[DCEite]

Dear members,

Any idea on the current discounts on offer on the mild Hybrid Vitara variants (particularly Zeta AT ) ?

And the waiting periods (if any) ?

[Vishnu_Nellutla]

Originally Posted by Bolkam24

Some other things I forgot to ask you:
-Do you drive in Power or Normal Mode? Try will Eco mode and see if it makes a difference in the milage?
- Also, keep the AC setting at 23 or 24 C for comfort. If you use this at minimum 16 C, it directly affected the milage. In Mumbai, 23C is quote good inspite of 35 C & 70% RH outside.

I drive in normal mode.
As you said, will try in eco mode. Once when kept in eco mode, I observed slightly less AC performance. Nevertheless, Mileage has increased in decimals.
I will change the AC settings also
Thankyou, will definitely try and update on it

[Vishnu_Nellutla]

Hello Everyone
I want a solution for a small issue.
Generally all nexa products have this Beep sound when locked/Unlocked.
After my 3rd service, the Beep sound is not coming.
I want that beep sound to continue.
I have tried the remote press of lock and unlock for few seconds, but there is only blinking of hazard lights.
Can anyone tell how to turn on the beep sound

[tj123]

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

Hello Everyone
I want a solution for a small issue.
Generally all nexa products have this Beep sound when locked/Unlocked.
After my 3rd service, the Beep sound is not coming....
Can anyone tell how to turn on the beep sound

You can refer to the video on how to enable/disable the locking sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf18srLS7Kw

[Vishnu_Nellutla]

Originally Posted by tj123

You can refer to the video on how to enable/disable the locking sound.

That is for the mild hybrid. Mine is a Strong hybrid. I want a solution for the strong hybrid.

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

I own Grand Vitara strong hybrid Alpha+. I get 2 bars max in city and those 2 bars then propels the vehicle. What I observed is in city the battery charges only till 2 and is hesitant to charge the 3rd bar. I have achieved 5 bar charge during highway drive- Hyderabad to Warrangal.

I own an 8month young Vitara Alpha+ done 8900kms. The battery behaviour you describe is what I also see & is how it should be. City traffic is where the battery gets used most (at idling or in slow traffic or to propel), so 2-3 bars is what it will be.
On highways, we tend to drive faster & the engine is on most of the time to not only propel the car, but also charge the battery. Hence the 4-5bar charge on highways. This is expected & normal behaviour.

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

Initially EV mode did not work and used to display 'EV Mode Unavailable'. But recently after ODO 10k Km, to my surprise the EV Mode got activated.
It will be available after 10k km.

This was the case with my car too - I tried multiple times to engage EV mode in slow-moving city traffic, but was irritated to always see the “EV mode unavailable” message.

Then once it did go to EV mode when car was at less than 5000kms, stayed in that mode for a km or so & went back to normal mode. After that I could never get it into EV mode. So nothing to do with odometer crossing 10K kms.

There might be some conditions to be met for EV mode to be engaged, but frankly I am not bothered anymore. I always drive in Normal mode (don’t even use Eco mode), so doesn’t matter to me.

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

I am getting avg FE 14.4kmpl. In this aspect I am quite disappointed as I expected it to be atleast above 20kmpl against the 27.97kmpl claimed number given by company. Any suggestions to increase avg FE???

By average FE, you mean the overall FE indicated on the dashboard/screen ? If so, it does seem quite low for a Strong hybrid. Till 7000kms, my average FE was 22.5 & after that when I reset it, it is currently 21.5.

I would suggest 2 things :
- Reset your average FE & see.
- Use the LFI (Low Fuel Indicator) to calculate average FE to rule out issues with dash FE figure. When the LFI icon lights up in your dashboard (at around 2 bars of fuel), reset a tripMeter to zero. Fuel up for say x litres. Note tripMeter reading y when the LFI icon comes up next. Your average FE = y/x.

I do this regularly & it matches the dashboard average FE.

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

when driven with atmost patience, the FE showed 20kmpl. Coming from a ford TDci engine, Sedate driving is quite difficult as it has challenged to change my driving style

In my short 8months of using Hybrid (preceded by 38years of using ICE cars), I noticed 2 key differences :
1) An ICE car’s FE is very defined (without wide swings) for similar road/traffic/driving conditions. Eg. My Baleno1.6 used to return a constant 12kmpl in Chennai traffic & 16kmpl on highway commutes. Both are with 100% a/c on & enthusiastic driving.

