u/Wake95

I've been wondering if it was worth switching the ignition off when I'm sitting in my etron for an extended period of time, since you have to turn it off and then back on with your foot off the brake, and then the steering wheel audio controls don't work. Using an OBD2 scanner, I was able to see that the power consumption is nearly 3x higher with the ignition on than with it off. Off = 400W, On = 1140W with the AC on. Granted that this would save less than 1% of the battery over the course of an hour, but I like that things that I'm not using are powered off, like the power steering.

I've seen so many posts saying that "regular" OBD2 readers don't work at all on etrons, but I just plugged in my $3 ELM327 clone and the $5 version of Car Scanner on my Android, and there is a ton of interesting live data available. You can see the cell voltage and temperature of every cell, total HV battery voltage and current, charge level, steering wheel angle, etc. Mine is a Q8, but there are profiles for all etrons (except the Q8, so I chose etron 55).

When I tried to unplug the OBD2 dongle, the car's connector popped out. Anyone know how to pop it back in or if something broke? It doesn't want to go back in easily.

2016 Toyota RAV4 got 4 new Pirelli tires. The following day, the TPMS light was on and my OBD2 scanner showed codes for C2142 and C2143 malfunctions in the TPMS on two tires. I took the car to discount tire, and they were able to scan all of the sensors, and the IDs correctly matched what I installed two years ago. They said that there were no battery low indications. They did a TPMS reset through OBD2, but the light came back on after a few miles. The sensors are OEM TRW brand and were bought 2 years ago. Any idea what's going on since the sensors are transmitting but the car isn't picking them up? Based on my notes from rotating the tires myself in the past, the sensors are in the two rear tires and are in the same location as before the new tires.