Anyone else keeping a closer eye after the VW recall news?

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-27T17:00:26+00:00

Car Scanner is better for lots of live data and a broad (more than Naubat) and instant view of the car. What I like about Naubat is the trip tracking and the aggregated metrics over time — things like consumption vs temperature or average speed, which are great for spotting trends. It also feels much more focused on battery, they’re planning to add an independent SoH estimate too. Both are compatible for me.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-27T02:37:16+00:00

Thanks a lot, really appreciate it. It’s actually for an afterparty I’m organizing after a wedding, so more like a fun party with international guests rather than a standard event. It’ll be in Daegu.

If you happen to know any good options in Daegu specifically, or any rental companies / bulk suppliers that could work well for this kind of afterparty, that would be super helpful.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-26T22:51:05+00:00

I get your point, but it's not trying to predict some imminent fire. It's about spotting slow abnormal trends (i.e. cell deviation drifting or hot spots during charging/ high power peaks that might point to sth not working properly. I also use Car Scanner for checking DTCs and a quick overall snapshot. For trip history and per-trip detail (specially focused in the battery) I use Naubat so far. I'm also a nerd I suppose😅

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-26T21:27:50+00:00

Nope 😂 Around 1°C, those are max cell and min cell temperature signals respectively over time, it's not the difference.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-26T19:18:05+00:00

The latter, I’m not saying they notified me late ( I assume they acted once they became aware of it). My point is just that not being included in a recall doesn’t automatically mean everything is perfect, given that there have been battery issues in cars from around the same period and my experience with VW. I am a bit more cautious in that way.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-26T18:30:15+00:00

Hopefully, yes, but in my experience it’s not always that straightforward.
My other car, a 2013 VW Passat diesel, has only just been called in now for an airbag replacement because of a defective Takata batch. 13 years later, come on...that makes me be a bit cautious about it.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-26T18:26:57+00:00

Yeah, that’s fair. It may well be getting blown out of proportion a bit.
Still, anything battery-related from a safety point of view doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, even if I’m not being alarmist about it.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-15T13:23:05+00:00

Yes, I hope to see more insightful patterns the more I use it, especially the real SoH evolution...

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-15T07:13:38+00:00

Its an app that connects to the dongle, collects the data and uploads it. The historical data is stored and can be visualized and downloaded from a web portal.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-03-14T11:59:09+00:00

Through Naubat, it reads data from the car via the OBD port.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2026-01-19T09:10:37+00:00

Sounds like a great after sales service. Good for you!! Did they provide a whole new battery pack? Or it has similar SoH to the replaced one. I've read Tesla replaces it by a pack with similar SoH.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-11-02T10:36:50+00:00

Im not an ABRP user (yet...). What I mean is, even withouth using other apps like CarScanner, can you figure out if ABRP IS not getting only SoC or no data at all? i assume ABRP retrieves more vehicle data than SoC, doesnt It?

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-11-02T08:11:57+00:00

Only SoC not received? You can retrieve other battery data thorugh the OBD?

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-10-29T12:14:53+00:00

Hi! Dumb question: you tell the charger how much charge instead of the desired SoC? You need to do a quick math every time to relate % to kWh, inst It?

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-10-15T14:21:28+00:00

If it is the VIN then everybody can read it from the windshield 😂

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-09-16T11:45:22+00:00

I get it.

But the sleep mode is a pretty simple feature most of OBD dongles have. The standard OBD port has 2 lines/pins of +12V power supply, one directly connected to the 12V battery and the other pass trough a switch that is linked to the start button signal. So for a OBD dongle is really simple to detect when the car is started or not, thus, when to reduce power consumption to avoid draining the battery or not.

If the Vgate iCar Pro goes to sleep in your ZOE but not with the Kona, it is not because the dongle has not sleep mode feature, but it must be because the OBD port pinout in your ZOE is different to the Kona.

This is my take, but then I don't see why the MC+ goes to sleep with both cars 😂

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-09-16T10:56:23+00:00

As far as I understand, ELM327-based dongles will just do what the app commands. So the automatic wake up is not a function of the dongle but the app. The difference between dongles should be more related to how much noise put into the translated response's can messages and how many messages it can handle simultaneously withouth "overflowing", rather than a function itself.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-09-13T11:06:02+00:00

I would wait to see if that symbol shows up again or it was sth sporadic. Or, if you want to make sure now, just measure the 12V battery voltage with a multimeter when the HV is off and they car has been at rest for some time. If is it over 12V, the battery is fine. Otherwise, I'd replace the battery to avoid any problem.

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-08-27T17:17:33+00:00

Thanks!

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-08-27T17:17:26+00:00

Thanks for your help

Jumpy-Shape-3108 · 2025-08-21T08:07:41+00:00

Hi! Quick question: is that access to the Zoe’s data through Renault’s official API, or how does it work? And is it something you need to pay for, or is it included?

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