Air con known issue -no fix yet [EDIT: now with official fix]

[emirahl]

Due to my frustration with the aircon saga, I did a test drive on a roadster (not mid engine), pricewise comparable to the Emira.
Conclusion: Would never trade in the Emira for that, even with all the little problems she has.

 

[drummingj]

I saw this posted much earlier on in the 18 pages of this thread... does this mean the water-sensitive Resistor is an officially known issue / official recall? seems everyone here is just going in 1 person at a time, rather than under a formal service initiative ...

 

[SteveB]

I saw this posted much earlier on in the 18 pages of this thread... does this mean the water-sensitive Resistor is an officially known issue / official recall? seems everyone here is just going in 1 person at a time, rather than under a formal service initiative ... View attachment 52065

The resistor pack issue is a well known problem (water ingress leading to failure) and sooner or later will affect all Emiras produced before measures taken to rectify (improved water shielding). Lotus fully aware and should be a recall. Currently down to owners to catch AC problems and raise with their Lotus dealers within the 3 year warranty period.

 

[Beachbum]

The resistor pack issue is a well known problem (water ingress leading to failure) and sooner or later will affect all Emiras produced before measures taken to rectify (improved water shielding). Lotus fully aware and should be a recall. Currently down to owners to catch AC problems and raise with their Lotus dealers within the 3 year warranty period.

Sod that, mines going into the dealers next month, due to a separate issue. I will raise it with them then and have them sort it out at the same, plus any other items that are known and can be dealt with. Hopefully s/w update too

 

[drummingj]

Slightly disappointing development on this one... The garage say that I had the HVAC water shield installed prior to collection of the new car... so the resistor has failed in 2 months even with the shied fitted...

now I'm looking at another 3 weeks wait until they actually repair it... so more driving in the rain with the windows open

 

[Honcho]

A lot of people seem to have an issue where the AC either blow full or not at all. In my car the front window blower always blows cold air even when the other vents are blowing hotter air, unless I crank the heat up to max. Anyone else experiencing this or is it normal?

 

[Nellie]

Slightly disappointing development on this one... The garage say that I had the HVAC water shield installed prior to collection of the new car... so the resistor has failed in 2 months even with the shied fitted...

now I'm looking at another 3 weeks wait until they actually repair it... so more driving in the rain with the windows open

I was an early build that had the modified resistor pack and water channel modification fitted, alas today the Aircon failed again, this is the 3rd failure, car is in for new doors in a couple of weeks due to blisters so they will look at it again then.

I did manage almost 5 months with no issues, my car lives outside and evidently the recent weather and rain has had its way with the resistor pack again.