Things I've learned to live with (or found workarounds)

This is just a summary, Each issue would require a separate posting:

1. Ergonomics.
2. Fob remote range.
3. Remote start from app.
4. Driving assistant.
5. Door locks.
6. Audio system
7. Temperature control.
8. EV range.
9. Driving performance.
10. Mechanical drive issues.

 

Each issue by request.

 

Very well. Temperature control.
First of all, my Gen 5 takes a lot longer to warm up than my Gen 3. I'm halfway to town before I can take off my gloves.
The heat pump was pretty useless in our -20, -30C winters. My workaround was to install a cardboard ahead of the radiator. I left it in all year around with no ill effects.

 

That's a bit of a catch-all category. I should have called it "mechanical issues."
It won't remote start without having some plug-in charge. It says, "30% minimum" but it's actually more like 50%.
But who knows anyway, because it only shows you EV range. I used the CHG feature to keep at least 30 kms in reserve, but lately it's kicking out at about 22 kms. Plugging it in seems to be getting it a bit higher. I don't know what's causing the decrease.

The remote start from the app is difficult to use. It says you get 2 starts, but it's only 1. It also fails the first time unless you remotely lock the doors, even if they are already locked.

Door locks seem to fail to unlock quite often, except of course when I'm trying to show it to the dealer.

Too many more to mention here. I'll try to address them as they come up.

 

I've heard about those grill shutters, but I don't think I have them.

 

Well, I had it apart to install the cardboard, and I didn't see anything.

 

Well, in any case, I had trouble maintaining adequate heat to the interior until I installed the cardboard.

I know that my Gen 3 had a heat exchanger in the exhaust to warm up the engine faster, but I doubt my Gen 5 has it. The Gen 3 warmed up in about 5 minutes, but my Gen 5 takes much longer.