@Ade Nice looking car the new Kodiak and one of the few decent sized cars remaining on the scheme. I’m sure you’ll be very happy with it once these initial issues are sorted.
I’d have been extremely irritated about the software update issue as this should have been picked up during the PDI (pre delivery inspection) and updated prior to you taking delivery. A bit of a dropped ball on behalf of the dealership I think.
One of our regular contributors @kezo is an electrician and may be able to help with your electrics query. He was very helpful when I had electrical problems. Unfortunately, his father is extremely ill at present so he may not be able to help just at the moment.
Finally, as it’s your first Motability car and therefore probably your first PHEV, it’s worth knowing that the mpg as stated on the cars computer is a farce and bears no resemblance to reality. This is the case with all PHEVs as the computer takes no account of the cost of charging the car and calculates mpg as though all of the miles that you do under electric power are free, which is clearly not the case. It took me a while to work out how to calculate mpg equivalent accurately on my PHEV, but once I’d finally sussed it I was pleased to see that the highly respected motoring journalist ‘Harrys Garage’ uses the same method. If it helps, this is what you do;
I keep a small notebook in the car. I keep a log of the cost of every charge that I make between each petrol refuel. I don’t have a cheap electric rate so charging my PHEV from 15% (the default level with zero EV range left) to 100% costs me £2.60. It may be a lot less in your case. Once I’ve filled up with petrol, I add to the petrol cost the cumulative cost of all charges that I’ve made since I last filled up with petrol. I then divide this total cost (petrol plus all charges) by the number of miles driven since the last refuel to get a pence per mile figure. Finally, using the current cost per gallon of petrol (£6 where I live – £1.319 per litre x 4.546 to get the price of a gallon), I divide the price of a gallon by the total pence per mile and that gives me an accurate mpg equivalent to an ICE car. My car is usually showing around 80 mpg on the in car computer but, in reality, this is really around 48 mpg once charging costs are included as above. The ‘gap’ will vary hugely though depending on what proportion of your mileage is done on electric power versus petrol. If I do a journey that is 100% electric the computer shows around 999 mpg but, in truth, it’s about 80 mpg equivalent. If I do a journey that is 100% on petrol (with a depleted battery) it’s more like 32 mpg. Hope that helps as the fuel computer in the car will never be even remotely accurate unless you never ever charge the car, which defeats the whole point of getting one!