Nice info.
Btw i have only done a few drives in mine but i was suprised how quickly the phone paired when i got in. It always seems to be ready by time i have belted up and switched on

 

There isn't the nag screen like the Leaf about sharing information so I don't have to hit OK before I want to go anywhere. That is a major bonus!

The map in the dash console which is just on all the time is brilliant as well. It's so much clearer.

 

Mine still has the bluetooth reconnect annoyance. It just won't go back to bluetooth as it's taking too long to reconnect.

Also most of the time when I press the brake pedal and press start it doesn't go into Ready mode and I can't select any gears. It's strange. Never had that happen in the Leaf. I end up turning the car off and on again several times just to be able to drive it away. It lights up enough of the dash so you think it's on on but it's only on. Nearly gave up today and phoned the dealer as it's really annoying. I must be super quick at getting in and getting the seat belt on.

Managed to find the settings to turn off the auto fold on the mirrors.

The profiles thing isn't right either. The other profiles are set to Spanish. They should all be set to the main language on the car.

I'm used to being able to hit the charge port unlock button on the fob or in the car to stop an AC charge. Or does it stop the charge automatically when you unlock the car?

Still haven't found where the battery percentage display is hidden. It has to be somewhere. Counting blobs isn't very accurate.

 

Mine still has the bluetooth reconnect annoyance. It just won't go back to bluetooth as it's taking too long to reconnect.

Also most of the time when I press the brake pedal and press start it doesn't go into Ready mode and I can't select any gears. It's strange. Never had that happen in the Leaf. I end up turning the car off and on again several times just to be able to drive it away. It lights up enough of the dash so you think it's on on but it's only on. Nearly gave up today and phoned the dealer as it's really annoying. I must be super quick at getting in and getting the seat belt on.

Managed to find the settings to turn off the auto fold on the mirrors.

The profiles thing isn't right either. The other profiles are set to Spanish. They should all be set to the main language on the car.

I'm used to being able to hit the charge port unlock button on the fob or in the car to stop an AC charge. Or does it stop the charge automatically when you unlock the car?

Still haven't found where the battery percentage display is hidden. It has to be somewhere. Counting blobs isn't very accurate.

i dont seem to have those problems.My iphone connect quickly. I usually hold the start button for a couple of seconds rather than just a quick push and not had any issues.

the blobs are a bit awkward. I check in the app for the percentage.

not sure about the charging, will try it next time. Only charges it once.

 

I may not be holding the button in long enough then. I'll try that. Very used to the Leaf with a quick stab and off we go

 

I think to get it fully into ready mode you have to hold the button until it beeps and the "READY" indicator lights up. That's what I do, anyway.

 

Plugged it in for a quick AC charge at home. It defaults to charging now rather than on timed which is reverse of Leaf. Can't hear any charging noise. Using the chunky 3 phase cable I got for the Zoe as the one with the corsa is small and thin and fits into the netting thing I got for the zoe to keep all the boot junk in.

Still can't see what percentage it's on as the dash display is invisible from outside the car. Zoe used to leave the display lit up like an Xmas tree so I could check.

Rear charger for home use is definitely better as there is no need to string a long cable out the front of the car. Will miss the nose charger for public charging I think.

 

Do you have the app? You can see charging status, battery percentage and set timing for charge.

when i was charging on granny cable i could see the dash screen and the status. Think it goes off after a while but if i lock or unlock the car, or get in it comes back on again

on the media screen if you select the eco button and then charge it is defaulted to immediate start, you can change it to timed start. Not tried
It yet

 

 

Any tips on getting this working, I've had mine 3 weeks do 1200 miles but I still can't see the battery percentage on my phone (or on the dash unless its actually charging).
I activated the e-remote on the 7th August, I mainly use my phone plugged in with Android Auto which seems to prevent the My Vauxhall App logging the journeys, I don't need this in particular but just wonder if that's stopping the e-remote fully activating. I just have the SE NAV not the Elite but I thing this should work on both right?

 

I'm still waiting for the app to activate! Once that happens then it should be ok but having had a few of these before they can be unreliable so it's useful having an easy to get at in car display with battery percentage on it.

App has activated. I can finally see a battery percentage. Woohooo!

