I'm getting an occasional alert on the power consumption dash display. Should I worry?

[Ctein]

Dear Folks,

I keep my right dash display in trip mode. At random intervals, separated by hours or even days and for no reason I can figure out, it has started switching to the instantaneous power consumption display for a handful of seconds with a small yellow alert triangle in the lower right corner. Then it reverts to trip mode.

It didn't used to do that. What does this mean???

Thanks!

Ctein

 

[The Lorax]

Mine does this when it is cold outside and the battery is heating up. If I leave my warm garage and it's very cold outside, the battery temp will go down a bit before the battery heaters and/or heat from the motors bring it up to operating temperature. The energy gauge will quickly show you an exclamation mark and some yellow lines at the bottom - indicating that the battery temp is a bit low and your regen is reduced. It usually fluctuates in and out of this state for only a few minutes in these situations. Not sure if this what happening with yours but hope this helps.

 

[bikeandsail]

I also have that happen rarely. I have noticed it seems to happen when I am in navigation to a destination mode. Mine has done that for a couple of years and I have learned to ignore it.

 

[fr100]

Sounds like it is just notifying you that you are temporarily regen-limited due to cold temperature.

 

[Ctein]

Dear Folks,

Sounds like a plausible explanation, and the fact that several of you have been seeing this for a long time with no apparent ill effects reassures me. I shall stop worrying about it.

Thanks!

pax / Ctein