I took delivery of a new '08 S240 yesterday
, can't wait for break-in to be done, blah blah blah, but I have a few quick questions:
1)
How do you adjust instrument panel brightness? According to the owners manual, you press and hold the button near the ignition switch, and it scrolls through the brightness range, and you let go at the desired setting. But that doesn't work (nothing happens when I press-and-hold, headlights on or off either way). The button does work, one short push zero's the trip meter as per the manual, but push-and-hold seems to do nothing.
2)
There is a loose wire pair behind the battery, one green wire, one black, with a connector on the end (loose as in, not plugged into anything). I looked and could see no obvious mate. The tail lights all work, wiring appears complete (comparing left and right tail lights), and everything seems to work (well, except #1 above, but hard to imagine it could be related given the location). I've only traced the wire pair back to the engine compartment. Anyone know the story on this?
3) I received no written instructions on use of "The Knob" (the variable traction control knob on the steering column) or on launch control.
Do written instructions from Lotus exist somewhere? There is no mention in the owners manual, and there was no supplement provided to cover it. Which way do you turn the knob to decrease TC intervention level, CC or CCW? And does it really need 30 click-stops?! Not that I'll be using it anytime soon, but how do you use the LC? Do you need to do anything to engage it, like turning off TC?
4)
Is the battery cover always a PITA to install? The dealer had to put in a replacement battery, which they claimed was an exact stock-sized replacement, and it fits the hold-downs correctly, but getting the battery cover completely on seems impossible. It was "mostly on" when I took delivery, but removal and installation seems way too hard. My immediate solution is to leave the cover on a shelf in my garage.
Sorry if I missed answers somewhere here, I did a quick search (maybe too quick?) and found tons of useful info, but came up empty on these particular questions.
TIA, -Ed