Aventador S Seat recline limits, tall drivers

[calsonic_blue]

I am a long time reader of the forum, but not normally poster...however I have run into an issue that I would like see if any has had a similar experience. I will leave out the names of dealer etc because its not really important and they are doing their best. Let me explain my story…

After many many years of hard work I have managed to get myself into a position to buy a new Lamborghini, in fact it’s the first new car I have ever bought! I have always lusted after a V12 engine and with all the current drive for electrification….its now or never. As such I put a deposit down for and Aventador S in December 16.

I only placed my deposit after sitting in the original Aventador and being surprised at how well I fit given my 6’2 height.

Here in lies the problem. My car has now turned up (18 months later) at the dealership and much to my surprise I simple don’t fit anymore. I can get in the car but my head is wedged into the roof and the visibility is compromised but the thick windscreen roof beam. Something has changed, and being mid forties I assume i have had a late growth spurt. After a week or so of investigating I have discovered through help of a couple of Lamborghini dealers and independent specialists that that Lamborghini have introduced a limit to the amount of seat recline on the S model. Why would you do that????

I have tried an original Aventador again last Friday, to confirm that I was not going mad and the old seats do in fact reline significantly more than the S and I could find a superb driving position.

My dealer had tried to reprogram the seat ECU to see if the limits can be changed (apparently a common mod on a Huracan) but they confirmed yesterday that they were not able to achieve this.

They are contacting Lamborghini Urgently for guidance on the issue. I have told the dealer that I cannot accept delivery until the situation is resolved, which I am gutted about . That said I am desperately trying to help them with a solution since I am obviously very excited to finally get hold of the car.

I have also called and emailed Lamborghini about the issue a week ago, no response, that is a little disappointing. I hope the dealer request has more luck.

My questions really is have any S owners out there run into similar problems? Did you find a work around? Any help is massively appreciated. I will of course update this thread as more information comes to light to help others if I am the first to suffer with this. I have also posted this on Lamborghini Talk forum, looking for help stateside too.

I thought buying a brand new Lamborghini would be an amazing experience but this has definately taken the edge off it!

Thanks.

[calsonic_blue]

Thanks for the reply. We are investigating if there i a physical stop in the reclining mechanism. if so we will push for a new (old) mechanism we can put in. the altnertive is get the grinder out...which i am ok with so long as its done by Lamborghini and documented by them.

As for the Lambo bucket seats...i tried the Huracan Performante with them....not great for us lanky types!