occ
Well-known member
I'd like to get some mnl expert advice here.
Recently, I noticed that my third fuel bar disappeared very quickly. In the summer, I use to see about 5.5 to 6 miles before any bars disappeared. Now on my latest drive (yesterday), my third bar disappeared in about 2 miles!
/bar Running
1st bar ~ 4.5 4.5
2nd bar ~ 5 9.5
3rd bar ~ 2 11 !!
..
4th bar ~ 5 I think...I stop noticing
This was yesterday's run:
full lvl2 charge
total 67 miles (7 miles stop/go; 60 miles freeway, 45 of those miles at 60-65mph, 15 of those at 55mph - was getting range anxious)
1 mile into "very low bat warning" at end of trip
dash avg 4.5 mi/kwh (reset when this 67 miles trip started)
55degF (dash temp)
There were 2 off/on during the trip (stopped twice from full charge). This was early in the run.
absolutely no climate control - I knew I was stretching range that night.
I did wish I had the GID meter yesterday.
I started noticing 3rd bar's anomaly for about 2 months now...I had thought it was normal and that it would go away once the car does its battery balancing cycle. BTW, my charge timer is mixed, 3 days to 80%, 4 days to 100% every week for year and a half now.
I did have the update in June'12 when I went in for my 1yr battery check. But I'm pretty sure I had normal 5-6miles/bar since then until recently. I know that not all the bars are even, but the third bar seems way off (I thought there was a thread about this, but can't seem to find it).
Anyways, any insight would be appreciated!
(edit: oops..sorry, sorry I meant to put this in general discussion..how to move it?)
(edit: added line about no climate control)
Recently, I noticed that my third fuel bar disappeared very quickly. In the summer, I use to see about 5.5 to 6 miles before any bars disappeared. Now on my latest drive (yesterday), my third bar disappeared in about 2 miles!
/bar Running
1st bar ~ 4.5 4.5
2nd bar ~ 5 9.5
3rd bar ~ 2 11 !!
..
4th bar ~ 5 I think...I stop noticing
This was yesterday's run:
full lvl2 charge
total 67 miles (7 miles stop/go; 60 miles freeway, 45 of those miles at 60-65mph, 15 of those at 55mph - was getting range anxious)
1 mile into "very low bat warning" at end of trip
dash avg 4.5 mi/kwh (reset when this 67 miles trip started)
55degF (dash temp)
There were 2 off/on during the trip (stopped twice from full charge). This was early in the run.
absolutely no climate control - I knew I was stretching range that night.
I did wish I had the GID meter yesterday.
I started noticing 3rd bar's anomaly for about 2 months now...I had thought it was normal and that it would go away once the car does its battery balancing cycle. BTW, my charge timer is mixed, 3 days to 80%, 4 days to 100% every week for year and a half now.
I did have the update in June'12 when I went in for my 1yr battery check. But I'm pretty sure I had normal 5-6miles/bar since then until recently. I know that not all the bars are even, but the third bar seems way off (I thought there was a thread about this, but can't seem to find it).
Anyways, any insight would be appreciated!
(edit: oops..sorry, sorry I meant to put this in general discussion..how to move it?)
(edit: added line about no climate control)