Found a good looking Fisker in my local area here in DFW. My wife and I went over to take a look and test drive on a whim today, fell in love, and put a deposit down. Shadow paint looks phenomenal, love the blue flakes/shimmer, and the all black interior is great.
Link here: http://www.texasimportsales.com/web/used/Fisker-Karma-2012-Dallas-Texas/1719052/
VIN Here: YH4K14AA1CA000534
Do you know the car at all? We would have gone home with it... BUT
A few observations and questions for my new friends here....
Problem #1 - Rolling from a stop, whether we were turning, straight, etc, we heard a rattle at low speeds coming from the front driver side wheel area. After research while we were at the dealer, I'm assuming this is the exhaust/muffler issue, before the Bosal model came out. Please confirm? They are going to take care of it but are already being the non-honest typical used car dealer.
Problem #2 - The touchscreen seemed to not save settings when we made changes or updates, just learning the car. IE: time zone
Concern #1 - Can i check to see what software the car has? 510/520/530?
Concern #2 - The electric battery was at 0mi range, so we were on gas engine power the whole time. Hopefully they didn't charge it, and its not that the car has a bad battery.
Concern #3 - VIN number lookup please. I found a link somewhere and viewed lots of recalls all which were complete, but one was open that just was announced in May. I don't understand this, could someone teach me a few things?
Question #1 - What does all of the cool looking clear plastic pieces do, like just in front of the touchscreen and from the backseat near/in front of the window switches and heated seats? It has depth... does it light up?
Question #2 - What trim is the car? I don't and haven't found clear answers how to tell them apart.
Please tell me if this is going to be a bad deal from the get-go or if we should be in a good spot. I think this is a relatively early VIN, but the original battery issues were the first 250 cars or so?
I've been reading a lot all day on these cars, but no clear answer on what to look for. It does look like the car has been seen by the local Fisker tech, and I also am pleased to see that New Fisker is supporting the cars somewhat
Are there any spots/or things I need to look at before commiting to the car?
Link here: http://www.texasimportsales.com/web/used/Fisker-Karma-2012-Dallas-Texas/1719052/
VIN Here: YH4K14AA1CA000534
Do you know the car at all? We would have gone home with it... BUT
A few observations and questions for my new friends here....
Problem #1 - Rolling from a stop, whether we were turning, straight, etc, we heard a rattle at low speeds coming from the front driver side wheel area. After research while we were at the dealer, I'm assuming this is the exhaust/muffler issue, before the Bosal model came out. Please confirm? They are going to take care of it but are already being the non-honest typical used car dealer.
Problem #2 - The touchscreen seemed to not save settings when we made changes or updates, just learning the car. IE: time zone
Concern #1 - Can i check to see what software the car has? 510/520/530?
Concern #2 - The electric battery was at 0mi range, so we were on gas engine power the whole time. Hopefully they didn't charge it, and its not that the car has a bad battery.
Concern #3 - VIN number lookup please. I found a link somewhere and viewed lots of recalls all which were complete, but one was open that just was announced in May. I don't understand this, could someone teach me a few things?
Question #1 - What does all of the cool looking clear plastic pieces do, like just in front of the touchscreen and from the backseat near/in front of the window switches and heated seats? It has depth... does it light up?
Question #2 - What trim is the car? I don't and haven't found clear answers how to tell them apart.
Please tell me if this is going to be a bad deal from the get-go or if we should be in a good spot. I think this is a relatively early VIN, but the original battery issues were the first 250 cars or so?
I've been reading a lot all day on these cars, but no clear answer on what to look for. It does look like the car has been seen by the local Fisker tech, and I also am pleased to see that New Fisker is supporting the cars somewhat
Are there any spots/or things I need to look at before commiting to the car?