 

Hi, how long did it take to activate?
I collected my Corsa e today and although I’ve received the text messages, I can’t get the app to connect properly. Thanks!

 

Unlocked car to hopefully stop charge. You can hear the pin move fortunately so cable just pulls out. Fingers crossed it always works as easily as it did this first time.

 

Great thread, my Corsa-e arrives on Tuesday and is my first foray in to EVs so it’ll be a fun experience for sure.

Any idea if the app updates ‘over the air’ or do you need to be within close proximity of the car?

Would be good for eg to check charge status on the app when charging in public so you know when it’s safe to head back to the car 😄

 

I assume the car has a SIM in it and that's how it connects. I haven't tried to check it from further away yet

 

We’ve had ours since June. Enjoying it. Much quieter than my Kona Electric and maybe even my wife’s e-Niro. I do not like the fact that there is no way to show battery % when the car is not plugged in and the fact that the GOM is all over the place. It goes down 7 miles at a time or not at all for miles on end. Needs an upgrade badly. The Kona and Niro have rock solid and accurate range indicators. How hard can it be?
Realistic e-Corsa range probably 110-120 motorway/fast A road. 150 or so town at this time of the year. It’s perfectly adequate and much better than our old Leaf 30kwh, which struggled to do 85 miles on motorways and fast A roads, though not a patch on the Kona or Niro which will always be good for 250 miles and never go below 200 even on the motorway in the dead of winter with full heating, etc.
Haven’t tried remote heating etc yet though the app now recognises the car. To start, the Corsa needs a solid 2 second or so press of the button rather than the quick stab other EV’s need. Tried to move off a couple of times only to find I haven’t started the car.
Early days yet but no issues at all and no squeaks or rattles. Long may it continue.
My kids who have been used to driving a Seat Mii think it is from another planet it is so much smoother and quieter and easy to drive. They’re all queuing up to use it whenever they can. The mileage is going through the roof!
Can only thoroughly recommend the car based on our first couple of months of ownership.
Finally, it deserves its own thread here on this forum as it’s likely to end up as one of the best selling EV’s in the country though I appreciate it is getting more cluttered here all the time with the vast number of new EV’s starting to emerge.

 

Range sounds disappointing. I was expecting better than the Leaf 40 as the range was so poor compared to the Zoe 40. Leaf was about 40 miles worse per charge. If the corsa with a 20% larger battery is actually worse when the WLTP is 40 miles better then the leaf there is clearly shenanigans going on with testing already.

 

My daily commute is 50km (25 each way)
I can go motorway or coast road
When going motor way im getting 15kwH / 100km which on 45kw usable battery is 300km (186miles)
When using the coast road im getting 13.8kwh /100kw which is range of 327km (203miles).
Thats driving around speed limit on normal mode (with B on non motorway) Im sure i will get that even better with more careful driving, especially on non motorway.

(only done 3 days commuting, temp around 16 degrees)

 

what

My daily commute is 50km (25 each way)
I can go motorway or coast road
When going motor way im getting 15kwH / 100km which on 45kw usable battery is 300km (186miles)
When using the coast road im getting 13.8kwh /100kw which is range of 327km (203miles).
Thats driving around speed limit on normal mode (with B on non motorway) Im sure i will get that even better with more careful driving, especially on non motorway.

(only done 3 days commuting, temp around 16 degre

what speed on the motorway do you drive?

 

Just used a public ac charger for first time. Went for breakfast and a walk and could keep track of the charge remotely using the app.

when returning to the car it seems that unlocking the car did not seem to stop the charge. I didnt try and turn the radio on though. Unlocking the car also woke the dash screen and the charge status info

 

Wonder if the behaviour is different on public chargers in that you have to stop the charge and then unlock the car?

I heard the pin move and then just pulled out the cable. I'm assuming it stopped the charge or maybe it doesn't and you just pull out the cable and pulling it just stops it?

 

i unlocked the car and heard the cable unlock but waited and the car seemed to still be charging. I opened the driver door and looked on the screen and it said charging. I tapped my rfid card to stop the charger and then unplugged the cable.

 

I leave a dashcam plugged in so I had a sudden panic that the 12v socket was always live... it isn't. Doesn't come on until you long press the power button. Which is a relief. I was just reading about someone having a flat Niro so I had to check...

