A&Q about Lotus
Q:
I wonder when they're going to recall this, or give dealers the run down on how to fix this? I'm 99.9% sure my car is affected by this. I'm 4 hours from the closest dealer, 7 hours from MY dealer...so its a big deal for me to just drop into the dealer each time there's something new to fix. I need to plan ahead and get several things done at once.
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It may be a few weeks. I got the impression from what Dave said that they have Bergstrom working on the fix. That will require Bergstrom to do some testing & find the best position for the sensor.
Kiyoshi
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Mine is definitely affected. Thank goodness I'm only 35min from my dealer. I'm also still waitng to hear on my starshield.
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Did anything ever come of this as my english 04 exige is doing the same thing?
Gav
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Originally Posted by 21GG
Did anything ever come of this as my english 04 exige is doing the same thing?
Gav
There is a fix that involves repositioning the temp sensor probe. I still haven't had this done myself. A couple of weeks ago I had my car in the shop and forgot to mention it to the service manager until later in the day and it was too late to do (apparently it's quite a bit of labor to get to the probe).
However, I figured out that on mine, if you don't crank the AC to its coolest setting (set it a couple of clicks clockwise form full cool), it'll cylce on and off and won't freeze up. I also always use the recirculation button on the theory that lower moisture content in the cabin will lessen the likelihood of the evaporator freezing up.
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Thanks Alan, do you know if this gets done under warranty?
Just found it in the sticky tech section, cheers you would have thought the bl**dy garage would already know about it!
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My Elise did the "AC thing" only once, when I was driving it home for the first time. I see now that it's not just MY car!
BTW, it was hot outside and I was in traffic.