Cars in with the Retailer to have the door seals replaced as coming away from bodywork. Has anyone else suffered the same?
Yes, both front doors have started to delaminate from the door frame paint work. Delivery agent suggested gluing them on and I advised this was not fix. BMW 5 series had the same problem in the 1990s due to not having tested preproduction build car to production specification. Ineos Grenadiers only tested pro type vehicles that were not of production specification. My vehicle has been off the road awaiting a radiator hose that had warn a hole and dumped 2.25 litres of coolant. Now Ineos will not supply a simple coolant pipe made by any specialist hose manufacturer and you guessed correct the manufacturer does not have any in stock! More likely Ineos haven’t paid the supplier. Side steps have arrived after 2 ½ months but cannot fit them? No software update to resolve all the electric warnings and errors have not been issued, promised to be a couple of days in May 2023. Low oil warning light cannot be checked as there is no manual procedure to check engine oil level. They cannot progress with investigating this red warning because they say they cannot start the engine until the new radiator coolant hose is received, VOR and still no date for delivery. Hose tape to test is not permitted!!! Dogma of the first order. Tutonic torture of being fed bullsh*t. 12 days VOR and no schedule. Don’t trust any thing any of them say. I emailed customer service 4 weeks ago and I am still awaiting a reply. Emailed an individual as suggested by someone on the forum, no response from anyone. Try contacting the French plant in Hambach - I would love the email address of the purchasing director so I can give him a piece of my mind. The after sale ‘Customer Service’ does not exists!
Malcolm, can you give more details re worn radiator hose, which one? I had noticed some clips on my lower hoses had come loose off road. Yhanks
Malcolm - really fee for you.
Not only that but someone has pinched your spare wheel. Is there a reason you have removed it?
This is actually the thing that worries me the most about the Grenadier for remote travel. We have seen a couple of these, my neighbour who has a BMW X5 with a B57 has also had a cracked radiator pipe this week. We have also seen how close that bottom plastic radiator elbow is to the front bash plate.
Agree completely - radiator is a really surprising aspect of the design. The plastic base, and plastic elbow seem like a reckless oversight. Basically a seperate issue, the radiator just seems to be too ‘tall’, in the sense that it is too close the the ground, and thus the bashplate.
Yes, good reminder... I normally carry spare hoses for remote travels, guess an order will be going in... and check all fixtures and potential rubbing on delivery.
In fact these days, at least on the common routes, Simpson is less dangerous as so many people do it, many places much less travelled in the outback. But nevertheless expensive for recovery.
I believe Purnell Adventure the Sydney agent is looking to put together spares kits for remote touring.
But having spares or someway to fix it makes the issue a couple of hours... I would recommend some radiator hose repair tape as some hoses are crimped and not field replaceable
This is bloody dangerous on a freeway/highway, not just in the outback!
