Yes but not a Troll

 

Somewhat like Gary I also don't think I've ever had a recalibration yet. I've got 15,000 miles on mine. I don't drive like he does so I am using assist, and I don't really have extended EV in my way of driving (I'm too lazy I guess ). So it seems like something else is the reason for the non-frequent recalibrations. In any case I haven't noticed any recalibration. I've had mine since about March.

 

#1 I thought it said RECALL at first.

#2 I have had one perceptable RECONDITION event ( battery recondition is what it is actually called) in 32,000 miles.

#3 I charge and discharge intentionally more than anyone, except perhaps GaryG, so maybe my car does not really need to do it.

#4 At about 20,000 miles, with a fully warmed up FEH, on a warm day, I could not go into EV. In fact, while at stops, and while driving, the arrows showed charging was going on. Even after the battery icon was 100% green, charging arrows continued for 4 or 5 more minutes. When it finally shut down and went to EV, I was able to drive a personal best, 5.6 miles of stop and go residential driving, over flat terrain, without the ICE starting up.

#5 I concluded my FEH did a "super charge" followed by a "super discharge".

-John

 

I'm still a very new owner (first tank of gas type new), can someone explain what this event is? I assume it's something that the car intentionally does on it's own when it senses a certain battery condition, correct? Is it mentioned in the manual?

 

LOL, I hope most folks wouldn't consider me a troll. I'm pretty happy with both my FEH's now that I got the suspension creak fixed.

 

Yes, in the 2005 FEH owner manual, page 8 of the "Introduction" under the paragraph titled " ESCAPE HYBRID UNIQUE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS" it says:
" The high voltage battery may go through a self-reconditioning process from time to time; these events optimize the high voltage battery performance. You may notice slight changes to driveability during the reconditioning process. This is a normal condition."

 

Thanks!

 

I think I just had a recal on my 08 FEH. (8000 miles) We just had a couple days of 20 degree weather, and I hadn't driven my car for 2 days. Today, I started it up, and noticed that I got no regen when braking. When I pulled out on the main street, I had not assist. I live at the top of a 4 mile 7% grade, and normally, the battery will charge almost the whole way down, but today it didn't charge at all. After 10 miles into the trip, I started to get some assist, and by the time I got to my destination, assist seemed to be working normally again, but still very little regen on braking and very little charge when coasting.

The car was behaving like the battery was full at this point, although it should not have been. When braking, the engine revved up instead of charging the battery.

15 miles into the trip, I pulled off the road and shut the engine off, then restarted to see if a reboot would change things. It did not.

On the return trip, it worked better, but at the end of the 60 mile round trip It still isn't working normally.

Is this a recal, or is it the result of the 20 degree weather? If this is normal behavior in cold weather, I am going to invest in the engine/battery heater.

Any ideas?

 

Me too, I was wondering what is about the recall...

 

I don't think you had a recal and it does sound like the effects of cold weather. People use the block heater but I don't think the '08 has a battery heater connection. The radiator block maybe something else you want to research but I'd monitor engine coolant and the eCVT temperatures with a SGII if you do.

GaryG