The small door of the charging port is very light, thin, a bit floppy and its alignment when closed is all but perfect. Have you seen such a thing too?
We have all been there, easily fixed though so that's good.mikew said:Well, perhaps it is just as well it is a bit on the flimsy side.
Unlike BMWs with charging flaps, you don't get a warning when you start the car and the flap is open.
If you're rushing a bit it is all too easy to forget to close it. I did just that this afternoon when I reversed our of my garage. The flap caught on the edge of the door opening.
The aluminium part of the flap fell to the floor, leaving the plastic arm behind. I have plastic floor tiles, so luckily it wasn't damaged or scratched. I was able to clip it back on to the plastic arm.
Unfortunately the locking pin and rubber gasket got snapped off the plastic arm, but the pin snapping off probably saved the arm from damaging the bodywork. So maybe a lucky escape. The flap closes perfectly, but obviously won't lock.
I've just been round to my dealer and it is the whole plastic arm that needs to be replaced. The cost will be around £45 plus fitting. Fortunately the car is a Jaguar, rather than a Tesla, so the part will be here on Friday!
Obviously it was my stupid fault, but it is really remiss of Jaguar not to warn you when you've left the flap open!
Agree that seems logical but if this is happening to EV drivers (and not when we were driving ICE vehicles) there must be an, as yet, not fully understood reason. It would be a small fix for future models to add to the array of warning alerts.Baikar said:We have all been there, easily fixed though so that's good.mikew said:Well, perhaps it is just as well it is a bit on the flimsy side.
Unlike BMWs with charging flaps, you don't get a warning when you start the car and the flap is open.
If you're rushing a bit it is all too easy to forget to close it. I did just that this afternoon when I reversed our of my garage. The flap caught on the edge of the door opening.
The aluminium part of the flap fell to the floor, leaving the plastic arm behind. I have plastic floor tiles, so luckily it wasn't damaged or scratched. I was able to clip it back on to the plastic arm.
Unfortunately the locking pin and rubber gasket got snapped off the plastic arm, but the pin snapping off probably saved the arm from damaging the bodywork. So maybe a lucky escape. The flap closes perfectly, but obviously won't lock.
I've just been round to my dealer and it is the whole plastic arm that needs to be replaced. The cost will be around £45 plus fitting. Fortunately the car is a Jaguar, rather than a Tesla, so the part will be here on Friday!
Obviously it was my stupid fault, but it is really remiss of Jaguar not to warn you when you've left the flap open!
I believe the car won't allow you to drive off with the charging cable connected so that's good enough for me. I don't think we could complain that Jaguar didn't fit a little light to tell us the flap is open. I've never heard of anyone complain on a petrol or diesel car so why now?
It could be that most ICE fuel fillers are on the rear side of the car. If you leave the flap open you would see it in your mirrors. Whereas there is no way you can see a front mounted flap.mbart777 said:Agree that seems logical but if this is happening to EV drivers (and not when we were driving ICE vehicles) there must be an, as yet, not fully understood reason. It would be a small fix for future models to add to the array of warning alerts.Baikar said:We have all been there, easily fixed though so that's good.mikew said:Well, perhaps it is just as well it is a bit on the flimsy side.
Unlike BMWs with charging flaps, you don't get a warning when you start the car and the flap is open.
If you're rushing a bit it is all too easy to forget to close it. I did just that this afternoon when I reversed our of my garage. The flap caught on the edge of the door opening.
The aluminium part of the flap fell to the floor, leaving the plastic arm behind. I have plastic floor tiles, so luckily it wasn't damaged or scratched. I was able to clip it back on to the plastic arm.
Unfortunately the locking pin and rubber gasket got snapped off the plastic arm, but the pin snapping off probably saved the arm from damaging the bodywork. So maybe a lucky escape. The flap closes perfectly, but obviously won't lock.
I've just been round to my dealer and it is the whole plastic arm that needs to be replaced. The cost will be around £45 plus fitting. Fortunately the car is a Jaguar, rather than a Tesla, so the part will be here on Friday!
Obviously it was my stupid fault, but it is really remiss of Jaguar not to warn you when you've left the flap open!
I believe the car won't allow you to drive off with the charging cable connected so that's good enough for me. I don't think we could complain that Jaguar didn't fit a little light to tell us the flap is open. I've never heard of anyone complain on a petrol or diesel car so why now?
Agree but we also expect an increasing number of convenience features, especially in premium vehicles. Like manoeuvring cameras, adaptive cruise control, steering assist etc. etc. If there's sufficient demand for it JLR will add in the future.Dtrawford said:Surely on ICE vehicles we all close the flap when having removed the filler nozzle and replaced the cap. Why on earth not close the flap when removing the charging plug?!
JLR cannot be blamed for their customers inability in remembering to do this.
We have to take responsibility
Agree, seems a design flaw.Max69 said:What I find less practical is in fact the small light in the port that lights your face more than the port itself.
Please, no - it would be a right pain to have to hold the flap out of the way against a spring all the time when plugging inChrisMc said:Surely it would be very easy to put a spring on the door, so it shuts itsself at least partially (the driver then pushes it fully closed) as soon as you take out the charging cable. But there again, not many ICE fuel filler flaps have anything.
It's a hard life ain't it!oop north said:Please, no - it would be a right pain to have to hold the flap out of the way against a spring all the time when plugging inChrisMc said:Surely it would be very easy to put a spring on the door, so it shuts itsself at least partially (the driver then pushes it fully closed) as soon as you take out the charging cable. But there again, not many ICE fuel filler flaps have anything.
Ditto, also I saw a video recently and charge port location was discussed, the general opinion was that those EVs with charge ports on the front are subject to making the car completely unusable following a possible front on collision, they have more chance of being put out of action because of where they are located.nipri said:On my i8 it was on the front just like I Pace & that was much more expensive car.
Think sometimes we complain too much over trivial things & forget the bigger picture of what a superb car the I Pace really is!
Just chill & enjoy beauty & the beast.
That's a great accessory. The i-pace has quite a long wheel base, so I hope it fits :lol:mjc said:A necessary accessory for your I-Pace?
Fair enough, no experience myself yet of such things, was just a thought.oop north said:ChrisMc - I have experience of fighting with a really heavy CCS cable in the pouring rain at a mway service station to charge my i3 and it was bad enough without having to push a spring flap out of the way!