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Well that sucks the drain pipe dry. Sorry to hear, hope you get a quick resolution. Mine's been in a body shop for 2 months exactly as of today, but I'm told it should be ready this week. Flying out to California to pick it up and drive back to Nashville.Original post 2/6/22: So mine died today at 6200 miles. Build date was 9/7, not sure of the motor info, will take a pic tomorrow.
Failure mode: 65 MPH getting ready to exit the highway. A minor surge, then the motor shut off. No loud noises or anything. No warning lights prior to the shut off. Coasted into a gas station. It will crank but not start. The coolant reservoir is empty, and it smoked like hell out the exhaust for 10 min after I parked it. Acts like a sudden head gasket failure.
Oil level was good, no foam or shiny bits on the dipstick. No puddles or external leakage from sitting overnight.
Pic of the Motor info: (July 28th build date, right in the middle of the suspect range from Post 1 in this thread)
Update 1: 2/7/22: The dealer I bought it from informed me this morning (quite rudely) that it would be "late March" before we can look at it if you tow it here". That's going to be a conversation with the Manager later today.
Another local dealer had availability and will hopefully provide info on the initial diagnostic today. They've been great to communicate with so far, but since I didn't buy there I'm worried my priority will be lower to them.
The pic below is with it not running, just post failure. It look like it sent the coolant into the exhaust and this is it flashing off.
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