Electric Traction system fault

[Katewhie]

Hi I have a 23 plate Grandland hybrid which I’ve owned for a grand total of 30 days and on Wednesday when pulled away from standing the was a bang/loud pop and the Electric Traction warning light came on. Although the car was drivable whenever I turned the engine on and pulled away there was an awful noise a bit like something was scrapping along the floor, which would stop and be replaced by a sound which seemed like something was dislodged and rattling around under the boot. It has now gone to the garage, but just wondered if anyone else knew of this or had experienced it? Thanks

[andy06]

I had the electric Traction fault yesterday accompanied by all the usual warning lights. My Grandland 2020 phev drove ok but would not switch to Electric only. The following is what i think is what caused the. problem. Apologies is it is a "red herring"
When messing about with my OHME charger app, - there was option to select 2 Grandland cars ie 7kw charging ie 3kw charging. I changed from the 3kw to 7kw option.
This appeared to have messed up the cars computer and the electric traction probs appeared.
I changed the car back to the 3kw option on the OHME app and charged the car overnight. The problem "appears" to have self rectified.
This might fit with the post above re. the need to change the high voltage unit .

[andy06]

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andy06
Post Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:42 am

I had the electric Traction fault yesterday accompanied by all the usual warning lights. My Grandland 2020 phev drove ok but would not switch to Electric only. The following is what i think is what caused the. problem. Apologies is it is a "red herring"
When messing about with my OHME charger app, - there was option to select 2 Grandland cars ie 7kw charging ie 3kw charging. I changed from the 3kw to 7kw option.
This appeared to have messed up the cars computer and the electric traction probs appeared.
I changed the car back to the 3kw option on the OHME app and charged the car overnight. The problem "appears" to have self rectified.
This might fit with the post above re. the need to change the high voltage unit .
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Last post by Katewhie « Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:20 pm

[andy06]

I had a similar problem. It appeared to be that the car charger was set to 7kw charging. I set it to 3 kw and the fault appears to have gone

[nh55]

Hi I have a 23 plate Grandland hybrid which I’ve owned for a grand total of 30 days and on Wednesday when pulled away from standing the was a bang/loud pop and the Electric Traction warning light came on. Although the car was drivable whenever I turned the engine on and pulled away there was an awful noise a bit like something was scrapping along the floor, which would stop and be replaced by a sound which seemed like something was dislodged and rattling around under the boot. It has now gone to the garage, but just wondered if anyone else knew of this or had experienced it? Thanks

Hi, what was the fix for your issue? I’ve just had an identical issue on a 20 plate.

[andy06]

hi i have had a 20 plate gramdland plug in since before xmas. All was ok. I was messing about with my app that controls my OHME charger. On the app when selecting your car type there were 2 car options - one to set as a 7kw charger or another to set as 3kw charge. I changed to the 7 kw charge and immediately i had the problem after the charge. I set the app back to 3 kw charger car, plugged in the charger and all seems ok now. I suspect that there might be an issue with the grandland high voltage charging ? I hope this information is correct and helps.

[nh55]

Hi I have a 23 plate Grandland hybrid which I’ve owned for a grand total of 30 days and on Wednesday when pulled away from standing the was a bang/loud pop and the Electric Traction warning light came on. Although the car was drivable whenever I turned the engine on and pulled away there was an awful noise a bit like something was scrapping along the floor, which would stop and be replaced by a sound which seemed like something was dislodged and rattling around under the boot. It has now gone to the garage, but just wondered if anyone else knew of this or had experienced it? Thanks

Hi, what was the fix for your issue? I’ve just had an identical issue on a 20 plate.

Guessing yours was rear driveshaft too. Ours had snapped on a car 3.5 years old with 60k miles on it. Very poor.

[andy06]

hi my traction warning light - which has now gone - appears to have been caused by my changing the charging rate on my home charger fron 3.6 to 7 kw. I contacted Vauxhall who said that the Grandland PHEV should be charged at 3.6?

[Miura74]

Thought I'd just share a similar situation, if it helps someone searching. Brit in Denmark, so got an Opel Grandland 2023 GSe, which was sold as new 200km by dealer.

All fine for first 3 weeks, then this Electric traction system fault: Repair needed starts appearing. Searched and found this forum. Seems a common issue.

Was driving as normal before, in that both engine and electric working together. So it showed. Seemed fine driving too.

Oddly, and this might just be coincidence, it started getting Ambient conditions notification too after running only on electric. Would not drive again on only electric. Might not be related.. idk. Drive once on electric, approx. 36km, then wouldn't stay on electric and automatically switched to Hybrid.

Been to the garage today, they say lots of errors seen, but the cause was the battery in boot. Not holding enough charge. So I'm told.

Sure, it did stand at dealer for a year. Might not have got the tlc it needed.

So far no fault shown, hoping that was it. I'll reply if it repeats... hopefully not.

[cphome06]

I am just wondering how much did this cost to get fixed?
This has just started happening to me. I have a Grandland X Hybrid that is just 2 months past it's 3 yr warranty (bloody typical). I was driving in "B" mode and it came on twice, but since been driving in "D" mode with no further problems.
Hopefully won't be faced with a large bill from the dealer (if they know how to fix it).