Recent content by Nelumbo nucifera

My 2024 2.0 I, when first purchased (September 2024) did have the common shift hold problem in cars sold around that time. It went back in for a bunch of updates which included the DCT shift fix. Immediately the problem was resolved, though occasionally it will hold third gear. While I do...

Thank you so much for keeping us abreast with these developments. And thank you also to all other contributors to this subject. I believe most readers were aware that eventually, switched on individuals would put some common sense into place and provide what Lotus should have provided from day...

For those interested in aftermarket Blind Spot Monotoning (BSM) or Blind Spot Detection (BSD) the following videos may be of interest to you. There seems to be three options available 24 giga hertz (Ghz) 77 GHz, 79 GHz. From the review, the 77 and 79 GHz models offer clarity and more accuracy...

Thank you so much for your response, and lead to obtaining this important aid. Ironic is the thought that Europe or in the least Jolly old Britain (from what I read) have pressed for tyre pressure monitoring as a ‘safety’ need but ignored what definitely is a safety device. Let’s face it, tyre...

Thanks for your comments. I note you say an update was made before cloning. Is it correct that you have installed a cloned ECU and that the update appeared and worked. Was the update undertaken by Lotus themselves? Did the service department know your car is operating on a clone ECU. Are they...

Your approach to solving the ECU unlocking, appears very thorough, logical and commendable. I’m assuming your new unit is a genuine Lotus ECU, supplied via a Lotus dealership/agent. Was there any reluctance on their part to a) supply the unit b) provide it unlocked It sounds like you have a...

Thank you so much. I wonder on the assembly line if the ECU’s come already loaded I.e. coded with the specific vin number of the vehicle in line waiting to have an ECU installed. Or, is that coding specific for that particular vehicle loaded on further down the assembly line. One of our...

It looks like a manufacture date of 21-11-16 (16-Nov- 2021) before 2022 but only by a smidgen (translated means: yowsa, that’s close to cutoff date). What’s the chances 16-11-21 will not have the issues 0i-01-22 will potentially have in regard to any extra layers of locking and the need to...

Thank you so much. Taking into account the extra lock ‘software’ applied, are we to take it, that any AMG 45 or 45S ECU that has a manufacture date between (perhaps starting) 2020 up until December 2021 ie prior to Jan 2022, is likely to be easier to unlock and not need the CPC removed/changed...

If boomgear perfect a fault free, workable clone ECU that does not require sending my original to the other side of the earth, I’m more than keen on purchasing one together with any other clever ‘needed’ items offered. As a matter of interest, living in Australia, no tariff costs from China...

Greetings all. With a need to understand just which ECU is suitable to use as a clone for our AMG 2.0 cars, I wonder whether someone more clever than I, would kindly tell me whether the unit I have in the photograph is a suitable ‘candidate’. It comes from an A45S. Mention is made that Mercedes...

Ummm, perhaps I have worded my previous post incorrectly. Perhaps I can clarify any misconstrued thoughts. If the present in car ECU files pertaining solely to the Emira being worked on, are not locked, as is suggested, and can be readily (via the OBD port, preferably and for example)...