No. 1

 Heated steering wheel light on the wheel not lighting, and not sure yet if the wheel is actually heating correctly.

(Not surprised really as it was far too hot when working...)

 

Possible No. 2.

Noticed the 'Range' seems to be staying on 111 miles as max when charging even to 98% the last few days.  

Need to see next time i go for a few miles drive.

It has been pretty much showing 150, 180, 190 miles up to now from anything like 90-98% charge.

 

 

So the 2nd Frosty morning of driving it and there was the need for de-icer, and the use of heated seat and steering wheel.

(Not that cold that the interior heat would have cleared the screen in a few minutes.)

Car heated quickly inside and heated seat and steering wheel worked.

Did a few miles of toasty driving, stopped to charge car to full before going on a long run later and now no Heated Steering wheel 'Light on' 

Car showing 111 miles again as the range.  

Edited 27 July, 20232 yr by toot

The range are estimates based on your last few miles of driving. So it might be due to your previous few miles were using more than usual.

 

When ICE car manufacturers stop using guess-o-meters is when they have learnt how to make EV's.

'Faulty'. Maybe just a glitch that will sort it's self later. 

Yes the range is based on how the last miles you drive.  I have done 3,800 miles since the 10th August so got the hang of it.

But it has stopped working that way and is failing to show over 111 even though after a few miles of driving that would start increasing to a true indication of range.

 

So for now stuck on 111 until it drops to 105 miles.    111 miles range with 60% and still 111 when charged to 98%.

Edited 27 September, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

How low do you let the charge get before you re-charge? The calibration may have gone out of whack. Also do you always charge the battery to completely full? does the manufacturer only recommend that you charge to 100% when going on a long journey and the rest of the time charge to 80% or so?

I am going on journeys over 150 miles and am starting off with 98%, no longer going to 100%.

You can get to 100% by starting a trip with down hills and re-cooperation.

They have the cars set up so that later in years / mileage when the range drops the battery / software will give back range.

 

This week i was as low as 11% before a charge and then 9%.  Using usual charge places i would have got to with about 20-25%.

 

Also this was because the lack of available chargers that were working, so moving on to let others charge, and needing to charge sooner because i had a bike on the roof which really affected the cars range.

That was 300 plus miles ago and there is something out of sink now, but i will see just what by tomorrow after doing another 150 miles.

Edited 27 September, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

Doh, an Idiot driver has thought 1 & 2 were faults and has not understood that these are French / Spanish Features / Characteristics designed in to keep muppets like me on my toes.

 

1.

Heating steering wheel that is not available while the car is on charge will decide when to enable it's self to function after coming off the charger.

How long in minutes or miles will be chosen by the car.

2.

Once sat a while after having been driven the 'possible range' might increase a bit or might not,

but like lottery numbers the chance of 111 coming up again 3 times in a row soon is anyones guess.

 

Manana. 

Tomorrow will be another day and another chance to find other features or characteristics,

 

Edited 28 September, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

So 6am this morning the car decided it should change some of the features / characteristics.

I drove the mile i was going, heated seat on, heated steering wheel on with light working on the steering wheel.

Stopped and stopped the car and noticed as i moved the steering wheel that there was very much a Cornering Light beam. OK.

Out the car for 5 minutes and start it and the heated steering wheel light is not on so leave it, but the steering wheel gets hot.

 

Get back home after 3 miles this time and get out the car and it decides the lights must be on or on Auto but on Sidelights they are now parking lights.

So i switch to Auto and lock the car with the Key Fob button press because Keyless Entry and keyless start do not always lock the car when leaving.

It can lock and unlock it as you move about washing the car, and loading and unloading stuff.

 

But the headlights  will not go off, tried opening car, checked boot closed, doors closed, lights on Auto, and it takes walking away and pressing the key a few times to be sure that the rear Sidelights and Front Sidelights & dipped beam are not going off.

 

Went in the car, checked the screen settings, Welcome & Leaving settings which i had to off are now on at Full.

Checked all the other settings and all seem to have reverted to 'Factory Setting' or to the 'Spanish Option' settings.

 

The car must be feeling home sick, maybe not liking the night time temps below freezing.

 

Manana.

Edited 29 September, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

Are they doing software updates over the air, a la Tesla?

 

But doing it in the Microsoft 365 style whch is to fk up all your other hard won settings in the process?

@Aspman Nail on head.

Just checked the cars Info on the Phone App.  It knows where it is sitting parked, knows when a Service is due next and in 3 years time, knows most of the journeys it has made, 

and shows that the charge in the battery is  @ 87% and the range might be 111 miles.    So quite a few less than it was showing when i parked it when it was a good 13 *oC cooler than it is now.

 

Off out on my e-Bike that gets Software Updates via a phone App which gives notifications when they are being done, usually they are to improve the performance and range.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/long-term-reviews/vauxhall-corsa-e-2020-long-term-review

I never know if they change tyre pressures, but as it is the Michelin Primacy 4 tyres are garbage.

The steering is heavy in ECO or Normal if the 'B' is selected, not so much if not left there, and it saves no more in the battery anyway in town, as well as to put it in Sport, and you can use the shifter back to B as you want.  As well in Normal or Sport on motorways as well and not in B and move the shifter if you want B.

 

The steering is not heavy in Sport, it is properly weighted, and you get on better in 'Sport' and not leaving the shifter in 'B' but move it back when retarding speed is needed, then you feel more braking affect like going into a lower gear. 

