Recent content by jennrod12

My tab is broken, at least on the driver’s side. I probably broke it the first time I replaced the headlight. It doesn’t seem to affect the operation any.

Another year and a half before the driver’s side went out. Just replaced it today. Only took 1.5 hours - might have been an hour, but I dropped one of the bolts into an unreachable place and had to do a little extra disassembly/reassembly.

I agree. We have a Bolt and an I-MiEV and the only thing I like better about the I-MiEV is that it’s narrower, so you can park it in smaller spaces (like crowded trailheads). The Bolt surpasses the I-MiEV by far in every other category, it replaced our ICE. Remember there is a federal tax credit...

Well, the answer to how long my Phillips halogen replacement bulbs last is about 3 years for the passenger side. Driver’s side still going strong. I drove around with one headlight for a few months before finally getting around to doing another replacement. (Avoided driving after dark...

Our little car, 2012, has about 46,000 miles too! I think it usually still gets about 62 RR when fully charged, it's been a while since I fully charged it. Mostly not freeway driving, so that may affect the RR positively. Jenn

I'm done! The instructions make sense, once you've done it once ;-). It took me about 3 hours to remove the first headlight assembly, 30-45 minutes to remove the second. About an hour to put the two of them back in. I used halogen bulbs again, but higher visibility ones, we'll see how long...

I'm still stuck on "remove the wiring harness connector" - is there a trick to it? I can't separate the two halves. Someone posted the same question on the you tube video as well. Jenn

I just found some videos on you tube that I think will help answer my questions. Jenn

Well, I'm flummoxed. I loosened the top bolt, removed the second bolt, then released the clear plastic clip under the fender, but I'm not sure what to do from there. What/where are the front bumper clips and where is the third bolt? Thanks for any further advice! Jenn

Hi Joe, Thanks for the great advice! I'll be heading to the auto parts store tomorrow. I looked on Amazon and found several different versions of H11 Halogen bulbs, each claiming to have better visibility than the next. However, they have different expected lifetimes (in hours), which...

Thanks so much, I just discovered today that one of my low-beam bulbs is out! Should I replace both at the same time? Is the Diode Dynamics SL1 LED bulb a drop-in replacement? I drive with the low-beans on all the time, since our car doesn't have daytime running lights.

Now I feel like a dork. I don't really check the charging status from inside my car very often, because my EVSE gives me very good feedback when I plug it in (green is good, red is bad). So the red plug on the dash is good, you say!?! Ha ha, I assumed it was bad. Thanks for clearing that up...

Thanks for checking those out, Joe, I wonder why they don't work with my car? I only have the 3.3 kw charging on my car. When I plug in to the Volta station, I get a red plug icon on my dashboard. Jenn

Hi Joe, The Volta stations are at Sunnyvale's Loehmann's plaza (Homestead & Hollenbeck) near the new OSH store (2 stations), and in Santa Clara in the strip mall at Homestead & Keily near the Safeway east entrance (2 stations). Let me know what you find! Jenn

I've tried 3 Volta stations, but none of them work with my I-Miev, has anyone used them successfully? An electric VW pulled up to one after I'd tried it and had no trouble. Jenn