Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: A few questions from a new owner
Hi all. I'm about a week and a half into Aristo ownership and loving it!
There's a few nooby questions I've got about the car:
1. When I turn off the engine, the seatbelts shudder - Like someone quickly pulled them.
Is this some sort of 'make sure the seatbelts are where they should be' feature? or something to do with checking to see if the seatbelt is done up? or something completely different?
2. When I brake, quite often I feel a mechanical vibration through the pedal (like something moving into/out of place). It usually takes place a little time after I brake. I've got no idea what this could be.
3. What does this button do? I've quickly sketched the icon that lights up on the button.
I've yet to see photos of an Aristo with this button in the center. It makes a beep when you switch it on and the light comes on above it but that's it. As far as I can tell, nothing feels like it changes.
A/M horn button?
LOL..... i had some weird switch in my car and couldnt figure out what it was..
but ended up working out that its a switch to go between some boat fog horn to a std sounding horn! lol...
as for the brakes - i can feel and hear in my pedal some mechanical motors running now and then..
apparently i've been told/read as well that its the breaks pumping up/priming to get ready for them again...
Do you hear a mechanical sound aswell? like little motors running? _________________
2. Brake shudder is caused by warped discs, get them machined and/or replaced.
He didnt say it was brake shudder??
Just said that he could feel mechanical vibrations through the pedal a little after he had braked!
2. When I brake, quite often I feel a mechanical vibration through the pedal (like something moving into/out of place). It usually takes place a little time after I brake. I've got no idea what this could be. _________________
the switch/dial thingy on the left is the air puri...
the switch that he is talking about on the right is something different!?!?!
something put in afterwards! _________________
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: A few questions from a new owner
Midge wrote:
1. When I turn off the engine, the seatbelts shudder - Like someone quickly pulled them. Is this some sort of 'make sure the seatbelts are where they should be' feature? or something to do with checking to see if the seatbelt is done up? or something completely different?
All the Aristo's I have been in do this. I don't know the exact reason, but what it does is increase the tension on the coil & make the seat belt want to retract with more force. I think it means that the seatbelt doesn't pull on you or your clothes when you drive, but has enough tension to recoil properly when you have arrived.
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2. When I brake, quite often I feel a mechanical vibration through the pedal (like something moving into/out of place). It usually takes place a little time after I brake. I've got no idea what this could be.
As others have mentioned the Aristo has an eletronic brake booster, with a pump that pressuirises a nitrogen canister. That in turn is used to provide assistance, compared to a traditional vacuum booster.
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3. What does this button do? I've quickly sketched the icon that lights up on the button.
Aftermarket button, not OEM equipment. Could be spot lights, could be anything.
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