Since the December removal of the rear battery pack we have:
- Found 7 replacement modules. We knew we needed three and found four. One in New Jersey, one in Pennsylvania, one in Virginia , one in Illinois, and two in California. Our local dealer would not help us, and neither would the dealer in Chicago. The dealer in Pennsylvania ordered the modules from New Jersey and Virginia and sent all three to us. Two of them were bloated and we took them to the unwilling local dealer for disposal. Apparently dealers are illegally shipping the batteries around the country as "car parts" and not marking them as Lithium batteries because of the extra requirements by carriers. The local dealer was happy to replace our bad cells. And we notified the local FedEx facility of the scheme.
- Four modules in the rear pack were replaced and the pack was repacked.
- The main connections have all been made and the system started earlier this week.
- The underbelly skid pans have been reinstalled and the car put back on the ground.
- Last thing to do is reconnect the BMS which is where we started with all this issue.
