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Originally Posted by gaurav_chopra04 Do you find any difference after they delivered the car, especially with the brakes. Last thing you can do is get the front discs cleaned with sandpaper and instal new pads. But this is really ridiculous . |
Brakes are the same old, slightly better, but not at all like 4 discs.
The car came back with the amber light and I fuelled up 20 litres from just across my office.
Went 130 kms on that, and all of it was way below 2k RPM religiously, with 100% AC, but I guess the car was run on amber quite some distance before being delivered, so I ignored that reading.
Fuelled up again day before, immediately as the amber light came on and re-checking.
They have done some ECU reset and some different tuning maybe, is what I feel, since throttle response is totally different and my Kenwood HU was reset back to factory settings for the first time it has ever came back from service.
Earlier the RPM needle used to hang around 1100rpm on idling with AC, now it stays below 1000rpm on idle with AC.
Also, earlier it used to rush past 2k RPM when starting from stand-still in 1st, now it stays well below 1k RPM even when starting from stand still, and the hi-revv feel is gone, but no difference in power delivery.
If I step on the pedal it shoots forward, so that is a respite that they haven't made a dent there.
These are just my observations.
So now I can do 50 in 5th at about 1100 RPM easily and as a result I am shifting gears sooner too, to reach 5th without a stutter from the engine, so I dont know how to put it.
Seems ok to me as I drive sedate 85% of the time, just waiting for the amber to check what's up now.
Thanks GC, I will ask CBlazer, but am sure they have done may changes internally to minimize costs. I got worked up seeing a Cedia post by Mitsubishi today on FB, and I wrote a line there.
Now the entire front dash area makes strange creaking noises since after it has come back.
There is a noise from the glove area, creaking, and as if a loose screw is rolling around, then there is a creaking from where the double din HU is and then the loudest comes from the speedometer console area, and it is like a loose acrylic sheet vibrating due to resonance at lower RPMs and low speeds especially when going over a rumbled spot or slightly broken road.
Highly annoying, so I am waiting for them to recall the car for the steering column, and hoping the noises are owing to that, what do you think?
Lastly, I have been ranting about the steering being 'OFF' since last year July or August and now things have gotten to this, and they found the steering column is faulty finally.
I am sure there is something wrong with the damn brakes and the suspension too. The front is noisy, dashboard sounds apart and the rear left is just silly bouncy man.
There is no fun in the drive, apart from the air conditioning and the comfort.