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Old 05-10-2005, 11:12 AM
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Exclamation Re: Why does EV mode not kick in?

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Originally Posted by GaryG
I have the same problem you describe jnr. I have the nav. system and know that sometimes when the battery gets all the way full, this happens. What I do is stop the FEH and keep the brake on till the engine shuts off (a few minutes at most). After this, I'm good to go as if the computer reset. I run in the EV mode as much as I can and this seems to be a problem every so often. I now have 4,500 miles on my FEH.
Likewise, from time to time I have this same problem. EV will come on normally and the FEH will work as it should. Then, for some strange reason it won't go into EV, even sitting for 5+ min at a stoplight. Sometimes I'll try shifting to N or P and that will cause EV mode to engage. Other times this didn't work, so I shut the engine completely off and the FEH behaved normally after that (EV mode <30 miles per hour). Weird.

It hasn't been that obtrusive, it has happened only 3x in 1400 miles thus far.

Nate
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