Writing this on May 9th 2025 after almost 50.00 kilometers, I trust that this user review of my Atto3 may be useful to others.
The car is now well over 2 1/2 years ‘old’ and has never had any defect, never got me stranded nor did I ever need any assistance to drive it.
In my earlier review I made some comments about the poorly functioning airco, no homologation for a pulling rod and so on. You can read those comments here:
BYD Atto 3: User experiences after 9 months and 10,000 miles
I did a couple of upgrades to the car, these can be found here:
BYD Atto3 upgraded black C-pillar covers
BYD Atto 3: Mounting an original BYD dashcam DIY
BYD Atto3 -Spare tire in the trunk
BYD Atto3 on all-weather tires Bridgestone 235/50 R18 101H XL (GAN) Weather Control A005
I have 1 pending upgrade, which is the automatic wiper control unit that I have laying around. I am still a bit hesitated to install this, due to possible warrant voiding by BYD when I cut holes in the car under the steering wheel pillar’s plastic cover to mount an on/off switch for the to be installed wiper module.
The assessment about the car at May 2025:
The car drives perfect, BUT I needed a lot of getting used to the functioning of the airco/heater system, though. The Atto3 works completely different than any airco/heating system I ever encountered in a car. After 2 1/2 years I am finally getting the hang of using this system. I have tried all options and found out that the ATTO3’s heating/airco when used in AUTO mode is dangerous to use in our Dutch weather conditions. I get foggy windows, both in- and outside now and then, depending on weather conditions. Like sudden snow, hail, or warm rain. Fog is also a difficult situation to deal with when on AUTO setting.
Since I overcame that (-to me, at least-) disappointing fact, I fell back to manually controlling the airco/heater every time I start my ride and during driving.
So- when foggy and cold outside, I need both airco and set the temp to HI.
When foggy and warm outside, I only use the airco and set the temp at LO.
When cold and NOT foggy, I set the temp at 24 degrees, turn temp back to 20 when heated up. Keep changing temp between 19 and 24 to keep a sort of stable temp in the car.
When warm and not foggy, I set the temp to LO and put the airco ON. When the temp reaches a convenient point, I set the airco OFF and put the temp to 20 and keep the airco ON. When it gets too cold, I turn the airco OFF OR I put the fan down to 2 points when leaving airco ON, this all depends on the inside temp.
All in all, this is drivable but not very pleasant. I don’t know if there are any other people that may have better usage of the airco/heater of the Atto3. If so, please contact me at info@jantec.nl.
BTW: Due to the above, I can’t really make use of the android-auto software, since I can only control the airco and so on when trhe car is NOT in android-auto mode….