2 BRAND NEW Ferrari Californias stalling with electronic failure

Haha, that's awesome!
They told you they'll fix the problems or money back?
And you ended up with another California, bought from the same dealer, with the same problems?!
Is this really true? lol

 

Have you tried restoring the original exhaust configurations to see if it fixes the stalling problem?

 

What were the symptoms inside the cabin. All the idiot lights on? Or no displays??

SV

 

Are you not located in Vancouver? Normally a company would issue a company cheque for a refund, not a wire transfer. When I bought my car, I wrote a cheque for the purchase. Did the dealer make any promises to you in writing?

 

glad you're laughing about it. must be no real trouble to u.

 

This thread is long on rhetoric and very short on salient details. Wonder why.

I can't make much sense of the situation from the curious lack of information. The OP seems to have just joined FChat to complain and ask if anyone else has had this problem when it's easy enough to search the forum. The story seems to just go around in circles, getting nowhere.

So right now, I'm not buying the OP's story because some of what he claims just don't seem credible.

 

sounds very strange however one thing that should be considered on any new Ferrari is to hook the car up to the included battery charger these cars sit and even the slightest low voltage can cause strange things. However I cannot imagine 2 different cars stalling while driving as described ... if it did happen try charging seems to fix most everything especially on a california as the roof raising and lowing even at idle uses a lot of power..

 

Never saw this in four years of cali ownership.

However, symptomatic of a loss of electrical power. As in main rail short so no battery or alternator power.

Did you have any options put on after the factory or changes apart from the exhaust?

SV

 

""+1. Could also be a faulty Earth. Any after market tracking system, radar detector, laser blinder, installed gps, after market audio /MP3 device /Bluetooth or any other hard wired devices? No way that disconnecting the exhaust valves could cause those symptoms. Either the vehicle has an electrical manufacturing defect, the charging system is sporadically inoperative producing low voltage, the battery has died, or something electrical has been disturbed.

 

OK, so it's now 3 Calis, including the 2013 of your friend's, all within your circle. Interesting.

You say the dealer accused you of modifying the cars when it was the dealer who made the exhaust modifications. Well, that should have been a nobrainer for your lawyer unless you coerced the dealer to make unauthorized modifications. And I did ask you if you tried to restore the original exhausts to see if the problem still occurs but you ignored that obvious question. You also claim the dealer or factory was going to wire you a refund. How did that transpire? It would amount to an admission of guilt and allow any lawyer to easily rectify the dispute for you.

You also say Ferrari BH has a salesman who says the stalling problem affects all Cali models as well as a similar problem affecting 2 members on this forum so why act so coy in your original post?

I agree some owners have experienced engine stalls with their Calis but you would seem to have the worst luck. Obviously you are worked up about something with your car(s) but as it stands, I have a hard time believing what you post because your story keeps changing and gets bigger every time you post. If you want to discuss your problems you need to be more forthcoming with what you know, from the get-go.

 

It sounds like dealer bashing to me. I've never heard of cali's turning off mid turn. They have their common issues but not that!

What lights flash on and off?

 

Please PM me the name of the salesman in Beverly Hills, I'd like to talk w. him about "all" California's having this problem... This would be the very first one I have heard of, and I want to get in front of this problem ( if it is one )

S

 

His name is James.

 

I have had my Cali 30 die at a stop light twice. Never while driving/turning etc. That happened a while ago. The dealer did some adjustments - the engine was backfiring too much - I don't know what, but it has not happened since.

I don't drive far, but I drive often and try to plug in the charger every few weeks. Never any problems besides those two instances.

It seems the OP is looking for plaintiffs to join some legal action. Perhaps the salesman in BH is wanting in on the action? I think this board would be lit up if this affected ALL Cali's.

"here fishy fishy..."

John