Corsa-e - think they gave us an old chassis

We've had our corsa e since April last year so if there's anything I can help with regarding comparisons between the 2022 model and the previous one, please let me know. I haven't really looked into the new version so I'm not too sure on what the differences should be.

I didn't realise that the blind spot monitoring had been removed. I find it very useful and haven't had any issues.

I know there was a big software update around November 2021. The easiest way to tell if your car has it, is if the regen braking works at 100% battery. Prior to the update, the regen braking didn't work until 95% battery or below. I'm not sure if 2022 cars would have this as standard or if they would also need a software update.

Regarding the proximity locking / unlocking, I think there's an option to have it on or off in the vehicle settings. I'd go and check but the wife is out in the car currently.
 
paradigm said:
My brother bought a brand new Corsa E last year. It too had problems charging, then one day the car shut-down during a drive from Leeds to Manchester, nearly killing him in the process.

Vauxhall took it back as they couldn't work out what was wrong with it.

Personally I'd get rid (reject) and avoid the Corsa E/208 E platform.
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Heard a couple of stories like this with EVs so far (one being a Zoe). Refused to charge one day and then bricked, dealer cant figure it out and they end up replacing the whole car. Pretty scary.
 
Nasher said:
Heard a couple of stories like this with EVs so far (one being a Zoe). Refused to charge and then bricked, dealer cant figure it out and they end up replacing the whole car. Pretty scary.
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Sounds alright to me - brand new car
 
dLockers said:
All cars can go wrong, grow up.
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I think the point it that a petrol/diesel car won't stop accepting fuel. Saying that I'm on my first electric and I'm 4 months in and its been OK. My last car (e92 m3), cost me a small fortune even though I had the extended warranty. There does seem to be some teething problems, comparing electric cars to phones, how often do you hear of a phone not charging and they are much cheaper. Stuff like that shouldn't happen ever imo, especially not on a new car (I can accept it on old cars do to wear, possibly something as daft as a loose connection on a new car probably why they can't find it as that would involve sone actual work rather than plugging a pc in:p).
 
theone8181 said:
I think the point it that a petrol/diesel car won't stop accepting fuel. Saying that I'm on my first electric and I'm 4 months in and its been OK. My last car (e92 m3), cost me a small fortune even though I had the extended warranty. There does seem to be some teething problems, comparing electric cars to phones, how often do you hear of a phone not charging and they are much cheaper. Stuff like that shouldn't happen ever imo, especially not on a new car (I can accept it on old cars do to wear, possibly something as daft as a loose connection on a new car probably why they can't find it as that would involve sone actual work rather than plugging a pc in:p).
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They added complications to the charging process and its a big single point of failure. When you start filling a tank up with petrol the car doesnt need to run diagnostics and log in to some system first.
 
Nasher said:
They added complications to the charging process and its a big single point of failure. When you start filling a tank up with petrol the car doesnt need to run diagnostics and log in to some system first.
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They?

No Physics suggests you ensure you have the proper electrical connection before shoving 230V/32A down the cable as part of a safe design - ie not a bunch of muppets. It doesnt log in anything either.

Dude you are a bit wet behind the ears aren't you.
 
theone8181 said:
I think the point it that a petrol/diesel car won't stop accepting fuel. Saying that I'm on my first electric and I'm 4 months in and its been OK. My last car (e92 m3), cost me a small fortune even though I had the extended warranty. There does seem to be some teething problems, comparing electric cars to phones, how often do you hear of a phone not charging and they are much cheaper. Stuff like that shouldn't happen ever imo, especially not on a new car (I can accept it on old cars do to wear, possibly something as daft as a loose connection on a new car probably why they can't find it as that would involve sone actual work rather than plugging a pc in:p).
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You're right on that one.

My wifes CMAX, decided it didn't it would carry on filling up and pouring fuel on my feet. I wasn't paying attention mind you.

Prob the pump at fault tbh.
 
Banzai_Joe said:
Not interested is petrol heads saying "shouldn't have gone electric" etc etc.
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Seems if you write something you don't want it invites them even more, perhaps @EVH or another mod could tidy up the thread and take away the nonsense?

How is the SRi version they gave you as a stand in, any problems? Mrs colleague at work is looking at one, and asked us about it but I have not clue what the Corsa-e is like other than they were well priced for a while. :)
 
Nothing to really tidy up, without destroying the flow of the conversation.

Whilst bluntly / harshly put… people are entitled to their opinion and no rules were broken.

Any update on the situation @Banzai_Joe?
 
provocative comments get mirrored replies

anecdotal stallentis charging problem information/symptoms


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dropping out midway through charges after between 30-120 mins of the charge starting.
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On long journeys I began to get the battery charge error message, and then I noticed that charging was being interrupted: this occured both on my home 13A AC connection and at public Type 2 charging points.
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database of foibles/symptoms for bev's will grow with their prevalence, will be interesting to see how they itemize his corsa-e fix,
( ... especially with software fixes, a 2nd hand sales discourse may need to be accompanied by an applied patch list).
 
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