Energy Screen pegged at -5 at all times

Abbyhawk said:

I have to clarify my original post. The term on the Energy Info screen I'm concerned about is "Climate Control", which I suppose is to track the use of the power-robbing fan, heat/cooling, defrost, Max vs. Eco settings, etc. I drove on a fresh full charge today until the charge was all gone, and finished the 100km trip on the generator. That bar graph stayed stuck on -5 from beginning to end!

I still am none the wiser!

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Might be the Auto Defog setting that is doing it, if you haven't turned it off yet. It is a setting located in the center stack settings, not the front/rear defrost button.
A lot of Gen 1 owners feel that the Auto Defog runs too often and just leave it turned off. However, in my Gen 2, I decided to leave it on, and I think it works better that the Gen 1 version to keep the widows from fogging up. It uses a sensor on the windshield to determine humidity and can turn on the A/C and/or heat automatically.

I see from your signature that our Volts are nearly twins. They were probably on the assembly line together.

Abbyhawk said:

I'll check that today.

Thanks, and yes, we were waiting for our Volts together last year and we PM'd a few times!

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Oh yeah, I remember you now. Where was yours on the line? (last 5 digits of the VIN) Mine is # 00157.