Relic222 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 12 minutes ago, Markindevon said: Hi all, Well... that light at the end of the tunnel may be real after all... Hendy's have just confirmed that the factory has said the latches should be dispatched on May 17th to them... Fingers crossed (again!) Uh oh... I thought Silverstone actually had them in stock. Looks like I'll need to lower my expectations again! Fingers crossed they do actually arrive by May 17th, but my fingers have been crossed for 18 months now, and I fear they'll be forever stuck in that position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeterjeep Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 17 minutes ago, Markindevon said: May 17th to them. Well I suppose it is further from Norwich to Devon than Norwich to Silverstone... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 1 hour ago, Relic222 said: Uh oh... I thought Silverstone actually had them in stock. Looks like I'll need to lower my expectations again! Fingers crossed they do actually arrive by May 17th, but my fingers have been crossed for 18 months now, and I fear they'll be forever stuck in that position. Let us know what Lotus Silverstone say on dates... though I would expect them all to be the same dispatch day at least 😉 Hope your fingers have the chance to recover eventually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 The first batch are being sent to dealers to fulfil back orders worldwide. If you don't have an order in, you're not on the back order list so you can either ask your dealer to order one or use TLF and you'll be added onto the list in date order of your, err, order. 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 They are doing a second batch... well I never, they must be flush with cash these days 😉 Excellent news (for when my driver's door one goes too!) Thanks @Bibs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic222 Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Well, I booked the car in yesterday for the 31st May for a service and to fit the door latch, so as long as they receive it by then, it shouldn't be a problem. I've been on the back order list since last January, so I'm hoping that is honoured 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Update on the door latch situation.... I had my car booked in for next Monday as my dealer had been expecting the latch to be shipped yesterday. Apparently, the latches have reached Lotus but they 'have to modify them' which apparently they are doing in batches and it will be another 2-3 weeks for mine. I've re-booked for a months time! How can the factory have to re-engineer a new part?? I'd have expected any re-work to remove failure points would have been dealt with when they commissioned the batch... @Bibs (sorry to keep asking on this!) can you find out any more about what's going on... seems very odd to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 It's not uncommon. I can't remember off the top of my head but one of the letters in the part numbers signifies that it's a part which is changed by Lotus for their stock as it needs modifying from the manufacturer. This is usually when it's a part from another OEM that is used on our cars. Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Ah! Thanks @Bibs that sort of makes sense... but if it's a part that comes from another manufacturer, why has there been a 2 year wait for availability? Not that it makes any actual difference to the eventual outcome but I would be very interested to know the details behind this saga! Cheers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 #COVID I guess! Lots of these parts are made in China or India which closed plenty of their factories down and some still are. Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic222 Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 Well, I have some good news. For the first time in 18 months I've been able to lock my car! New door latch fitted, all working correctly. The latch was fitted by Lotus Silverstone, they didn't mention any need for modification so I'm not sure what needed to be changed on yours @Markindevon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 That’s great to hear @Relic222, no news from Hendy’s here on the part for mine but the car is still booked in later in the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic222 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 Well... That victory was very short lived. I took the car out for a quick drive today, and when I pulled up... The driver's door window dropped down slightly. Looks like my driver's side lock has now failed, just days after getting the passenger side on fixed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 OMG! If that's really the cause, that is an appalling bit of bad timing. Looking on the bright side, at least they have the parts available...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted Wednesday at 11:38 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:38 @Relic222… I hope your lock has started to behave itself again… I’ve just been told by Hendy’s that it’s going to be another 8-10 weeks for mine to arrive… at this rate it will be out of the 12 month warranty by the time the part comes in. flabbergasted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic222 Posted Wednesday at 12:12 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 12:12 Wow, what has happened with their order?! How can it be a further 8-10 weeks? Unfortunately I can definitely relate having waited 18 months for mine to arrive. As for my driver's side lock, it's still broken and looks like a complete failure. The passenger side would detect the door being closed if I put pressure on the door, but the driver side doesn't register anything at all, so will need to spend another £400 getting that sorted soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markindevon Posted Wednesday at 13:01 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 13:01 Sorry to hear that @Relic222… it’s a good job that these cars are so great to drive that these issues can be put into proportion… but it’s still annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic222 Posted Wednesday at 16:12 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 16:12 Haha yeah. To be fair to my car, I've owned it for 4 years, and only had three issues with it - aircon failed early on, took 4 months to fix due to parts availability and a cock up by the dealer, passenger lock failed, took 18 months to fix due to stock, and now the driver's door has failed, but hopefully can get sorted quickly. So in my case, reliability has been decent, but when something goes wrong it takes an age to fix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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