VW ID.3

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?

I imagine the brake now warning would be the radar in the badge giving a false collision detection warning?

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

Dropping off in the morning.

* Battery & software

* Puddle lights x 2

* Foggy headlight

* New tyres x 4

* Effing annoying glove box rattle

They called today asking to reschedule as the puddle lights aren't in, but I'm heading that way tomorrow anyway so I stuck with the date.

I suspect that they'll soon discover they're not able to do the lot in a day anyway so they'll have to delay.

I think I read somewhere that if you floor it (or nearly) in Eco, it switches to Comfort because you're demanding more power than Eco allows.

I have the service pack, so they're free, but I'm limited in my options. I told them I wouldn't accept Bridgestones though, I think it's Goodyear maybe.

As expected, the car wasn't finished today. They did admit that it was their first one and that VW had told them it's at least a 4hr job. I told them that I had seen lots of people being in for 2-3 days.

I've got an ID4 loaner so thankfully no fuel bill.