Maintenance of Miev Mini-Cab

[Ronsan]

I recently imported an immaculate 2015 Mini-Cab from Japan to Australia being ignorant that all papers, manuals, GPS, Dashcam etc would be only in Japanese! It only had 21000k's on the clock but I would like to know what maintenance is required and how to do it. Thanks Ron from sunny Aus.

 

[MickeyS70]

I recently imported an immaculate 2015 Mini-Cab from Japan to Australia being ignorant that all papers, manuals, GPS, Dashcam etc would be only in Japanese! It only had 21000k's on the clock but I would like to know what maintenance is required and how to do it. Thanks Ron from sunny Aus.

Hello and welcome to the forum

Have a look at the Minicab manual (post #6) below

https://myimiev.com/threads/intro-o...-3-years-and-im-looking-for-some-advice.5477/

Mickey

 

[Bruce]

Hello and welcome to the forum

Have a look at the Minicab manual (post #6) below

https://myimiev.com/threads/intro-o...-3-years-and-im-looking-for-some-advice.5477/

Mickey

Hi Ronsan,

Latest edition of the MiniCab Owners Manual complete edition 234 pages October 2024
thanks to Wayne Rooney
Australian Mitsubishi Minicab MiEV Owners (AMMMO).


Kind Regards
Bruce
(Sorry Ronsan tried to attach the pdf file however too large 23 meg ... join AMMMO ??)

 

[94ragtop]

i suspect that your 12V battery is old, weak or worn out. Even with a recharge it may not have sufficient capacity to start to READY anymore. Recharge fully and perform a capacity check to determine if it is up to the task.

A lead acid battery must be kept fully charged all the time or else it will be damaged by sulfation of the plates.

I bought a new battery and left it on the charger all night, unfortunately nothing happened today...drats... when I turn the key on I see bars in the mileage window says about 24 miles and about 6 or 7 bars... Just nothing happens when I turn the key on, nor does that little screen come on when I plug in charger... I am about out of ideas...

 

[kiev]

To rule out the basics/easy stuff:

Check the fusible links under the red cover on the positive battery terminal. If those are okay, then check the fuses in the boxes under the hood. Then check the fuses under the drivers side dash in the ETACS-ECU.

 

[94ragtop]

Kenny thank you soooo much I will try those today. I was thinking this morning maybe there was a way to unplug the main battery and plug back in...you ideas sound perfect, hopefully can just be a fuse... I will let you know the outcome and thanks again, electric car problems are basically unknown to me. Just bought this to play and do short trips with. Jim

 

[94ragtop]

UPDATE ON dead Miev... Today I was able to connect to my OB connection with a bit nicer scanner, after farting around with it for quite awhile I found some heading relating to resetting electrical something or other... I pressed reset...and if by magic the yellow car with the warning symbol in the center disappeared... I was able to start the car and move forward and reverse.. I think everything is back to normal, I am plugged in and will know 100% in the morning if the battery is fully charged... Wow was that a puzzler and frustrating moment...when it just would not start... I had several people offer ideas and input thank you so much...

 

[JoeS]

@94ragtop, delighted you got a reset to work! Would you mind sharing exactly which OBD hardware scanner (and software?) you used to do that?

 

[94ragtop]

Joe, the scanner I used is a 3 year old Harbor freight scanner Zurich ZR135, probably about $125 back then, now about $150. I was able to actually find the car in its menu, and started scrolling down to all modules, then scrolled down through the list to find something to do with with either battery or motor control system... not having any experience with this stuff, I was taping a trying to reset everything finally pushed one of the clear / reset options and the Yellow car and warning symbol went away... it was a halleluiah moment.... ha ha ha One comment I did find from someone, it once you plug in to the OBD2 port, start trying to connect immediately... My first several times my machine said will not connect. The last one after reading that comment, the minute I plugged it in, I was searching for the car, found it, and clicked connect....and bam...off we went...