So I just bought a 2012 karma Eco sport off eBay. I went to pick it up in Newport Beach and spent the last couple of days driving up Ca-1 to my home in Sonoma.
When I picked it up the battery was on 0 miles. The vendor said his guys must've forgot to plug it in over night. The air conditioning was not working, I figured that was related to the dead battery.
Since then, I've plugged it in a few times, using the 110v charger supplied with it, and also the EV charging station at the 5th and Mission garage in SF which I presume is more powerful. I've also driven about 500 miles.
The battery still reads 0. A few times it went up to 1 mile, from driving and braking a lot; coming down through the Mountains from Santa Cruz it briefly read 3.
The air conditioning kind of works (hot air, cold air trickles out) but the fan doesn't work.
I love the car and hope that this is an easy fix. It seems a little underpowered for the weight and I'm wondering if a fully charged electric battery makes an improvement to the performance.
I don't know what version of the firmware I have, sometimes I can see the mph behind the steering wheel in sport mode and sometimes I can't.
I'm still trying to figure out everything in the car, maybe there could be some setting that I've missed or something. I am scheduled for a service call next Monday in Palo Alto. Vin YH4K14AA0CA000556
Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.
When I picked it up the battery was on 0 miles. The vendor said his guys must've forgot to plug it in over night. The air conditioning was not working, I figured that was related to the dead battery.
Since then, I've plugged it in a few times, using the 110v charger supplied with it, and also the EV charging station at the 5th and Mission garage in SF which I presume is more powerful. I've also driven about 500 miles.
The battery still reads 0. A few times it went up to 1 mile, from driving and braking a lot; coming down through the Mountains from Santa Cruz it briefly read 3.
The air conditioning kind of works (hot air, cold air trickles out) but the fan doesn't work.
I love the car and hope that this is an easy fix. It seems a little underpowered for the weight and I'm wondering if a fully charged electric battery makes an improvement to the performance.
I don't know what version of the firmware I have, sometimes I can see the mph behind the steering wheel in sport mode and sometimes I can't.
I'm still trying to figure out everything in the car, maybe there could be some setting that I've missed or something. I am scheduled for a service call next Monday in Palo Alto. Vin YH4K14AA0CA000556
Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.