Yes, new product and new software but Ineos did like to remind us about the millions of miles they were driving as part of the testing/development. They should have been able to resolve things like rear seat belt and TPMS warnings as part of those test miles.
Herein lies the problem. The first x number of cars have been released into the wild without solid INEOS Automotive after sales support. It should really not matter if tomorrow is a Bank Holiday in the UK There should be a number to call and get immediate support. If this happened to me I would have no clue what to do. I have taken delivery of the car with a verbal promise from the agent that the car has 2 year AA roadside assistance - but this has not been issued to me yet, and no indication when it will. And even then, would the AA know what to do with the Grenadier? I feel bad for you; and worried for myself if this should happen to my family.Set off today for a trip to the seaside, first time in the car with the wife and dogs.
During the first 40 miles nearly every warning possible came up on the dash! (yellow)
The apple phone connection continually disconnected, tried resetting etc all to no avail.
Worst, the passenger air bag system became faulty and a constant, loud, high pitched warning siren playing!!
Found warning on scree(red) would not clear. Tried all ignition off, every one out, lock it up etc, still continued to wail!
Parked up in a field, took dogs for a walk, still wailing.
Turned round and drove 50 miles home, wailing all the way!
Parked on drive, wife said this thing is not fit for delivery, or driving on the road, there's no way I'm getting in this heap of shit again till its fixed. She never swears!
As far as I can see the fuse, if I take it out, disconnect's the airbag system, with all the implications that entails.
Any suggestions greatly received.
As I posted this the wailing just stopped!
Bank holiday tomorrow so no one to fetch it
I have to agree with the Mrs for once, not fit for delivery or use on the road as it is now and waiting for three months for an update is out of the question.
Set off today for a trip to the seaside, first time in the car with the wife and dogs.
During the first 40 miles nearly every warning possible came up on the dash! (yellow)
The apple phone connection continually disconnected, tried resetting etc all to no avail.
Worst, the passenger air bag system became faulty and a constant, loud, high pitched warning siren playing!!
Found warning on scree(red) would not clear. Tried all ignition off, every one out, lock it up etc, still continued to wail!
Parked up in a field, took dogs for a walk, still wailing.
Turned round and drove 50 miles home, wailing all the way!
Parked on drive, wife said this thing is not fit for delivery, or driving on the road, there's no way I'm getting in this heap of shit again till its fixed. She never swears!
As far as I can see the fuse, if I take it out, disconnect's the airbag system, with all the implications that entails.
Any suggestions greatly received.
As I posted this the wailing just stopped!
Bank holiday tomorrow so no one to fetch it
I have to agree with the Mrs for once, not fit for delivery or use on the road as it is now and waiting for three months for an update is out of the question
And the worst is that your wifes are absolute right and we all know that
They disabled the warnings during their millions of miles test drives - the noise was ruining their concentration
You are correct, she said the problems are unacceptable. Vehicles should not have passed Quality Control with these problems. It does explain why they have not been released to the throngs of customers. So what do we all do, we demand that the vehicles are gremlin free, with a guarantee?And the worst is that your wifes are absolute right and we all know that
So sorry to see you have to deal with this. The way it is acting it might be a bad ground at the battery or a ground point that got painted in production only to then have the main ground cable or a ground wire for the computer attached. I have had a new vehicle with a bad battery where a cell in the battery failed causing a very similar outcome. If its not software I would look at the battery and the ground points. Still that is something they need to address at this point in the ownership experience, not you.Set off today for a trip to the seaside, first time in the car with the wife and dogs.
During the first 40 miles nearly every warning possible came up on the dash! (yellow)
The apple phone connection continually disconnected, tried resetting etc all to no avail.
Worst, the passenger air bag system became faulty and a constant, loud, high pitched warning siren playing!!
Found warning on scree(red) would not clear. Tried all ignition off, every one out, lock it up etc, still continued to wail!
Parked up in a field, took dogs for a walk, still wailing.
Turned round and drove 50 miles home, wailing all the way!
Parked on drive, wife said this thing is not fit for delivery, or driving on the road, there's no way I'm getting in this heap of shit again till its fixed. She never swears!
As far as I can see the fuse, if I take it out, disconnect's the airbag system, with all the implications that entails.
Any suggestions greatly received.
As I posted this the wailing just stopped!
Bank holiday tomorrow so no one to fetch it
I have to agree with the Mrs for once, not fit for delivery or use on the road as it is now and waiting for three months for an update is out of the question.
What do you mean by the contract is fairly watertight? As mentioned previously (but don’t take this as advice) we first buyers were distance sold and are entitled to the protections afforded by the legislation. Since we just ordered the manufacturer’s offered spec we (I understand) are not precluded from recourse by the “bespoke” item let out since our vehicles are not truly bespoke/bespoke for the purposes of the Act (albeit this has yet to be definitively opined on in court perhaps)
This is my initial suspicion aswell. Bad earth's and dodgy batteries cause the weirdest issues
When that battery finally failed I was driving and everything took off going crazy on the dash, lost the speedo off and on and the bell for every fault known was going including the airbag. I saw warnings I never knew it had, the steering one was a bit discomforting. I made it to a parts shop and it was dead once I shut it down. New battery and no issues ever after that. This is a 2018 Ram 1500 pickup truck.
