Water leaking onto resistor pack in front bonnet

[Jjrho]

Guys, I'm looking at a video of an emira owner in UK that is getting a bunch of things fixed and of the things is that water from front wind shield drips down and falls onto the fuse box n further below onto resistor packs...which will then get rusted.... lotus apparently has a rubber sheet that is placed over the area so that it keeps the area below "dry" .... do u guys know if this is a recall or whether they installed those in US cars ? I don't remember seeing any thing like it when I had the bonnet open before.... ughh

Any comments appreciated...

James R
So Cal
1st edition hethel yellow
3k miles

 

[Orchardbike]

I’ve not heard of this, but mine will be going into the garage for a few other jobs soon, so I’ll ask them if they’ve heard of it.

 

[Tomwa]

I've had the cover open, con confirm that there is no such rubber sheet over anything in my car. Also, in that video, I question that. It doesn't look like there's any firm way they are affixing it. In a compartment that sees a high amount of airflow.

 

[JimH]

Known issue - being dealt with as a “fix on fail” or at first service visit (whichever comes first)……

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

Has anyone on here had the air con issue and had it resolved/still waiting on lotus? Air con worked for 2 days, failed, took it to service, they reset it, but explained its a known fault lotus are working on and it would probably go again. It did a couple of days later. Doesn’t need regassing...

www.emiraforum.com

 

[silent cilantro]

My car is currently at the dealer getting this installed as part of its first service.

 

[Jjrho]

Oh ok.... I'm sure it is affixed In there well to stay on... I've only washed my car 3x and it doesn't rain here in so cal so.... but I ll ask my dealership about it too... I m hoping that there is an ECU update for the intermittent "reduced power " mode that my emira goes thru.... my friend just picked up his emira last month and his car still has the same issue.... so annoying...

1st Ed emira
3k miles
3rd cat, valve controller, non haptic switch, short shifter

 

[lynchy73]

My car had this done quite some time back. I seem to remember they contacted me to come in and get a couple of updates/recall items done. Best to get it done.

 

[Jjrho]

Ok ok.... tnx

 

[seriously]

This is supposed to be fitted on all new cars. Min was delivered in June and supposed to have it. To see it though you have to open the front bonnet and remove all the hard plastic covers. It sits under them.. I haven’t done it myself.

 

[Emira Zeal]

I asked about the membrane in a thread about a steering pump leak that had this "Moment of Truth" video. Was told it is a recall issue and that Emiras after a certain vin had it installed at the factory. I reached out to Kyle Snell, salesman at Boardwalk in Redwood City, to see if my Emira had it installed at the factory or dealership. To date, haven't gotten a reply. Hopefully, my expectation of after sale support isn't too great.

 

[Nick in Sydney]

I asked about the membrane in a thread about a steering pump leak that had this "Moment of Truth" video. Was told it is a recall issue and that Emiras after a certain vin had it installed at the factory. I reached out to Kyle Snell, salesman at Boardwalk in Redwood City, to see if my Emira had it installed at the factory or dealership. To date, haven't gotten a reply. Hopefully, my expectation of after sale support isn't too great.

It's a technical service bulletin (TSB) not a formal recall. Your dealer should install the membrane at the next service if the car didn't get one at the factory. Mine was done back in June.