skelso
Hasn't posted much yet...
Hello fellow Gene owners, I want to start by apologizing if this is not in the correct place or has been asked before. I am a new member to your community so looking for a little feedback on a problem I have on a brand new 2014 2.0t r-spec. Also sorry in advance for such a long post.
The day after I bought the car I picked up a nail in the right rear and had to replace the tire. I was offered no help from the dealership so I went to firestone. Tire is special order as some of you may already know so I was on the spare for about 30 mile while waiting for the new one to arrive. While on the spare I notice the car moves left when I clutch and right when I accelerate. I write this off to the size of the spare (please correct me if I'm wrong). Well when I get my replacement on the car the same thing happens, so I brought it to the dealer. They showed me that I had the wrong speed rating on the new tire. So I get that replaced for the correct speed rating, another 30 miles on that tire. Now I have the correct speed rating and my car does the reverse....pulls right when the load is taken off the rear end (decelerate or clutch) and just a bit to the left when load is applied (accelerate). Dealer is telling me its the torque and that all 14 Gene Coupes do it. Also, when I reverse I hear a loud(ish) knock coming from the rear end, and then again when I move forward, dealer says this happens on all Gene Coupes as well. So if any of you have experienced the same issues with a 2014 Gene r-spec of the 2.0t variety pretty please with sugar on top, let me know.
The day after I bought the car I picked up a nail in the right rear and had to replace the tire. I was offered no help from the dealership so I went to firestone. Tire is special order as some of you may already know so I was on the spare for about 30 mile while waiting for the new one to arrive. While on the spare I notice the car moves left when I clutch and right when I accelerate. I write this off to the size of the spare (please correct me if I'm wrong). Well when I get my replacement on the car the same thing happens, so I brought it to the dealer. They showed me that I had the wrong speed rating on the new tire. So I get that replaced for the correct speed rating, another 30 miles on that tire. Now I have the correct speed rating and my car does the reverse....pulls right when the load is taken off the rear end (decelerate or clutch) and just a bit to the left when load is applied (accelerate). Dealer is telling me its the torque and that all 14 Gene Coupes do it. Also, when I reverse I hear a loud(ish) knock coming from the rear end, and then again when I move forward, dealer says this happens on all Gene Coupes as well. So if any of you have experienced the same issues with a 2014 Gene r-spec of the 2.0t variety pretty please with sugar on top, let me know.
