Winter observations

[Tenac]

So far my winter experience has been pretty mild. No issues with traction or heating/cooling. It has been kinda mild here for a winter but we did get highs of only 63degrees. The heated seat worked great.

 

[AaronS]

So I take a mallet to an £80k vehicle. ***K me, I give up.

What do you think the "factory trained" mechanics are going to do?

 

[CrazyOldMan]

So far my winter experience has been pretty mild. No issues with traction or heating/cooling. It has been kinda mild here for a winter but we did get highs of only 63degrees. The heated seat worked great.

Zip it. Arizona is not allowed to discuss winter. Red flag for you, Captain Sunshine.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

What do you think the "factory trained" mechanics are going to do?

Thump the handle and charge $595.

 

[anand]

Thump the handle and charge $595.

On the plus side, until you're out of warranty they are sending that bill (albeit half of the labor) to Ineos

 

[jwb15]

i just dropped my Trialmaster at the dealership and they admitted there is a problem with the outer door handles in wet weather. they figure it will take 2 hours per door to repair.
seems to me thats a pretty big miss on Ineos's part.
Door handle operation is as basic as it gets.
Still love my tank tho!

 

[jwb15]

forgot to mention i only have 2600 miles on the vehicle .......

 

[holdmybeer]

Had all four of my door handles re & re at the dealer with a new Ineos part or service method. Anyways, they still regularly get stuck in the depressed position. Often when it's wet out. An extra press and wiggle frees up the stuck button. Until it sticks again. I love my truck. I'll live with it (but I'll keep reporting and asking for a fix until warranty runs out.)

Just like @jwb15 my dealer confirmed that Ineos is aware of their design/tolerance/material/seal issue. But the present Ineos solution isn't one IME.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Had all four of my door handles re & re at the dealer with a new Ineos part or service method. Anyways, they still regularly get stuck in the depressed position. Often when it's wet out. An extra press and wiggle frees up the stuck button. Until it sticks again. I love my truck. I'll live with it (but I'll keep reporting and asking for a fix until warranty runs out.)

Just like @jwb15 my dealer confirmed that Ineos is aware of their design/tolerance/material/seal issue. But the present Ineos solution isn't one IME.

Me too - but then @anand explained it in a previous post. Next time one sticks, leave it in - get down level with the handle and look carefully at the button (which should still be in the stuck depressed position). You should see the button slightly off center. In the case for me yesterday (rear passenger door - the usual culprit for me), it was touching the face at the “9:30” position - almost directly aft, and slightly up. We’re talking far less than 1mm so really take a good look with a flashlight. Then with a rubber mallet, you can hit the handle to ever so slightly adjust the face plate in the direction you need to create clearance. @anand said they did this on the whole fleet for the trial series tour and eventually had them all sorted out. He can correct me, but when I did the North Carolina event, it seemed like there were a good 15 or so Grenadiers. I’ve tried graphite and lubricant and took mine to the dealer. The “dad whack” seems to be the actual fix. @anand strikes again.