05-07 Saleen S281. What problems have you had?

[sowaxeman]

My wheel shimmy issue has to be flat spotting...its NOT a balance issue as I have taken my front wheels to both a tire shop AND the dealer and neither found them to be out of ballance. Back on the road, I had to endure the shimmy for about 50-100 miles before it went away....thus my deductive reasoning tells me it has to be flat spotting (at least in my case).

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[dheller1]

2006 S281SC 5K miles in serivce since July 07

1) Front brakes squeaking badly, feels like front rotors are warped also

2) Tires feel out of balance at high speed nibble and shake at driver interface

3) Right side dash squeak, gauge pod squeak and rattle

4) Coating inside of chrome rims coming off can see chrome in spots, comes off like loose paint in spots.

5) Fake Chrome isworn off fender emblems and starting to look poor after 4 months in service

6) Need to have windshield banner and serial # replaced

7) Rear ground effects plastic mounts melted do to exhaust too close to rear body kit, exhaustclunking when going over bumps,need to have exhaust adjusted and rear ground effects replaced

8) Third brake light lens has turned faded pink is no longer red needs to be replaced

9) Front ground effects metal screen mesh paint coming off, mesh is beginning to break off at bend points, left side is worse the right

10) Composite hood line off on left side of car, too high at mid point

It has been sitting at the dealer about 2 months waiting on parts and doing the run around game.....

[abbas]

Front brake squeak is driving me nuts.

I also have a goofy problem with SC Temp gauge. The first time I turn on the car in the morning, I could drive the car all day and the temp gauge will not move (as long as I dont turn off the car). Once I turn it off and back on, then it acts normal. Don't know where the problem stems from.

[AL_TOON]

ORIGINAL: abbas

Front brake squeak is driving me nuts.

I also have a goofy problem with SC Temp gauge. The first time I turn on the car in the morning, I could drive the car all day and the temp gauge will not move (as long as I dont turn off the car). Once I turn it off and back on, then it acts normal. Don't know where the problem stems from.

nothing really.

I have a 2006 saleen extreme 36. coupe.

I now have 3000 miles on it.

I get an odd viberation from the rear once a while. not sure if the exhaust is bumping the rear.

I have the E sluggish sometimes in 2nd and 3rd gear. I need to get it re-flashed.




but all those problems are pretty minor car problems! you guys need to drive an italian and then get back to me

I was in my m3 last week....thinking...wow I am getting great gas miliage.....put put put.....pfft.. no power is there..... i have no idea what happened...... i tow the car. to the dealership....the fuel censor went out.... this caused the fuel pump to die too.. stupid **** costs me $1400 to fix.

[dotbomb]

I have had almost all that and the following to add

- No engine bay plaque
- Chrome rim peeling

Both issues were fixed along with some of the others listed here I was afflicted with.

[redpony07]

Hey guys

spoke with Craig aka torquejunky(sp) wehad talked about the shimmy issue. My car has the pzeros craig had suggested raising the pressure to right at 36psi. Having raced a great deal I thought that if these tires are flat spotting dues to pressure fluctuation or lack of use that nitrogen may be tha way to go. Guess what I just happened to have in the ol race trailer....big ol cylinder of nitrogen 36 psi all the way around and walaaaaa no shimmy please feel free if your a stang owner with this prob to get in touch with me I have enough to do a couple more cars,if your in the Dallas area

[MikeRokkit]

We fill high-performance aircraft tires with nitrogen. The nitrogen dissipates heat much more efficiently than air, and there's less pressure loss in tires filled with nitrogen. Longer tread wear, less moisture in the tire... it's good stuff. But beware of stations charging up to $5/tire for nitrogen.

[06Saleen3V]

To all those with the pink third tail light....why not just paint it black

[elburrito99]

Just thought I'd follow up on having this moved up to be a sticky. There is some good info here and we seem to have more folks stopping by this forum who are looking at used Saleens.

You beat me to it As soon as I saw it come back to the front page I was thinking "humm, I was supposed sticky this".....here you go

[S281 457]

Mmm, I've got an 05.
So far I've had the HeadRests replaced ($400 paid via warranty) and got the 'rattle' in the back. It seems from what I've read, that its the exhaust, but hate to by-pass those valves as they're supposed to force the exhaust thru resonators for low-end torque.

The shimmy was solved by dumping those chrome rims... bah. Got something lighter for better unsprung weight.