Thank You Range Technology !
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Atlanta GA
Does the most up to date version still kill the battery or have they fixed that?
Guys were running ALDL cables with relays and switches to work around it, but I don't want to work that hard. If they've sorted out their power supply issues and have solved it so it doesn't kill batteries, I will buy one. If they haven't, I won't.
Anyone know for sure?
Guys were running ALDL cables with relays and switches to work around it, but I don't want to work that hard. If they've sorted out their power supply issues and have solved it so it doesn't kill batteries, I will buy one. If they haven't, I won't.
Anyone know for sure?
Dave
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2014
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From: Walhalla South Carolina
Range and M7
The manual M7 stick shift will go into V4 mode only if you select ECO mode via the **** on console. A8 should have this same feature w/o using paddle shift in M mode.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2013
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they say (read it on here from Range Cust Service) the battery drain issue is fixed even though it really was not a problem unless your car sits for weeks without driving it... I think the alarm pulls more power than the range device did..
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2017
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From: Virginia
Does the most up to date version still kill the battery or have they fixed that?
Guys were running ALDL cables with relays and switches to work around it, but I don't want to work that hard. If they've sorted out their power supply issues and have solved it so it doesn't kill batteries, I will buy one. If they haven't, I won't.
Anyone know for sure?
Guys were running ALDL cables with relays and switches to work around it, but I don't want to work that hard. If they've sorted out their power supply issues and have solved it so it doesn't kill batteries, I will buy one. If they haven't, I won't.
Anyone know for sure?
Racer
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 302
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From: Greensboro NC
C7 of Year Finalist (stock) 2019
Yes autos run know 4 cylinder mode during certain cruise conditions , to save fuel
this switching back and forth between 8 cylinder and 4 cylinder modes caused issues with the lockup torque converter in A8 cars ..
I don't know about you I did not buy a corvette for its gas mileage and I sure as heck to not want my torque converter lookup feature to cause issues .....
AFM is not ready for prime time , just look at the problems it is causing in the other GM lines and models
Dave
this switching back and forth between 8 cylinder and 4 cylinder modes caused issues with the lockup torque converter in A8 cars ..
I don't know about you I did not buy a corvette for its gas mileage and I sure as heck to not want my torque converter lookup feature to cause issues .....
AFM is not ready for prime time , just look at the problems it is causing in the other GM lines and models
Dave
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Le Mans Master
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From: Atlanta GA
Like I said above , I have the latest firmware and my car has sat for 3 weeks because of work schedule and heavy storms , it kicked right over and my battery is 3 years old
Dave