintenance due now' early. But the service book is stamped correctly, and if it pings up early again next year I will drop in and ask them to reset it.

I just spoke to my dealer. They are mystified; the only control they have is to tell the car that a service hs been carried out, and that tells the computer that it has 12500 miles and 364 days to go. They cannot explain why the car is showing that the service is already due when I have both...

Are dealers able to change the mileage remaining until the next service with any degree of control? I thought that only option they had was to tell the car that a service has just been carrried out and re-set the clock from that point. If they are able to go in at a later date and override the...

Hi Jaap. I'm not at all worried about the car - I understand that there's no real risk to running a few days late! My concern is that, having covered 11500 miles over 50 weeks (and therefore not having run the last service interval down) the car is indicating it's overdue. If it does this...

I think it's possible we've misunderstood each other, Richard - are you saying that, with 1000 miles to go, your car starts to say that a service will be due soon? That's what I expected mine to do, and what I think I remember from last year. My worry is that this year, with just under 1000...

Thanks Richard. So yours comes on (as in, every time you start the car you get the 'routine maintenance needed' message) as soon as you're within 1000 miles of it actually being due? That ties in with mine - I am almost exactly 1000 miles off. Weird that I didn't notice this last year. I...

Hi all I had my first service carried out on time, on 13th Nov '17, at 11,300 miles. The second was carried out on 12th Nov '18 at 23,800 miles. It's 30th October 2019, my car is at 35300 miles, and the service indicator has switched from telling me it's due soon to telling it's due now. I...

So, just to provide closure to this thread (and as a service to anyone else who finds themselves in the same boat): My lease company, most unsurprisingly, instructed me to take the replacement charger. It's identical to the old one, but thankfully doesn't seem to be heating up like the old one...

I think my plan of action is: 1) write to lease company and explain the situation. They did give me permission to change the plug, but faced with Mitsubishi threatening to invalidate warranty I am quite sure they will instruct me to accept the new charger. 2) write to Mitsubishi to ascertain...

So I did the obvious thing and replaced the plug, once I had permission to do so from the lease company who technically own the car. Problem utterly solved: it no longer gets hot while charging. Having removed it I examined the old plug and found that parts of it had internally melted around...

So. My lease company were perfectly happy for me to replace the plug myself. I've just given the car a full charge, and it is barely warm - the old one would have been really quite hot by the end of the process. It is utterly clear to me that the original plug has been faulty right from day...

Thanks for all the advice. It's a good (£25) socket from MK; I guess they are not immune to manufacturing errors, though. I've just run the charger for ten minutes; plug became noticeably warm. I then ran a 2000w heater for the same time; this was significantly less warm. The fuse is...

Cheers, Jaap. I've just ipcked the car up; photo of the problem below. It looks to me like the fault is the plug itself, and nothing 'further down' the chain. The dealer showed me a bulletin from Mitsubishi, explicitly stating that this problem (with a very similarly burned plug) was not to...

Morning all I've a 66 plate PHEV, which is on a three year lease. I charge it daily on a regular IP66 13A socket I had installed on my driveway. The charge cable plug has always got quite hot when charging. There is a hook to hang it from, as per instructions. I've just spotted that the...

Thanks, both. I have a GX3+ so no touchscreen! Astonishingly annoying if the lack of touchscreen means there's no way I can see these data. An energy monitor on the socket might indeed be simplest.

Can you tell me how to make it show this? I've just spent a very frustrating ten minutes jabbing at the controls.

Hi all After much faff, I've actually ordered a new GX3+ on lease hire, arriving in a week or so. Thanks for all the help so far. One new question: when charging, does the app have the capability to tell you how many kWh have been delivered from the mains each day? I have a slightly OCD-ish...

I agree that electric seats are a bit of a gimmick - I'm the only one who'll drive this so I just need to set it up right and leave it! I was only valuing the powered seat when I thought it included lumbar support... My dealer is getting a 5h in for me to try, just in case that seat is somehow...

Cheers, all. This is making my decision even trickier! I don't really want to shell out for a GX5... I almost wonder if I'm better off saving some money by going for a lower spec car, and then treating myself to a retrofit lumbar support afterwards.

Thanks, all. The GX4h doesn't have adjustable lumbar support? Dammit. I read '8-way powered seat' and assumed it would. Hmm. Will have to try one very carefully - I've only driven a GX3+ so far.