New Peugeot iOn Owner Ireland

[Mr EV Ireland]

Just after taking ownership of a 2013 iOn with 160,000. Lots to be done as it's down to around 8kWh worth of useable battery, it's showing the "Fault in the main electrical circuit" warning light along with flashing the turtle light at me when under acceleration but I understand this is all down to cell degradation/balancing required. Looking forward to getting stuck in to it.

All advice welcome

 

[Negue]

Buy a Obd Dongle and use OBDZero to see voltage of cells.
My cheapest OBD work.

 

[JoeS]

@Mr EV Ireland, welcome to the forum.
In your neck of the woods we have a very astute active member on this forum (@MickeyS70). Hope he'll chime in.
You need something to read the car's error codes and peek inside the car.
https://myimiev.com/threads/testing-and-monitoring-apps-and-tools-and-scanners.4950/
The iCarSoft i909 reads the codes but is a bit pricey.
Anyone have other suggestions for reading DTCs?

 

[MickeyS70]

Just after taking ownership of a 2013 iOn with 160,000. Lots to be done as it's down to around 8kWh worth of useable battery, it's showing the "Fault in the main electrical circuit" warning light along with flashing the turtle light at me when under acceleration but I understand this is all down to cell degradation/balancing required. Looking forward to getting stuck in to it.

All advice welcome

Hello Derek and welcome

Yes, you're on the right track diagnosing the issue, however solving the problem permanently may require replacing the main battery altogether.

But let's start with the basics, although not necessarily the cause of your problem, replace the 12V battery first as a weak and aging one will cause all sorts of intermittent/strange problems.

Next get a cheap Bluetooth OBD dongle as @Negue suggested and use the free, dedicated OBDZero app to check out your main battery

Have a read trough the manual for supported dongles https://obdzero.dk/

Feel free to ask lots of questions...

Mickey

 

[Mr EV Ireland]

Thanks all. OBD Reader came before the car and I have downloaded the OBDZero app.
Going to get it serviced and ready for NCT for the Irish Reg Plate change over so 12V was on the list (along with tyres and windscreen).

 

[Mr EV Ireland]

I'm happy to look at a main battery change as so an amazing increase in range with an upgraded pack in Oz