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Joe: My MiEV did get the Clipper Creek EVSE update (SC-13-001) on 3/7/13, at dealer #44219. Long story short: The service guy at the dealer it seems to have always gone to at first this morning did not see it on the list, and he referred me to a different dealership, since this is their last...

Joe, As you suggest, I will now plan to stop by a Mitsubishi dealer with that particular recall question. And for simulating the pause with the remote, I am thinking that since the Chargepoint 'charging activity' traces get a read point just every 5 minutes, you may need to fiddle with that...

Joe, If I think of any test suggestions, I'll post back here. In my mind, the problem is that I seem to have been unsuccessful getting the attention of anyone technical at Chargepoint. A Driver Support Supervisor (Steve Thompson) thinks the problem will eventually be worked on and solved, but...

The image/text posted below shows that Chargepoint has "Power Management" for shared stations. This allows more lines/plugs than the supply wires/breakers might be rated for. Given that quite often cars are stilled plugged in when fully charged, that seems like a good scheme, allowing more...

Another possibility is that the Chargepoint pilot signal had already "given up on" the car that was plugged into the other line (and done charging), and the software's logic then would have no reason to also reduce the MiEV's charging (by changing its pilot signal too). Recall that my theory...

Thanks for that experiment. But kind of disappointing that the bug of slow charging did not show up. I don't think I've ever seen my car jump right back to full draw (3kW) right after a pause when it is on a dual cord Chargepoint station. I either have to call in for a reboot (which is not...

On my MiEV, I am finding that if I take it down to about 18 miles left (about 30% SOC), it is anybody's guess if it will pause or not. If it does pause, it will likely do it within minutes of plugging in. If I take it down to about 10 miles (likely 15% SOC), it will pause for sure, but maybe...

I look forward to finding out what the pilot signal does during a pause. I appreciate that help. To close out an older question on that Clipper Creek recall or not: I called a Mitsubishi dealer (service department) and the guy looked the car up using the last 8 digits of the VIN. No recalls...

Below is the relatively quick response I got from submitting Monday's discovery that the "post pause" rate went back to 3kW when the other cord became available. I plan to hit them up in another week or two to check on status. Given that this has been a reported problem since January, I doubt...

I do not know any Chargepoint station model numbers, but on all four dual cord Chargepoint stations that I have tried, all four very dependably change to just 1.1kW after the pause. The single cord Chargepoint stations dependably return directly to 3kW.

Today a drove a little extra, to discharge the battery enough where for sure it would pause during charging, and I plugged in at a dual cord Chargepoint station. I had planned to plug in my other car once the MiEV had paused and dropped to 1.1kW, but it turns out the other cord was put in use...

Thanks to Joe S's digging into details, and the new theory that a neighboring car unplugging from a shared station might cause a MiEV charging to move from the funky 1.1 kW "post pause" rate back to 3 kW, it occurs to me that I might be able to replicate that in a controlled fashion. I have the...

Looking back at that, I would say that it is very likely that the other car unplugging might have caused the station to adjust (and refresh) pilot signals, and that is what likely caused the charge going back to 3kW. Too bad that station has such low usage, otherwise others plugging out could...

Below is the part from that Wikipedia link that indicates to me that the pilot signal from the station indicates to the car how much current can be drawn: "Control Pilot (Current limit): The charging station can use the wave signal to describe the maximum current that is available via the...

The dual cord stations that I use are at Amplify Credit Union, or Whole Foods, or an apartment complex parking lot. I do not know where any of those breaker boxes are, and even if I did I'm pretty sure that no one would want me opening the panels. I would be interested in knowing the frequency...

And to answer the other quest: Yes physically unplugging and reinitializing a session does get back to 3kW (until the next pause). But the chargers I use are about a 12 minute each way bike ride from my house, so riding back just to fix this continuing problem is not a preferable work around.

To answer the questions just above: My MiEV is 2012, and as far as I can tell there are no open recalls on it. (Or it could be that the website I used just looks for open "safety" recalls by VIN. My understanding is that the pilot signal (frequency) informs the car what the maximum charging...

Unfortunately for me, ChargePoint help line operators have been instructed to not do remote rebooting. Apparently this causes loss of the 'history data' of that station. So I no longer have a workaround for when charging resumes at just 1.1kW. Fortunately I have not yet experienced the low...

Below is an email I just got from ChargePoint. The issue of slow charging after the pause has been escalated, hopefully to someone within ChargePoint who understands pilot signals and possible interactions with MiEVs. Hi Kevin, Thank you for your patience in this matter, and the extensive...

Below is today's charging trace. Each upswing back to 3kW is due to my calling Chargepoint to get them to reboot that station.