TheCyclist
Well-known member
I am a great believer in learning from the mistakes of others, so I am hereby announcing to the world that I am an idiot to give you the opportunity not to make the same idiot mistake....
For those of you used to automatic cars I imagine it is second nature to put your foot on the brake before starting the car...... I however have only ever owned manual/ stick-shift cars, so I put my foot on the clutch before starting. The i3 has no clutch.
To get the i3 to engage the engine you have to have your foot on the brake pedal before pressing the start/ stop button. If you don't have your foot on the brake it energises the car, but does not ready the engine. You cannot get from the "car on but engine not ready" state to engaging the engine unless you turn the car off with the start/ stop button & then on again with your foot on the brake pedal.....
I will not relate the enormous amount of dancing around I had to go through to realise this as it's very, very embarrassing. However I do want anyone looking for information on why their i3 will not start to read this and hopefully have a "dooh" moment.....
Geoff
For those of you used to automatic cars I imagine it is second nature to put your foot on the brake before starting the car...... I however have only ever owned manual/ stick-shift cars, so I put my foot on the clutch before starting. The i3 has no clutch.
To get the i3 to engage the engine you have to have your foot on the brake pedal before pressing the start/ stop button. If you don't have your foot on the brake it energises the car, but does not ready the engine. You cannot get from the "car on but engine not ready" state to engaging the engine unless you turn the car off with the start/ stop button & then on again with your foot on the brake pedal.....
I will not relate the enormous amount of dancing around I had to go through to realise this as it's very, very embarrassing. However I do want anyone looking for information on why their i3 will not start to read this and hopefully have a "dooh" moment.....
Geoff