BYD Seal tips, tricks and help

[Andrew Dwyer]

24 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

Seal number plate holder. 

 

The standard number plate holder is grey - there is no grey on the car unless you have a grey car and it definitely doesn’t match my white one.

 

 

The screws holding it together are already rusty and the BYD REVER logo is already fading badly.

 

 

There are 4 captive nuts built into the car which is great but only 2 bolts are used on each plate supplemented with some double sided tape at the bottom! Will be ordering 4 more bolts from BYD.

 

I replaced the holders with white ones to match the car and they have a perspex sheet to protect the number pate from damage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nice number and plate !!

 

I changed mine to black to suit the license plate support also with perspex.

If i remember rightly the plate holder came with 4 screws, so was sorted.

 

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, Gweiloman said:

you need to swipe slowly, unlike in Tinder.

Tinder????

 

Ate you single? Cheating? Or Swingers?

[Gweiloman]

38 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Tinder????

 

Ate you single? Cheating? Or Swingers?

Back in the good old days when I was single and unenlightened, zipping around in noisy, dirty, inefficient and underperforming ICEVs.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Now this is something that has always bugged me but with the Seal’s higher tyre pressures spurred me into action.

 

Around where i live has always been a bit scarce for pumping the tyres up to the correct pressure and on occasion have used Be-Quik or gas stations further afield.

On this occasion i endeavoured to top up the tyres locally and it was the  final straw:

1st gas station couldn’t achieve over 35 psi.

2nd gas station was “ out of order “

3rd gas station had connected hose to valve adapter with a huge butterfly type clip making it unusable.

4th gas station worked but was 3 psi out of calibration ( despite my allowance for hot tyres ).

 

Decided to try the BYD air pump ( supplied with the car ) minus the foam:

This worked but the gauge only reads to 40 psi and the needle vibrates so much it is laughable.

My hand pump ( originally used for the bicycles ) would also work but the gauge shows a much higher value.

 

The Seal tyre pressure monitor does not reset immediately so wasn’t helpful.

 

My hand held pressure gauge was far from accurate , although it has a dial the adapter is the same as those “ pen size “ pressure checkers and only achieved a loss of air every time I attempted a reading.

 

What I need is a digital air pump i told myself and opened the good ol’ Lazada app.

 

Now the cheapest air pumps ( one shaped like a hand held temp gun and the other like a power bank ) only achieve 2.5bar ( 36 psi ) despite saying “ support 150 psi “ !! …… buyers beware !

But there was a couple of more expensive ones, a Xiaomi and a 70Mai ( i thought 70Mai were part of Xiaomi ? ), anyway, after owning a 70Mai dash cam i knew they were good quality stuff and plumped for one at 630 baht !

 

What a thing of beauty and so easy to use, set the pressure you want and turn it on , very quick also, with a proper screw on adapter not those cam lever types.

 

 

 

 

So, the wife uses the scooter mainly to take the boy to college and the girl to the market. As it had been a while since I had checked the pressures (should be front 29 and rear 33 psi) i decided to use my new toy ……… 65 psi front and 70 psi rear !! …… no comment 😶 

[Bandersnatch]

3 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

 Nice number and plate !!

 

I changed mine to black to suit the license plate support also with perspex.

If i remember rightly the plate holder came with 4 screws, so was sorted.

 

Lucky plates in BKK are bit more expensive than Surin 🫣

 

 

 

[JBChiangRai]

29 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

Lucky plates in BKK are bit more expensive than Surin 🫣

 

 

 

I paid 25,000 THB for mine, it is my date of birth in the thailand calendar.  It’s in about 3 weeks time, money preferred, no cheap presents please.

[Bandersnatch]

8 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I paid 25,000 THB for mine, it is my date of birth in the thailand calendar. 

 

In my case กบ is my wife’s nickname. 

Paid only ฿19k as 4 is not a popular (lucky) number. 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Waiting for her ladyship at the local Rong Kluea have been experimenting with the 3 finger update and have come to the conclusion that it is not very user friendly.

If you just touch on with 3 fingers, in any orientation, you will get either of the two options ( temp/fan speed ).

You have to stroke the screen slowly ( up/down for temp, left/right for fan speed ) determine which one you get, okay if you want instant max fan speed just swipe right with 3 fingers but minor adjustments are finicky.

 

It can be done anywhere on the screen, I don’t have a problem with reach, but is an unnecessary addition and would have preferred to see our other preferences attended to.

