Berlingo now broken after Citroen Service
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 7:26 pm
Please help fix my Citroen Berlingo Electrique / electric
The Van worked fine and just went in for a service with Citroen
When it was collected by myself, it turned out the trained mechanic who was supposed to service the batteries had been on holiday, so left instructions with a colleague to top up the batteries after the service charge was carried out.
The batteries were on a service charge for about 4-5 days before water was added.
which I understand to be incorrect
(If indeed any water was added at all)
I collected the Van and was told all was OK
So I drove it away
About 15 miles towards home, the battery charge warning light came on,
Followed by the battery water top-up light on the dashboard, indicating the batteries needed a water top-up
an impossibility as this was directly after the service that included topping batteries up with water.
The van had noticeably much less power/acceleration than it did before the service.
Along with a loud humming from under the bonnet that i hadn't noticed before.
After many weeks sitting on my driveway, the van finally went back to Citroen who re-serviced the batteries
indeed they were re-topped up with a considerable amount of water.
( indicating that they may not have been topped up at all previously.)
They said it was all OK and no damage had been caused by the previous service.
So great news
I asked if they had test driven it to make sure the batteries were performing OK as they had such little water in them when i had picked it up, And I wanted reassurance there was no damage to them.
Not to mention the lack of power/acceleration I had experienced on my return journey.
After a few days they got back to me and said the batteries were fine but the van would only do 30 miles on a charge now.
and had an insulation fault
They said this may be due to a new possible fault with the controller and completely UN-related to the batteries/service
The van has now been returned to me and broke down after a 5 mile trip.
Not quite the 30 miles I had expected
The van will now charge to 90% and gives up after 80% charge left ( No power forwards or backwards)
The auxiliary battery is showing 12.4v
The cooling pump is working and is topped up
Citroen are saying there may now be a fault with the controller, but of course its just coincidence this broke at the time of the service.
They tell me the traction batteries are 100% OK
Previously the van would drive 40+ miles on a charge at 100%
and need re-charging at about 20%
I have plugged in an ev-lite and found the overall voltage as follows
The van will only charge for a short while to about 90% full
This is from 80% charge when it displays plug in and recharge,
So dead at 80% no forwards or backwards just charge light and stops driving.
There is some jerking when driving too that wasn't there before
The ev-lite displays
183v before setting off start
176v after returning after 1 mile finish parked up
123v at its lowest point driving driving
176v OA 18.84%
P 0.0KW 54WH
Please can anyone give any clues as to what I can try or test or who may be able to help diagnose the problem
I am in Chichester West Sussex
Many Thanks Paul
The Van worked fine and just went in for a service with Citroen
When it was collected by myself, it turned out the trained mechanic who was supposed to service the batteries had been on holiday, so left instructions with a colleague to top up the batteries after the service charge was carried out.
The batteries were on a service charge for about 4-5 days before water was added.
which I understand to be incorrect
(If indeed any water was added at all)
I collected the Van and was told all was OK
So I drove it away
About 15 miles towards home, the battery charge warning light came on,
Followed by the battery water top-up light on the dashboard, indicating the batteries needed a water top-up
an impossibility as this was directly after the service that included topping batteries up with water.
The van had noticeably much less power/acceleration than it did before the service.
Along with a loud humming from under the bonnet that i hadn't noticed before.
After many weeks sitting on my driveway, the van finally went back to Citroen who re-serviced the batteries
indeed they were re-topped up with a considerable amount of water.
( indicating that they may not have been topped up at all previously.)
They said it was all OK and no damage had been caused by the previous service.
So great news
I asked if they had test driven it to make sure the batteries were performing OK as they had such little water in them when i had picked it up, And I wanted reassurance there was no damage to them.
Not to mention the lack of power/acceleration I had experienced on my return journey.
After a few days they got back to me and said the batteries were fine but the van would only do 30 miles on a charge now.
and had an insulation fault
They said this may be due to a new possible fault with the controller and completely UN-related to the batteries/service
The van has now been returned to me and broke down after a 5 mile trip.
Not quite the 30 miles I had expected
The van will now charge to 90% and gives up after 80% charge left ( No power forwards or backwards)
The auxiliary battery is showing 12.4v
The cooling pump is working and is topped up
Citroen are saying there may now be a fault with the controller, but of course its just coincidence this broke at the time of the service.
They tell me the traction batteries are 100% OK
Previously the van would drive 40+ miles on a charge at 100%
and need re-charging at about 20%
I have plugged in an ev-lite and found the overall voltage as follows
The van will only charge for a short while to about 90% full
This is from 80% charge when it displays plug in and recharge,
So dead at 80% no forwards or backwards just charge light and stops driving.
There is some jerking when driving too that wasn't there before
The ev-lite displays
183v before setting off start
176v after returning after 1 mile finish parked up
123v at its lowest point driving driving
176v OA 18.84%
P 0.0KW 54WH
Please can anyone give any clues as to what I can try or test or who may be able to help diagnose the problem
I am in Chichester West Sussex
Many Thanks Paul