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What did you do with your Grenadier today?

Jean Mercier

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It was today the anniversary of my car, I don’t say birthday , because this is the day it rolled off from the production line. It was anniversary for me: I got the car on May 4, 2023.

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But I have now more than 30000 km, mostly “on road” but also quite some nice off road tracks:

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Good things first:

I love the car
  • 4X4 OK, but I didn’t do extreme things.
  • On road: OK, very nice and comfortable to drive
Negative things:

I will not talk about evident things like fuel consumption, or early problems from a brand new car, I complained already enough about it :eek:
But ... (and I also complained about it)
  • Communication and openness of Ineos concerning early problems: bad
  • Promises of Ineos: bad (technical documentation, service partners, dedicated dealers)
  • My dealer: I am disappointed, he is not dedicated. In fact also the fault of Ineos, why did they choose a big non-dedicated international dealer for Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and some other countries, instead of a small 4X4 specialist?
Would I buy again a Grenadier: most probably

It was a quite nice day in rainy Belgium: some drops, but mostly dry, therefore I worked in my garden and also took some time to crawl under the car to check some things …

I saw that the one of the hoses of the cables was rubbing and damaged (@Logsplitter had similar issues), therefore I installed a temporary protection, because I will soon (June) make a new trip to Hungary and Romania.

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And in the motor bay I saw that a hose clip was “missing”, in fact completely loose, and I did put back in place (forgot to take a picture of the final solution).
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And then I also tried something else, but this will probably be for another thread, because I am not sure that I understood it right 😊

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Highly recommend. @Logsplitter swayed me into buying a new one. GB70 model.

For anyone who is more of a cheapskate, I have the Gooloo GP4000, which goes up to 10ltr diesel and I think 12ltr petrol/gas engines. I can thoroughly recommend it.

Always on offer on their site at around $99 and I think you can get some more off the first purchase.
 

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For anyone who is more of a cheapskate, I have the Gooloo GP4000, which goes up to 10ltr diesel and I think 12ltr petrol/gas engines. I can thoroughly recommend it.

Always on offer on their site at around $99 and I think you can get some more off the first purchase.
that's the wife's car sorted 👍
 

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It was today the anniversary of my car, I don’t say birthday , because this is the day it rolled off from the production line. It was anniversary for me: I got the car on May 4, 2023.

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But I have now more than 30000 km, mostly “on road” but also quite some nice off road tracks:

View attachment 7855748

Good things first:

I love the car
  • 4X4 OK, but I didn’t do extreme things.
  • On road: OK, very nice and comfortable to drive
Negative things:

I will not talk about evident things like fuel consumption, or early problems from a brand new car, I complained already enough about it :eek:
But ... (and I also complained about it)
  • Communication and openness of Ineos concerning early problems: bad
  • Promises of Ineos: bad (technical documentation, service partners, dedicated dealers)
  • My dealer: I am disappointed, he is not dedicated. In fact also the fault of Ineos, why did they choose a big non-dedicated international dealer for Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and some other countries, instead of a small 4X4 specialist?
Would I buy again a Grenadier: most probably

It was a quite nice day in rainy Belgium: some drops, but mostly dry, therefore I worked in my garden and also took some time to crawl under the car to check some things …

I saw that the one of the hoses of the cables was rubbing and damaged (@Logsplitter had similar issues), therefore I installed a temporary protection, because I will soon (June) make a new trip to Hungary and Romania.

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And in the motor bay I saw that a hose clip was “missing”, in fact completely loose, and I did put back in place (forgot to take a picture of the final solution).
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And then I also tried something else, but this will probably be for another thread, because I am not sure that I understood it right 😊

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JEAN!
DaBull
 

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It was today the anniversary of my car, I don’t say birthday , because this is the day it rolled off from the production line. It was anniversary for me: I got the car on May 4, 2023.

View attachment 7855747

But I have now more than 30000 km, mostly “on road” but also quite some nice off road tracks:

View attachment 7855748

Good things first:

I love the car
  • 4X4 OK, but I didn’t do extreme things.
  • On road: OK, very nice and comfortable to drive
Negative things:

I will not talk about evident things like fuel consumption, or early problems from a brand new car, I complained already enough about it :eek:
But ... (and I also complained about it)
  • Communication and openness of Ineos concerning early problems: bad
  • Promises of Ineos: bad (technical documentation, service partners, dedicated dealers)
  • My dealer: I am disappointed, he is not dedicated. In fact also the fault of Ineos, why did they choose a big non-dedicated international dealer for Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and some other countries, instead of a small 4X4 specialist?
Would I buy again a Grenadier: most probably

It was a quite nice day in rainy Belgium: some drops, but mostly dry, therefore I worked in my garden and also took some time to crawl under the car to check some things …

I saw that the one of the hoses of the cables was rubbing and damaged (@Logsplitter had similar issues), therefore I installed a temporary protection, because I will soon (June) make a new trip to Hungary and Romania.

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And in the motor bay I saw that a hose clip was “missing”, in fact completely loose, and I did put back in place (forgot to take a picture of the final solution).
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And then I also tried something else, but this will probably be for another thread, because I am not sure that I understood it right 😊

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The loose coolant hoses are an issue on mine too and no obvious fix. I don’t t know if this issue is specific to the early petrol models.
 