 

Had a play with the satnav for first time today as usually use apple maps. I really liked it on the instrument screen and it showed the charge points on it too. Wonder if the charge points are via the live data or if embedded in the map updates.

 

Who knows. I'd hope they get live updates from a sensible data source. The Leaf was useless in this respect.

I've just got a massive 32GB usb key to allow map updates. I'll probably have a separate smaller one for firmware updates.

Such a novelty if you can just update your own car without fannying about with dealers.

 

Such a novelty if you can just update your own car without fannying about with dealers.

yeah. Never had a car you didnt have to take to dealer for software updates. My merc was meant to be ota but never was and dealers never wanted to put new software on them unless it was to fix a problem.

 

Bluetooth is still not reconnecting and becoming the source automatically. Constantly have to switch it from radio. I find that infuriating on any modern car. It should mute the radio until bluetooth is available. Even the Zoe managed that. The leaf would always manage that as well. It's basic AV behaviour. There isn't even a setting to say 'mute radio until bluetooth is available' or only use bluetooth. Or select nothing if bluetooth isn't there. Even that would be better.

The Start is still unreliable. Even with a long press on the start button it doesn't always go to ready so have to effectively start it twice to get to ready.

Keyless entry is crap. The door handle system doesn't always work so you stand there like an idiot pressing on the right place several times before it will lock or unlock. Actual physical rubber buttons are far better.

I have set up a profile as i managed to find where the language settings were to change them to English. I have no idea whether that will make any difference to the bluetooth irritation.

I also found a plastic doodad in the glovebox which looks the wireless charging thing you need to wirelessly charge a phone in the gear stick tray thing. That's got a shark symbol on it so does that mean it's got wireless phone charging??

The bluetooth thing really, really bugs me. It's the one thing I find really annoying as I've now had so many cars for so long that just pick up where you left off that having to have some awful radio forced down you ears first just 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 It makes me hate the entire car. Which is silly but true...

 

I will check mine but my radio never comes on automatically. I have to go to sources and physically select radio.

i would go to dealers with the starting problem. Mine has never not started on first try. Maybe there is a software update the dealers have that can fix that.

i think the keyless entry has a weekish signal. If i have my key in the right pocket and stand with my right pocket facing the door it works With jus a gentle touch of the handle but if my left side is facing the door it doesn’t work as good

what thing is in the glove box for wireless charging? I didnt think uk and irish cars had wireless charging!

 

It's a plastic rectangle that looks like a bit of trim covering. It appears in a manual about wireless charging so I was curious! I may have to take a photo...

My key is in a top pocket rather than a lower one. I may try moving it. It's always lived there and the Zoe and Leaf were both happy with it. Wonder if the key thing is why it's funny about starting up? I did lean into the car the other day and try and start it and it didn't know the key was there. Never had that with the Leaf.

My radio always comes on automatically. It's never not on. I have to go to sources to get at bluetooth and I expected it to reconnect to bluetooth automatically if that was my last used device. It just seems stuck on always having the radio on.

 

I take it back. The phone doesn't even fit flat in the area as it's too small! I can't get it in there at all with any thing plugged into the accessory socket.

Plastic thing looks like some weird stand.

Not a clue what it's for or where it's supposed to live.

Start only works if you press and hold start until you see it say ready. Which is ages longer than the Leaf.

Can't get it away from radio. It's not possible to having nothing as pressing power button on AV unit basically mutes it rather than turning it off. I may have to read the infotainment manual again to see if there's anything about starting it up with nothing on at all.

 

I take it back. The phone doesn't even fit flat in the area as it's too small! I can't get it in there at all with any thing plugged into the accessory socket.

Plastic thing looks like some weird stand.

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Not a clue what it's for or where it's supposed to live.

A moment's googling of the part number on that item (Citroen 9656869080), reveals it to be a folding wheel chock for when you have the car up on a jack.

 

@christianedward

There is a private mode somewhere. I wonder if that's been turned on?

I'd try with the phone not plugged in. In the my vauxhall website does it show the e remote service as activated or not? Start the app while sat in the car with it on and with bluetooth on. That might kick it up the bum to start.

Are you using the same car key each time?

 

Not sure whats happening there. On your app home screen do you have charge and climate tabs?