Charg initializing, then failing.

stogi4 · 04-02-2025, 08:51 PM

Hello,
I am very new to the EV world. I was able to charge successfully at an "electrify America" station. When I came to a public lot, it was a generic lot with a generic charger. It had a place for me to tap my debit card and then push the start button to start charging. Once I would plug into my port, it would say initializing, and then the charge would eventually fail. I thought maybe I plugged in too soon, so I started over, scanned my card, hit the start button, and then plugged in. It was the same thing. Was it a faulty unit? or am I the faulty unit =?

jettie1767 · 04-04-2025, 02:50 PM

Did you try a different charger? That happened to me on a defective public charger once before.

KRS_SN · 04-05-2025, 12:06 AM

Faulty charging station unit. If you try and number of times car disables dc fast charging speeds for an hour or so to prevent damage.

gregmelv · 05-05-2025, 01:45 PM

Thank you Stogi4 for the post. Same exact issue here. I'm also new to E vehicles and just got an i4. Love it but charging is tough.

The issue I had was at Charge Point Chargers. I got to "initialization" step and then failed. I tried 4 different Charge Point stations, the 4th one finally worked. My thoughts are this is a BMW issue, the ChargePoint station seemed ready to charge but was waiting on the car.

Electrify America seemed to work fine. Any other thoughts on the issue? Does this always happen at ChargePoint?

04-02-2025, 08:51 PM	#1
stogi4 Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: BMW I4 Join Date: Apr 2025 Location: Valley Village iTrader: (0)	Charg initializing, then failing. Hello, I am very new to the EV world. I was able to charge successfully at an "electrify America" station. When I came to a public lot, it was a generic lot with a generic charger. It had a place for me to tap my debit card and then push the start button to start charging. Once I would plug into my port, it would say initializing, and then the charge would eventually fail. I thought maybe I plugged in too soon, so I started over, scanned my card, hit the start button, and then plugged in. It was the same thing. Was it a faulty unit? or am I the faulty unit =?
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KRS_SN Major General 15359 Rep 5,734 Posts Drives: IX,G07 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 X7 [10.00] X5 [9.25] IX [8.67]	Faulty charging station unit. If you try and number of times car disables dc fast charging speeds for an hour or so to prevent damage.
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05-05-2025, 01:45 PM	#4
gregmelv Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: BMW i4 Join Date: May 2025 Location: SF Bay Area, CA iTrader: (0)	Thank you Stogi4 for the post. Same exact issue here. I'm also new to E vehicles and just got an i4. Love it but charging is tough. The issue I had was at Charge Point Chargers. I got to "initialization" step and then failed. I tried 4 different Charge Point stations, the 4th one finally worked. My thoughts are this is a BMW issue, the ChargePoint station seemed ready to charge but was waiting on the car. Electrify America seemed to work fine. Any other thoughts on the issue? Does this always happen at ChargePoint?
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