Barnaclebob said:
Okay, so I've just been out for a run... Set off in Eco Mode... This is confirmed by the gear indicator showing E1, E2, E3, etc as it goes up and down through the gearbox. Also the car goes into Coasting Mode if or when I lifted my foot off the accelerator; this is indicated by the tachometer dropping down to tick-over at about 800 rpm. It then goes back into gear (indicated by the rpm rising on the tachometer - for engine breaking) with either a tap on the break pedal or a tap on the accelerator. Everything is fine.
I then pulled over and stopped the engine. After restarting the engine the Eco Mode light was still illuminated but now the gear selector indicator was now showing the gears as D1, D2, D3 etc. and there was no Coasting Mode. Therefore the car is not in the Eco Mode as indicated by the Mode switch.
These are the facts - indicating there is a "fault".
Agreed Barnaclebob,
Reverting to Normal mode after switching off is what it is supposed to do and is described that way in the manual.
Your mpg figures confirm the car was in Normal mode on your return journey despite the various indicators/displays saying ECO.
You are correct that when in Normal mode the indicator in the Mode switch should be off and the infotainment and AID should also show Normal mode and D gear prefix. If the light remains lit or the displays still show ECO on your car, but not on others, then there is a unique fault on your car. If all cars behave the same way, there is most likely a bug in the software that should set the indicators and displays to correctly match the mode.
All the posts in this topic suggest this is a problem with the indicators/displays, rather than the actual mode the car is in after switching off.
Dyydahl, looking at your photos of the AID, the fuel consumption (l/h) shown in the centre of the screen seems to exhibit another fault/bug as it seems to display 0.9 in bold numbers superimposed on top of 1.0 in a lighter font. Had you noticed that ?