GS450h rattle on start up & coolant issues

[Kijan]

Oh dear, after all that you took to restore it back to living state this happened 😕

Hope you will get into some conclusions after talking to them

[steve2006]

I don’t see how they can deny responsibility for the Battery damage when it was driven to them and needed to be driven inside for the MOT.

It got to be top of the list when welding a vehicle.....always disconnect the Battery which I would assume includes the hybrid pack.

[NickySB]

34 minutes ago, steve2006 said:

I don’t see how they can deny responsibility for the battery damage when it was driven to them and needed to be driven inside for the MOT.

It got to be top of the list when welding a vehicle.....always disconnect the battery which I would assume includes the hybrid pack.

Yes agreed completely - just waiting to hear what their plan is and when it’s coming back to me but after it being off the road for a year I’m so upset I can’t finally drive it 😭

[NickySB]

a little update - the garage maintained they couldn’t possibly be to blame, however when I asked them to clarify why they felt the issues and the repairs weren’t linked they couldn’t.  After an extra week they finally returned the car. I’ve agreed an independent specialist will investigate the issues and report on them accordingly, and if a link is confirmed I expect them to pay for the repair.  Specialist has some holiday booked so will have to wait at least another week or so but the car has been taken to them via a transporter.

[NickySB]

The specialist has completed their investigations and found the inverter is fried.

[pask321]

Hi, I know it’s an old post , but did you have to remove the sump to get timing cover off to get head off

[NickySB]

2 hours ago, pask321 said:

Hi, I know it’s an old post , but did you have to remove the sump to get timing cover off to get head off

Yes I’m afraid so- sump and sump sub-assy 

[johnatg]

On 6/26/2022 at 9:12 AM, NickySB said:

a little update - the garage maintained they couldn’t possibly be to blame, however when I asked them to clarify why they felt the issues and the repairs weren’t linked they couldn’t.  After an extra week they finally returned the car. I’ve agreed an independent specialist will investigate the issues and report on them accordingly, and if a link is confirmed I expect them to pay for the repair.  Specialist has some holiday booked so will have to wait at least another week or so but the car has been taken to them via a transporter.

 

On 7/8/2022 at 8:00 PM, NickySB said:

The specialist has completed their investigations and found the inverter is fried.

 

On 6/14/2022 at 12:26 PM, steve2006 said:

I don’t see how they can deny responsibility for the battery damage when it was driven to them and needed to be driven inside for the MOT.

It got to be top of the list when welding a vehicle.....always disconnect the battery which I would assume includes the hybrid pack.

The thing of it is - it's not that easy. You have to remove the back seat to get to the traction Battery isolation plug (I think it's that orange thing on the face of the Battery in the pic below) And is that enough anyway? Could you still fry something in the hybrid electronics by electric welding even if the Battery is isolated?

I suspect that the garage is going to find out the hard way that welding on a hybrid or electric vehicle is not as straightforward as welding on an ICE car where it's easy to disconnect a Battery terminal

[200h]

that isnt the isolation plug, here is an image of what it looks like

[NickySB]

I do seem to be getting very unlucky of late. Shortly after getting the GS back on the road at last, I've had a TPMS issue develop, the radiator which was 3 weeks out of warranty started to leak when the bottom tap moulding cracked away from the rest of it, the exhaust developed a rattle, the drivers seat now makes an odd noise on adjustment and the pax wing mirror won't go up and down - its like it wants to be off the road again!