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Hamburg is well-equipped to deal with this and had much time getting to know all the quirks with the help of my car :D Probably will just end up in a reset. Should you need a new ECU you can have mine. It's scheduled to be installed next month, so enough time to get a new one

While driving have your passenger wedge their fingertips into somewhere along the back glass and the trim and then firmly pull forward. It seems to have "come loose" somewhere and vibration constantly produced noise I had trouble pinpointing. Doing this fixed it. You can do it stationary but...

In germany my insurance covers track days as in non competitive and non timed rounds that aim to improve your general ability to handle the car. Might be worth reading the fine print or asking explicitly for it

Make sure to have your VIN, plates, your address and your dealers name + address ready in military alphabet and be prepared for some "english" greek edition they can’t even understand themselves 😂

You’re probably another one with a ECU damaged by water intrusion. Water leaks from the rear hatch left side directly onto the ECU and causes all sorts of issues. Tons of brand new china i4s reporting this, myself (V6) and a few others (albeit not confirmed). Lotus needs to handle this asap, but...

No rain immediately before, but already had water damage in the ECU so I guess it was damaged already and the rather harsh shift in weight sealed the deal for good. Is it that dared junction box under the bonnet?

They are too hard to take good photos of 😂🥴

Not sure if this is the same problem we’re talking about, but mine is only blowing hot air in the foot area. If I switch it completely off it’s still blowing a little bit. No setting changes that. If I turn it to 16.0C and set it to max I can get a tiny little bit of a coldish idea of air, but...

For me it’s on the left side. It’s just wrapped in some plastic. So far it doesn’t show any signs of heat problems (at least short term) and the replacement ECU is already ready to be installed. We just wanted to make sure we fixed the problem before destroying another ECU. Well the current one...

I can confirm this on V6 manual. Exactly the same spot has been identified by the dealer and it continuously produced errors. On mine we wrapped the ECU watertight until Lotus figures out a real fix. I already expected it to be a wide-spread problem with me catching it early because I put a lot...

Maybe a loose ground? Might check battery health as well but doesn’t sound like anything we had here before iirc

Have no hard measured facts, but last time I used it it at least felt lile it got a little more power on the top end… might be entirely biased tho. There are loads of tests comparing different fuel types. Generally I wouldn’t expect too much of a gain without a specific tune, even though ECMs...

Basically all Aral and Shell stations offer 102 octane and they’re pretty widespread in Germany. But pricey indeed.

Congrats on that 3RS allocation :love: I've not personally tested but heard good feedback on the Carcoon brand, might be worth a look.

Sorry already lost the overview of all the errors 😂 The ESC error I hit yesterday is exactly the same and it’s just happened again. Also after the latest update so yeah - count me in hahahaha haha ha ha..

I'm not sure why the last update seems to trigger this more often for you guys, but the bug existed as early as the 4th of April. Interestingly enough it never happened again for me. However I hit the known ESC error just today - didn’t see that for about 8k km either, so might mean nothing..

Any touchpoints with water just before? A wash or cold night outside?

That's just clearly missing a model that should be there. If by mistake or last resort "fix" (WE HAVE TO GO LIVE!) because of the NYO differences, we'll see.

Yes, the ECU doesn't like what the flap is (or is not) doing, and since it belongs to a critical part of the engine - the exhaust system - goes into fail-safe. I actually believe that in fail-safe/limb mode the flap is fully open at all times. At least it sounds like that when I hit limb...

Already had flap control issues on my stock exhaust. Dealer recalibrated it and it never complained again. Probably yours was right on the edge of needing calibration and remounting it was the last nail in the coffin. Sadly you can’t recalibrate yourself, nor your ordinary backyard mechanic...

If you didn't touch the gas after the second start something sounds off to me. Usually, you get the cat warm-up with elevated RPMs right away and it's one steady move from high to low. Yours starts high, kind of drops a little and then gets back up. Shooting in the dark here: Do you have your AC...

Car is back home! A gap was found in the body work. On the hatch, left side where the body meets the area with the mashed vents. That’s right on top of the ECU. They did some tests and loads of water ended up right on top of the ECU and presumably in the ECU (can’t open the box to check...

Entertainment stops when opening the door to leave and starts when opening the door to enter. If it’s been a minute or two the system probably shut down. Given you didn’t unlock the car the entertainment system didn’t get a "headstart" to boot up by unlocking and only did that when opening...

Be advised the car will also start with only the brake pressed - keep that in mind if you park in gear ⚙️

I think you have to press and hold for about 5s to turn the ignition on, no?

So high pressure is definitely not THE factor. After keeping the car dry (absolutely no washing 😢) for more than 2 months now I had to keep it outside for two days. Colder nights and moisture in the air.. O2 sensor went bongo again. Same behavior like after a wash - car runs fine initially, you...

Can confirm, looked through all sensors. No oil temp to be found :(

Anyone tried putting the ignition on first and waiting a few seconds before turning over? If it’s really fuel pressure this should work fine, no?

That's really just shameful for Lotus. Can't blame the dealers, I'm pretty sure Lotus tells them "Yeah it's fixed in the next update" and then it isn't. I almost expected this to happen again, it's not the first time. Someone at Lotus should needs to step up and handle this dumpster fire.

Correct, they need approval for _everything_ Get your O2 sensors checked. They were broken on other cars and resulted in rough idle and might result in "wave-like" acceleration. The problem might go away when warm because the ECU detects something wrong and ignores the sensor after some time...

Guess how many complained about wipers? :LOL:

Probably, but you can also sit it out until my car is done. It'll go in on the 11th of next month and will be checked for any water damage/intrusion points. I've had your exact problem before plus one of my O2 sensors blows every time I wash the car - confirmed, not speculated. I suspect...

Let the car dry / the ecu settle and shutdown. Lock and keep the key away at good distance. Come back 30mins later and it should start. Alternatively disconnect ground at the battery, but DONT FORGET TO UNLOCK THE CAR before doing so. Otherwise the alarm will trigger and it's a blast to hear...

From Germany and didn’t receive a single letter for anything from Lotus yet. Version’s can only be read from Lotus Insight tool (Mechanics only). Changelog…? Probably not even available internally 😂

It doesn’t. I usually park in neutral with just the parking brake engaged. One time I didn’t and only wanted to put the ignition on. Out of habit put my foot on the brake but left the clutch engaged, pressed the button and was greeted with the lil' jump we all love to know 😂 It won’t start...

It also doesn’t care whether you’re in gear or not. Don’t ask me how I know 😂