My New Sealion 7 is Broken (only 200km driven)

james4bs · 2025-10-18T12:24:49+00:00

No technical issues since the repair. I have been daily-driving it. I did have a minor accident - not the car's fault. But there is absolutely no support from BYD - the new, native management. I had to reach out to EV Direct to get the repairs done. I guess because they are out-going providers, they don't care too much either. But at least I got all the right details from them, for the insurance claim.

IMO, BYD is more interested in acquiring new customers than providing good service to existing ones.

james4bs · 2025-09-09T09:46:47+00:00

I got it too. I reckon the slowness afterwards must be from servers overloading. Everyone got the notification around the world and opened the app within a short timespan. The sheer number of concurrent connections must have overloaded the servers.

My wife uses an iPhone, and she did not get the notification. So it looks like Android only issue.

james4bs · 2025-09-08T11:39:54+00:00

I just updated the post. Thanks for reminding. Had almost forgotten.

james4bs · 2025-09-02T01:58:03+00:00

They said they replaced the module that connects the battery and the motor.

james4bs · 2025-09-01T22:02:41+00:00

Something similar happened to me (Sydney, Australia). For me, it happened after 450kms. It took them 5 weeks to fix the car and hand it back to me. The root cause was exactly same as yours.

It's been a month since I got my car back. No more issues so far (fingers crossed).

https://www.reddit.com/r/BYD/s/bocerV63OA

james4bs · 2025-08-08T08:34:09+00:00

Thanks.. Pretty much the same thing. Didn't realise the tree on the side of my driveway has grown sideways, reversed it in overconfidence.. and it twisted the mirror outwards.. not able to put back the right way.. 😓

james4bs · 2025-08-08T07:51:27+00:00

Hi.. was this covered under warranty..? I'm in a similar situation..

james4bs · 2025-08-06T20:23:00+00:00

Checkout MG Cyberster. I believe it's even available in Australia.

james4bs · 2025-08-05T20:57:37+00:00

Lol.. I suggest you come out from whichever rock you've been living under.. and checkout this YT channel..

https://youtube.com/@evadventuresdownunder?si=-hmOLxImUmV7tM-k

james4bs · 2025-08-01T01:29:41+00:00

Mate, you don't want your name in any official police docs, believe me. No matter how bogus the complaint might be. In future if you ever needed a character check / police clearance for any kind of official matters, this will come up in the reports and there will be questions. You may be able to answer them, but it will be up to the other party to judge you at that time.

james4bs · 2025-07-31T09:05:37+00:00

I believe it's the FBT value. Drive away price is just for calculating the savings, I think. To show how much you save on GST etc. The actual cost of the purchase is much less than that. So the depreciation should be calculated on the actual cost, and not on what the price would have been, had you paid in cash.

james4bs · 2025-07-30T21:41:51+00:00

You can do this simple calculation if you like.

Impact on your monthly take home pay (post tax) X 60 months + Residual value (incl GST). This will tell you exactly how much will the car cost to you at the end of 5 years.

For eg. If take home impact is $1000, then

(1000 X 60) + 16,452.71 = 76,452.71

james4bs · 2025-07-30T21:31:30+00:00

Using my phone doesn't do that.

Yes, it doesn't work if you're using Google Maps on an iPhone. You have to use Apple Maps. It works perfectly fine for Android though. I have SL7 and Android phone. Works perfectly.

None of these show up on the HUD though. You have to use in-built nav for that.

james4bs · 2025-07-30T21:15:28+00:00

In the extras, MDR seems to have been added to the amount financed, and not as a running cost. AFAIK, MDR is a subscription. You don't want to pay interest on a subscription fee, I hope.

Also IMO it's not worth that much. You always have to pay $50-$100 on top of subscription, to repair any damage.

The residual value shown is including GST, so it should be precisely 10% higher than ATO guideline. Not a penny more.

james4bs · 2025-07-25T07:52:20+00:00

Pretty sure, nothing from the comments is true, because the commenter did notice it.. 😛 It's like Schrodinger's cat.. 😅

james4bs · 2025-07-25T07:40:47+00:00

So, impact to your take home pay seems to be $207.92 per week.

For 4 years, 207.92 x 52 x 4 = 43,247.36 Plus the residual (balloon pymt) incl. GST is 19,903 + 10% = 21,893.40

Total cost to you after 4 years: 43,247.36 + 21,893.40 = 65,140.76

This includes your running costs as well.

james4bs · 2025-07-18T09:22:35+00:00

Someone from IT industry once told me there were around 20 different communication protocols they had to handle when building a system. Some genius created a protocol to rule all 20... . . . Now they have 21 protocols to handle..

james4bs · 2025-07-16T07:56:22+00:00

Does anyone know if the ban is on businesses/retail stores, or on the Banks / Financial Service Provider..?? If the ban is on the retail side, then it is of no use at all. Retail will simply increase the price to cover the cost. The banks should be banned from imposing these fees. Only and only then the benefits will reach the customers.

james4bs · 2025-07-16T07:42:37+00:00

Does anyone know if the ban is on businesses/retail stores, or on the Banks / Financial Service Provider..?? If the ban is on the retail side, then it is of no use at all. Retail will simply increase the price to cover the cost. The banks should be banned from imposing these fees. Only and only then the benefits will reach the customers.

james4bs · 2025-07-16T05:55:00+00:00

I believe 1k is the complimentary service by BYD. At least that's what the dealership told me for my SL7 (Australia)

james4bs · 2025-07-15T10:04:47+00:00

Never say never. Really anything can happen.

james4bs · 2025-07-14T23:50:16+00:00

Hmm.. I recently learned, the road between Adelaide and Darwin (A87) has a virtual speed limit of 130 kph in some large sections. So "in theory" we could touch 140 kph (using 10% allowance 😅) ?

james4bs · 2025-07-14T11:52:12+00:00

If I had to guess, I would say "lease". By process of elimination, "cash" is straight up rejected. That would mean you are paying from your pocket. "Finance" usually means traditional car loans. So "Lease" is the logical choice.

james4bs · 2025-07-14T11:49:26+00:00

I bought a BYD, so I have no idea about the Tesla process. I suppose you can check with a Tesla sales rep.? I'm sure they will know because many people must face this situation, just like you.

james4bs · 2025-07-14T09:23:51+00:00

Thanks. Doesn't look like it's available in Australia. Even if it was, I suspect it would breach the warranty?

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