[Tanveer_2558]

Originally Posted by kiranmohandas

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Did a physical inspection of car. Everything looked fine. The Automatic badge is chrome with the alphabets painted black. In my car the "t" alone had no color in it. Asked the sales guy about it and his response was "Mahindra has changed the design and all new cars come like that". Just as he said that another XUV Automatic passed by with all alphabets painted black and i showed him that. He again responds - "That XUV is previous batch". Now i was not really bothered about it. But that attitude was not very encouraging.

Next comes the best one. There was a guy sitting in the car with a laptop. Possibly checking the ICE because he had a USB cable connected to the console. I walk up to him and ask him where the OBDII port was on the vehicle. (Reason was i am one of the unfortunate guys to have pre-booked a Navdy HUD and wanted to be ready whenever that comes). The look on his face was priceless. He had no clue what i just asked him. Luckily the sales guy saw my shock and got someone else to answer that for me.

So not the best start but i hope things pan out well. Looking forward to a long lasting friendship with the service guys but am up for it.

Can surely understand, Please expect such things to happen even while you deal with the service centres when you give your car for servicing, I have had a hard time in making the service centre guys whats a HUD, Which Mahindra themselves sell it as an accessory for the car! Worst thing is they disconnected the wire some how and after i called them up, Tried to make them understand (2-3) People whats a HUD, Still they had no clue!

[pillainp]

I wouldn't blame Mahindra too much.
Given the number of people they have to train, there is only so much time they can devote to each person.

Moreover there is a high prevalence of "monkey see monkey do". The trainee memorises what the trainer does and mimics his actions with no attempt to really understand what he is being taught.

In other words, like much of the Indian system of education, they are taught to "remember the procedure, not the principle".

If you had asked him where he had plugged in the diagnostic cable he would have showed you. You confused him when you uttered words like OBD that he has no knowledge of. All he knows is jack in this cable to the car "here" and to the laptop "here", click on this icon, look for these values. If there is a difference then type in the correct value (which he has mugged up).

[kiranmohandas]

Originally Posted by Tanveer_2558

Can surely understand, Please expect such things to happen even while you deal with the service centres when you give your car for servicing, I have had a hard time in making the service centre guys whats a HUD, Which Mahindra themselves sell it as an accessory for the car! Worst thing is they disconnected the wire some how and after i called them up, Tried to make them understand (2-3) People whats a HUD, Still they had no clue!

Agree. That was the second part of the OBD story. The second mechanic knew the OBD port but didnt know what the HUD was. Showed them a video of Navdy from Youtube to explain.

[SanjeevKalra]

Hi Kiranmohandas, congrats for coming to xuv 500 family. The Automatic monogram in Xuv 500 has embedded black cheap sticker also on each alphabet which comes out soon. When I got my car few days back, alphabet t and m were 25 per peeled which I used glue and now it's fine. The main chrome monogram will remain. It black sticker for each alphabet will peel out soon. So be happy.

@Falconion, the rust issue for bonnet has been scrubbed and painted and as per my request they didn't remove the bonnet.

There were few other paint finish issues which they have completed on Saturday evening.

One more point I wanted to cover, the Bluetooth connectivity of Xuv and iPhone. The car screen keeps showing phone connected / phone disconnected at regular intervals in idle mode. If phone is being used for call or music then it remains connected. Is it normal?
Also, tiretronics option in blue sense app always shows air pressure as 29.5 in all Tyres. Is it Norma. Never shows exact cake if I'm filling air at gas station.

Thanks, Sanjeev

[nitinralli]

Guys advice needed.

I would be driving soon to Mumbai from Delhi. I got my xuv w6 serviced from outside however they were not able to connect their system to erase service reminder. Now i dont have time to go to service center for this.
So the question is: Does the reminder on the screen keeps on coming while driving or only once whenever you start the engine? If its only once then i can drive down and maybe get it removed once i reach Mumbai or back in Delhi. Anyone??

[AutoIndian]

Originally Posted by nitinralli

Guys advice needed.

I would be driving soon to Mumbai from Delhi. I got my xuv w6 serviced from outside however they were not able to connect their system to erase service reminder. Now i dont have time to go to service center for this.
So the question is: Does the reminder on the screen keeps on coming while driving or only once whenever you start the engine? If its only once then i can drive down and maybe get it removed once i reach Mumbai or back in Delhi. Anyone??

