Recent content by Lovemyev

Surely if you have a dongle you can see your battery SOH on there 🤷🏻.

We live in a relatively small village and I was shocked to see another S5 in blue, pull alongside me at the school a few months ago !. I have seen another white S5 using a rapid charger at a local hotel close by and spotted a black one, parked up in a supermarket only last week. Not seen a red...

We made a trip on Monday up and over to Harlech. The weather was not great and the wind was strong and cold. Normally, we would only have the heater on for a short time, but that day it was on for the whole journey, both there and back !. It’s about 55-60 miles and we had consumed roughly about...

I agree, I don’t find our S5 to be over thirsty tbh. Although using the cabin heater in cold weather does absolutely murder the range. But this standard fair really. I refuse to be uncomfortable while driving, so turning off the heater is not an option !. It’s one of the few disadvantage of...

If you don’t have a device to interrogate the SOH of the HV battery, you could perform this simple DIY basic check. Before your next charge, reset ALL 3 of your mileage trips, using the R/H button on the steering wheel. Charge the car to 100% SOC and allow it to complete a balance cycle. When...

I would have to question the validity of the service conducted in December myself ?. I find it difficult to believe that the shockers only started leaking, about 4 weeks after it was serviced myself. Also when the car was sold in January, why was the leaking shocks not picked up up on the PDI...

As I suspected then, it looks like the car is still bound to the previous owner. I never under why the sales person who buys in the car, does not ensure that this has been done tbh ?. Unless the car has been bought in for stock that is. Everybody is different of course,I know. But when I traded...

The same has happened to me twice. Once with the keys removed, once when I left the key 🔑 in the car after I had cleaned it. Had a call from my neighbour when the headlights turned on !. I think the traction battery disengages after a reasonable length of time ( hence why the heater shuts down )...

If the system was 100% fool proof and reliable, then they would not equip the unit with a reset button I guess🤷🏻. Cars are computers on wheels these days, the rest button is the equivalent to the CNT - ALT - DELETE favourite used when things go wrong for no real reason.

Did you buy your car new ?. Could it be second hand / X demonstrator model etc. I only ask, because I would have thought that you would have connected to the Ismart function before now ?. If it IS a used car, then that explains it of course !. When the first owner / dealership has bound to a...

Then it definitely should have Ismart capability without a doubt. The connect model was the top spec and it came as an extra £500 on the list price, over the Trophy 🏆.

Bugs 🐜 in the system clearly at work 🤷🏻👎.

Just for clarification, did your reset involve resetting only the head unit itself, or did it require a master 12 volt reset, achieved by disconnecting the negative battery terminal ?.

I signed up for a new fixed price deal with EDF just before it all went crazy. The electric is now fixed for 12 months and the gas for 2 years. Strangely enough, I received an e.mail from them just this morning with some great news. They have increased the off peak time period from the current...

That is correct, it opens by the foot sensor, But in order to close the hatch, you have a few options. Use the oblong push button located in the corner of the hatch cover trim, the button on the key fob or use the tailgate tab in the head unit. It makes sense really. If you were unloading items...