Zoe Owners Daring Tales/Boring Discussion Thread.......

Zoe Owners Daring Tales/Boring Discussion Thread.......

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IN51GHT

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8,777 posts

209 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Just chased them, it was finished yesterday but they have been told not to release the car until customer care have called.

Apparently it was test driven yesterday, I know that's not true however as ZE Services says it was charge Wednesday & has not moved since.

Hmm

DSLiverpool

14,671 posts

201 months

Sunday 8th March 2015
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WE have a problem - the app is frozen and as such the alerts and emails dont work. Will have a fiddle in the car later but otherwise it will need to go in.

IN51GHT

Original Poster:

8,777 posts

209 months

Monday 9th March 2015
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Got the Zoe back on Saturday, all OK so far. I think the software mod others have mentioned has been carried out as the heating is more effective when in ECO mode.

Also my MpKwh has gone from a fairly consistent 3.6 up to 4.2.

smn159

12,448 posts

216 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Seeing a significant jump in predicted range over the past few days. In the depths of winter my 54 mile round trip commute would leave me consistently with 20 miles or so of range when I got home. Past couple of days has seen this increase to 46 miles, so up from 74 to 100 miles of range in total.

Driving without the air con on now as it's warmer and without headlights on the way home

dave_s13

13,813 posts

268 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Yep, we are noticing a bit more range, which is most welcome.

For those of us with "a bit council - white" coloured cars I can recommend these door guard strips.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0049N5XBU?psc=...

After my daughter was mm away from smashing the door open into the wall I thought it prudent to at least try and afford the area some protection. Initially they don't seem to quite fit but after a few days they conform perfectly to the shape of the upper door shoulders and the colour match is pretty much perfect.

IN51GHT

Original Poster:

8,777 posts

209 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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Out of the 4 last scheduled charges overnight three have failed, I never had a single failure before the car spent two weeks in the dealer being repaired.

At which point do I call it quits?

pboyall

176 posts

120 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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Shame it's not 4 out of 4 as you now have the "fun" challenge of arguing with Renault who will, no doubt, declare that they cannot reproduce the fault.


dave_s13

13,813 posts

268 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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Are the charges being requested from the ZE services app or in car using the schedule function?

If the former than this can be flakey in my experience. If the latter, then , err, fk it off a cliff.

So far mine has had inoperative ze services and the climate control successfully repaired with software updates. I can understand why you wouldn't want to take the thing back again though.

Can you just hand it back now, I'd be pushing for that myself, there seem to be some great Leaf deals on the go at the minute. Maybe th could get you into a new one of those?

smn159

12,448 posts

216 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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IN51GHT said:
Out of the 4 last scheduled charges overnight three have failed, I never had a single failure before the car spent two weeks in the dealer being repaired.

At which point do I call it quits?
Sound like now might be the time, given the problems that you've had. I never use the scheduled charge on mine, so couldn't comment on it's reliability or otherwise - just plug the thing in when I get home. You must have an economy overnight tariff?

I'd be pretty pissed off if I wanted to go to work and the thing wasn't charged.

IN51GHT

Original Poster:

8,777 posts

209 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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My problem is I actually prefer the Zoe to the Leaf. I'm going to try a different charge lead & see if the problem re-occurs. It's when scheduled from the in car scheduler not ZE Services.

JonnyVTEC

3,001 posts

174 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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How can you prefer it over the leaf when the Zoe simply doesn't work ? tongue out

lost in espace

6,136 posts

206 months

Sunday 15th March 2015
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After driving granny style in eco for the last 2k miles, finally came out of London with decent battery power and decided to give the Zoe a blast. It is pretty quick and I even managed a mighty 88mph on my private test track.

appletonn

699 posts

259 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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First slightly wobbly moment with our Zoe yesterday.

Went to my parents & went to use the 'granny lead' for a couple of hours token top up, but my Dad hadn't switched the power on before I plugged the other end into the car - when the power was then turned on, the result was flashing red charging socket & 'Charging impossible' on the dashboard. Despite unlocking & locking the car numerous times & disconnecting & reconnecting the lead, the car refused to play ball. Even resorted to taking it for a short drive, but no change.

So I parked it up in disgust & left it for half an hour. This time there was no warning symbol on the dash & the charger started working fine.

Got home last night & connected to the BG unit with no issues, so hopefully just symptomatic of the Zoe's sensitive nature!

Butter Face

30,192 posts

159 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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I'm meeting Rob Arnott from Team Andretti Forumla E on Friday and letting him have a drive of our ZOE.

I wonder what he'll think of it?!

DSLiverpool

14,671 posts

201 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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Butter Face said:
I'm meeting Rob Arnott from Team Andretti Forumla E on Friday and letting him have a drive of our ZOE.

I wonder what he'll think of it?!
Is it chipped ? extra battery in the boot or summat ?

BigBen

11,610 posts

229 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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The warm weather is helping the range a lot. 79 miles vs. a usual 69 predicted range today. I managed to end the 14 mile journey to work with 77 miles remaining, giving a theoretical range at that ratio of predicted to actual of about 500 miles wink

smn159

12,448 posts

216 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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BigBen said:
The warm weather is helping the range a lot. 79 miles vs. a usual 69 predicted range today. I managed to end the 14 mile journey to work with 77 miles remaining, giving a theoretical range at that ratio of predicted to actual of about 500 miles wink
hehe soon be as practical as my old VAG diesel is that rate

jonny427

24 posts

164 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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I was looking forward to trying the Zoe for a couple of days, went to pick the car up but there was a problem with the charger. The dealers says should be sorted in a couple of days. I have been back a couple of times to check on progress, but have now given up, the dealer cannot be bothered to contact me.

VonSenger

2,465 posts

188 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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jonny427 said:
I was looking forward to trying the Zoe for a couple of days, went to pick the car up but there was a problem with the charger. The dealers says should be sorted in a couple of days. I have been back a couple of times to check on progress, but have now given up, the dealer cannot be bothered to contact me.
Yep, easily the worst dealership network I have ever dealt with, particularly Sheffield and Derby. Tried to give them money for a zoe on a number of occasions but had no joy. Went to Nissan instead. Great service so far.

IN51GHT

Original Poster:

8,777 posts

209 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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VonSenger said:
jonny427 said:
I was looking forward to trying the Zoe for a couple of days, went to pick the car up but there was a problem with the charger. The dealers says should be sorted in a couple of days. I have been back a couple of times to check on progress, but have now given up, the dealer cannot be bothered to contact me.
Yep, easily the worst dealership network I have ever dealt with, particularly Sheffield and Derby. Tried to give them money for a zoe on a number of occasions but had no joy. Went to Nissan instead. Great service so far.
What dealership network?