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Some further observations. When I started charging 2 days ago, slow charger at home with only 2km range left, I had a cell difference of up to 0.022V ! I haven't been charging up to 100% for a year now to reduce cell degradation. It is a known fact with all Lithium batteries to never store at...

Got the ThinkDiag dongle today. Heaps of U0100CAN Timeouts and a few unrelated codes, likely caused with the faulty 12V auxiliary battery many years ago, but this one is scary: PHEV 2 problems exist 1.U0100 Engine CAN TimeoutStored 2.P1A31 Cell Voltage High(BMU)Stored...

10 years of Australian heat, 108,000km, still 30km range in and around town, barely 18km on the highway. Just started with nasty RBS warnings but is currently working again. I use it almost only as an EV but I only recently found out that Australians haven't grasped the concept of a PHEV. It...

Car drove fine today over somewhat bumpy roads, lots of braking and me deliberately switching the ICE on and off. No rain expected for at least a week. Found a 70A relay in my local Supercheap Auto store with the same pinout, so I pulled the original R5 relay, powered up but did not get the...

Found some interesting info here from member Pilot and it is not an isolated incident: https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/threads/ev-system-service-required-after-100-mile-drive-stranded.6534/page-2 One of the relays disables the ICE and kicks errors but no mention of limp mode. However worn relay...

Introduction: This is a 2014 model with 108,000 km on the clock. It is driven 98% of the time as an EV, always charged from home using a slow charger. Up to now it has never shown any problem when driving purely electric where I use the regenerative braking a lot, I try not to touch the brake...

Thanks Andy. I will try pulling the fuses for the horn and the security horn when I have to leave the car for a few days. It is in a fairly safe spot but the geckos are all over the place and sometimes hitch a ride, so there is a chance of one crawling over a sensor when I am gone and I have a...

Does anybody know why this doesn't work for some and a solution? I have an Australian model 2014

There has been a recall for replacement 12V batteries from Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL). I replaced mine myself ensuring that the breather hose is firmly connected and the battery is firmly mounted. At the end of the the letter it states that I have the option to purchase a...

Also check the sunshade mirror light, should go off automatically but you only know if you check. Installing a dashcam can be a real PITA with this car. In my case the dashcam switches off after 20 minutes after I park and it it detects no motion. But the step down converter from 12v to 5V (USB...

I am driving a late 2014 model so what I write may not be applicable to the newer models mentioned here. Also the ICE must have been running about one minute before it will switch to parallel mode. As I mostly (99% of the time) drive in EV mode I am weary about demanding a lot of power/revs...

I own my warranty expired PHEV for little over a year and so far have driven about 300km( in words three hundred) on petrol. What would need to be serviced?

Ha Ha, we needed a spammer to get some proper info to this question. I agree about the battery removal, which would be similar to leaving the lights on over night or something, that it can never invalidate warranty. I know it took 6 months after I tried the Lynquist method (leaving AUX battery...

I can't drive much over 80km/h up a hill in EV mode either. That is highway, not steep incline. If the ICE is cold it won't switch back to EV easily until it has warmed up. You must consider that pure EV is only 60kW to move over 2 tonnes up a hill.