Re: Mahindra Scorpio : Issues & Solutions my 3 year old scorpio gave me a bit of a shock last week. I had a "body wash" done at a nearby garage and while this was being done I was unhappy to notice a mid sized rust spot which had appeared on the body of the vehicle where the rear luggage bay door closes flush with the body - just above where the rubber beading is placed.
Immediately phoned SKS the service centre and showed them the vehicle. they took instant action I am glad to say. Took photos and made a report. Then took the vehicle to their Hosur road body shop and gave it to them to get the job done.
the next day evening the vehicle was returned to me, in proper condition with the offending area completely scraped, primed and re-painted. all this was done free of charge under warranty as it is not supposed to happen in a 3 year old.
further I had the ORVMs changed to the newer wider ones which they have in the newer models of the Scorpio. These are much wider and offer better rear view visibility. I did not get the ones with the electric controls as this would have meant a lot of wiring work etc which I did not want to invest in but despite these being manually controlled they work better than the original, narrower mirrors. they seem also to shake and jiggle less when Im driving on the roads. Must do the other test - whether I can read the number plate of the vehicles coming up behind me while driving on the highway - to see if these new mirrors vibrate as much as the old ones did. the new mirrors cost about 1200 each. quite reasonable I thought.
also took the opportunity to have the main front ac vents changed to the more efficient type that they have on the newer scorpios. in effect they had changed the original vertical vents to horizontal ones in the 2007,2008 models and I wasnt as happy with the effectiveness of the air throw in these as compared to the earlier vertical vents. I believe they went back to vertical vents sometime in 2009/2010 and have continued with these ever since. So I got them to change my horizontal vents to these vertical ones and frankly these new ones are much better in terms of air throw. At approx Rs 800 or so it is worth getting this done too.
Last edited by shankar.balan : 11th May 2011 at 05:10.
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