Hi there Khamis,
I’m in the market for a grenadier. That being said, I don’t know anyone that owns them. Just a few questions on my mind and thought you could help out.
So since you’ve owned it during the hottest months in UAE, how’s the overall performance of your AC?
How’s the dealership interaction?
How does it hold up in UAE climate? Any considerable wear and tear?
Anything I should be aware of?
Hi Abdelsarhan,
The ac performs ok in the summer. Some owners have reported random issues such as it stops cooling or shoots out hot air (both summer and winter months), while others including myself had a leak onto the footwell from the ac drain which the dealer repaired, and loud noises on fan 4 (highest) that we can’t even use it, but overall it’s ok.
I park my car in the sun 4-5 hours a day during the peak of heat and takes about 5 mins to cool. I’d like a remote start option but unfortunately nothing around yet.
Adamas motors have been great to deal with and I think this resonates with most owners. They are ontop of things and have never been disappointing, actually always helpful to matters that arise.
Wear and tear , some plastics such as the door nobs get jammed in. Slight Fading of the black plastics on the exterior.
As all modern cars are equipped with high safety , this vehicles only vice is its traction or ghost stability control which affects you on the dunes.. this has been its major flaw which I understand a kill switch is in the making and should be completed soon. This will allow us to drive them on the dunes uninterrupted by the esc (electronic stability control) shadow intervention. It’s a minor impact overall but due to our regions vast majority of desert, you tend to feel it on the dunes where it cuts power where u need it the most.
Performance Offroad, unmatched in todays vehicle lineups. Keeping in mind this vehicle is not a raptor/ trx type Desert racer. It goes wherever and beautifully, not a fast bashing machine..
As its new to market, its main issues come in software glitches but that’s fixable over time .
I drive my grenadier as a daily and I love it more every day.
Hope this helps
Phil,
(JA Marina, Dubai)
