VW ID.3

A guy on twitter had issues with a Leaf 40 similar to Rusky Rusky....

In that Leaf case - it went to a particular Nissan site in UK* that had special training.

But there was a lot of faff involved as Nissan wouldn't accept the leafspy info.

Took a few goes to get it improved.

Its a learning curve for the dealers and manufacturers.

At normal dealer level id expect them to swop out the full pack.

The problem with changing cells is that you need (as i understand it) to balance the new cells to match the not faulty cells already on the car.

*it might have been a Nissan dealer with a specialist guy as opposed to Nissan themselves - the point is more that its not a standard issue dealer skill.

‘He also mentioned that he sees it dropping when he turns the car on, without even driving it!!....’

i get this sometimes too, should I be worried? I assume it was just the gom recalculating based on my last driving?

Agreed, the only reason that the same issue bugs me is that it defaults back from Sport.

Eco throttles the power. Battery life tested the 0-100 times when he got his car and eco was ab 2s slower. You can def feel dampened throttle response in eco mode. There was no difference in 0-100 kph between comfort and sport modes.

Someone in fb group mentioned that cells were replaced on some cars in Belgium.

Hi,

Looking to do, Galway-Dublin return next week, personally I enjoy the stop in Athlone to break things up. However on the return leg, that isnt ideal. Just looking for people experience on good, easy fast chargers that are reliable. Will be around the M50 (north side), not going near the city.

I charged from 18 to 91% today almost 42kwh. That would give me around 57.5 kWh full battery. 18k driven in nearly 3 years.

Was your 18 to 91 percent charge at Ionity Cashel then?????.

All 4 units were kaput (as Bjorn Neyland would say) on Saturday evening when someone went to use them.

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Just did a return trip Cork Dublin in my disabled ID.3. Had a good weather last Friday on the way to Dublin, sunny, 20-21C, tail wind. Stopped at portlaoise plaza for a snack and a top up. 176km at 100kmh gps speed (avg 90kph) and 56% soc. Calc 14x1.76/0.54=45.6kWh battery estimate. Topped up from 46% to 80% - 17.17Kwh charged.

Continued my journey to Dublin. Complete stats - 263km, 83kmh avg speed, 13.7kWh consumption, total soc used 77%. Calc 13.7x2.63/0.77=46.8kWh. I do suspect that soc is not linear which adds errors into calculation as I have not gone below 40% soc due to the topup.

On the return leg last sunday, the weather was not as pleasant due to strong headwind and rain showers all the way to cork. As expected this negatively effected my consumption. I drove to Cashel to eat and top up at 50kw charger as I wasn't sure that remaining 42% soc and 148km GOM would be enough to drive 100km home. Calc 16.1x1.64/0.58=45.5kWh. Charged from 42% to 65% - 12.08kWh.

Got home with 30% SOC. Total stats 265km, 16.2kWh/100km, 79kmh av speed, 93%SOC used. Theoretically i couldve made home without charging but it want worth the risk. 16.2x2.65/0.93=46.2kWh.

So all back of envelope calculations yet again point out that the battery is not well.

Dirt on the windscreen near the sensor?

It’s not always. It’s literally random. That’s what makes it annoying. You can go 2 weeks in one mode and then just switches. I’m on 2.3 s as well but this has been going on since I got the car (first edition). It’s something in the software. Too bad vw doesn’t let you log faults in their software