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1. Occasionally I accidently press the lock or unlock button on the keyfob when inserting or removing the key from the steering lock. And the alarm siren goes off in the (I believe) COBRA Immobiliser. If I wait a minute it stops. Or I fiddle about pressing lock and unlock, closing the doors...

I already have an I-MIEV, I'm looking at buying a dead I-MIEV as a project. It was being driven back home from a MOT (UK road-worthiness test). The owner pulled over and switched off to "retune the radio" - the 12V battery has been replaced, perhaps during the Test ? The car wouldn't start after...

The key buttons unlocked and locked the doors, but the key wouldn't turn in the steering column switch. Neither of us could turn it. 12V Aux battery was new and had good volts. A bit scary, began to sound like a faulty key sensor. The penny dropped eventually - the car has a steering lock...

Need to get to the wiring on the back of this fusebox buried deep under the bonnet to do a mod, but the fixings are not obvious to me. Any ideas please ?

Bought in August 2023, 55,000 miles. Cost £2500 Just washed it so a bit streaky Bit of a gamble at that price, but it did 55 miles to get us home. Which is perfect for our needs. The yearly government test advised that the rearmost rubber bush on both front suspension lower arms were...

I find it difficult to locate the slot in the steering lock with the key, particularly when it's dark, for RHD the lock is shaded by the upper shroud. And sometimes that causes me to hit one of the buttons on the key, which sets the alarm off. So I've fixed an 8mm panel-mounted LED into the...

Charging has failed at BP Pulse and two Instavolts, that ZapMap CHAT suggest are working for other brands of cars. The Instavolt units connected and counted down, then Clunked and went to a red-light FAIL on the unit. Only Shell Recharge has worked. Not a large dataset, as I have only had the...

Looking for a 12V source under the rear boot floor, to power a fan to cool the DC-DC Converter and On Board Charger, only during Slow Charging. From the circuit diagrams it appears that 12V is available on Connector E-03 when the On-Board Charger Relay is energised. Relay Pin 1 Violet, to...

Are there any components on the OBC that could be (easily) replaced before faults occur and/or would prevent faults occurring ? For example, in Meade computer-controlled amateur telescopes there are 20V Tantalum capacitors on the 12V powered boards that blow after about 20 years of use...

Need to touch-up the kerb rash.

I have just bought a 2012 i-MIEV, UK RHD. The driver's seat heater is permanently ON. I can't find a User Manual or Service Manual that shows the kind of switch mine has. It has a round push button. It doesn't have a plug behind it, instead the two wires on the switch (red and black) head...

I have just bought a 2012 i-MIEV. My first CHADEMO charge from 30% stopped at 66%. I removed and re-inserted the plug and started a new charge, but it only ramped up to a very low charge rate, so I gave up. I thought it would go to at least 80% ? Could this be due to charger temperature ...