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The loose coolant hoses are an issue on mine too and no obvious fix. I don’t t know if this issue is specific to the early petrol models.
My aluminium conduit hose like Jeans is also rubbing against the drive shaft. I have zip tied the front section but the rear part, there is no where suitable to attach so ended up wrapping it with some black rubber foam. Mines Diesel.
 
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My aluminium conduit hose like Jeans is also rubbing against the drive shaft. I have zip tied the front section but the rear part, there is no where suitable to attach so ended up wrapping it with some black rubber foam. Mines Diesel.
Ive just found out today at the Great Grenadier charity event nr Thetford that there is a fix for the loose coolant pipes on the Petrol models. Apparantly a clip/fixing is missing on some vehicles. A clip that should be attached to the back of the main radiator fan is missing and there is a campaign to fix this.
 

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Like @Logsplitter, @Timmydab and one other, for whom I must apologise for writing his forum name down wrong, (AnalogueJohn? - I'm going deaf, at least that's my excuse), I went to The Great Grenadier Charity Event and met about 30 Grenadier owners and long suffering spouses/co-owners/even fellow fanatics.

View: https://youtu.be/7K7ZYR59-Qs
 

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Like @Logsplitter, @Timmydab and one other, for whom I must apologise for writing his forum name down wrong, (AnalogueJohn? - I'm going deaf, at least that's my excuse), I went to The Great Grenadier Charity Event and met about 30 Grenadier owners and long suffering spouses/co-owners/even fellow fanatics.
View: https://youtu.be/7K7ZYR59-Qs
Great to meet you and others to put a face to the names I know from the forum. A good mixture of people from all walks of life 😍
 

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Someone posted somewhere about loosing the grommet by the wipers.
So mine flew off to never never land and I just noticed it yesterday.
Check yours too after those long drives.

Looked in my parts bin and found a grommet which fits nicely.
Put some 3M weatherstrip/gasket adhesive, let it be tacky and put it on.

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Same happened to me, I got the replacement from Amazon, as per photos below. It’s a bit awkward to fit but is in tight.

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First trip to Moab for the Grenadier. It exceeded expectations in every regard.

I towed a small camper 300 miles and over 11,200 feet in elevation. The Grenadier had no problem.

We put in approximately 40 miles on classic Moab trails. I had lots of opportunities to engage off-road, center lock, 4-lo and front / rear diffs. I encountered the blinking differential lights as they were transitioning. I found they engaged / disengaged just by rolling a few feet. It became very predictable.

Once the diffs were engaged, the Grenadier was climbing above its considerable weight. It had more than ample power, never spun a tire or felt anything less than extremely confident. It’s a beast.

On the end of the last day, I got a little over confident. I scraped the rear skid plate and bent one of the tail pipe ends on an obstacle. Fortunately , I have the new Eibach lift kit in hand. I’ll be installing and adding 35’s by next weekend. The extra lift should be the answer for the next time I attempt said obstacle.

And, as expected, I was approached on Main Street, on trails, at the gas station and at the campsite - “What is that?”

The 2024 Grenadier is a future classic, no doubt about it.
 

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Someone posted somewhere about loosing the grommet by the wipers.
So mine flew off to never never land and I just noticed it yesterday.
Check yours too after those long drives.

Looked in my parts bin and found a grommet which fits nicely.
Put some 3M weatherstrip/gasket adhesive, let it be tacky and put it on.

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Just checked mine this morning, both loose and half out. Pushed them back in for now while I organise/check spares in my workshop boxes. I do confess to pressure washing the vehicles the day before and whether that is the root cause, although they do seem slightly to small for the job
 

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Hey, today I took the Grenny to the workshop.
There is a new steering wheel because the saddle leather was damaged upon delivery.
The error memory is read out, but that is always done anyway.
The air conditioning is vented and refilled, but given the crude behavior of the A/C, this seems to be more of a software problem IMO.
There are three campaigns from Ineos, see photo.

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After five days in the workshop i got the truck back, but: No new steering wheel! According to the dealer the packaging said "saddle leather", but the content was a black one. Seriously?🤨
A/C vented and topped up. I'll see if this is enough to fix the A/C problems.🤞
No records in the error log!?!?:unsure:
Campaigns:
rear winch relay row: not affected
egr module coupling rod: fixed
fan drive rotation: not fixed yet, waiting for the replacement part :rolleyes:
 

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Had to fetch the big ladders from my mother in laws as our gutters needed cleaning out.

I don't have a roof rack or roof bars, so I decided to go for "the carpet runner under the ladder and use the tie downs with straps" approach. It worked really well; my Grenadier is still lightly covered in Elveden mud, (it's just been jet-washed off, I wouldn't say cleaned as it is covered in water marks and the ghost of mud removed).

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Had to fetch the big ladders from my mother in laws as our gutters needed cleaning out.

I don't have a roof rack or roof bars, so I decided to go for "the carpet runner under the ladder and use the tie downs with straps" approach. It worked really well; my Grenadier is still lightly covered in Elveden mud, (it's just been jet-washed off, I wouldn't say cleaned as it is covered in water marks and the ghost of mud removed).

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You could have just used your trailer if you wanted to be "safe"
 

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You could have just used your trailer if you wanted to be "safe"
As the roof is designed to be load-bearing, I thought it would work and it did. My only concern was scratching paint, and the carpet runner dealt with that. The only trailers I have access to/own are vehicle trailers and a few miles away.
 
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