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Originally Posted by pajasper
Ours has never done that, not even once that we've observed in almost a year. I don't know how often this behavior should be seen and the car still be considered to be operating "normally".
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First of all the battery is kept at between 65% to 80% of full charge to prolong it's life, so when the indicator shows battery fully charged , it is not but somewhere around 80% of full charge, same when low charge is being shown.
Second of all my car will run on battery, if lets say I get stuck in heavy traffic, which is everyday and it will run off the battery until the indicator goes purple. When it does and it shows about 2 marks, then the ICE will kick in and recharge battery to at least 1/3 full (as indicated on display) even if I'm not moving at all.
It is normal part of the operation of the car, so don't worry about it. The computer is monitoring state of charge of the battery and it will act accordingly by letting it charge or discharge. Green means full charge (actually 80% of full charge), blue means middle range and purple means battery is empty (in reality discharged to 65%) and this is full operating range of the battery. If you leave the car parked and use lights and AC to discharge battery quickly, it will be cycling between blue and purple all the time , starting the engine to recharge ever so often. The only time you won't see purple is if you never let the car run on battery alone for too long ( for example highway driving, short stops followed by hard acceleration etc.)