Residuals, Man Maths and a 540C
Discussion
davek_964 said:
I have Michelin on mine, and still have warranty work being done - I'd be surprised if they refuse to renew the warranty just because of tyres - it's not like they're covered anyway!
Yeah I agree Dave but the problem is mine has slightly bigger wheels and tyres on it currently. 20/21" rims and 245/30 325/25 Michelins wrapped round them. It's how it came and the tyres are virtually new and it drives fine so I've left it like that. I have the standard wheels too but the tyres are getting towards end of life and nasty PZeros. I'm sure if I warranty through Thorney or AN Other they won't care about the rims but I'm sure Maclaren will not accept them?
It has confirmed I've made the right call getting warranty renewed. Even though the bill for those items will be less than the cost of the renewal, who knows what will happen in the next year.
As for the paint corrosion, I wouldn't worry too much. It'll get fixed in time and in the mean time doesn't stop you enjoying the car. Look at it as a free respray when it gets done
Interesting one on the tyres, I was planning on swapping to the MPS4S next aswell.
As for the paint corrosion, I wouldn't worry too much. It'll get fixed in time and in the mean time doesn't stop you enjoying the car. Look at it as a free respray when it gets done
Interesting one on the tyres, I was planning on swapping to the MPS4S next aswell.
justin220 said:
It has confirmed I've made the right call getting warranty renewed. Even though the bill for those items will be less than the cost of the renewal, who knows what will happen in the next year.
As for the paint corrosion, I wouldn't worry too much. It'll get fixed in time and in the mean time doesn't stop you enjoying the car. Look at it as a free respray when it gets done
Interesting one on the tyres, I was planning on swapping to the MPS4S next aswell.
I've emailed my local dealer enquiring about my service, warranty, keyless and dodgy wheels and this is what they've said about the wheels and tyres so far:As for the paint corrosion, I wouldn't worry too much. It'll get fixed in time and in the mean time doesn't stop you enjoying the car. Look at it as a free respray when it gets done
Interesting one on the tyres, I was planning on swapping to the MPS4S next aswell.
"4. The wheels are fine to stay on the car, however you cannot make a claim against the wheels if faulty and if you have a failed part due to the wheels being different then again a claim cannot be made, basically if a modified part can be determined to be the cause of a failed part then it's not covered.
As long as the wheels are the correct fitment etc, you shouldn't have any issues."
I've gone back to them mentioning that they are different sizes to standard and waiting for a reply.
He also said that all 540C's were keyless so it maybe a failed sensor but it works on neither door so I'm still half convinced it's been turned off
Sad day for me yesterday, but in almost three years the 540C has had its first 'Engine System Fault'.
First time it came on, the car wouldn't go out of 1st gear, so a stop start cleared it, but the fault came back in.
McLaren Assist were great but they, or the AA to be more accurate were unable to diagnose the issue on the driveway as their computer couldn't connect to the ECU.
So off it goes to McGlasgow to find out the issue. I'm hoping its just a simple sensor deciding to play up.
First time it came on, the car wouldn't go out of 1st gear, so a stop start cleared it, but the fault came back in.
McLaren Assist were great but they, or the AA to be more accurate were unable to diagnose the issue on the driveway as their computer couldn't connect to the ECU.
So off it goes to McGlasgow to find out the issue. I'm hoping its just a simple sensor deciding to play up.
justin220 said:
Sad day for me yesterday, but in almost three years the 540C has had its first 'Engine System Fault'.
First time it came on, the car wouldn't go out of 1st gear, so a stop start cleared it, but the fault came back in.
McLaren Assist were great but they, or the AA to be more accurate were unable to diagnose the issue on the driveway as their computer couldn't connect to the ECU.
So off it goes to McGlasgow to find out the issue. I'm hoping its just a simple sensor deciding to play up.
Funnily enough mine threw a "Transmission Fault" error a week ago while sitting in traffic waiting for a train to cross. I put it back into gear and it came up and put me into limp mode and only odd gears available. Drove it the short distance home and turned it off and locked it for half an hour and it's been fine since!!First time it came on, the car wouldn't go out of 1st gear, so a stop start cleared it, but the fault came back in.
McLaren Assist were great but they, or the AA to be more accurate were unable to diagnose the issue on the driveway as their computer couldn't connect to the ECU.
So off it goes to McGlasgow to find out the issue. I'm hoping its just a simple sensor deciding to play up.
Hopefully yours will be fixed soon and is only a sensor
Not expecting any courtesy car, but a 720S would be lovely!
Smoothound said:
Funnily enough mine threw a "Transmission Fault" error a week ago while sitting in traffic waiting for a train to cross. I put it back into gear and it came up and put me into limp mode and only odd gears available. Drove it the short distance home and turned it off and locked it for half an hour and it's been fine since!!
