02/11/2022
To All Estima Hybrid owners and especially TAXI drivers who use Estima hybrid as working Horse!!!!
I got one dead car on recovery arrived to my garage, car totally dead and wont turn on at all, no READY mode no correct car work so on ,
After diagnostic and inspection we found 12V battery totally dead (8V) and few fuses blown,But Big surprise been when we open a HV system to check battery,check pictures and say WOW how it is possible??
Answer is simple, owner have dropped bag of coins(10p 20p 50p) on driver side floor around 6 month ago, so few coins moving around on floor under carpet till reach HV system components and make short circuit from HV 300V to 12V ground, as result 2 lucky coins spot welded itself and low up couple modules on HV system, The owner was super lucky to not get major flame inside car as any big spark can fire up plastic/carpet and there will be no chance to survive if fire up . location all these things are below driver seat
So warning to all members especially taxi drivers:DO NOT USE COINS NEAR HV SYSTEM,DO NOT PUT ANYTHING METAL SMALL PCS ON CUP HOLDERS OR FLOOR,IF YOU DROP ANY COIN,NAIL,ANYTHING ON DRIVER SIDE FLOOR OR ON MIDDLE CONSOLE,MAKE SURE YOU CATCH THEM AND TAKE OUT, AS YOU SEE IN PICTURES CAN CAUSE A MAJOR PROBLEM!!
this was hard lesson to owner and ~+700 GBP repair cost including all discounts, it takes 8 hours to repair this car and was done and safe now
keep in mind this recommendations and drive safe!!