Hello Nitin, here are the screen shots from MAN00147-XUV500___Maintenance Manual_Rev1 about DIS Service Interval Reminder Reset ‐ Procedure.

[nitinralli]

Originally Posted by AutoIndian

Hello Nitin, here are the screen shots from MAN00147-XUV500___Maintenance Manual_Rev1 about DIS Service Interval Reminder Reset ‐ Procedure.

Thanks AutoIndian, i already have this manual from day one, infact after reading through this only i have this concern.
In the manual it says reminder comes when you start the engine and car is above 10 kmph. My concern is that i hope that this warning does not keep repeating itself all the time while i am driving.
Have you ever experienced this situation?

[ajayclicks]

Originally Posted by SanjeevKalra

Also, tiretronics option in blue sense app always shows air pressure as 29.5 in all Tyres. Is it Norma. Never shows exact cake if I'm filling air at gas station.

I have been informed by my SA that it is normal for the blue sense app to show a difference of upto 3. According to him, I should not bother, as long as the MID shows "Ok".

Originally Posted by nitinralli

My concern is that i hope that this warning does not keep repeating itself all the time while i am driving.
Have you ever experienced this situation?

I have a March 2016 manufactured XUV500. I got the first service done @ 5100- 5200 kms. The service reminder was not irritating as far as I can recollect. It would come up once or twice in a day (probably on starting the engine), and then sit as an exclamation mark on the top right hand side of the screen. Infact my second service will fall in the middle of a road trip and am wondering if i can delay it till i return!

[nitinralli]

Originally Posted by ajayclicks

I have a March 2016 manufactured XUV500. I got the first service done @ 5100- 5200 kms. The service reminder was not irritating as far as I can recollect. It would come up once or twice in a day (probably on starting the engine), and then sit as an exclamation mark on the top right hand side of the screen. Infact my second service will fall in the middle of a road trip and am wondering if i can delay it till i return!

Ohh i remember now. You are right, the warning just comes once when you start and after that it goes away with just the mark remaining on the screen. Thanks for reminding me. Now i can just ignore it and drive peacefully to mumbai

[ajayclicks]

6 months and 6,500 kms later, I get the first "infotainment" related niggle. While returning from work, the car went over a very very minor rough patch of road, and the infotainment panel decided to reboot itself! Not sure if it was due to me playing music off a pen-drive. Before this, my car has gone over worse patches without any glitch. Will see if it recurs and at what frequency, before taking it up with Mahindra.

[Tanveer_2558]

Originally Posted by ajayclicks

6 months and 6,500 kms later, I get the first "infotainment" related niggle. While returning from work, the car went over a very very minor rough patch of road, and the infotainment panel decided to reboot itself! Not sure if it was due to me playing music off a pen-drive. Before this, my car has gone over worse patches without any glitch. Will see if it recurs and at what frequency, before taking it up with Mahindra.

Yes, It happens! Nothing to worry its nothing serious and it reboots back to working normally! Just another one of those Mahindra niggles we have to live with.

[ajayclicks]

Originally Posted by Tanveer_2558

Yes, It happens! Nothing to worry its nothing serious and it reboots back to working normally! Just another one of those Mahindra niggles we have to live with.

I was hoping that my niggles are limited to an odd squeak or rattle. Will live with this one as long as it does not recur frequently.

[raj.singh]

Hello tbhpians!


What is the latest version of the infotainment system of the first generation XUV?

[Ritesh_Dogar]

Hello BHP'ians!

The Tacho on my XUV where the gear position and the Kilometers done is displayed (the red area to the left of the Temperature Gauge in the old gen XUV) has a dark patch. It appears as a small patch on the red screen. The area is faded a little and has got dark. The color difference is not too prominent but on closer inspection its an eye sore.
I took the vehicle to the service center, the technician told its the first time he saw this issue and could not offer any explanation.

Has anyone experienced this in their XUV's, any possible explanation as to how it might have happened and the possible solution to it.

Thanks in Advance

[XUVwanderer]

Seeing few oil marks in the Brake mount (Actually have wiped off in the attached image). Saw few other XUV at the service center and they all had more oil than mine. Service adviser told that it could be issue with the brake booster. I wasnt convinced with his explanation as brake fluid wad not reduced and I have driven it more than 1500 kms after seeing the oil mark. Also no issue with the braking till date.
Its done around 17K kms now. Planning to give the vehicle to service after festival. Is this a common issue with XUV?