Electrical Gremlins on new delivery

[DCPU]

Is there anybody out there who has their Grenadier, has put some mileage on AND has not had a single build quality/electrical issue?

Well if we have 44 owners:
https://www.theineosforum.com/threads/your-grenadier-status-banner.12410276/page-11#post-1333175266

And issues posted by less than 10 (?) then there's potentially a good few.

 

[Wayneos]

I have only experienced one ongoing gremlin with a rear proximity sensor - a minor thing really.

Check for super fine spider webs, I've had similar with my bmw. Could be dust/dirt too.

 

[DCPU]

Check for super fine spider webs, I've had similar with my bmw. Could be dust/dirt too.

And that's why I didn't want them; but rear ones are standard.

 

[Spjnr]

And that's why I didn't want them; but rear ones are standard.

Sensors mounted into metal bumpers are also notoriously buggy. Something to do with magnetic interference.

 

[beg]

Sensors mounted into metal bumpers are also notoriously buggy. Something to do with magnetic interference.

Is there a mute button most cars can be muted im sure

 

[DCPU]

Sensors mounted into metal bumpers are also notoriously buggy. Something to do with magnetic interference.

If only we were lucky enough to get metal bumpers then I'd happily suffer the magnetic interference.

 

[Spjnr]

If only we were lucky enough to get metal bumpers then I'd happily suffer the magnetic interference.

Rear is metal isn't it?

 

[DCPU]

I'm going to say no...but happy to be corrected by an owner with a magnet.

 

[Spjnr]

I'm going to say no...but happy to be corrected by an owner with a magnet.

Every one I've seen in the UK has had a metal rear bumper and plastic front.

 

[Arkaig]

Is there anybody out there who has their Grenadier, has put some mileage on AND has not had a single build quality/electrical issue?

Me - I've had my Gren for just about a week, run-in and some 1,200 miles later, happy to report being bug-free of build quality or electrical issues.

 

[bigleonski]

It would be interesting to know if those vehicles with annoying niggles (let’s be optimistic and call them that- after all they will be sorted in the fullness of time) are just the first made batch that have sat around since the beginning of the year, and if any recently made ones are also experiencing similar gremlins.

 

[grenadierboy]

It would be interesting to know if those vehicles with annoying niggles (let’s be optimistic and call them that- after all they will be sorted in the fullness of time) are just the first made batch that have sat around since the beginning of the year, and if any recently made ones are also experiencing similar gremlins.

Maybe but unlikely - having a fully set-up new car parked for 2/3 months wouldn't normally trigger electrical/software malfunctions

It seems to me that these cars need another software update maybe because the first one wasn't completed properly

 

[DCPU]

Maybe but unlikely - having a fully set-up new car parked for 2/3 months wouldn't normally trigger electrical/software malfunctions

Some were built in early January or possibly even earlier, so it's maybe 3/4 months, which I think might be long enough to trigger voltage issues in a modern vehicle, where not all systems switch off completely when you turn the ignition off.

 

[Sebastian]

Some were built in early January or possibly even earlier, so it's maybe 3/4 months, which I think might be long enough to trigger voltage issues in a modern vehicle, where not all systems switch off completely when you turn the ignition off.

Absolutely. My friend has a new MB G wagon parked in the garage (31 km on the odometer), battery was down after 6 weeks of standing.

 

[Spjnr]

Absolutely. My friend has a new MB G wagon parked in the garage (31 km on the odometer), battery was down after 6 weeks of standing.

When my mate picked up his new jeep wrangler, it threw all sorts of codes on the way home. Ended up being start stop battery.

The shipping from USA to Europe then UK takes a few months, which is enough with these new vehicles to drop it.

Replaced that and its been fine for 2 years

 

[DCPU]

People are referring to a software update as if it's going to be some universeal panacea.

It reminds me of the type of things service advisors would quote you "it probably just needs a software update" when you take it in for a door that doesn't close properly.

 

[PBD]

One thing I forgot to mention after Sundays trip was that by luck I did come across the battery charge level in the menu. I don’t know if it applied to both the batteries in my trialmaster, but it was showing 87%. (Now 92 %)
I normally turn the stop start off as well, but it is working just fine so I recon the batteries are ok.

 

[AWo]

Check for super fine spider webs, I've had similar with my bmw. Could be dust/dirt too.

Great thing for an 4x4 if dirt causes that...

AWo

 

[Tazzieman]

Great thing for an 4x4 if dirt causes that...

Not if you're in the desert!
But the city or forest , maybe. If your neck is non functional

 

[JOB]

I normally turn the stop start off as well

Does the start stop need turning off every time you fire up the Grenadier or is it off until otherwise re-selected? I have to switch it off every time in my Audi but a family member has exactly the same model of vehicle, in which it remains off permanently unless otherwise selected.