Re: Mahindra XUV500 : Test Drive & Review Quote:
Originally Posted by GunMo Oh, that's really bad. ![Shockked](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Shockked.png) We are starting to hear more-n-more niggles from the early owners now.
Nitin, by any chance you tanked up in a pump under hot sun? Did the pump attendant close the cap properly and pressed the air release button as well?
Well, on the window panes not closing, the glass would have jumped out of it's guide. Did you go over any particularly bumpy terrain? Also was the door panel / glass removed and re-fixed at any point of time?
I understand the sentiments with new car - especially when it's XUV, however, am just trying to eliminate obvious reasons. |
I filled it up at night when i was about to start the journey, so no hot sun. Yes the cap was closed properly, infact it started leaking while it was being filled so cap issue cannot be there.
As for the window, yes as you know most of Indian roads do have bumpy roads and i did went over some, but it was not like i didn't slow down on these roads and was harsh, if that would have been the case, then my 5 years old Ford fiesta would have been in a real mess by now (you can see the pic of my fiesta and can see the kind of road its crossing at Jim Corbett), but no, its as solid as it was 5 years back. (any way, XUV was meant to be used as an "SUV" on bad roads).
PS: Please don't mind my words, its just the frustration which is speaking for Mahindra) Quote:
Originally Posted by SDP The issue with the glass pane is unfortunate and definitely not expected. For the fuel spilling issue, please find out what is the cause. I doubt, its a manufacturing or QC issue. There must be a simpler explanation.
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Originally Posted by Infiniti.Rahul It shouldnt ideally be a pipe leakage ( else the fuel would have leaked earlier as well) or a tank leakage (Unless there is some leakage at a high point in tank whose effect became telling only when the tank was full to the brim).
The mirror story is disconcerting. why could this have happened? Strange, to say the least. I fully concur with you that when XUV was brought out as a VFM package, full attention should have been paid to the minutest of details. Instead, we have small time niggles cropping up which sometimes ruin the pleasure of driving a brand new car. I guess let guesswork be left around the corner and you should show this to the dealer workshop today or by the weekend- lets hear what they say.
Cheer up, I hope and wish that these are the first and last niggles you end up facing in the XUV. ![Smile](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.png) |
Thanks for the kind words and i hope these are the only issues for the time being.
As for the tank, as you said above, the tank leaked only when it was about to reach its top level. I waited for an hour for the leakage to stop (if you see in the pic, i had kept a bottle under it), then i asked my friend to stand out and see if there is any leakage when i start the car and stop it suddenly to see if the leakage is at the top level, and bingo, it did spill when i stop suddenly. This shows that the issue is there at the top of the tank, other wise all this while it should have leaked. I had been filling only 1000 bucks fuel in a week to see my running usage as that's what i used to do with fiesta.
Yesterday, my RM called me just to check and i told him these issues. Will take the car to workshop next week as i have an off the entire week.
Last edited by nitinralli : 21st December 2011 at 18:28.
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