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Golf GTE Hybrid – Greenwashing device

– The perfect tool to sell “black” under “green”, at the price of gold. Perfect propaganda that the “expensive” and “unprofitable” battery is rewritten for the entire EV market in the last 10 years, because it is indeed expensive, but on a hybrid. Unreasonably expensive per kWh and unreasonably poorly designed. A hybrid playing EV and stereotypically doing media damage to the EV industry. The third next to the GTE coming to us, and very likely not the last. We rejected inquiries about this vehicle about 5-6 times. This one arrived with a defect internal insulation, which could be any internal high-voltage component. After testing the system and the junction box part, everything pointed to the battery, which was already changed once under warranty in 2019, and the new one outside the warranty is 11,500 EUR. In order to dismantle the battery, the complete fart pipe must be removed and then the battery. The screws rot on the “fart girl” rot. After opening the battery, there were no traces of water and antifreeze, but we isolated a puncture on one of the cells. After a closer inspection, it appears that the protective sheath of one cell on the fourth block has broken. At first a harmless problem, at the second a very dangerous condition. If, by any chance, the sheath breaks in another place, i.e. on another cell, a short circuit and possible ignition will occur. We safely saved that block for repair, and we installed an already repaired and balanced block in the battery system, which we added balanced to the rest of the battery system. Everything cleaned assembled first tested then everything opened again, glued and finalized. All tests passed and ready for the owner’s new “savings”, and we are eagerly awaiting them. We are also working on when everyone switches to a hybrid with diesel, we open a corner for “sponsors” and a boss for “savings”. Clean gasoline or clean electricity if you want to avoid it. We recommend to fellow “hybrid victims” mechanics to avoid servicing these vehicles, there is a dangerous possibility that you will have a “it worked when I tuned” failure. Even when they come to us, it happened that they installed a used PTC heater, which is also invalid, when we returned the old EV system it no longer works. Because while we removed and returned the old defective one, water and moisture were different on it, so it connected 400V to the chassis and reported a breakdown of the insulation. We figured this out only after 3 hours of exorcism over our own nervous breakdown when we opened the PTC connector. Also, 2-3 car service centers were left without their grandfather after changing the oil or clutch in the DQ400 gearbox, because after that it didn’t work anymore. So a warm recommendation, f**k it off. Video of complete repair:

Golf GTE Hybrid – Savršen alat da se “crno” proda pod “zeleno”, po cijeni zlata. Savršena propaganda da se “skupa” I “neisplativa” baterija prepiše cijeloj EV brašni u zadnjih 10 godina, jer ona zaista i je skupa ali na hybridu,. Neopravdano skupa po cijeni po kWh i neopravdano loše osmišljena. Hybrid koji glumi EV i stereotipno radi medijsku štetu EV industriji. Treći po redu GTE koji nam dolazi a vrlo vjerovatno ne i zadnji. Upita za ovo vozilo smo odbili oko 5-6 puta. Ovaj je stigao sa probojem interne izolacije a to moze biti bilo koja interna High Voltage komponenta. Nakon ispitivanja sustava i junctionbox dijela, sve je upucivalo na bateriju koja je 2019 godine već jednom mijenjana u garanciji a nova izvan garancije je 11500EUR. Baterija je svojim karakteristikama poddizajnirana sustavu i osudjena na brze trosenje. Da bi se baterija demontirala treba kompletanu prdež cijev skinuti pa onda bateriju. Vijci na “fart device” truli. Nakon otvaranja baterije nije bilo tragova vode i antifriza ali smo izolirali proboj na nekoj od celija. Nakon detaljnijeg pregleda izgleda je pukla zastitna ovojnica jedne celije na četvrtom bloku. Na prvu bezazlen problem, na drugu vrlo opasno stanje. Ako kojim slučajem pukne ovojnice na još nekom mjestu, tj na drugoj celiji, dolazi do kratkog spoja i mogućeg zapaljenja. Taj blok smo sigurno spremili za reparaciju a baterijskom sustavu smo ugradili vec repariran i balansiran blok, koji smo dodatno balansirali ostatku baterijskog sustava. Sve očišćeno sklopljeno prvo testirano zatim sve ponovno otvoreno, zaljepljeno i finalizirano. Svi testovi prosli i spremno za nove “uštede” vlasnika a mi ih željno iščekujemo. Takodjer se radujemo kad svi predjete na hybride sa dizela, otvaramo kutak za “sponzore” i sef za “uštede”. Čisti benzin ili čista struja ako hoćete to izbjeći. A baterija na hybridu skoro uvjek nemoze opravdati svoje postojanje u fosilcu. Kolegama “žrtvama hybrida” mehaničarima preporučamo izbjegavanje servisiranja ovih vozila, postoji opasna mogućnost da vam se desi kvar “to je radilo kad sam doterao”. Čak i nama dodju, desilo smo da montirali rabljen (nismo ga mi kupili, od vlasnika) PTC heater koji isto nevalja, kad smo vratili stari PTC, EV sustav vise ne radi. Jer dok smo skinuli i vratili stari defektni, voda i vlaga se razlila po njemu pa je spojila 400V na sasiju i prijavilo proboj izolacije. To smo skuzili tek nakon 3 sata egzorcizma nad vlastitim živčanim slomom, tek kad smo otvorili PTC konektor. Takodjer 2-3 autoservisa su ostala bez djedovine nakon izmjene ulja ili kuplunga u DQ400 mjenjacu jer nakon toga nije vise radio. Tako da topla preporuka, bjaaaaaaažiiiiii, jer budete odgavarali za stetu koju niste krivi jer je sistem skart. A zdnjih godina sve je gore i gore, sve vise tudjih vozila odrzavate o svom trosku.

Fault: P0AA600, P0E7400, P0D9100,

Part Number: 5Q0915590R, 5Q0915591E Battery Panasonic 25Ah, 8kWh, Made in Japan

OEM price: 11000 EUR (VAT included)

EV Clinic fine price*

*Diesel is better – 20,000 euros

*Hybrid is better – 35,000 euros

*Hybrid is crap – 2000-5000 euros