Search results

Update to yesterday's post on the "dead" i3: Charged battery for about three hours on a 6A smart charger. Reinstalled, and the car came back to life as if NOTHING had ever happened. I did have to set the time, but not the date. However, I am pretty knowledgeable about 12V electrical systems...

I, too, am having peculiar messages and warnings. This morning my car was as dead as a doornail, but did manage to blow its alarm about 10 times. It was definitely trying to tell me something. (2014 REX with 68K miles). I removed the 12V battery, which was very low (9.0V) and charged it to about...

Sorry, this may be OT, but my 2014 REX range is deteriorating and I am wondering if anyone has replaced a battery under the 8 year warranty? As I recall, the warranty kicks in if the capacity of the battery drops below 70%. My battery currently shows 16.5kWh, so I think I am close. Thank you...

I have searched for anyone else who has reported this, but so far I haven't found an answer. Yesterday, without warning, my 2014 REX would not open its hatch. The interior release button and the hatch latch would not do anything but make a peculiar buzzing noise. The noise sounds like a solenoid...

Since my 2014 pre-dated the fast DC charging, I get relatively few miles per connected hour on a 220V charger. I haven't exactly figured it out, but assuming 4 miles per kWh, and 6-7 kW charging, we could have connected for an hour and maybe recharged 25 miles' worth. Mostly, we didn't want to...

I have a related problem. On a 400 mile trip to Los Angeles, I had to top off the REX tank with a jerry jug. The door to the gas cap would not release with the interior pressure release button or the green emergency release. So, I kind of pried the door open because it was that or be stuck on...

My wife and I needed to drive to LA to see our daughter graduate so I elected to take our i3 REX instead of the far more logical Honda CR-V. The direct distance is about 350 miles each way, plus dinking around in LA ran the total up to 850 miles. My 2014 i3 has about 53,000 miles on it, and I...

Yes, many of you are correct. I had the "traffic" mode selected, which makes the map almost unusable for navigation. By turning off this option, the color screen came back. It's hard for me to imagine ever using the traffic option. WAZE seems to be able to have attractive screens AND traffic, so...

When I had my car coded, I had the default changed to Eco Pro and I was very satisfied with it. Unless it's a very warm day (uncommon in Santa Cruz), I never miss having the incrementally strong A/C settings, and I like the stiffer pedal feel which keeps my from being a leadfoot. However...

Wow, I have exactly the same problem. My map is monochrome and almost unreadable due to the poor contrast between roads, background, icons, etc. Changing from Modern to Classic has no effect. Everything else appears to work: destinations, traffic, orientation, etc. However, last Thursday I...

I drove 550 miles to Bend, OR in a single day, and I drove back two days later. I did partially charge the car in Bend, but otherwise I used the REX and judicious battery management to keep as high a SOC as possible. I also carried a two-gallon plastic jerry jug so that I could extend my range...

By way of introduction, I have a 2014 i3 REX which I bought after it was returned post-lease in 2016. I have put about 20,000 miles on it, including some reasonably long trips. The longest to date was a three day trip to Bend Oregon and back (1,100 miles) that was only inconvenienced when the...