The Haggerty conclusion was that the Grenadier still needs lots of work. That's based on these comments; my observations on those comments below:
Passenger Door Mirror failed to defrost itself
- You poor thing. I am just grateful he survived the experience. Jokes aside - this could be a fuse issue or something else rather minor, but it's a feature that I'm willing to bet 95% of Grenadier Owners don't really need/want -- I've never had door mirrors that defrost themselves in a lifetime living through Canadian winters so I don't see this as a big deal.
Doors required different efforts to shut
- Pretty common in off-road vehicles for door hinges to get dust and mud that will mean some doors close easier than others (that was the case on my Jeep anyway) so if this guy was later in the experience, these rigs could already have had mud and such clogging up the hinges. It could also be a hinge tension issue, but I'm struggling to find a situation where I would notice or care about this. Do the doors close? Yes? Then I don't care if one takes me a few extra pounds of pressure to do so.
Annoying whine from the front differential
- More info required from the author. Was this a fault of the vehicle, as in it was whining because something was wrong? Or is that just the sound that this tool makes? If it's the latter, then I'd no sooner worry about this noise than I'd worry about the sound a drill or hammer makes when using it. Tools make noise.
Center diff doesn't always engage
Diff locks don't always engage/comms problems with the electrical
- I put these two together because I suspect they are a similar problem. I'm shocked that Ineos would let a faulty e-locker go to the press tour; they seem smarter than that! And the behaviour the author is describing actually sounds like user error -- failing to engage, not telling the electronics when they are engaged, etc. are all symptoms I can replicate on my old Jeep if I don't engage the lockers the right way, and those are I think essentially the same locker design as what is in the Gren. If this is true, it's a problem that needs to be fixed for sure, but I'm not convinced yet that this is an actual flaw (though I've been incredibly busy and only read two reviews so far - it didn't come up in the other one I read though at all).
Pathfinder software failed to transfer
- Need more information. User error or a software problem? How many times did it fail to transfer? Even my airpods -- and apple are known for "it just works" -- sometimes fail to connect. This doesn't seem mission critical.
Windscreen wipers leave the top half of the screen dirty
- That seems like a $30 solution with slightly longer wipers.
Not enough squirt through the washer fluid hole.
- Enough for what? I'd like to see a video of this - it's either an easy fix (bigger hole/stronger pump) or its good enough as is, and there is an argument for lower fluid flow; too much flow = waste of fluid, and that can leave you with none left in a pinch, whereas if the flow is too conservative you can just keep holding the button till you get enough; you cannot go the other way.
Windows get dirty and you can't see through them to see the mirrors.
- ....that's called driving off road, mate.
If that list are the only problems they had with the vehicle, I'm not worried at all and I don't think that these particular nits are worth picking, nor do they justify the position that it has "a long way to go" to be right -- they are justified if the Gren is trying to be a mass market vehicle but for it's market, I don't think these issues will be seen as significant, assuming the diff situation is what I suspect and not an actual problem with the rig. I do think the author did a good job of overviewing the Gren, but he did so from that mass market perspective and not from the perspective of the kind of person who actually wants the Gren because nothing else is quite like it.
