So 4 weeks of ownership and 30 miles...
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And it's already on its way back to Mclaren for TLC.
Following collection from Mclaren Main Dealer I've had it all detailed, PPF'd and a thorough internal clean.
A huge day planned tomorrow for my first biggest drive out and it completley gave up as it was maneuvered around the garage. The car shut down and all electrics not working. All doors completley shut and nothing happening with fob.
Mclaren rescue out and the guy got the car going after finding huge amount of water in the front tray with all the earth points submerged and completley rusted. I guess this is why I have had hotting but trouble with it since collecting, alarm going off intermittently, radio cutting out intermittently, windows not shutting etc.
How can a Mclaren Main Dealer send out a car like this? My trust after 4 weeks of ownership is now shot.
Let's hope their highly thought after service rep can pull the strings and get this sorted for me.
Following collection from Mclaren Main Dealer I've had it all detailed, PPF'd and a thorough internal clean.
A huge day planned tomorrow for my first biggest drive out and it completley gave up as it was maneuvered around the garage. The car shut down and all electrics not working. All doors completley shut and nothing happening with fob.
Mclaren rescue out and the guy got the car going after finding huge amount of water in the front tray with all the earth points submerged and completley rusted. I guess this is why I have had hotting but trouble with it since collecting, alarm going off intermittently, radio cutting out intermittently, windows not shutting etc.
How can a Mclaren Main Dealer send out a car like this? My trust after 4 weeks of ownership is now shot.
Let's hope their highly thought after service rep can pull the strings and get this sorted for me.
Edited by County on Saturday 17th September 22:59
ts itself....its probably just the battery!''Try not let it ruin your ownership..''
Ownership?? What ownership? I'm afraid that experience is completely unacceptable - my faith would be non-existent and I'd make every effort to ensure the car is returned to the dealer and a new dealer found. You just cannot be handing a car to a customer with such a fundamental flaw.
Peter
Ownership?? What ownership? I'm afraid that experience is completely unacceptable - my faith would be non-existent and I'd make every effort to ensure the car is returned to the dealer and a new dealer found. You just cannot be handing a car to a customer with such a fundamental flaw.
Peter
Very sorry to hear that, you'd think you'd be safe with a franchised dealer, unfortunately I think Manchester don't have the best reputation. (cf the thread I linked previously, and JayEmm's infamous vid).
Obviously with electrics, a single water leak in the wrong place can cause a multitude of problems. So hopefully that single problem can be sorted and it'll all be ok.
If you keep having issues you might want to get the car looked at elsewhere, either a different McLaren dealer or an independent, just to have an independent check-over to make sure they aren't selling you a lemon.
I feel for the OP although, from what I've read & speaking with a McLaren techie, the cars need to be kept on a battery conditioner unless used very regularly although having standing water in certain places of the car isn't going to assist matters either. I hope the dealer gets matters sorted quickly (& OP I suggest you delete the dealers name in case the fun police delete the thread due to breaking naming & shaming rules).
Sorry to hear this OP after your initial excited early post.
I had a car a few years back ( not a McLaren ) that had a very slightly incorrectly fitted replacement windscreen that allowed a tiny water ingress that pooled into a floor area where the wiring loom connected into something important ( cannot remember what it was ) until one day after parking up on a hill it just died.
It caused mayhem and was never right.
It was out of warranty and after replacing a few expensive bits, a new loom was the next stage, as it constantly threw up error codes.
I just offloaded as it wasn't worth the grief.
I would request they take it back and give them the option of sourcing another 570 spider for you before it destroys your enthusiasm of the brand.
As mentioned before, the havoc that a defective battery can cause on a McLaren is also a very wearing issue.
I had a car a few years back ( not a McLaren ) that had a very slightly incorrectly fitted replacement windscreen that allowed a tiny water ingress that pooled into a floor area where the wiring loom connected into something important ( cannot remember what it was ) until one day after parking up on a hill it just died.
It caused mayhem and was never right.
It was out of warranty and after replacing a few expensive bits, a new loom was the next stage, as it constantly threw up error codes.
I just offloaded as it wasn't worth the grief.
I would request they take it back and give them the option of sourcing another 570 spider for you before it destroys your enthusiasm of the brand.
As mentioned before, the havoc that a defective battery can cause on a McLaren is also a very wearing issue.
samoht said:
Very sorry to hear that, you'd think you'd be safe with a franchised dealer, unfortunately I think Manchester don't have the best reputation. (cf the thread I linked previously, and JayEmm's infamous vid).
Obviously with electrics, a single water leak in the wrong place can cause a multitude of problems. So hopefully that single problem can be sorted and it'll all be ok.
If you keep having issues you might want to get the car looked at elsewhere, either a different McLaren dealer or an independent, just to have an independent check-over to make sure they aren't selling you a lemon.
I bought my McLaren from McManchester and initially had some issues with the car, all of which they sorted out without any fuss and they went wildly above and beyond to make sure I was happy. Sam in aftersales is an absolute legend.Obviously with electrics, a single water leak in the wrong place can cause a multitude of problems. So hopefully that single problem can be sorted and it'll all be ok.
If you keep having issues you might want to get the car looked at elsewhere, either a different McLaren dealer or an independent, just to have an independent check-over to make sure they aren't selling you a lemon.
On the JayEmm video, there's two sides to every story and the fact that the person in question seems to regularly come up in his videos with problems with seemingly every car he owns, well, that speaks volumes.
DRZ said:
On the JayEmm video, there's two sides to every story and the fact that the person in question seems to regularly come up in his videos with problems with seemingly every car he owns, well, that speaks volumes.
...or perhaps this is reflective of the service level of most franchised/non franchised dealerships in the UK...paddy1970 said:
...or perhaps this is reflective of the service level of most franchised/non franchised dealerships in the UK...
Buy in, valet, sort any obvious cosmetics and stick on forecourt. Job done. If customer picks up anything, deal with it afterwards. Standard procedure for manyLong time lurker but I felt this one so..
2 weeks after buying mine and it's just been taken back on a recovery truck, with the roof stuck half open.
Slightly annoying as I was planning to take it on a trip to see family next weekend.
But what a thing, and a thoroughly enjoyable 2 weeks with it
2 weeks after buying mine and it's just been taken back on a recovery truck, with the roof stuck half open.
Slightly annoying as I was planning to take it on a trip to see family next weekend.
But what a thing, and a thoroughly enjoyable 2 weeks with it
Just chiming in to say that a) McManc went well above and beyond the call of duty to sort out some small issues with my 720s after purchase (none of which immobilised the car) and b) that IME McLarens need to be driven. I had a litany of irritating McIssues to start with - weird warnings that would go away when you restarted the car, handbrake/power steering "failures" and so on. 7000 miles in 8 months appears to have sorted everything - although it does also live garaged and on a battery conditioner when not in use.
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