I took my Vogue SE P400e for a 1500 mile round trip to Scotland last week. For various reasons I wasnt able to charge the car at all during the trip so pretty much all of the mileage was done with the petrol engine only. When I got home on Saturday I plugged the car into my wall charger and recharged the battery to max overnight.

However since Sunday on every trip I've done, the car has refused to default to electric mode. The petrol engine starts immediately I turn the ignition on and stays running until the end of the trip. I have tried pressing the EV button but even then the car does not default to electric mode; all that happens is that the power from the petrol engine is massively reduced. In fact it wont rev past 3000rpm. The batteries and electric motor are still operating because I can see them providing extra shove to the petrol engine under acceleration from the EV display; it is just that the car never defaults to EV mode only as it did prior to my trip. Effectively the car is behaving like a mild hybrid

Before I contact my dealer, has anyone got any ideas?

I have a RRS P400e, so system likely to be similar.
On Thursday I found the car was not connecting itself to the internet, as I was due to drive to the Lakes on Sunday I wanted travel updates etc so contacted LR assistance, who came very quickly but found no fault. Friday it seemed to have corrected itself and I did a couple of short trips, which seemed to use very little battery, the LR app records 0 on EV, on Sunday I drove about 400 miles, starting with a full battery, I was confused by the battery hardly going down, I am 30 miles from the motorway and it should have been empty by then, but lasted about 250 miles. Again the LR app shows the whole journey as 0 on EV. I have never had this problem before.
Was there an over the air update recently?

Thats v interesting because I think there was an update recently. Also my LR app was telling me it couldnt connect to the car when I returned from Scotland. In fact I deleted the app and downloaded it again after which it started working

Question re the LR Remote apps. There seem to be 2 now. Whats the difference?

The latest one is a white background to the LR logo and then green below it with "Remote" on it.

The older one I got used to with my old car, but basically they both do the same thing with the same info. The new one is a bit "cleaner" and the journey detail is also very clear  All LR cars from 1984
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Called out L-R Assistance this morning who found no fault codes with their diagnostic tool but the engineer did reboot the whole system (thats how he described it) and now I appear to have an electric motor again

Just out of interest why are L-R Assistance technicians so much more helpful, prompt, courteous and efficient than L-R dealer staff? This is the 3rd time I've had to call for their services in 2yrs and its so much more pleasant to deal with L-R assistance than my local dealer

Because they're the AA in disguise, most of them are ex JLR tech's, but you're right, they're helpful and courteous.

My latest dealer (Dick Lovett) has been great. Must say though the others (after a promising start) have been at best average. I use an ex LR main dealer as an accredited servicing provider and they are excellent, so it isn't all bad!  All LR cars from 1984
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Wish I could say the same about Lookers in Aston Clinton. Getting them even to answer the phone is a problem and then there is usually many weeks waiting time for a service appt

Chalky wrote:

My latest dealer (Dick Lovett) has been great. Must say though the others (after a promising start) have been at best average. I use an ex LR main dealer as an accredited servicing provider and they are excellent, so it isn't all bad!

It certainly is AM.

I bought quite a few cars from them over the years when they were main dealers and I knew Mike Fews well. His son runs it now.

Pete Herbert who ran it for Mike sadly died in 2019, but the place is a beacon for how things should be done. They refused to invest the sort of money LR wanted them to, so they got out and are now Izuzu dealers. They have retained the LR servicing franchise though, and bloody good they are too. They also sell a lot of used LR's

As I said earlier Dick Lovett are very good too.....both businesses family owned. Probably got a lot to do with it!! All LR cars from 1984
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You can tell a lot about a dealership when you drive in. Last time I went in, there was a Defender V8 special edition all the way up to the latest Range Rover and everything in between. I bought my L320 Sport TDV8 from them, really nice people to deal with. Vaguely remember Steve Fews being into Moto Cross bikes.

Yes Steve does MotoX.

My good pal Mike Church has a track here at Marshfield and of course won many accolades at MotoX and Scrambling, as did his son Tom.  All LR cars from 1984
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The petrol engine starts immediately I turn the ignition on and stays running until the end of the trip. I have tried pressing the EV button but even then the car does not default to electric mode; all that happens is that the power from the petrol engine is massively reduced. In fact it wont rev past 3000rpm. The batteries and electric motor are still operating because I can see them providing extra shove to the petrol engine under acceleration from the EV display; it is just that the car never defaults to EV mode only as it did prior to my trip. Effectively the car is behaving like a mild hybrid

I have never had this issue. But I have only covered 6000 miles from new, so may not have 'fully tested it', as it were. L405 P400e Autobiography (MY2020)... Silicon Silver / Espresso

Chalky wrote:

Yes Steve does MotoX.

My good pal Mike Church has a track here at Marshfield and of course won many accolades at MotoX and Scrambling, as did his son Tom.

Small world, my Dad used to run a Kawasaki MotoX team from the 80's to early 00's and had a few battles with MJ Church Kawasaki  2021 L405 Vogue D300
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