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Thx for the replies so far...I don't think it has to do with the insulation topic although that was an interesting quick read bc I noticed my back doors had a very hollow cheap sound when closed. I'm bringing my car in for service this Friday so perhaps I'll have an update for the thread. The main reason I'm bringing it however is that my charger door broke already lol. No longer swings as it should. Hopefully updates to follow.

What's up all, just picked up my 3rd FFE, pretty much the same ole car but jazzed anytime I can get my hands on a new one. That said, I came across an issue that's really getting on my nerves and the dealership is giving me a runaround bc they don't know. Here's the deal: When the car is on, I'm hearing a faint noise that I pinpointed was a cooling fan behind the radio screen, very similar to a laptop fan when that begins to overheat. Anyone come across this? The issue is that it runs CONSTANTLY and is flat out annoying. Any thoughts?? Appreciate any answers in advance! Happy holidays all :)

Hey all, I was gonna start a new thread but my question could fit into this one... Just traded my 2015 FFE lease for a 2017 FFE lease and had one question that I can't find anywhere: In my 2015, when putting on the AC or heat you would see your range fall by a few miles, understandably so. However, in the 17s, it doesn't. Is there any kind of change to the system where the heat/AC doesn't draw power like it did in the 15s? Thanks in advance, sorry if I just missed this answer somewhere else on the board.

Actually I skimmed the rest of the thread after I posted the reply and realized my best wishes didn't really come true for you as I noticed the accident posts. Sorry about that one, tough break for sure.

Nice review tc, coming up on the final year of my lease and was looking into the Platinum (Titanium FFE currently). One thing that has bugged me from day one on my 2015 is every time I get into the car, whether it be 10 degrees or 90, I would have cold air blowing from the vents until I turned the climate on for a few seconds to release the air and then turn it off. This is not a very favorable requirement in the Mid-Atlantic winters, and often when I clicked the climate on for those few seconds the EV was lost for a good 5 minutes. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!! Others on the board have experienced this as well. Does this ring a bell and does this happen with the 2017s by chance? Thanks in advance, good luck with the new ride!

Let me explain...I find myself concentrating so much on driving economically and maximizing my MPGs to the point that I just no longer have fun driving the car. No that I wake up to 10 degree temps on the east coast, I have to talk myself into putting the heat on since it'll kill my battery life. Plus, I find myself not driving as much when not fully or partially charged to avoid using gas. At first it was fun to see how long I could stretch out a tank of gas (3,100 miles is my best btw), but it's overtaken my driving habits and quite frankly it's becoming annoying. Anyone else in the same boat?

That is a really sweet setup there, good luck with the 2016. Are those changes made to the 2016 programmable to the 2015?

I thought this would go away during the hotter spring/summer months only to realize I have cold air blowing directly on my ankle at all times with the climate off. Other than the semi-warm "hot" setting on the seat warmers, this is my biggest pet peeve thus far. I've turned the climate on, hit the recirculate button, then turned it off and it sometimes worked. Next time I may need to keep it on a few more seconds. Sorry to say this, but I'm glad it's not just me and it's getting others just as aggravated.

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Ok so this may be a stupid question - is there any danger in sitting in my car while it charges? Danger with respect to anything in the airwaves? I know very little to nothing about radiology, batteries, lithium ions, etc as you probably already could tell by this question.

I'm about 2000 miles from an oil change so I'll mention it again at that time although I won't need them by then. I'm pretty disappointed since I missed my heated seats in my last car. Like traumatic said my "3" is basically someone else's "1". There's absolutely no roasting of this guy's back side at all but I do love everything else about the car so I haven't made too much of a stink to the dealer as I could have.

Gotcha. And yes, I likely will.

Meagan, any idea how long they give the seats to warm before checking the temp? I'm still pretty boggled as to how they showed between 95-105 degrees during their test. Again I had them on all ride to and from work today and felt virtually nothing. The steering wheel isn't overly impressive either but at least I can confirm the heat is working on it.

Well, kinda what I figured. They're ordering a new speaker, so that's fine. But the seats fired up at a temp between 95 -105 degrees where the spec is between 75 - 105 or very similar. Unfortunately I just don't feel that translate to my "seated" parts :) Pretty disappointing but whatever. Not much I can do about it I guess.

Taking it in this week. Just haven't gotten around to it yet, but every day I hold out hope that they will fire up. My fear is that they'll check functionality and say it's fine and chalk it up to personal preference. I'm a gadget guy so those extra benefits like heated seats and steering wheel meant a lot to me and it's been disappointing thus far. I'll definitely report back once I know what they say.

Good assumption Rhynri. Makes sense so I'll buy that. Let's keep it rolling...Does the Energi have an option to defrost while also heating the floor vents like all other cars do? When I'm running the defrost and I choose the floor vents as well the defrost light turns off. Do we not have the capability to do both simultaneously? And this fan thing is killing me. It's constantly blowing out cool air so I need to close my vents when not running the heat. Grrrr

Ok so after my first fill up, my range said 450ish miles. That seemed low to me especially since when I got the car from the dealer it was around 600. So, now the car jumped to 470 miles after 100 miles into the tank. Does it take time for the range to add additional gas? It's been about one week since I filled up.

Again great answers, thanks to all who have joined this thread thus far! Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions as I may have a couple more as we go along. I'm gonna have the seats checked as I noticed yesterday my left front mid-speaker is out so I'm taking it in next week anyway. I'll let you know if they find anything with the seats, but likely not. But to clarify, yes I was referring to the range in the lower right hand corner of the right info panel.

Great reply openair, thanks for the info!

First off, hey everyone. Been driving my 2015 Energi for one month and loving it. I'm still confused about a few things that hopefully someone here knows as I can't get much good info in the manual nor online in general, so here goes: 1. When the charged battery goes to 0 miles, then switches over to the solid blue battery, what exactly does that mean? I know in certain driving situations I can still utilize EV mode at that point, but am I still on some battery type power? I'm thinking it just indicates hybrid mode? 2. How does the car calculate remaining mileage to empty? Does it assume you will charge the car a certain number of times between fill ups? And to that degree I guess the gas gauge itself does something similarly? 3. Has anyone noticed cold outside air coming into the cabin through the vents? Normally I will recirculate the air to eliminate the incoming air, but it's gotten annoying to have to do this every time. Am I doing something wrong? I very well could just be an idiot :) 4. Does anyone ever feel like their heated seats just don't work very well? All that said, I really do love the car, it's just a lot to understand. Looking forward to being a member!

Hey all, first post here... Jjust purchased a 2015 Energi Titanium lease and loving the car so far! To attempt answering the original question, I had one of those kw gauges from Home Depot lying around and I decided to see how much it registered during a full charge at approx 6 hours. According to the gauge (which you plug in, then plug an appliance into it to get a reading) it came out to $0.57 or something like that. Needless to say I was quite pleased. I believe my energy cost is $0.08/kwh. Hope that helps!