Hello from Boston

[406vent]

Picked up my 2012 EcoSport - Deep Ocean - Monsoon Tritone yesterday from Norwood. Beautiful car, but based on the variety of issues I've already encountered, I'm hopeful that this forum will be a good place to troubleshoot, learn more and even be helpful.

The car works well in Stealth mode, but the engine seems to run into trouble in Sport mode It works well for a while, then the 'check engine' light (which is always on) starts flashing and the engine ceases to kick in at all. This condition has been proceeded by some loud clicking noises (from the front)..somewhere between engine knocking and mechanical clicking. Would love to know if anyone else has encountered anything similar.

Thx!

[MJM]

Welcome 406vent and congratulations on taking delivery! I think you'll find the forum very useful... You'll want to know which version of firmware your car is running as things are changing quickly (mostly for the better).

LonePalmBJ and I (and maybe others) also have Deep Oceans on the way, but pictures have been rare. I think the only ones around are from Dennis. Could we ask you to post a few so we can get a good look at the color? I also have the Monsoon interior (Brent's is Black, I think), so if you wouldn't mind snapping a few of the interior too, I'd be most grateful!

Can't wait to get my own...

Mark

[SoCalGuy]

406- congrats and welcome to the family! Please post some pics!

Regarding that noise, I have experienced it as well but have had no issues with the engine. Have put about 350 miles on the car, mostly in Sport and check engine light hasn't come on once. I'm running 6.12.

[406vent]

(01-30-2012 12:20 AM)SoCalGuy Wrote:  406- congrats and welcome to the family! Please post some pics!

Regarding that noise, I have experienced it as well but have had no issues with the engine. Have put about 350 miles on the car, mostly in Sport and check engine light hasn't come on once. I'm running 6.12.

Thanks. This is helpful...I am looking forward to getting this resolved. I'm told that I'm running 6.13. I will be bringing back to dealer next week to see what they can tell me.

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(01-30-2012 12:17 AM)MJM Wrote:  LonePalmBJ and I (and maybe others) also have Deep Oceans on the way, but pictures have been rare. I think the only ones around are from Dennis. Could we ask you to post a few so we can get a good look at the color? I also have the Monsoon interior (Brent's is Black, I think), so if you wouldn't mind snapping a few of the interior too, I'd be most grateful!

Can't wait to get my own...

Mark

Thanks Mark. I'd be happy to post some pictures. Is there a way to do it on this forum or should I try to set up a Picassa or FB link? FWIW, before I saw it in person, I was a bit concerned about the color (especially because color they show on the website looks like a pale blue), but in real life, it's a really cool blue-gray that has different tints in different lights.

[MJM]

(01-30-2012 01:08 AM)406vent Wrote:  Thanks Mark. I'd be happy to post some pictures. Is there a way to do it on this forum or should I try to set up a Picassa or FB link? FWIW, before I saw it in person, I was a bit concerned about the color (especially because color they show on the website looks like a pale blue), but in real life, it's a really cool blue-gray that has different tints in different lights.

Thanks 406! Wimbledon has a tutorial for posting & embedding pics here.

http://fiskerbuzz.com/forums/Thread-Tuto...your-posts

Basically: photo site with a forum specific embed tag in your post.

Mark

[406vent]

Hopefully this will work: https://plus.google.com/photos/117744670...keqNkZfecg

Let me know if not and I'll try something else. Tx.

[SoCalGuy]

(01-30-2012 01:51 AM)406vent Wrote:  Hopefully this will work: https://plus.google.com/photos/117744670...keqNkZfecg

Let me know if not and I'll try something else. Tx.

Doesn't work - says we don't have access to this page - you probably need to make the page "public"... you could do the same also on Flickr.com

[406vent]

Ok. I think this should work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75477053@N0...84193885/. Let me know if not.

Tx.

[Sigurd]

Nice!

[SoCalGuy]

Very nice!!! Congrats!

Update: Have linked to 406's flickr for ease of viewing:













More pictures at his link.