Hi all. Haven’t posted on here for a while, lost both my parents at the end of last year and life has been hectic with other things taking priority. Got our 3008 hybrid4 in October and tbh it’s been a disaster. Since 2009 it’s the only motability car that we have been left stranded by. New battery pack needed and currently at the dealers for an undiagnosed fault. Have been told nothing wrong with it. Went to start it at school and it wouldn’t do anything. Various faults came up on dash each time I pressed start. Tried lots of things but finally phoned RAC.90 minutes later the car lit up and allowed us to start it and go home. Now with them saying it is fine my confidence in it has disappeared. The car has also disappointed in other areas. Very poor range. Even in hybrid mode it won’t complete a 25 mile round trip before running out of juice. When fully charged it now shows a range of 16 miles, showed 42 in the first week we bought it. Yes I know it’s cold, winter, etc etc but it does make you think ‘why bother’. If every trip you make is less than 15 miles you’ll be fine, only thing is I’m not sure how many families only make such short journeys. Once that juice runs out you really start to pay for it. I don’t drive particularly fast and 30 mpg is about the norm. That coupled with a very small tank means you are constantly watching the fuel gauge. Ok, but it’s fast right? No. Fast doesn’t even begin to cover it. Liken it to strapping yourself to a missile and pressing launch. It flies. And not just from the lights, it overtakes like few other family cars on the road. Of course your meagre reserves of fuel disappear even more quickly than usual but it’s a novelty for a while. The other price you pay is the noise. In sport mode the engine is quite loud and intrusive and rapidly loses its appeal.
Our Outlander PHEV between 28-32 miles EV in the summer ( dependent on road conditions and speed) and between 18-20 miles in the winter. Petrol consumption approximately 38/40 mpg even with E10 fuel.
As regard the predicted range they call it the guess meter, I have seen as high as 40 miles predicted, but it does last anywhere that figure. The system is very dependent on the regenerative brake/ energy recovery system. I will stick my neck out, Toyota seems to be the market leaders in this area, the new RAV4 has a predicted range of 42 miles with it 18 kW battery, owners are reporting 42 + in the winter with the heater on and high 50’s to 60 mile range in the summer, you only need to look at their hybrid range to see the advancements.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.