Longer Jail Bars

[DevSecOps]

Weird cause I haven’t charged in four days, level 2 at my house. Never seen 12 bars before. Charging it now will see where the bars are at in a few. Added my VIN to the post above. ?

We ran your VIN and there's no HVBJB issue reported by the car. Unless it's a constant recurring issue that can't be attributed to anything then I would chalk it up as another MME GT quirk. Since you said that you hadn't charged in a few days could it be because of low SOC? As your SOC drops below 70% it will start to accumulate bars. 30% for example, will have a lot of bars.

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[Valkyrie]

Well I was at 29% state of charge when I left the house. 19% at work… and 6% when I got home. Strange that would produce jail bars methinks.

 

[DevSecOps]

Well I was at 29% state of charge when I left the house. 19% at work… and 6% when I got home. Strange that would produce jail bars methinks.

HAHAHA ... there's your answer!

That low SOC will cause a ton of jail bars. Your car is fine.

On a side note, try to avoid letting the car get that low. Aside from all the people who will cry "omg it's bad for the battery", under 12% SOC and the car won't maintain the LVB and if you have things like a dashcam or anything that could draw power (IPC/APIM issues) it could prevent the car from starting if the LVB gets under ~12V.

 

[Valkyrie]

Thanks for the tip. Things you learn about in these forums ?

 

[Mach-Lee]

Well I was at 29% state of charge when I left the house. 19% at work… and 6% when I got home. Strange that would produce jail bars methinks.

Yup that’s definitely why you have jail bars. The lower the pack is the more you get. Pack can’t produce as much power when it’s low.

 

[Kevin P]

I ALWAYS had 8-10 jail bars when when I started my GT, regardless of temperature. They would go away after a few minutes.

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