575 died on me, what happened

Sorry to hear it. My car died on me a few days ago, but different symptom, no electric power. Never fun when something like this happens. Looks like you are at least on a relatively quiet street. Would suck to have died in the middle of serious traffic!

 

Transmission related - hang on whilst I look it up - not very helpful but 2.13 says 'F1' Gearbox Failure if not flashing and if accompanied by an audible signal

This may sound weird and may not help but sometimes the reverse lever can lose internal pins and cause a light (which is why Hill do a replacement) - try wiggling it

 

Isn’t that gearbox or F1 oil light? I have a 550 so not familiar enough with the 575’s F1 system. I’m sure others will chime in soon.

 

Make sure you send it to the best possible tech. F1 issues can be expensive.
Last summer my ‘02 played out the exact same scenario, plus add in a little rain. In that case it was a clutch position sensor. Hopefully your story will end better. Only time the Fcar left me on side of the road. Feel your pain...
Bill
FL

 

That sucks... So sorry

 

Broken down Ferrari pictures are great... at least when you are looking back. Last summer on a small road trip, I took the ferry to Manitoulin Island a few hours north of Toronto. When I started my car to drive off the ferry, my slow down light came on. So I pulled over and shut off the battery switch for 30 mins hoping something might reset. It was not a happy time sitting there fingers crossed hoping I wasn't going to have figure out how to get the car back to Toronto (1.5 hr ferry ride + 3 hr drive), let alone cancel the rest of the trip and disappoint my wife our friends who were following us on their bike. I took this photo of the "stranded" 550 while we were waiting. Now it's one of my favourite photos of my car. All was OK in the end, the light did finally go off, but how and why it happened is another story for another day. Soon your car will be fixed and back on the road, and you'll have just photo of your car dead, but looking fantastic on Collins Ave.
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Image Unavailable, Please Login Last summers road trip. Not my favorite kind.
Bill
FL

 

That’s funny about the hat!

 

Sorry to hear F355 Fan...

While we posting pics of shame, I have a couple...

Ruben

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Yes, same lights. Hot summer day tried to sneak in a short drive before afternoon storms. Three miles from home pulled up to stop sign, car dies. Got it started. Pulled off in first, then second and dies again coasting in neutral. Coast into a side street. Car would not light up again. During wait for truck the rains come.
Then with car indicated in neutral it wenches up onto flatbed (toe hook) no problem. We go to unload into my garage and the car with no power had slipped itself into gear. With it still indicated in neutral it would not roll in either direction, obviously not coming off the bed. Back in the car and tried to get it into neutral. No luck. By now flat bed driver is thrilled he pulled this job. It’s still raining. Fortunately I had some wheel dollies. We jack the car up on the bed and install dollies beneath rear wheels. Driver tilts bed and we guide it off.
My independent tech made a house call the next day ( Saturday). With his computer hooked up you could hear the car shift to neutral even though it already indicated it was there.
I think the flatbed driver will do a drive by at his next Ferrari call.
Better days ahead...
Bill
FL

 

This was from mid-August last summer, after car shut down from a "slow down" light driving home from a cars n coffee. Left cat overheated. Root cause was (of all things) a bad alternator. Misery loves company!
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There are many things that could cause your results. I mentioned similar symptoms. Low battery/charging systems have certainly caused their share of strange things to happen. Keep your fingers crossed.
Bill
FL

 

OMG

How did this "tow expert" lash the car ?
The tension belts through the rims.
Unbelievable how some professionals work.

There is so much good load securing stuff on the market to prevent the rims from damage.


Daniel

 

2016 after the winter pause I had an oil leak from the gear box, oil on the garage floor.
Dealer came and picked up the car for a repair.

So no trouble with waiting at a Collins street.


Daniel

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Yep. I was happy to just have a rollback show up that could load it without scraping anything. Fortunately everything turned out fine, no wheel damage/scratching but certainly would've preferred over the tires and not thru the wheels.