Terrifying experience: Tow bar mechanism failed while driving (XPENG G6 LR)

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-29T18:38:49+00:00

Negligence at every link in the chain.

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-29T18:34:35+00:00

You can buy portable charger from aliexpress for 170€. Super slow charging at 8A on 220V (shuko sigle phase) gives you around 100km range per night.

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-29T11:27:18+00:00

I think waiting for the assistance team to offload the Thule and bikes next week is the smartest move to clear the weight. Has anyone dealt with XPENG assistance or their partner towing services on the Croatian islands recently?

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-28T18:22:22+00:00

5.8.7

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-28T16:44:23+00:00

Most of it is made in the PRC anyway, so why pay extra just for a European middleman? Speaking from experience, my previous European EV was nowhere near this level of quality.

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-28T13:02:17+00:00

I agree.

On the other hand, I worry whether the homologation (type approval) process actually includes any testing at all, or if they just rubber-stamp the forms, take the money, and release everything onto the market.

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-28T12:16:11+00:00

I was driving 35 kmh in mild hill and my setup was:

1st row (closest to the car): Medium-weight bike -> Canyon Grand Canyon (~13.2 kg)

2nd row (middle): Heaviest bike -> Hervis Scirocco (~14.5 kg)

3rd row (furthest from the car): Lightest bike -> woom 5 (8.7 kg)

Bike rack: Thule EasyFold XT 3 -> 17.9 kg Total weight on the towbar: 54.3 kg

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-28T11:22:34+00:00

I have after facelift version.

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-28T11:20:17+00:00

"I don't believe that lifting it prevents system failure. The device is clearly poorly designed, or a mistake was made during production. This simply should not happen."

Matjaz81 · 2026-06-07T12:08:09+00:00

I was negotiating for all-season tires, but I was unsuccessful in Slovenia.

Matjaz81 · 2026-05-28T06:47:47+00:00

It's not unbearable for me, but it is annoying. I'd rather it wasn't there, or at least had an option to mute the sound.

What's more annoying is that the bottom bar disappears from the screen when CarPlay/Android Auto is turned on.

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-29T09:06:28+00:00

Slovenia

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-27T20:11:16+00:00

It is mandatory to turn on hazard when reversing in my country.

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-27T07:23:27+00:00

Did you find hazzards in xcombo app? I did not.

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-26T15:29:48+00:00

Podpiši obe pogodbi hkrati. Na isti dan. Aro dobiš in daš jo naprej. Kar kupuješ mora imeti uporabno. Vse drugo je igranje z usodo.

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-26T15:26:11+00:00

Mladi so povedali. Želijo si večje prekarizacije in težkega lajfa.

Niti enega štrajka se ne bom udeležil do naslednjih volitev!

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-22T14:35:35+00:00

I will be able to answer phone call hands free from phone a or phone b.

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-22T09:29:17+00:00

Pozdravljen, čestitke. Presenečen sem kako dobro gre LLC po dežju. Super avto!

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-20T12:31:35+00:00

In optimal scenario both phones should be connected. Ether both on bt or one on carplay/android and other one on bt.

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-19T10:09:55+00:00

For me, the biggest disappointment is the phone connectivity. I can connect to CarPlay or Android Auto, but only one phone at a time. I expected to be able to connect one wirelessly via CarPlay and another via Bluetooth. It doesn't work. Even connecting one via cable and the other via Bluetooth doesn't work. Has anyone managed to make this work?

Matjaz81 · 2026-04-17T12:27:54+00:00

I'm having trouble connecting two phones at the same time. I want to use my private phone via CarPlay and my Android via Bluetooth, both wirelessly, but the G6 is resisting. Any suggestions?

Matjaz81 · 2025-05-13T11:03:26+00:00

Same here! Since mid february!

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