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Originally Posted by blackasta @ ipai - found this out in the T&C. The warranty SHALL NOT be applicable if: Attachment 426306
Get your car serviced soon buddy! |
Thanks for the timely advice Blackasta. Got the car serviced.
1) The SA got the urethane pad and applied some magnetic grease to address the steering rattle issue. There is no noise as before but strangely a very small noise similar to previous but much less audible is now coming not from the original location(behind steering, below dashboard on the left side) but from the right side of the steering somewhere near the air con vents(appears to be so). Though i am happy that the original rattle is gone, i am a bit irritated that it is not completely gone but just "decreased" and "shifted" to some other location!!
For me, it looks like Hyundai has some "bug" in its design which it cannot totally correct now. Grease seems to be just an "adjustment" solution.
2) The Strange engine sound problem is solved!
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The SA got it solved in 10 mins! It was not actually the engine noise but that of the Fan near the grill. Actually a few days back i had driven fast over sludge/slush on the service road near intel(my daily office route). The whole slush had sprayed across the left side fender, headlamp, windscreen etc of my car. It looked as though i had went off roading
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. That time, the slush must have got sprayed on the fan through the Grill i think! Over the period of time it hardened and whenever i put on the AC, the fan used to cause this noise and vibration. The SA took the car to the wash section in the service centre and got it cleaned through high speed water jets. Now its clean and no more harshness! car back to normal. Really relieved.
Strangely this was not rectified during the service and i had to go back again! But then happy that the SA solved it in no time. Probably during service, he didn't test the car with AC ON.
Overall i am Happy.
By the way fourth service cost me Rs. 3810!!
Actually i should have got the service done in may(15000km or 18 months whichever is earlier, it was 18 months in May), since i got it done in September at 15000, i guess this amount is OK. Next service will be at 25k as per the SA, so i guess it would be after an year!
I felt that Rs 3810 was on the higher side. I asked my colleague who got his two year old swift serviced in nearby Pratham motors, on the same road as advaith. His was also similar to my case. Two years and only about 15k kms. His service cost Rs 5000!!
So i don't think there is too much difference between maintenance costs of Maruti and Hyundai. I think if the car is cheaper, maintenance is also cheaper. And Maruti, since it has many affordable cars in the lineup, gives a feeling that maintaining a Maruti is cheaper. This is just my opinion.
So i feel cheaper the car, cheaper the maintenance. Wonder how much Skoda, BMW and merc owners have to shell out for a paid maintenance!! This was my first PAID service, and this was the time i realised why so much importance is given to the maintenance cost of the vehicle than the actual cost of the vehicle. Because it is we owners who feel the pinch.