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c350e wont offer electric option

neil beard

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a very average c350e
Strange new fault today. With 6 miles of electric left in the battery, the car refused to go into electric mode. When I tried to switch modes the hybrid, charge, and e save options were all available, but the electric drive option was greyed out on the dashboard? And even though it was set on hybrid, the car refused to move out of petrol mode. Any ideas please?
 
Hi
This might not be a fault. Hybrid systems monitor an awful lot of things before it will allow pure electric propulsion. Things like battery or cell voltage, ambient temperautre, what aux systems are running (heater infotainment etc) Driving style, gps location (road types) general systems running within the car using power etc.

I would keep running it and see if it does the same thing in the same location all the time, this would indicate normal running. Or if your really concerned you can always get a full diagnosis / fault codes etc
 

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