I try not to be in FORM all winter. But more I drive the car, it is impossible here in canada lol.
Hi,
Following along as I had this exact same issue occur this weekend. Went from 45% to 0% oil life at 4300kmHi,
I do have the cover and still got FORM. The cover will not prevents form, but my oil when up from 85c to 100c. This should help me out of it. New issue I just got, Is my oil change indicator when from 60% life left to 0. So now i need to change the oil now.
So I drove ev most of the summer and somehow oil need to be change with only 4000 km 'mostly EV km'. We did get a pretty fast change in temperature, 16c last week, -30c today, so maybe this cause moisture in the engine that contaminated my oil, but no idea.
On the other subject, I park outside no garage, so mine if it is -5c in the mornings, the engine will start. Once the temperature reach 50, the engine will stop. This probably make my form worst. The problem is that is is so cold and I only drive 10 km to get to work. So no matter what I do, eventualy I will get form. I'm getting an oil change next week, but I'm pretty sure will be back in form within a week after that. Moral of the story, I have great gas milage in the summer, not so great in the winter lol. You cannot avoid FORM, but having a cover will help you out of it if you travel longer distance then me.
I attach a screwnshot of my gas mileage between April to last day October. My average was 3.81 L/100 km un the summer lol. So if i use fuel in the winters, im ok with it. I just accept FORM for my driving habit to be normal.
Just keep it plug all the time Aldo. If battery get to -30c, vehicle wont start.
Yes system is not perfect, but still the 4xe use less gas even in form then the regular wrangler. So to me it is still a win. It is still a hybrid vehicle. More hybird then ev in the winter that all. You still save in fuel when the engine is running.
I would be okay with it too if it allowed me to use my remote start to warm the cabin (as a normal ICE does) without dumping fuel into the oil, causing the early “oil change required” message mentioned earlier in the thread.
I've found that if you cover the grill with a blanket or cardboard or something similar, after driving a bit to get the engine warmed up....park on a flat surface, parking brake/chock wheels. With engine running put in neutral so it doesn't time out and let it idle. Once the oil temp gets to 205/206 will stay at or above 205/206 and after 20 to about 45 minutes ish it will clear FORM and the engine will shut down. At that point you can put it in park and carry on. I did this at work and it was about 15 degrees F. I'm not sure how low the temperature would need to get to, that just idling wouldn't clear it but I've done this, this morning for the 3 rd time in a little over a year. And the first time it cleared in about 20 minutes in my garage, door open of course....and the last two times this winter it took about 40/45 minutes once the oil temperature met/exceeded 205/206.
You will be notified in the gauge cluster if you are in FORM. Being unable to switch to electric mode does not necessarily mean you're in FORM; there are a variety of other factors (like the system simply being too cold) that can prevent you from manually entering electric mode.
Thanks a lot. I'll have to go hunt a photo of what it looks like so I can inform my wife. Depending on how it shows up, I may or may not ever hear about it.
If you are in really cold temperatures, you will be in form most of the winter. Even if you clear it, will come right back within a few day. So no point on trying to prevent it. I have the front cover blocking my entire front, I get my oil from max 85c to 100c. This help me clear form, but come right back.
