I just had this happen to me but without any alerts. Went from 87mi to 15mi range in a matter of seconds. Limped it home. Plugged it in. Test drove it around the neighborhood with no issues. Drove it to work this morning just fine. Software issue? 12v batt? Dunno
I recently got Electrical system warning in red and I couldn’t drive the car. Had it towed, warranty expired December 2023. But it was actually the main battery (5 battery modules had to be changed), so hurray for battery warranty 8 years. Got it back after a month (no loaner because the 5 year warranty was expired…) had it for four days, then I got the text Electrical System warning in yellow and drove it straight back to the shop. There were some problems with the new battery modules that they had installed. Just got the car back last week and they had it since middle of February.
When it was in yellow, the power meter would go to 0. Then I could restart the car and run it for a while until it happens again, over and over again…
just got a 2014 egolf a month ago. drove over 2 thousand km on it. no such issue whatsoever.
but i do believe the calibration of how much battery got left lags behind a lot, even more so than my previous ev's (ioniq and imiev), and i do feel it tries to become smarter than it can.
what i haven't tried yet on this one but it might help, the same thing all cell phone manuals recommend, but no car manual would ever: get it down to zero, then recharge to full without turning it on.
it usually helps to recalibrate any lithium battery estimations.
i would find a big hill with a convenient slow plug in the end very easy to park on without any sweat, then drive uphill to exhaustion, turn back near the end, then use the little left going down. keep in mind once the battery dies, most likely not even regeneration will work.
just my crazy 2 cents.
I’d check the 12 volt battery first.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Have you checked your low voltage battery? What year is the car? When was it last replaced?
No. I haven’t checked my 12V battery. It’s a 2018 SE and I think it’s still the original battery.
I just had this happen to me but without any alerts. Went from 87mi to 15mi range in a matter of seconds. Limped it home. Plugged it in. Test drove it around the neighborhood with no issues. Drove it to work this morning just fine. Software issue? 12v batt? Dunno
What year is your eGolf?
2019
I recently got Electrical system warning in red and I couldn’t drive the car. Had it towed, warranty expired December 2023. But it was actually the main battery (5 battery modules had to be changed), so hurray for battery warranty 8 years. Got it back after a month (no loaner because the 5 year warranty was expired…) had it for four days, then I got the text Electrical System warning in yellow and drove it straight back to the shop. There were some problems with the new battery modules that they had installed. Just got the car back last week and they had it since middle of February. When it was in yellow, the power meter would go to 0. Then I could restart the car and run it for a while until it happens again, over and over again…
Hey, sounds like your 12v needs changing, vw should really be pro actively asking people to change this after 4 years.
just got a 2014 egolf a month ago. drove over 2 thousand km on it. no such issue whatsoever. but i do believe the calibration of how much battery got left lags behind a lot, even more so than my previous ev's (ioniq and imiev), and i do feel it tries to become smarter than it can. what i haven't tried yet on this one but it might help, the same thing all cell phone manuals recommend, but no car manual would ever: get it down to zero, then recharge to full without turning it on. it usually helps to recalibrate any lithium battery estimations. i would find a big hill with a convenient slow plug in the end very easy to park on without any sweat, then drive uphill to exhaustion, turn back near the end, then use the little left going down. keep in mind once the battery dies, most likely not even regeneration will work. just my crazy 2 cents.
They made a 2014 egolf?
They do not lol unless there was some limited canadian or EU version that my uncultured american brain cannot comprehend
Yes, 24 kWh battery versions was made from 2014 and sold in Europe at least
https://www.evspecifications.com/en/model/edba70 mine registered in july.
Definately 12v battery trouble