Not one pedal driving, but in ECO and in B it is pretty near at speeds below 30mph.  It actually feels very slow when driving that way even in town. But then that is supposedly 80 ps.

 

The suspension is solid and the car corners flat and sticks to the road with the right tyres & on the OEM tyres the right pressure..

So if you want a soft ride then the e-Corsa on 205/45 R 17 tyres and suspension designed to suit the weight and not for comfort is the wrong small EV

Do not try jumping one on yumps. it is a hard landing.

Edited 17 January, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

 

 

9 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

 

 

 

Only 130 to 140 mile range he was getting !

He did not say this was winter affected which viewers would have expect him to say.

Mediocre review. 

 

I am still leaning towards the MG5 estate myself.

Wonder if it can really do 115 mph.....

 

 

 

 

 

I posted on his Vid comments.

 

That is 130-140 miles at motorway speeds maybe getting no regen.

If you did get 5 adults in and stuff in the boot that might be what you get on 60 mph roads when you get regen.

No way an Adult with legs will fit behind a 5ft 10" or more driver. No way 2 Child Seats and a booster seat will go in the rear. 

 

He fails to say that ECO is 80ps or so and Normal 110 ps. and your car with more than a driver will steam up in ECO. 

 

Currently around town in temps between freezing and under 10*oC i can get 150 miles plus.

At around freezing or below 2 up it is a stretch to get 110 miles on 70 mph limit roads. 

 

ECO is not the best to get range, Sport can be and get regen. 

The steering gets very heavy in town in ECO or Normal & in B. 

Better to go in Sport and then just use the shifter in B to slow down as though dropping a gear, or leave in B in stop start traffic and then out of B to get a move on, you still get regen as you coast to stops.

 

A MG EV is a nice drive.  Not a patch on the e-Corsa / e-208 on back roads with the tyres changed from the crap Michelin Primacy 4.

 

As to 0-62, the not ECO tyres fitted give a good 0-62,  or Traction control off,  or better is 2mph -62 mph. or 2-70 mph.

Roll it an boot it, because there is 260 Nm of torque.

Edited 27 February, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

@lol-lolI got a reply to my comment on the range in the review. 

It says,

"Might be worth contacting the WLTP test team then. Our tests are done with real-world usage, in all types of roads-all cars undergo-the-same-testing methodology,too."

 

Maybe they actually put people and luggage in cars and try them in all weather on all road types then managing in the time to get around the country and find freezing conditions in the summer and scorchio conditions in winter.

 

 

 

 

Cheapish e-Corsa deals around that Vauxhall need to get First Registered.

 

from 5 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, the new MG5 EV long range is looking good.

 

61.1 Kwh battery and 250 mile range for a decent sized estate car.

 

£26.5 k price makes it great value.

What really pees me off is when drivers / keepers find out about Service Campaigns / Recall Actions / Software Updates on their vehicle via Social Media or word of mouth but not from the Manufacturer or the Dealership network because they do not contact you yet cal these 'Service / Workshop Campaigns RECALL's.

 

Car is going in to get these but i await an explanation of why and what for. 

Hopefully settings i have taken ages getting a i like will not need re-set, but i fully expect they will.

 

 

8am appointment and as expected with Arnold Clark the reception does not open until 8am.   Car went to workshop at 8 30.  So also as expected 'reception' knows nothing, and calls the 'Not called to tell you there is a service campaign a Recall'.  Obviously they say just a software update, well 2 actually, and nothing will change that I will notice.   We shall see.  Is it the touch screen that needs touched at least twice everytime you want something.   And more important is it the false warning of the need for emergency braking.  I hope it does not sort the KESSY which I am happy does not work most of the time as I like pressing a button on the fob to open / unlock the car and to lock it again 

Edited 4 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot

I can confirm that the visit to Arnold Clark for the software updates / recall action have resulted in no changes other than the car has been washed.  I declined the vacuuming.   I can be certain on that because there was no EV trained and qualified tech available to do the updates.    Par for the course with Arnold Clark.  I await the Customer Satisfaction survey. 

Great example of experience taking a software driven computer-on-wheels to a traditional fossil engine dealer.

 

The receptionist or the person giving your coffee won't know jack all. They are only there to look sleek. As with all main dealers, they feel the need to jack up the price to employ those people so you don't get to speak to the technical people in the know. Then the technicians have their hands tied to follow service manuals, and in this case, software update instructions. Unless manufacturer publish changelist like software releases, no one in the dealership (or anywhere) will know what has changed. They prefer you treat your car as a blackbox and physically visit them everytime there's a fault, wasting your time and money.

 

I hate main dealers.....

'Yoos speart so yill git telt.'   

 

& am expecting i will get a call from someone when they read what goes on Trust Pilot.  Muppets.

 

 

Only heard back from the AC Branch asking me to book in for the Recall.  So that will be when hell freezes over that it goes into them.

 

 

Good to see someone doing miles in a e-Corsa.

Stuff driving in ECO mode but each to their own.  It has never helped by get more range. Actually less than when in Normal or Sport.

The message if he read it when he selected ECO would have told him that the Climate / AC would be restricted.

He was using 80 PS Mode. 

He would need to shift to B to get more regen.  He was in the standard regen.

 

 

 

Edited 13 August, 20214 yr by e-Roottoot