Help! - Stack Readout Problem

[Elise111s]

I have a slight problem!! :-(

I got in my Elise (111s-52 plate) and started to drive to work as normal, looked down at my stack and saw....

000000 miles
270.1 miles on trip and 17L fuel remaining. (fuel was correct, but it had put 100 miles on my trip and wiped the mileage)

I tried turning the engine off and back on again and it still came up with the new mileage. Does anybody know what has happened? can I get back the true mileage of the car? It was around the 31k mark. :-S

The readout is still counting miles and updating the temperature as I drove to and from work today.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks,

Martyn

[ptp170]

Might resolve something....might not !

http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Stack 

[Aston77]

I recently bought 111S with a replaced console unit due to the original one failing, unfortunetly Lotus are unable to artificially clock the head units to show a reading similar to the original milage. But when / if you replace the head unit get Lotus to clarify the milage on a document. this will protect the cars value. Unfortunetly these things do happen your speedo will simply read 31k less for the rest of the cars life... thats if a replacement head unit is required.

[Paul RN]

Buy a secondhand one with near enough 31k or approach Stack direct about the issue.

[Elise111s]

Thanks for the help.

This is what I got back from Stack....

"Dear Martyn,

Stack supplied displays to a Lotus specification but since 2002 Lotus have used an alternative supplier for their standard road car displays. Your first port of call should be your local Lotus Dealer and you need to determine if the display is actually a Stack display or the copy. It will be a Stack display if there is a Stack logo on the dialface.

For future information we do provide a limited inspection and repair service for Lotus/Stack displays. If you wish to enquire about this service please contact Stack on [e-mail]

Regards,

Stack Customer Support"

Looks like I better get off to Long Stratton so they can validate my mileage. I feel like i've been down dodgy daves for my car to be clocked!

Thanks for your help once again,

Martyn

[Tony Charente]

Hello,
I am writing on behalf of a French friend, Philippe Bardou, (who has rather limited English), who purchased a LHD Lotus 340R brand new in 2000. The car has now suffered a failure of the Stack instrument pack. The speedo part still shows the speed, but the digital display just lights up without showing anything - i.e. no odometer, no water temperature and no fuel gauge. We understand that this is not an uncommon problem, and we are hoping that somebody may please be able to help. Is there anything that can be done ("rebooting" the system in someway), please? Or is there some part that could be changed? Or are we stuck with returning it to Stack (who want £100 + VAT just to look at it...)
Many thanks,
Tony Parfitt
(Member Club Lotus)

[Paul RN]

Tony Charente said:

Hello,
I am writing on behalf of a French friend, Philippe Bardou, (who has rather limited English), who purchased a LHD Lotus 340R brand new in 2000. The car has now suffered a failure of the Stack instrument pack. The speedo part still shows the speed, but the digital display just lights up without showing anything - i.e. no odometer, no water temperature and no fuel gauge. We understand that this is not an uncommon problem, and we are hoping that somebody may please be able to help. Is there anything that can be done ("rebooting" the system in someway), please? Or is there some part that could be changed? Or are we stuck with returning it to Stack (who want £100 + VAT just to look at it...)
Many thanks,
Tony Parfitt
(Member Club Lotus)

Tony, the link in the second post tells you how to reset the stack. Cheers Paul

[Esprit]

Paul RN said:

Tony Charente said:

Hello,
I am writing on behalf of a French friend, Philippe Bardou, (who has rather limited English), who purchased a LHD Lotus 340R brand new in 2000. The car has now suffered a failure of the Stack instrument pack. The speedo part still shows the speed, but the digital display just lights up without showing anything - i.e. no odometer, no water temperature and no fuel gauge. We understand that this is not an uncommon problem, and we are hoping that somebody may please be able to help. Is there anything that can be done ("rebooting" the system in someway), please? Or is there some part that could be changed? Or are we stuck with returning it to Stack (who want £100 + VAT just to look at it...)
Many thanks,
Tony Parfitt
(Member Club Lotus)

Tony, the link in the second post tells you how to reset the stack. Cheers Paul

Wonder how it's done in a 340R though, since the reset procedure needs for the drivers door to be open..... WHAT DOOR?!

[cej]

[Francelise]

Hi
Tony charente


I live in la rochelle, i have a spare stack unit here in kilometers, let me know if i can help

francelise

Tony Charente said:

Hello,
I am writing on behalf of a French friend, Philippe Bardou, (who has rather limited English), who purchased a LHD Lotus 340R brand new in 2000. The car has now suffered a failure of the Stack instrument pack. The speedo part still shows the speed, but the digital display just lights up without showing anything - i.e. no odometer, no water temperature and no fuel gauge. We understand that this is not an uncommon problem, and we are hoping that somebody may please be able to help. Is there anything that can be done ("rebooting" the system in someway), please? Or is there some part that could be changed? Or are we stuck with returning it to Stack (who want £100 + VAT just to look at it...)
Many thanks,
Tony Parfitt
(Member Club Lotus)

[S2Dave]

EErrrm If its got a stack, is it a 111s, 111s were fitted with Shurlock dash ????

[Elise111s]

I have a 111S and she has a STACK

[S2Dave]

Thats interesting,was told all Early VVC cars had a Shurlock dash,


Guessing i have been told wrongly, and unlucky you have stack, as there seams to be many probs with these

Edited by S2Dave on Sunday 2nd December 13:23