Re: Volkswagen Vento : Test Drive & Review Sorry for the late reply, have been preoccupied with other work. First thing I have done is bought a foam based fire extinguisher, hammer and now will buy a knife too. I have started facing another issue now. The seatbelt pretensioners seem to randomly activate and not deactivate when stationary. There's a possibility that they got activated because of considerably fast but not sudden deceleration due to braking but shouldn't they deactivate when the car is stationary? Just today I had stopped at a redlight and saw the fire extinguishers roll out from below the passenger seat, I tried to lean down to pick it up and put it in the dash but found myself unable to move even one inch due to the pretensioners. It took some struggle for 5-10 seconds to loosen the belt. Next time it happens I'll be sure to try unlocking the belt to see if it gets completely stuck when pretensioners are on. Incidents like these happening right after the pune incidents are really starting to freak me out. If someone from VW is reading this post (which I'm sure they are) I'd like them to contact me at abhinav.daos(at)gmail(dot)com Quote:
Originally Posted by samarjitdhar Sounds way more than serious. Sorry to hear about your unhappy experience. In my opinion your car does look like it has some inherent issues which need to be fixed end to end before they manifest in some bigger way. You probably got a lucky escape this time around. I guess its very unsafe to carry on driving the car specially when it starts misbehaving like this on little anomalies. The AC could be running for 30 minutes or more when the car is at a standstill. That should not cause such serious issues. Please do get in touch with VW immediately instead of waiting for any other mishap to happen. | Quote:
Originally Posted by bala80 Looks like the entire electrical system needs to be checked here. Do you have any after market components installed?
Also, I have read earlier spraying water on the radiator to cool down an overheated engine is not recommended, I'm unable to find it now, but doesnt sound like a good idea to me. |
I don't have any aftermarket electricals installed, except parking sensors from VW (which hardly ever work). I have no idea if spraying water on the radiator is bad for the car but the mechanic reccomended it and it worked instantly. Quote:
Originally Posted by dingolphie The temp gauge is sorely missed. Its usually one of the first things I check for knowing how my engine is doing during long drives and I miss it in the Vento.
Very sorry to hear of your bad experience. Do let us know how you get on and what is wrong? |
A couple of weeks before the incident I had a problem with the car not starting, I had called the all india assistance, though the car started 5 minutes before he arrived. When he came he switched the fuses in the battery and I am guessing he put the faulty fuse in the cooling system slot which finally failed under pressure. Tomorrow I am going to check all fuses myself and match the wattage, does anyone know if information regarding that is in the manual?
I asked the workshop to check all the electricals, ecu and fuses and they claimed to do that, though I am not satisfied. Quote:
Originally Posted by vb-san Quite serious indeed! I will suggest you to get a satisfactory fix on this issue and then take the car out. | Quote:
Originally Posted by F458 Hi abhinav
What has happened to you is quite scary, i think you have to take this problem up rather seriously, as you could have damaged the head, with the overheating of the car.
On a second note, if the radiator fan had stopped functioning, why did it not show up as a warning light, i believe the vento has 2 warning systems for various functions.
Please do a detailed study, and let us know the outcome of the research
Cheers and happy driving |
Vento flashes a warning when it detects a fault in the cooling system, I don't know if it's when it detects a break in the circuit/malfunctioning or when the engine simply overheats. In my case I think it was the second case as the fuse would have blown way before the coolant started boiling, overflowing and smoking up. The manual recommends to stop immediately if the warning flashes or you risk serious damage and possibly a fire. So I'd recommend everyone stops within 10 seconds of the warning (there's an audible beep too, can't hear with music system on) Quote:
Originally Posted by souravc To turn the screws on VW , I think for starters a FIR should be lodged with the local police . Its mentioned that the car is in the possession of VW , is it correct? Ideally it should be the police who should impound the car pending further investigation - given the most unfortunate demise, police should have got involved and any investigation by the company should have been under the police's supervision to prevent any hush up ! |
I don't understand how VW could take the possession of the vehicle when they very well might be at fault. Its like asking the suspect to investigate the robbery!
Anyways my petrol vento servicing bill came to 7700 out of which 2200 was for 3M lubrication, shampooing and UV treatment. I had asked them to reomve some minor scratches by rubbing and they did all that and charged me.
Engine oil was billed at 3000 for 1 liter and paid service labor was 1400 only. Are these rates fine? |