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Mods, I realize this may not be in the correct section, but if you will, please leave it here for a day or two as I'm in a position where I need as many people tonight as possible to read this. Thanks.
My wife and I just picked up our first Elise (an '05 w/ 4,500 miles). We drove from North Myrtle Beach, SC, to Erie, PA (approx. 750 miles) and traded in my Toyota FJ Cruiser. We are about 200 miles into our drive home, and have just pulled off at a hotel for the night, for fear of what happened to us earlier.
Problem #1 was my driver's side power window wouldn't go up all the way (about 1-inch from the top). It worked fine the first few times I used it, but after a few times, it wouldn't go up all the way.
Problem #2 (the bigger problem)- About 100 miles into our trip, the instrument cluster went dead- the tach and speedo needles went to "0" for a couple seconds, then all the warning lights lit up for a couple seconds. Right after that, everything went back to normal. The car never cut out and the stereo stayed powered up during this short-lived episode. About 50 miles later, the exact same thing happened.
I'm not so much worried right now about the window (I helped force it up after we stopped), but I am greatly worried about the cluster cutting out. Again, thats why we pulled over this early into our trip home. We were hoping to drive a couple more hours before finding a hotel, but realized it was best to play it safe and get off the road since it's night.
If any of you can give me any insight on what the deal may be, PLEASE chime in and respond. I'm going to my room right now (we just checked in) and I'll check this thread at around 6:00am before we leave. Thanks!
My wife and I just picked up our first Elise (an '05 w/ 4,500 miles). We drove from North Myrtle Beach, SC, to Erie, PA (approx. 750 miles) and traded in my Toyota FJ Cruiser. We are about 200 miles into our drive home, and have just pulled off at a hotel for the night, for fear of what happened to us earlier.
Problem #1 was my driver's side power window wouldn't go up all the way (about 1-inch from the top). It worked fine the first few times I used it, but after a few times, it wouldn't go up all the way.
Problem #2 (the bigger problem)- About 100 miles into our trip, the instrument cluster went dead- the tach and speedo needles went to "0" for a couple seconds, then all the warning lights lit up for a couple seconds. Right after that, everything went back to normal. The car never cut out and the stereo stayed powered up during this short-lived episode. About 50 miles later, the exact same thing happened.
I'm not so much worried right now about the window (I helped force it up after we stopped), but I am greatly worried about the cluster cutting out. Again, thats why we pulled over this early into our trip home. We were hoping to drive a couple more hours before finding a hotel, but realized it was best to play it safe and get off the road since it's night.
If any of you can give me any insight on what the deal may be, PLEASE chime in and respond. I'm going to my room right now (we just checked in) and I'll check this thread at around 6:00am before we leave. Thanks!