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      07-03-2020, 02:22 AM   #10
Maxxsirrah
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Originally Posted by Leto1701 View Post
I think we can be reasonably sure the electric AC is different in the PHEVs that need to cool batteries. I don't rely on Internet messages about issues to identify a systematic problem. On the internet you only have posts if there is a motivation to post. And a lot of i8 customers will be no digital natives. I would rather like to understand if there is a design issue or a PHEV specific usage pattern that increases AC issue probability. Of course a bad batch of compressors is always an option as well.
Agreed, as I said earlier, the characteristics affecting each failure is important. Location, age of car, type of use, mileage etc. For example, are all of these failures in warmer parts of the USA and in 2015 models?

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