CopperRoad
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Backstory -> My girlfriend went out of town last Wednesday. The Spark had about 80 miles at the mid. The car was not driven Thursday-Saturday. I drove it about 15 miles Sunday. Charged it to full Sunday with 94 miles at the mid. It was not driven Monday.
The Strange Thing -> The GF drove the 1 mile round–trip to work and back yesterday. The range now read 88 Miles down from 94. Ok. A little strange. She then drove 8 miles that evening. No significant terrain impact on the route. She didn't note mileage at arrival at destination. She then drove the 8 Miles back home. The car was still on when I jumped in and noticed her range was now 22 miles at the mid! And the Avg. KWH was 1.0! I pointed it out, and she said she had just looked and noted that it was at 77 miles sometime during the return trip. So, did the miles just go away? The battery bar was 1 ring below the middle as we drove the 1 mile round-trip to her work to pick something up, and then moved to 2 rings below the middle. Her seat warmer was the only thing she used during that evening drive.
We plugged the car in last night at 10:15pm. 120v @ 12Amps. The readout said the car would be fully charged at 11:30am. The car was complete at 3:30am. Showing 77 Miles at the mid. There's always a bit of variance in complete times, but 8hrs!? It almost appears that the missing miles, or at least more than the 22 being shown left, were still in the car but the display was wrong?
I checked the stats since last charge after plugging in last night and it showed a 60MPGe since full charge. Again, very strange behavior. The car has a lifetime 123 MPGe and 3200 Miles.
Called On Star this morning, per Chevy dealers recommendation, so they could run an onboard diagnostic. No codes were shown. Talked to someone in their EV dept. They had no insight. Except for, "the charge readout will calculate based on your last drive".... OK. Yes. Perfect. Where are the 55 miles that disappeared?
Could it be because the car sat for 3 days? Unlikely. Could it be because it sat a day or so at a full charge. Again, unlikely. Or, at least it shouldn't be the cause. The car had never sat 3 days without being driven. But if that's the cause. That's an issue. Plus, it was charged after that. The Weather in LA was mild. Lows of 55 at night. The car was parked in a carport. So, we'll now watch the car. She has the Leaf. I have the Spark today. We'll take it into Chevy if this happens again.
The Strange Thing -> The GF drove the 1 mile round–trip to work and back yesterday. The range now read 88 Miles down from 94. Ok. A little strange. She then drove 8 miles that evening. No significant terrain impact on the route. She didn't note mileage at arrival at destination. She then drove the 8 Miles back home. The car was still on when I jumped in and noticed her range was now 22 miles at the mid! And the Avg. KWH was 1.0! I pointed it out, and she said she had just looked and noted that it was at 77 miles sometime during the return trip. So, did the miles just go away? The battery bar was 1 ring below the middle as we drove the 1 mile round-trip to her work to pick something up, and then moved to 2 rings below the middle. Her seat warmer was the only thing she used during that evening drive.
We plugged the car in last night at 10:15pm. 120v @ 12Amps. The readout said the car would be fully charged at 11:30am. The car was complete at 3:30am. Showing 77 Miles at the mid. There's always a bit of variance in complete times, but 8hrs!? It almost appears that the missing miles, or at least more than the 22 being shown left, were still in the car but the display was wrong?
I checked the stats since last charge after plugging in last night and it showed a 60MPGe since full charge. Again, very strange behavior. The car has a lifetime 123 MPGe and 3200 Miles.
Called On Star this morning, per Chevy dealers recommendation, so they could run an onboard diagnostic. No codes were shown. Talked to someone in their EV dept. They had no insight. Except for, "the charge readout will calculate based on your last drive".... OK. Yes. Perfect. Where are the 55 miles that disappeared?
Could it be because the car sat for 3 days? Unlikely. Could it be because it sat a day or so at a full charge. Again, unlikely. Or, at least it shouldn't be the cause. The car had never sat 3 days without being driven. But if that's the cause. That's an issue. Plus, it was charged after that. The Weather in LA was mild. Lows of 55 at night. The car was parked in a carport. So, we'll now watch the car. She has the Leaf. I have the Spark today. We'll take it into Chevy if this happens again.