Hopefully yours will be fixed soon and is only a sensor
I'm hoping so, its thrown a fault code that McGlasgow haven't seen before, and has reset so more testing required..Hopefully yours will be fixed soon and is only a sensor
Morning all, thought this was due a small update as I realise I forgot to mention what happened above.
Quite a bit of fault finding with McGlasgow, and it looks to be have been an earthing issue. 5 earth cables in the car and 3 were found loose. Its not conclusive but the fault has not returned since. The car was trailed (covered) back to my door aswell so very happy, great service again from the guys at Glasgow.
Quite a bit of fault finding with McGlasgow, and it looks to be have been an earthing issue. 5 earth cables in the car and 3 were found loose. Its not conclusive but the fault has not returned since. The car was trailed (covered) back to my door aswell so very happy, great service again from the guys at Glasgow.
justin220 said:
Morning all, thought this was due a small update as I realise I forgot to mention what happened above.
Quite a bit of fault finding with McGlasgow, and it looks to be have been an earthing issue. 5 earth cables in the car and 3 were found loose. Its not conclusive but the fault has not returned since. The car was trailed (covered) back to my door aswell so very happy, great service again from the guys at Glasgow.
Mine has had a similar diagnosis today. Not been sustantiated yet but after about 11 weeks in the dealer on and off out of 21 owned my fingers are crossed. I've had door switches changed, door antennas, interior antennas, various other bits and pieces including a body control module plus today the car being on a diagnostic link to Mclaren HQ which showed nothing. The service manager just decided to check the earths and loosen, clean and retighten them and the car has not played up since. Jurys still out but it could be sorted. Just annoyed still it's taken so many hours of not having the car to use.Quite a bit of fault finding with McGlasgow, and it looks to be have been an earthing issue. 5 earth cables in the car and 3 were found loose. Its not conclusive but the fault has not returned since. The car was trailed (covered) back to my door aswell so very happy, great service again from the guys at Glasgow.
Smoothound said:
Mine has had a similar diagnosis today. Not been sustantiated yet but after about 11 weeks in the dealer on and off out of 21 owned my fingers are crossed. I've had door switches changed, door antennas, interior antennas, various other bits and pieces including a body control module plus today the car being on a diagnostic link to Mclaren HQ which showed nothing. The service manager just decided to check the earths and loosen, clean and retighten them and the car has not played up since. Jurys still out but it could be sorted. Just annoyed still it's taken so many hours of not having the car to use.
Try not to be annoyedI mean I’m annoyed I can’t afford a McLaren tbh
Glad its now sorted. Maybe we need a 'map' of all the major earthing points so those among us who like to tinker can check and tighten them ourselves. Back in the TVR days it was strange electrical gremlins which caused many AA calls by owners (and there are a few ex-TVR owners here!)
Smoothound said:
Mine has had a similar diagnosis today. Not been sustantiated yet but after about 11 weeks in the dealer on and off out of 21 owned my fingers are crossed. I've had door switches changed, door antennas, interior antennas, various other bits and pieces including a body control module plus today the car being on a diagnostic link to Mclaren HQ which showed nothing. The service manager just decided to check the earths and loosen, clean and retighten them and the car has not played up since. Jurys still out but it could be sorted. Just annoyed still it's taken so many hours of not having the car to use.
Interesting, very similar to me.. Good point on the earth point map aswell. No idea how we'd get that though, but certainly seems like it could be an issue.
My very 1st ever breakdown way back in 1989 in my then Fiesta Supersport was discovered to be caused by a poor earth by the very helpful AA guy.
Even a month ago the RAC were out at my young lads normally well behaved M3 and it was a loose earthing point that had started to cause intermittent faults finally resulting in not starting.
Modern tech sometimes causes the basic old school spannering 1st ports of calls to be overlooked.
Fingers crossed both of your Macs shall be in rude health now.
Even a month ago the RAC were out at my young lads normally well behaved M3 and it was a loose earthing point that had started to cause intermittent faults finally resulting in not starting.
Modern tech sometimes causes the basic old school spannering 1st ports of calls to be overlooked.
Fingers crossed both of your Macs shall be in rude health now.
likesachange said:
Try not to be annoyed
I mean I’m annoyed I can’t afford a McLaren tbh
I'm not that annoyed and I am glad/pleased I have been able to afford one even though only entry level. I am certainly not in any position to buy a new one every few years either!! I mean I’m annoyed I can’t afford a McLaren tbh
My main annoyance is having owned the car around 21/22 weeks and only had it on my drive for 10ish due to mainly this issue and now if it is actually sorted(fingers crossed). The main time factor is the slow system that they appear to use for information and logs passing between dealer and Mclaren. Would be quicker to use carrier pigeons
I'm hoping that I will get some sort of sweetener from Mclaren for the delay if it proves to just be poor earth points though to be fair none of the logging showed high resistance or poor voltage so who knows??Gassing Station | McLaren | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff