The AA guy looked a little puzzled and was presumably seeking advice from Head Office?

 

I was passing in my 21 year old V8, but suspect a jump start wouldn't have helped matters ⚡️

 

It is quite common with BEV,s.

It is why the Fleet of RAC & AA vehicles that can put some charge into them is growing.

 

The vehicles i see with responders are usually locked in at chargers or have been charging and shut down and unable to be moved.

Then there are those locked out. 

 

Usually it is just AA or RAC attending and after trying to start the cars or trying plugging in and doing a reset then calling for a recovery vehicle. 

 

eg

All day before being recovered by someone not prepared for a BEV and without any idea which were the drive wheels and all 4 wheels were locked / braked.

Weeks to get fixed.

 

* The Recall was out for quite a while without Keepers being told of the Recall and even though the car was recovered because locked in gear and non start the car was returned without the RECALL ACTION having been carried out.*

 

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Clicks mean prizes. So he might as well get some.

 

 

 

There are RAC UK recovery / battery top up vids. 

Better ones though from New Zealand with the AA. 

Usually with the early i5 and sister cars, it was a dead 12v, so you couldn’t turn the HV or zombie mode.

 

The latter being where the software got confused and the start button wouldn’t work until keys went out of range then you unlocked again.

 

Zombie mode definitely got fixed and fewer and fewer people see 12v problems after software updates.