Bit of a worrying incident with my 4+ I'd like to put out there in case anyone has experienced something similar.
I had my mum over on Christmas day and was taking her home on a short drive of less than 5 miles. My Niro is so new, I haven't had to charge it at home, and it had only just hit 300 miles, having just topped up at public charge stations once or twice. The day before I had charged for the first time for a few hours at home, and I had it on charge before taking my mum home. Also preconditioned for the first time using the UVO app very briefly before departure.
So I unplugged, and we set off. Within a mile of my home, I had a warning message pop up on the instrument cluster panel saying "Check Electric Vehicle System". The car was driving completely normally, apart from the message and a yellow icon being lit on the instrument panel. I had the dilemma then of do I stop, turn around or carry on? Given that it was Christmas day, and I could have been stranded with my mum at 4 deg C if I stopped, and could have potentially waited some considerable time waiting for recovery if stuck, I carried on driving although I switched off the heating, seat warmers and steering wheel heating.
The message disappeared but another message saying I should book the car into a dealer to be inspected appeared, and the yellow icon remained on throughout. I had a nervous drive for the remaining 15 minutes until I got my mum safely home, and then immediately turned round and came home without shutting the car down.
At home I powered down, then powered up again to see if the warning was still there. It was not.
Yesterday I moved it out of the driveway and back in and no warning, then today I took it for a round trip spin of about 30 miles including a short section on the motorway, no issues again.
So my worry now is, am I seeing signs of an underlying intermittent fault, or could this have just been a software glitch?
My home charger is a very old Rolec unit, that I have had about 7 years. I used to have a Gen 1 Leaf, and very occasionally I would get a warning light when a charge failed that would stay on for the duration of the drive but disappear when the car was powered down and back up again.
I wonder if the combination of the car being on charge, preheating, all systems on when driving (i.e. heat pump, seat warmers, steering wheel), a cold day, my ancient charger and the software on this new model of car all conspired to flag an issue that might not really be an issue?
Has anyone had a similar experience?
I had my mum over on Christmas day and was taking her home on a short drive of less than 5 miles. My Niro is so new, I haven't had to charge it at home, and it had only just hit 300 miles, having just topped up at public charge stations once or twice. The day before I had charged for the first time for a few hours at home, and I had it on charge before taking my mum home. Also preconditioned for the first time using the UVO app very briefly before departure.
So I unplugged, and we set off. Within a mile of my home, I had a warning message pop up on the instrument cluster panel saying "Check Electric Vehicle System". The car was driving completely normally, apart from the message and a yellow icon being lit on the instrument panel. I had the dilemma then of do I stop, turn around or carry on? Given that it was Christmas day, and I could have been stranded with my mum at 4 deg C if I stopped, and could have potentially waited some considerable time waiting for recovery if stuck, I carried on driving although I switched off the heating, seat warmers and steering wheel heating.
The message disappeared but another message saying I should book the car into a dealer to be inspected appeared, and the yellow icon remained on throughout. I had a nervous drive for the remaining 15 minutes until I got my mum safely home, and then immediately turned round and came home without shutting the car down.
At home I powered down, then powered up again to see if the warning was still there. It was not.
Yesterday I moved it out of the driveway and back in and no warning, then today I took it for a round trip spin of about 30 miles including a short section on the motorway, no issues again.
So my worry now is, am I seeing signs of an underlying intermittent fault, or could this have just been a software glitch?
My home charger is a very old Rolec unit, that I have had about 7 years. I used to have a Gen 1 Leaf, and very occasionally I would get a warning light when a charge failed that would stay on for the duration of the drive but disappear when the car was powered down and back up again.
I wonder if the combination of the car being on charge, preheating, all systems on when driving (i.e. heat pump, seat warmers, steering wheel), a cold day, my ancient charger and the software on this new model of car all conspired to flag an issue that might not really be an issue?
Has anyone had a similar experience?