Small battery icon just above the 1/2 sign on tank level gauge

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ACertainAge
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Post by ACertainAge »

Hi I have a B4 awd and this battery icon turns to blue indicating it is being charged when I brake. When I collected the car it showed about 3/4 full, now a month and 500 miles in it still shows 3/4 full. Does it ever indicate full or empty please?

Roy03
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Post by Roy03 »

I've had my car nearly 5 months, and I've never seen it showing full
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Post by Deleted User 3629 »

I think you are mistaking the shading tones of the battery icon as how full it is, I believe that's just how it depicts it as a battery icon - 3/4 one tone and 1/4 another tone as many real AA etc batteries are? and when its charging that's when it turns a "rolling" blue - so good luck waiting for the 3/4 tone to reach full!!!
Felindre
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Post by Felindre »

No as has been said it's not actually a gauge, just a representation. I only got to see it charging by accident: In ECO mode it only charges on firmer braking, at which point you're coming to a stop and watching the road. It's only when I first towed (when ECO seems to be disabled) that I saw it charging.
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ACertainAge
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Post by ACertainAge »

Thanks all!
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