My i10 AT Sportz is having a serious problem.
Last Wednesday I gave the car for first free service. In Udupi I have two choices, the dealer Kanchana Hyundai (where I bought it) and the independent Hyundai authorised service center Autoland. Thanks to prior bad experiences with Kanchana, I always used to give my Santro AT to Autoland and I always had good experience with them.
Therefore, I decided to give the i10 to Autoland for the free service. As I picked up the car in the evening, I noticed a violent jerk when I shifted to D. But didn't think much of it. Then I took it and parked it at my father-in-law's house. Next day my father-in-law moved the car to my office since I was planning drive the i10 to Bangalore.
Friday early morning, I drove my Grand Vitara to office at 7:30AM. Moved the luggage to the i10, and reversed the car. Again I noticed the violent jerk, as if I am letting go the clutch at once. This time I didn't ignore it. So I moved around a little, trying to shift in and out of R and D many times.
P -> R = Violent Jerk
R -> N = No Jerk
N -> D = Violent Jerk
D -> N = No Jerk
N -> R = Violent Jerk
Every time I tried it, I got the violent jerk. I realised there was no way I am driving this car to Bangalore (400kms) in this state. But I had a 4PM appointment in Bangalore with a broker and I couldn't afford to miss it. Therefore, I moved the luggage back to the Grand Vitara and drove off to Bangalore in it. I returned back on Saturday night.
Today I called up Autoland and discussed the problem, I was asked to bring the car to the service station. They said they have not done anything that should cause this problem.
As I was driving to Autoland, I noticed a laboured performance. I could do only 60kmph at 2000rpm in downhill, and a 70kmph at 2500rpm. I knew this didn't match with my earlier experience.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Samurai After crossing Belur, I entered good road territory. I had never figured this to be a highway cruiser. But it is a good highway cruiser. Since I was running-in, I had decided to mostly keep the rpm between 2000-2500, and occasionally cross into 2500-3000 territory for passing. But I was surprised to note that I could do 70kmph at 2000rpm, 80kmph at 2200rpm, 93kmph at 2500rpm, and even 100kmph at 2600rpm. And I am not talking downhill, I could do this in straight roads or even in moderate inclines. |
This means something is seriously wrong.
At Autoland, they looked at the problem, but could not put a finger on it. In Udupi, AT cars are rare, therefore they are all wary when dealing with complex problems with AT cars. They can clearly see the violent jerk, and I also described my experience in reduced performance. I even showed the above quoted post from the browser on my phone. They were entirely clueless about the problem and promised to check with Hyundai factory experts. So I drove back to office.
As I turned into my office private road, it is a steep incline and the car refused to climb. This was a shock, because I could climb this hill easily before in D. Now it was struggling to keep to even 5kmph. I switched to 2 and managed to slowly crawl up the hill. Something is seriously wrong with the drive-train somewhere, and neither the service center nor I have any clue about it.
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