UPDATE !! Ford Figo : LEMON strikes again //\\ Fuel Consumption goes for a Toss.
I was called today by Team Bhavna FORD to inform about my car being ready for delivery with all issues sorted with regards to many of the earlier posted concerns. Also they informed me of being conducting a joint mileage test/extraction drive with me onboard on stock 175/65/14 section tires... (mine now have the 195/60/14)
Kindly go through the story here...
Kindly note that from the problems mentioned in the earlier post, none of them are rectified as of now when I had gone to check, collect and also test my car with Bhavna Ford`s Team.
1: The ABS light on the instrument cluster (red one) which functions or glows only when ABS is active and is being used, still remains off
2: The Hazard lights still are not able to sense an emergency braking situation when tested at the speeds of more than 90 kmph to halt
3: The car still feels like it has lost it power generating capacity. Feels pale and lot slower from how it used to feel before
Fuel Mileage Test: (The Main EPISODE of my life as a Ford Customer)
Taking into consideration my views, reviews and complaints with regards to fuel consumption raising to alarming levels in my Ford Figo, a joint Test Drive for Mileage Test & Extraction (I have a reason to call it as extraction) was carried under supervision of Ford Service Head. Myself and one of the Bhavna Ford`s SA (umesh) were the only ones allowed to be a part of this joint mileage test/extraction drive.
The Drive followed a certain prerequisites.
They are as follows: Quote:
- Only 2 members allowed in the car including the driver
- No luggage or any parcels
- All tires were changed to stock 175/65/R14 section tires that come with Ford Figo by factory
- 30psi across all the tires
- all injectors, air filters, air dam, ac etc checked and verified to work as expected
- To be tested on Mumbai-Pune ExpressWay towards & return (no traffic at all and pleasant roads)
- Fuel filled to Max capacity (from my own pockets)
- Average speed to be maintained between 70kmph to 80kmph (95% of the time the SA managed to do that)
- Windows Totally Rolled Up (To avoid air dynamics and wind pressure)
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It was like, I mean, rather than an average test of getting mileage figures in practical situation, An initiative specially crafted to extract maximum mileage from any given car in front of the car owner and MOCK him and take a good laugh at his complaints.
These methods above should be also prescribed in FORD advertisements & promotions. People would not Buy their car for setting such non-relevant fuel testing scenarios while claiming blatant figures like 35kmpl for this puny little TDCI engine.. (major publications promoted their claims two days back, I have seen a copy)
Anyways, my concerns were far from over.
Let us see the Results in a nice Tabular Format:
Quote:
- Route: Palm Beach Marg (Nerul) to Mumbai Pune Expressway (Tunnel exit) and RETURN
- Speed: 80Km/hr Max (95% of the time)
- Diesel utilized: 6.26ltrs
- Tires: Stock Size 175/65/R14 (changed by Bhavna Ford team to make sure that the mileage drop was not a result of a tyre change from my side)
- Mileage Recieved after Trip finished: 9.7kmpl
- Driving Style: Sedate & Calm
- Driver Name: Umesh (Bhavna Ford employee supervised by Mr. Bhide)
- Passenger: 1 (Myself, Dinesh Malhotra)
- Tire Pressure: 30psi across
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Mileage of 9.7kmpl that too in the stringiest of Mileage Extraction Settings when adopted by FORD, highlights that the complaint that I made
were genuine in nature and in-fact further proves that this car (ford figo) has lost its road worthiness and trust of mine as an customer.
with so many issues in last 2 years and now this BIG ONE.. you guys tell me the next course of action that I must take ??
1: Refund
2: Replacement
3: Compensation
4: Consumer Forum
5: Official legal notice over pain, torture and embarassment
6: Legal suit for the loss of important time, business and harmony in life ..
PS: CHECK POST #6900 for a recap
With such kind of testing scenario, I was expecting figures close to the average FE figures that we get in general scenarios. Shocked to the vehicle behaving like this...
warm regards
Dinesh Malhotra
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-d...ownership.html