TonyP
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Will be interested to learn how you get on. My car been updated, but I haven't used a rapid charger yet.
Please report back on how you fare using the very same charger, that bricked your car previously !.They performed a reset and applied the update, tommorow I'm going to the same charger that bricked the car to test the claims of a fix.
Good news that it did not “Brick” the car again at the very same charger.So they did not fix the creaking from the steering which is annoying. However the same charger that bricked the car last time worked fine this time! When stopping the charge they screen did give the HV battery shut off message but the car just worked as it should.
Conclusion, the car is working after using the charger that bricked it last time but I honestly have no idea if the problem is really fixed. Maybe the update is causing the car to not lock up after the HV battery shut off message even though something went wrong somewhere when charging.
Haha yes I was really scared I was stuck at the charger again but thankfully after giving me the error it just did it's thing. So the message came up after finishing the charge and starting the car.Good news that it did not “Brick” the car again at the very same charger.
Congrats and thank you for having the courage to test it !.
But it does sound a little like it did consider throwing a slight wobble though ?.
The “Ant Bricking” fix does sound a bit more like a software “Patch” rather than a full on rewrite to me.
I bet your stomach dropped, when you seen the warning message again !.
Did it flag up straight away but continue to charge, or did it flag up at the end of the charge ??????.
What happened, did follow the same sequence of events, or was it different in some way ?.
I truly think other facelift owners would appreciate ANY further details you can offer.
Thank you.
Haha yes I was really scared I was stuck at the charger again but thankfully after giving me the error it just did it's thing. So the message came up after finishing the charge and starting the car.
So the sequence of events was: Park the car, turn it off, plug the CCS, start the charge, let it charge for 5 minutes to see if it was really charging, stop the charge, unplug the CCS, start car, error message (HV Battery shut off but no battery with a stripe through it), no problems and driving home (thankfully)
Did another charge yesterday at a Tritium/Shell charger yesterday and had no problems, but to be honest they have always been good.
Thats really all i can think about, fingers crossed it keeps charging the way it should!
I was just about to ask the same question ??How did you stop the charge?
I stopped the charge on the charger itself, pressed CCS and then the stop charge button on the touchscreen.
Just MAYBE if you reversed the process, the next time you try the charger, it may NOT throw up the warningI stopped the charge on the charger itself, pressed CCS and then the stop charge button on the touchscreen.
Yeah I can try that for sure. If I'm in the area of that charger again I will give it a go!Just MAYBE if you reversed the process, the next time you try the charger, it may NOT throw up the warningmessage on the dash ???.
Just a bit of food for thought ???.
Thanks for the feed back !.
Thank you ? once again !.Just to confirm I have not pressing the E-stop button of the charger! Just hold the key fob against the charger and selecting the option stop charging, which I have been doing with the BMW i3 I had before this car for years. That never went wrong.
Question?I always stop the charge on a Rapid using the cars in built functionality via the infotainment screen, this requires the car to be in Ready mode first. Doing it this way ensures the car is in control of the shutdown process and not the Rapid charger.
Question?:- If you boot up the car, while it is still receiving a high charge from a rapid ( to stop the charging session ) could / would the car interpret this as your intension to drive away, with the car still connected to the charger and therefore cause the bricking effect ??.
You would imagine NOT because it would not offer the "stop the charge" facility in the head unit, because they know the car has to be booted in order for this work ??.
Further to the comments above, the car displays a warning message, if you put it in to ready with the charger connected, something like “Drive not available, charger connected” I can’t remember the exact wordingQuestion?:- If you boot up the car, while it is still receiving a high charge from a rapid ( to stop the charging session ) could / would the car interpret this as your intension to drive away, with the car still connected to the charger and therefore cause the bricking effect ??.
You would imagine NOT because it would not offer the "stop the charge" facility in the head unit, because they know the car has to be booted in order for this work ??.
What happens if you have the car set up to charge to 80% only ( like mine ) for home charging, will only charge up to 80% when plugged into a rapid unit ?.On a fast charger at home I generally set the charge level to 80% and the car then stops the charge when it get there.