maintenance

Hi all, I'm currently working on a project to develop an accessible, user-friendly, and comprehensive guidebook for new EV owners in my region. Atlantic Canada is lagging in EV adoption but is now making moves towards the early majority stage. The guidebook aims to offer accurate guidance...

So we have had our mini SE for a year now. When we bought it we were told that we'd need to bring it in each year for a simple maintenance and that the first three years those maintenance appointments would be free. Well, when we turned a year, sure enough a notice came on when starting the...

I lease 2021 Kona EV. It comes with 3 year complimentary maintenance. This is the third service at 15,000 miles. According the schedule the climate control air filter (another work for cabin filter) is due to be replaced. I was told it was not replaced because it "looked clean". If I want it...

Going to paint my calipers this week using G2 (curing, two-part paint) and need to know if there is yet a consensus on the best/safest way to jack one side or axle pair at a time in order to get stands under the car’s jack points. I do have a Powerflex polyurethane BMW “puck” for when jacking...

Longtime MINI Cooper SE owners: How much did your dealer charge for the scheduled 2-year maintenance? What was included? How long did it take? Were there any surprises? Are you satisfied?

I just had my 7500 mile service performed on my 2020 Niro EV at my local dealership in Valencia California. Although there isn't much to do at this interval, I wanted to take it in for inspection. To report back, they rotated the tires, did a vehicle inspection, reported back on video, and...

Hello Everyone, Had a quick question for all of you. A friend of mine recommended I use Termin-8R from Spectra Products for my new Tesla charging ports and charging station at home and was wondering if anyone else here has used this product? Link: https://www.spectraproducts.ca/termin8r-overview

Hi everybody! I'm writing an article for new EV owners answering some of their most commonly asked questions. Uncertainties about the costs of owning an EV seem to be one of the main things holding people back from making the switch. I'd love to get a quote from current EV owners about what you...

Hi everyone, I recently went to Honda to get oil changed for my 2018 Clarity Plug-in Hybrid (47k miles), and they recommended these three maintenance items: Coolant Valve Adjustment Fuel Service Does anyone know whether these are needed at this time? Thank you!

Electric cars require very little maintenance as compared to gas cars, but did you know that you can save money by doing two really simple things yourself, at home, and have less of an impact on the environment? My Kia Niro EV, or e-Niro in Europe, makes it easy for me to show you how to replace...

So, first maintenance is underway (24k km). I know from the book that everything is to be inspected and the cabin filter replaced if necessary. They want $60 for the filter (outrageous, of course) and they want to do a brake service for $200. I'm peeved about this as one of the advantages of an...

Just for fun...below is a screenshot of the current values the maintenance minder (MM) has stored for a Clarity on a random day chosen...which was today February 1, 2019. Values are displayed for both the main maintenance codes (A and 0) plus the corresponding sub-codes (1 thru 8). I have...

Here is my first service report. Reached 6,600 miles this week so I took the car in for the 7,500 tire rotation and inspection. First service was complimentary (otherwise $16ish for tire rotation). The service guy said I could do the tire rotation between 5,000 and 7,500 to be within the...

We all know EVs require practically no real regular maintenance but perhaps there is one area where it pays to perform some maintenance and ideally, doing it ourselves, is the braking system: disassembling the brake pads, cleaning and lubricating the slider pins, and this at least once a year...

Hi all, I am looking at the Severe Usage Conditions maintenance schedule, and am seeing two different, but similar mentions of salt usage on roads. Can anyone tell me what the difference is between C - Driving on a salt-spread road, and D - Driving in areas using salt or other corrosive...

Hey folks, I am in the process of making a public Google document with known issues from the Kona Electric. My goal here is to keep this thread as lean as possible. So please, if you want to post in here, do try to keep it limited to a description of the issue, a couple links to other threads...

I just got an A0 Maintenance minder (pops up every time I start the car), but I've only had this thing for 1 month and am under 1700 miles, anybody have any clue what's going on here? Should I take it in to get serviced already? I don't really want to shell out for a maintenance visit so soon...

I've had my Kona for a couple of months (it was parked for 2.5 weeks during that time) and I have just checked my coolant. The level is midway between the min and max. Is this normal? I was surprised to see that it had gone down that much. Also what coolant are people using? I read you can top...

Question for the Honda fan boi's... Say a person changes oil/oil filter, rotates the tires, performs the multi-point inspection etc then dutifully records the maintenance item through the Honda owners website under the maintenance recording feature. Does Honda collect this info for their...

So I picked up the 2018 Clarity base on New Years Day to qualify for the increased SCE utility rebate and for the new CA HOV carpool stickers (purple) for 2019. I have questions about the Honda Care Sentinel 3 year / 36K plan. The finance manager pushed this on us asking us about the cost of...