Water ingress and stuck charger point ?

[Tell]

Well I came across this video tonight suppose effect all VAG EV cars. It's the spring loaded thing that pops the cover off to the charging point or in petrol / diesel the same. They used the same part, left open charging, water gets in so it ceases up and you can't release it. It does happen with ICE but more frequent with VAG EVs using parts from the ICE bin so the story goes.

There seems to be a market in covers to save corrosion. Anyhow interesting video and something to look out for. Not a promotion of the covers. I see Skoda does one. Something to inspect the Raval against, how does it compare. Perhaps this is a bug with all EV with spring loaded release ?. Part of the EV learning curve.

Might have to click play.

(pass on why they want you to look on YouTube only... think I know why)

 

[James_R]

The flap actuators have been a weak spot on VAG cars for as long as I can remember, regardless of whether it's an EV or not.

It's made up of small plastic components that cant take any abuse, so the teeth on the cogs break or wear and the flap either won't open or won't close.

It's nothing to do with corrosion. I've seen them fail on brand new cars with next to no miles on them.

 

[Tell]

If its not water ingress then its likely just a lot of wear on the part with EV drivers flipping the flap to put them on charge more often than an ICE cars, that 200 verses 400 miles and range anxiety ?. In other words more wear with an EV compared with an ICE car. The old coin tossing experiment. The more you toss it the more heads you get. The more breakdowns you get on that part. Feels like that. As the batteries get the ability to hold more charge, that part gets less stress .