California Boot Open Message

Just a wild guess as I've not come across your situation before. Your car either has a sensor problem or had an electrical issue which created a spurious sensor condition indicating the open boot.

If restarting the car and other "normal" operations fail to clear the condition you should ask your dealer to help with a "reboot" - that is, disconnecting the battery, waiting for an appropriate amount of time, and then reconnect the battery.

Please be aware that you need to lower the driver side window before doing this (and closing the door) because the window will obviously no longer lower without battery power and you risk ripping the door seals if you try to wrench the door open with the glass in the fully closed positions.

There are other precautions to heed before and after a battery disconnect so you should really have your dealer do this.

 

How long have you had it? If you "just" bought the car, there should normally be some sort of cooling off period if you need to return the car. It looks like the dealer did not prep the car properly. All the more reason to have the dealer do the reboot if you feel you may have to return it.

Did you do a PPI before buying the car?

 

Not sure where the sensor(s) are located but IMO, they should not be in the locks, for safety reasons.

If you just took delivery your dealer should fix it immediately and not ask you to book the service. I would have the dealer reboot the car before doing anything else as waiting for other service may be a complete waste of time.

 

OK, so it's essentially a DOA issue... dead on arrival, as this is a convertible and it's open top season.

"Roof no workee".

 

Agreed. I would hope that any reputable dealer would bend over backwards to remedy such a situation as quickly as possible, so soon after delivery.
T

 

That sounds decent. I hope your issue will get sorted quickly so you can enjoy your Cali. Keep us abreast!

 

Glad it's working. I'd definitely have a chin wag, I think I used that correctly, with someone high up at the dealership and your national Ferrari organization about the "we said we replaced it, but didn't" situation. If true, that's inexcusable.
T

 

I find it ironic that your local specialist on Maseratis fixed a Ferarri dealer problem. As Tom suggested I would definitely speak to the dealer if it is your intention to rely on their services in the future. I hope they have a good explanation.

Enjoy the car in good health!

 

Mine does this most times I open the roof but sorts itself out while I'm driving. If it doesn't then the 'key trick' usually solves it for me (Press and hold unlock and open boot button together for 10 secs I think it is). Mine goes in for a service in 2 days to the same dealer so will see what they say.