Based on analyzing every forum failure report since mid-2015, my results are published on my Google Drive:
Electric Tire Shredder 500e Website Map (Click Here), or see red links below...
A 2013 500e has been my ONLY vehicle since 2015, so I've been monitoring this forum very closely because I can't afford to replace the car or even pay to fix it.
SUPER-helpful forum members have submitted many useful reports, even if they were pretty embarrassing, allowing me to compile all this data.
Link to folder with all files below, plus more (click here)
Electric Tire Shredder 500e Website Map (Click Here), or see red links below...
A 2013 500e has been my ONLY vehicle since 2015, so I've been monitoring this forum very closely because I can't afford to replace the car or even pay to fix it.
SUPER-helpful forum members have submitted many useful reports, even if they were pretty embarrassing, allowing me to compile all this data.
Link to folder with all files below, plus more (click here)
- ABOUT ME & THESE FILES
- AVOID REALLY KILLING IT: USE SURGE PROTECTION! GO TO 100% PERIODICALLY! UNPLUG HV FUSE FOR STORAGE!
- AVOID STALLING !!
- Back Seat Fuse: Easy mistake kills the car (insert ONLY with handle vertical)
- Breakdown Avoidance !
- Buying One (Pre-Purchase Checklist)
- CHARGE to 100% to AVOID PREMATURE RANGE LOSS !!!
- Charge at Double Speed for $8-$20
- Extension Cord Choices
- Estimate Main Battery Capacity for ~$8
- Fix a 500e:
- Cause/Cure List
- Charge-Only Failure
- Coolant Bubble Removal
- EASY DIY Dead Fix & Warning Erase
- Flashing Odometer can make it DIE WHILE DRIVING!
- Grabby Brakes @7-6mph Smoothed out for ~$100
- Diagnosis & Repair Options if Easy DIY Fails
- Diagnostic & Service Files from FIAT: TO SEE FULL FILE NAMES THERE, HOVER THE CURSOR!
- Loss Of Isolation ("Loi") Test Sequence
- Service Centers & “Stealership Hall of Shame” Blacklist
- "Miles Range" Gauge Inaccuracy
- MYTH-BUSTERS - No Charger Needed for 26,000 miles/year!, Better Range on Highway! Vent Air w/o Heat or A/C, etc.
- OBD Made Easy (On Board Diagnostics)
- App Comparison Chart & download links: AlfaOBD vs MultiEcuScan.NET vs BPCM500e ”Jafa” vs CarScanner.INFO
- Jafa app Download, 5-Step All-Module Connect&Clear, 5-Click Imbalance Check, 6-Click PIM/BPCM Check, 2-Click Recall Check
- AlfaOBD Android ~72-Step All-Module Connect&Clear, 8-Click Imbalance Check
- AlfaOBD Modules & Active Diagnostics Functions List
- AlfaOBD Windows ~72-Step All-Module Connect&Clear, 8-Click Imbalance Check, Scan, View, Search
- Log Viewing/Searching on Android
- Owners’ Fault Codes & Their Solutions
- Pack Data from Full Discharges
- System Status Scans of Working Car (to compare to yours)
- Yellow Adapter Sources
- Owner’s Manuals, Complete with Original Errors: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022(EU), 2024(US)
- Phone Pairing 2013-to-2015: Use Steering Wheel Buttons
- Recall List
- Regain "Lost" Range for Free
- STORAGE CAN KILL IT ! CHARGE FULLY & REMOVE HV FUSE! (click here for details).