 

On the other hand, Wireless CarPlay is great, I leave 2 cables attached under the armrest anyway ( will probably delete one now ) but even so is good.

I prefer my whole music library on my phone to Spotify or YouTube Music.

 

Vehicle location is good if you don’t trust your significant other, not so good if she doesn’t trust you !!

I am the only driver in the household so no worries on that score, but will be handy as I approach “ now, where did i leave the car ? “ syndrome.

It shows your location together with the car.

[JBChiangRai]

I did the update, Wireless Apple Car Play worked first time.  There is a bug with it though, I got a phone call, it flashed up on the infotainment screen.  When I finished the call, the buttons on the steering wheel for next track, previous track etc were frozen.  I couldn't get out of car play, I kept getting error messages "can't do that in a call"

 

I had to stop the car and turn it off and on again to clear it.

[UWEB]

Seems to be the latest OTA update is good for nothing, will contact BYD how to downgrade again to the old Version. The Touchscreen is not responding like it was before, Voice Assistant is not responding or does not understand and the volume of Alarms is far too low.

[mistral53]

50 minutes ago, UWEB said:

Seems to be the latest OTA update is good for nothing, will contact BYD how to downgrade again to the old Version. The Touchscreen is not responding like it was before, Voice Assistant is not responding or does not understand and the volume of Alarms is far too low.

I noticed voice assist as rather strange compared to before, too - maybe it needs to be trained again?

I remember in the early days of 'voice command' on MB and VAG vehicles, it had to be trained to get any semblance of usable operation.

[Andrew Dwyer]

If anyone wishes to illuminate their front BYD badge there is a kit available from this website:

https://nicebyd.com/products/for-byd-seal-front-logo-light-keep-on

 

 

 

Not for me, but someone might like it, the Thais will snap this up I’m sure !

[mistral53]

The BYD ACC seems to have a problem. I first thought this is a car specific problem to my car, but it seems this is a general bug, and it is annoying........ who else has encounter their ACC surging?

 

 

[UWEB]

On 5/12/2024 at 3:55 PM, JBChiangRai said:

My switchable 10, 16, 24, 32 amp EV Charger was dead this morning.

 

I spent a couple of hours installing the ABB one the Seal came with, quite impressed with it's flexibility, but a PITA to switch charging currents.

When you installed the ABB Charger have you used the ABB Terra Config App? Some days ago a Company came to install my Charger with 3 phase connection, but I've sent them away as they have had only crap Materials for the installation. Now my Solar Installer will do the Job, but he never worked with ABB. So I have to do the set up by myself.

 

[JBChiangRai]

15 minutes ago, UWEB said:

When you installed the ABB Charger have you used the ABB Terra Config App? Some days ago a Company came to install my Charger with 3 phase connection, but I've sent them away as they have had only crap Materials for the installation. Now my Solar Installer will do the Job, but he never worked with ABB. So I have to do the set up by myself.

 

 

Yes, I used the Terra Config App

[Andrew Dwyer]

Most of us will already know to avoid any “ strong “ liquid ( acetone, perfume etc ) in the car as these can cause damage to the delicate materials in your car.

But as is the way in these parts cluttering your dashboard or hanging stuff from the rear view mirror is good luck ….. until it isn’t.

 

Seen 2 or 3 examples of this on FB groups:

 

 

 

This one is easily covered with an accessory but have seen similar damage to the inside of the door !!

[mistral53]

Real users feedback on the Seal:

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18iMc5VZU4jeic67/

[mistral53]

I have to admit I am puzzled by his results - I easily got 490 km on a tank of electrons, with part of it in stop and go BKK Rama 3 traffic, plus mostly 90+ km/h on Thai pseudo 3 lane Hwy. In this test, he claims to get as little as 342 km range - something does not add up - but what?

 

 

[JBChiangRai]

I have had the car limit power 3 times in the last week, all when I had been pushing it hard.

 

Power was limited to 233Kw, after a bit of steady driving full power was returned, no warnings, just limited power.  I'm guessing battery temperature.

[mistral53]

Here is another one of those curious cases: Even though Mat said 87% in his voice over, and the calculated value is 87.5%, in the final comparison they displayed the actual range as 82%....... honest mistake? bias?

[Andrew Dwyer]

Looks like my rat protection is working 

 

 

 

…. now he’s just showing off !!

[JBChiangRai]

I have 4 glue traps in my garage, never caught a rat but a few geckos, cockroaches & a bird.