My16 vantage v8 cutting out

[RampantArmadillo]

Hi all, hoping Mike knows something my dealer doesn't, here

A few weeks ago I picked up my brand new, dream come true, v8 vantage (in black).

Generally, the experience has been fantastic, with a few gremlins.

Major gremlin is.. on two occasions, dropping speed approaching a junction, the engine has cut out, at very low speed. First time in neutral, clutch pedal not depressed, second time in first, clutch fully depressed.

I flagged this with my dealer, expecting them to plug in the code reader, find two faults, and resolve the problem. They took the car away, but report no faults logged.

I'm really concerned that this could result in a serious problem (not hard to imagine entering a roundabout at low speed, losing the engine, and being side-swiped by a truck, etc..).

My dealer is chasing up with Aston, so maybe this will be resolved as a matter of course.. but I wondered if Mike might be able to point me in the right direction?

Other gremlins are clutch related.. burning in reverse, stalling/kangarooing setting off from stationary. I'm getting the impression that "they all do that, sir", so maybe I just have to learn to WAR it, until the clutch dies..

Not quite the experience I'd hoped for, in first gear.. but the second gear plus drive is marvellous. Beats the f-type and 911s I had previously (sure miss the 996 gearbox tho!).

Thanks in advance,

Alan.

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I shoulda posted this in the BR help thread, sorry. Maybe a kindly mod could move it for me?

Thanks again.

[RampantArmadillo]

Many thanks to all for comments and suggestions.

Justin, my car is a coupe, forgot to mention that. Your story is very interesting since a lesser niggle I reported to the dealer, a rattle on the drivers-side door card, turned out to be an incorrectly adjusted window glass. Not sure the car has seen enough water for that to be the problem, but who knows?

I asked the dealer service centre to review this thread, just in case one of these issues fits the bill.

Cheers!

Edit: forgot the obligatory pics

Here are a few my detailed took after defect correction and quartz protection. She's a beauty, even if I do say so myself

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Edited by RampantArmadillo on Saturday 15th October 13:06

Edited by RampantArmadillo on Saturday 15th October 13:06

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Jon2410 said:

Had this exact problem a year ago on my new V8V. Car would stall at low revs approaching a junction / traffic. Put it down to my habitually poor clutch control and reckoned I could live with it. But it got worse and then it stalled as I accelerated from lights in the outside lane, which was awkward, I took it into AM Pangbourne. They had it for a month whilst AM technical "looked into it". Turns out it was a software glitch that needed fixing. Havent had the problem since. And AM apologised for the length of time it took them to resolve, and sent me some luggage. Which was nice.

Jon

Fascinating, many thanks for this Jon.

Hopefully my dealer can contact Pangbourne to find out the fix. Would you mind pm-ing me the registration of your car (or the VIN, if the reg is ambiguous in some way).

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Ken Figenus said:

Lovely car Alan - dont get it wet now Did you use CQuartz?

Jon - that is a strange explanation mate as they all run the same ROM 'software'. Maybe some fueling adaptation value had logged wrong or something or maybe the Windows needed an update

CQuartz, yep. Very pleasing results.

You're right though.. black is a nightmare. It's funny, my options (cars on the forecourt) were black, one of the 50 shades and white. The F-Type Jag I traded in was white, and I promised myself I'd never have another white car; they show the dirt too much.

We live and learn, eh?

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V8V Pete said:

Reverse gear is difficult because it is such a high gear (closer to second than first), however the car has a fairly decent anti-stall system so the solution is to use this. When reversing do not touch the throttle and just raise the clutch peddle very slowly. Try it, it works, even reversing up hill. As soon as you touch the throttle the car then "thinks" you are in control and no longer uses the anti-stall system so if you get it wrong you either stall or slip/burn the clutch.

Many thanks for this Pete, it works!

Can't help noticing that, somehow, the anti-stall can reverse uphill at far lower revs than I can without slipping or stalling.

Seems a bit like black magic, but I'll take it!