Keeping engine running to full charge battery

I have posted seperately about my 'supposed' dead HV dead battery. The charge was down to one bar and the the system didn't allow ICE to start for recharge. I finally got a reading of a about 207 volts today and when I fiddled with the start button on and off a few time today, the ICE started. After about 15 sec. it indicated it was pumping juice into the battery. When it finally got up to about 4 bars it turned off. I had to move the car off the tow dolly (it's home for the past week) and did so in electric mode even though there was a Ready on the display the engine never came on. Before manouvering it around much I tried to get the ICE to start again to recharge the battery, now down to 2 bars. By pressing the gas in park and nuetral, it would start and rev up but never generatated any power to the battery. Fiddled around with the power button some on/off/on, etc. until I got the ready light and sometimes it would start charging but only once did it charge to 6 bars and usually stopped as soon as there were 4 bars.

Doesn't seem normal to me. Although, in my gen1 the battery seems always be full unless I run it down in stealth driving.

I don't have an operators manual for the gen2 and I'm not sure I understand all I don't know about the Power Button. After putting the key fob in the slot, I press the button and its green indicator light comes on. I get a whole string of symboles on the dash and the MFD come on. However, before I can get a Ready light, it seems I have to turn the button off and on again before the symboles go away and I get the ready light. Then and only then can I shift into D or R.

If I get the ICE to start by pressing the gas pedal, I would think it would be charging?? No indication of that.

Also there doesn't seem to be any corrolation between the displayed SOS and the actual when I read it at the battery terminal. One bar on MFD and meter reads 207 vdc, while 4 bars will read 220 on meter with ICE charging.

What is going on here or what don't I understand about this charging issue??

Steve

 

That did it!! Seemed a bit 'counter-intuative but it works. And came to full charge in about 20 mins.
Checked charge SOS at the battery termials and got 237 vdc.
Now to figure out what is drawing down the accessory battery. I think it must be the damaged hatch back that won't close completely. I see the "door ajar" and "hatch open" indicator on now. Any idea where that hatch close switch or sensor is located??

Steve

 

I'm (slow) and slowly figuring these things out. A owners manual would have covered all of that but I still appreciate the opportunity to share my learning progress with you all.

I also notice that if I lock the car with the smart key and later walk by it, it unlocks and beeps at me. Kool! Or at least that what I assume is suppose to be happening.

Steve