[EV6er]

Hi All!

Just joined today as I was looking for some information after my wife had problems with the EV6.

Our EV6 Air is only a week old and over 600 miles on the clock.
My wife jumps into car today and it wont go into Drive or Reverse!
So I come out, the power button will not do anything; Car seems to be on but start/power button will not turn off car; The Key fob will not lock unlock car.
It will go into Neutral and Park.
I removed the Chilli Water bottle from the front cup holder; Put the key fob in there instead of the other cup holder; Pressed Park, released and engaged the parking brake and Voila! It started to go into Drive and Reverse again.
During this time the little symbol of the car in orange with a key was shown on bottom left corner of instrument cluster. I thought maybe it was to do with not finding the key fob. But apparently it means the opposite. I am slightly concerned for I obviously wouldnt want this to happen when we are away from home and then not to get home.

Has anyone experienced anything like this in their EV6?
I am thinking it's the sensor for recognising the Key fob thats to blame. Maybe just maybe the Chilli bottle had a part to play as well. I must see if I can reproduce the problem again.

Thanks all!
Ray

 

[Jack mannix]

Hi All!

Just joined today as I was looking for some information after my wife had problems with the EV6.

Our EV6 Air is only a week old and over 600 miles on the clock.
My wife jumps into car today and it wont go into Drive or Reverse!
So I come out, the power button will not do anything; Car seems to be on but start/power button will not turn off car; The Key fob will not lock unlock car.
It will go into Neutral and Park.
I removed the Chilli Water bottle from the front cup holder; Put the key fob in there instead of the other cup holder; Pressed Park, released and engaged the parking brake and Voila! It started to go into Drive and Reverse again.
During this time the little symbol of the car in orange with a key was shown on bottom left corner of instrument cluster. I thought maybe it was to do with not finding the key fob. But apparently it means the opposite. I am slightly concerned for I obviously wouldnt want this to happen when we are away from home and then not to get home.

Has anyone experienced anything like this in their EV6?
I am thinking it's the sensor for recognising the Key fob thats to blame. Maybe just maybe the Chilli bottle had a part to play as well. I must see if I can reproduce the problem again.

Thanks all!
Ray

Make sure The 12 V battery Still has juice

 

[EV6er]

Make sure The 12 V battery Still has juice

Good point.
How is it maintained? I mean there is no alternator, so I am assuming it gets charged from the main battery?
If it was low on juice, can I just stick a trickle charger on it?

 

[Jack mannix]

Good point.
How is it maintained? I mean there is no alternator, so I am assuming it gets charged from the main battery?
If it was low on juice, can I just stick a trickle charger on it?

I’d give the dealer a call

 

[ppheijnen]

Chilli bottle is metal. Could you repeat the problem by re-inserting the bottle.
The question is also where is the recognition of the key placed. I expect somewhere around the startbutton. This means remote is very near the start button, it could be that it deflects the radio signal so it will not go to receiver...

Main question, could you repeat it by re-inserting the bottle and placing the key in the same position behind the bottle?

If not I would definitely check with the dealer if they see any issues with the 12V battery

 

[EV6er]

Chilli bottle is metal. Could you repeat the problem by re-inserting the bottle.
The question is also where is the recognition of the key placed. I expect somewhere around the startbutton. This means remote is very near the start button, it could be that it deflects the radio signal so it will not go to receiver...

Main question, could you repeat it by re-inserting the bottle and placing the key in the same position behind the bottle?

If not I would definitely check with the dealer if they see any issues with the 12V battery

Hi,
I tried to repeat problem but car is working perfectly. Yes, I assumed because the chilli bottle was metal that it may have been the problem. On the UVO Mobile Phone App it inidcates that the 12V battery is OK.

What would really be useful for these cars is to know how to reset them.

I will be talk to the dealer and see.

Interesting problem!
Thanks.

 

[EV6 VENDEE (FR)]

See this discussion that has been going on for some time EV6 Bricking / Zombie Issue

 

[EV6er]

See this discussion that has been going on for some time EV6 Bricking / Zombie Issue

Thanks for that.

 

[EV6 Driver]

Chilli bottle is metal. Could you repeat the problem by re-inserting the bottle.
The question is also where is the recognition of the key placed. I expect somewhere around the startbutton. This means remote is very near the start button, it could be that it deflects the radio signal so it will not go to receiver...

Main question, could you repeat it by re-inserting the bottle and placing the key in the same position behind the bottle?

If not I would definitely check with the dealer if they see any issues with the 12V battery

I have my key in my coat pocket, which is on the back seat and not had any issues with the car not picking up the key, suspect it is just a software glitch.

 

[phusebox]

Just make sure to never switch to R or D when the "Ready" sign is not showing on the dashboard. If you do, turn the car off, lock it, open it and try again.

Switching to Drive or Reverse while the car is not ready, could trigger the anti-theft protection. Doing so repeatedly (trying a few times to switch gears) might trigger a fault that needs a 12V reset or a wait period for the car to reset itself.

 

[Robert]

Just make sure to never switch to R or D when the "Ready" sign is not showing on the dashboard. If you do, turn the car off, lock it, open it and try again.

Switching to Drive or Reverse while the car is not ready, could trigger the anti-theft protection. Doing so repeatedly (trying a few times to switch gears) might trigger a fault that needs a 12V reset or a wait period for the car to reset itself.

Spot on.

 

[ppheijnen]

When it is on -> Key fob detected -> OK (Strange to give it orange?!?)
When it goes on and goes out -> key is not detected...
It's a bit weird way of showing it's status. The person must have tought it was still working with old fashioned dashboard with real lights that only have 1 colour...

But it should be ON and ORANGE. When it is NOT on, the key is not detected.
When it returns worthwile to check with below info.. I would change the key fob battery (most likely a standard CR2032) just to be sure...

 

[ppheijnen]

I would recommend not to put the key in the second water bottle holder and metal bottle between the key fob and EV-start button.
Most likely it will function 9 out of 10 times, but radio signals will not penetrate the metal bottle making it harder to detect.

It is clear the reception is in the EV-button... Putting the key on the EV-button would even allow to start the car without the battery in the key-fob. Fallback system.. Worth to test once...

 

[EV6er]

Excellent! This is all great information!!
I will keep an eye on it and do as suggested here.
The car is booked into Dealers for the 3rd January. I will keep you posted if anything changes.

Thanks everyone for your help!
Ray

 

[Bodger]

Just make sure to never switch to R or D when the "Ready" sign is not showing on the dashboard. If you do, turn the car off, lock it, open it and try again.

Switching to Drive or Reverse while the car is not ready, could trigger the anti-theft protection. Doing so repeatedly (trying a few times to switch gears) might trigger a fault that needs a 12V reset or a wait period for the car to reset itself.

This happened to me on a test drive, the dealer had to come out and rescuse us. They couldnt get the car going and left it by the side of the road.

 

[JK-KIAEV6]

This happened to me on a test drive, the dealer had to come out and rescuse us. They couldnt get the car going and left it by the side of the road.

Oh that's not good first impression, have you had the chance to get another test drive?

 

[stEVe]

There are some videos on YouTube about getting out of "zombie mode" if that helps.

 

[Colchins]

Happened to me and I followed the guidance earlier on this thread leaving keys out of range of car and I could power it down. This happened one hr after collecting my new car. Back to dealer for software upgrade. My problem seems to be linked to a faulty door lock/sensor - the dealer quoted me 3 months to get the part!!! Waiting for them to call back again with a more acceptable solution while I drive a courtesy car around and my EV6 sits in their garage.