But the Hybrid’s FE has a very wide range. My daily few Kochi city trips are 5-6kms which normally return tripFE of 22-25kmpl, occassionally going to 28-30 or 15-18. Driving style is the same - I am a very slow & sedate driver in the city as the roads are narrow, bad & trafficky. So far I haven’t been able to figure out the reason for this wide variation. Anyway with an overall average of 22kmpl, I am not complaining - my 2007 Swift returns 11-12kmpl in similar driving conditions.

2) Driving style doesn’t seem to matter in hybrids. In ICE cars, your FE can be increased/decreased by modifying your driving behaviour. Eg, for a couple months, I shifted to an oldMan driving style in Chennai (smooth driving, no sudden acceleration etc) & for those couple tankfuls, I got a 14kmpl FE which is a significant 17% increase.

Similarly if instead of driving in the 120-160kmph range on TN highways, if I were to stay within 80-100kmph, I am sure that the Baleno1.6 would return 20kmpl, which is 25% increase over the usual 16kmpl.

But in hybrids, I have not been able to identify a driving style that is FE oriented. On highways, I drive the Hybrid as fast as road/traffic/speedcams permit without caring whether it’s in EV or ICE mode (just like I would drive my Baleno1.6) & FE is around 28-30kmpl. Couple times I tried sedate driving, but got same or shockingly 2-3kmpl lesser than aggressive driving.

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

On highway, I get 22kmpl. But my driving is 90%-City(Mild Traffic) and 10%-Highway

Could you please post a few trip snapshots of your regular driving from the Suzuki Connect app so that we have an idea of the traffic/drive/distance/avgSpeed conditions ? Similar to the below snapshot of my city trips.

[aks812]

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

Oh ok
Thankyou
Then in that case I should get more than yours.
Any suggestions strong hybrid owners??

You need to drive with light foot and keep resetting the mileage on the screen.

[Vishnu_Nellutla]

Please find the attached trip details.
I also see that my driving score is between 60-80 and not above 90. How much ever smooth I go, at some point when I brake, that decreases the score.
My only issue is why the FE is not above 20 or atleast 18.
Many report that with mixed driving, they get AVG FE above 20 like in the case of yours
When asked with Service person, he says it will improve.

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

I also see that my driving score is between 60-80 and not above 90. How much ever smooth I go, at some point when I brake, that decreases the score.

Oh, ignore the DrivingScore - while it surely is an indication of how well/correctly we drive, IMHO it has no correlation with FE.

My score in city driving is usually close to 100, because as I said earlier I drive slow & sedate in City as the road/traffic in Kochi is bad & also because my car is new. 😊

On the highways, I drive AFAP & my driving score is usually between 40-60, but I still get 25+ kmpl. See snapshot. 👇


Try the 2 things I mentioned earlier - reset dash FE & check actual FE via LFI-to-LFI method. And report back here.

[Vishnu_Nellutla]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

Try the 2 things I mentioned earlier - reset dash FE & check actual FE via LFI-to-LFI method. And report back here.

Yes Sure. Will do that. Hoping for good result

But I see that your snap trip is mostly on the highway and long distances.

Also, I will reset and check and will let you know.

Does anyone have an idea how to turn on the beep sound when locked or unlocked on Grand Vitara Strong HYBRID??

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

But I see that your snap trip is mostly on the highway and long distances.

In my previous post#876, I had posted trip logs of short city rides.

Originally Posted by Vishnu_Nellutla

how to turn on the beep sound when locked or unlocked on Grand Vitara Strong HYBRID??

It can be turned On or Off using the left steering controls by going to Settings menu.

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

It can be turned On or Off using the left steering controls by going to Settings menu.

Under “Setting mode” go to “Door lock”, then select “Siren”.

[akhil_007]

Originally Posted by DCEite

Dear members,

Any idea on the current discounts on offer on the mild Hybrid Vitara variants (particularly Zeta AT ) ?

And the waiting periods (if any) ?

In Bangalore, there is consumer offer of Rs.30000 and exchange bonus of Rs.30000. On top of this, there is a Corporate Offer of Rs.4000. This is for both Zeta and Alpha variants

[DCEite]

The Maruti Grand Vitara website has a "Configurator" section.

https://www.nexaexperience.com/confi...r/grand-vitara


Whats confusing is that the Zeta variant is shown to have a 7 inch infotainment unit in the Configurator as thetop feature of the car. Whereas the 9 inch Smartplay Pro + is shown for Alpha only.

Has Maruti downgraded the size of touchscreen on the Zeta ?

Note that the brochure still mentions Zeta as having 9 inch screen (Smart Play Pro +).

[indusboy]

Hi,

Has anyone changed the sunroof cover to a darker fabric. I prefer doing this over putting a sun film on the sunroof. Thoughts, ideas.

Thanks