10-04-2021, 02:15 PM | #1 |
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X5 45e drivetrain issue message - no longer consuming electricity in sport mode
I had a drivetrain issue on my X5 45e which was checked by BMW. It has not happened again but my car is no longer consuming electricity in sport mode. Before it would drain the electric range down to nearly nothing if I drive around in sport mode to then charge that up again to about 15km of electric range.
Is something broken or did I miss some kind of update that changed this principle? I've got another appointment on thursday to check the drivetrain oil to make sure it isn't dirty because of the earlier drivetrain issue message. I'm not confident in how well or not my car is functioning right now. Not sure what i'll do with it? might opt for getting a new one even based on my worries that this might all be way worse than initially thought although it's only 2 years and some months old … Let me know thoughts / confirm/deny what I was thinking above |
10-15-2021, 01:47 AM | #2 | |
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they will also check the drivetrain oil after I had it checked at a service point and it appears to be pitch black coloured (not normal??) they ensured me they take the issue serious and will get to the bottom of this |
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The oil of the transmission is coloured pitch black which I was assuming to be abnormal since normally you would expect it to be translucent to some degree. They told me they took oil out of transmission of a newer X5 and it looks the same. According to the garage there is nothing wrong with my transmission oil. I'm still in doubt though… engineers that I talk to say there has to be a reason why the oil is so black, either it overheats (or overheated at some point) or there is something else (a rubber or something) that tears down a bit and gives the oil the black colour. The garage says its perfectly fine though. |
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12-11-2021, 03:51 PM | #9 |
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Where and how you drive will determine how much regeneration you'll be able to achieve. It appears that in sport mode, it acts more like a manual transmission, and depending on the gear you're in, letting off the accelerator pedal acts like you're in a lower gear, retarding your forward motion like you'd get in a lower gear of a manual, rather than coasting. Regeneration is never as efficient as the energy required to get you to speed. On a long cruise in sport mode, you may not see much regeneration, so the amount of battery charge could differ.
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12-25-2021, 09:49 PM | #10 |
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I know, comfort setting in "sport" mode just turns into Hybrid mode; it uses electric until 65 mph and gas if you go above that . I mean when a car engine is set to a sport mode (not comfort), I've never seen electric range go down..
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