Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 16:46
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Steveieb

Adam Kay the TV doctor of “This is going to hurt “ fame tells us of the pain he has endured with his Jaguar i pace in an article in the Sunday Times today.

Apart from “ Range Anxiety “ and finding a compatible charging station after discovering his car won’t charge from an extension lead at home he experienced the Heater Control Unit failure that seems to have snowballed recently leaving many cars at the Main Dealer waiting for a replacement unit which are on back order and a 14 hour dashboard out job.

The cars are assembled in Germany but is the control unit another Chinese part with questionable reliability ? As well as the supply socket which gets jammed and has to be released from inside the car

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:39
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Brit_in_Germany

The only time Graz has been in Germany (well, the German Reich) was in WW2.

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:43
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Ethan Edwards

I'm sure I've read that you do NOT use an extension card to charge an EV. Not safe. But even as a peasant without a 74,000 pound Jaguar I pace even I managed to find the cash to install a proper EV charging point. How cheap is he? Or maybe he doesn't have a dedicated parking space in which case perhaps an EV isn't for him.

Edited by Ethan Edwards on 10/07/2022 at 17:48

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:48
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Steveieb

You are right Brit , the car is built in Austria !

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:59
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Xileno

A quick look at the I-pace forum doesn't lead to a definitive answer regarding who makes the until, Borg Warner and Webasto have been mentioned as possibilities but then both might be wrong. The general view seems to be that owners are satisfied with how JLR are dealing with problem cars, disappointing though the failure is.

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 18:53
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - daveyjp

JLR are very well practiced in dealing with failed cars!

I do wonder how much longer Jaguar can survive as a brand. 86,000 annual sales can't be good for the balance sheet.

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 19:35
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - _

I do wonder how much longer Jaguar can survive as a brand. 86,000 annual sales can't be good for the balance sheet.

There was talk in one of the Car magazines that they were going to push "up market" whatever that means.

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 21:28
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Chris M

I read that the reason why you shouldn't use an extension lead is that the car monitors the temperature of the wall plug socket. Drawing 2 and a bit kilowatt for hours on end can place a strain on household wiring which isn't 100% potentially causing a fire. The car will reduce the charge rate or stop completely. With an extension lead, it can't monitor temperature at the plug socket.

Edited by Chris M on 10/07/2022 at 21:29

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Sun 10 Jul 2022 22:35
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Ethan Edwards

That's certainly one reason. Another reason is that it'll take upwards of 48 hours to charge an Ipace (big battery) that a 7kw home charger could do probably overnight.

A 'granny charger' is the slowest way to charge your EV.

Edited by Ethan Edwards on 10/07/2022 at 22:37

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Mon 11 Jul 2022 11:02
Jaguar I-Pace - Heater Control unit failure - Steveieb

Would expect JLR to claim the cost of replacing the modules from the supplier which will be huge considering the 8 hour labour involved in taking out the front dash and loan cars for extended periods up to five weeks.

Is that true that the replacement modules are failing too ?

This could easily bankrupt the supplier as in the VW cam chain tensioner case !

Interesting threads on the epace owners that mobile engineers trying to get the blower motor to spin by poking a long stick through the scuttle and spraying with WD .

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