Hi! 2150 miles into FFE driving, hit my first snag.
This morning my wife was going to take the car on an errand. I used my keyfob to remote start the car to warm it up for her, since it's about 30 degrees outside. She disconnected the 120V charger correctly and upon pushing the start button, received a yellow popup message to the left of speedometer saying "See Manual", and a yellow wrench icon was illuminated on the instrument panel. It would have been only like the 3rd time she's taken the car, go figure.
She called me over to see if I could help. I powered down and powered up again, and saw the same message. There was also a "keyfob not in car" message after I ok'd the See Manual message, though I had her key in the cupholder, and car showed a green ready-to-go car icon.
I checked the manual, and read that SEE MANUAL indicates a powertrain issue or high voltage system charge fault, and recommends taking to service if the message continues to display.
Although it seemed like it would drive, I didn't want her stuck in a dicey neighborhood in the cold if anything was really wrong, so she took her car. I powered down and plugged the car in again, though it was at 99%. About 30 minutes later, went out and tried it again, and the message and wrench were gone. I drove the car up and down the alley, but being home alone with the kids I couldn't go for a longer drive. Of course I'm going out of town later today, and leaving the car for several days. Hoping it was just a fault of some sort.
Two potential issues that might have triggered the warning come to mind. First, I remote started with my keyfob, and she tried driving with her keyfob. That would be a dumb reason for the car to act funny, but I could see it happening. I did try to switch keys in hand before the 30 minute wait and still received the wrench/manual message, but maybe once the signal lights it needs a certain time-out before resetting? Second, remote start with the keyfob seems a little glitchy in general, more so than go-time starting. I have accidentally set off the alarm a few times when the car was remote started and I then entered and exited the car. I've also had a "keyfob not in car" message after remote starting a few times in the past, though I was only using one keyfob those times.
Anyway, if anyone else has any insight, I would appreciate a reply. My first thought was that my wife unplugged from the wall instead of the car, but she insists that she did it correctly!
This morning my wife was going to take the car on an errand. I used my keyfob to remote start the car to warm it up for her, since it's about 30 degrees outside. She disconnected the 120V charger correctly and upon pushing the start button, received a yellow popup message to the left of speedometer saying "See Manual", and a yellow wrench icon was illuminated on the instrument panel. It would have been only like the 3rd time she's taken the car, go figure.
She called me over to see if I could help. I powered down and powered up again, and saw the same message. There was also a "keyfob not in car" message after I ok'd the See Manual message, though I had her key in the cupholder, and car showed a green ready-to-go car icon.
I checked the manual, and read that SEE MANUAL indicates a powertrain issue or high voltage system charge fault, and recommends taking to service if the message continues to display.
Although it seemed like it would drive, I didn't want her stuck in a dicey neighborhood in the cold if anything was really wrong, so she took her car. I powered down and plugged the car in again, though it was at 99%. About 30 minutes later, went out and tried it again, and the message and wrench were gone. I drove the car up and down the alley, but being home alone with the kids I couldn't go for a longer drive. Of course I'm going out of town later today, and leaving the car for several days. Hoping it was just a fault of some sort.
Two potential issues that might have triggered the warning come to mind. First, I remote started with my keyfob, and she tried driving with her keyfob. That would be a dumb reason for the car to act funny, but I could see it happening. I did try to switch keys in hand before the 30 minute wait and still received the wrench/manual message, but maybe once the signal lights it needs a certain time-out before resetting? Second, remote start with the keyfob seems a little glitchy in general, more so than go-time starting. I have accidentally set off the alarm a few times when the car was remote started and I then entered and exited the car. I've also had a "keyfob not in car" message after remote starting a few times in the past, though I was only using one keyfob those times.
Anyway, if anyone else has any insight, I would appreciate a reply. My first thought was that my wife unplugged from the wall instead of the car, but she insists that she did it correctly!
