25,000 km with a 2020 Hyundai Venue SX+ DCT

To sum it up, the car has been decent. Its no VW DSG fitted on this, so do not expect lightning gear shifts when you drive like an enthusiast.

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Hello readers, an update to the thread in a while.

I have completed 25,000kms on my 2020 Venue DCT SX+. So far, I got nothing to complaint about the car(apart from a few missing features available on the top end manual variant) or Hyundai in general as their service has been really co-operative till date. From the previous post till now, I have completed the 20k kms service from KVR Hyundai, Calicut and their service has been really good till date. I have a better coordinating service manager here along with a couple of service advisors and they really did a great job for the general service, but an issue is ongoing regarding a tak-tak sound coming in from the steering wheel area and even though they promptly replaced the EPS motor under warranty, it did not solve the issue. Now they have ordered some child part of steering column which they identified as the culprit and hopefully that solves the issue. The sound comes only when driven through bad roads, else its all well and fine. The service bill is below, did not take much of time and they even offered me an express service in an hour as well, which I found really convincing.

The EPS motor which was replaced.

The 20k kms on odo was sweet.

But I just missed the 25k mark by a whisker

The mandatory alignment and balancing at Madhus as usual.

A peep around the bottom of the car.

Did not try the luck with a waterlogged road. This was somewhere around January when we received an unexpected downpour.

A small Waynad run always fits the bill.

To another hill. This time, Ponmudi. Accompanied by the 'Blade' too.

The pseudo SUV's. That is Bhpian @krishnaprasadgg's Ford Ecosport.

To sum it up, the car has been decent. Its no VW DSG fitted on this, so do not expect lightning gear shifts when you drive like an enthusiast. But next to that lies this one. The slouch it is on D mode is taken care in the manual mode, really well too. The newer ones have paddle shifters and would be hot to drive. I really think the i20N line with same specs would be a hot car in the right hands, sadly I do not agree with its pricing strategy. I have been getting a constant 11-13kpl in extreme traffic and an approximate 18-19kpl on non-enthusiastic highway runs. Next up for me on the list is a tyre upgrade. The very decent Ceat's which I lauded in the 10k service post, is losing grip and its making a bit of sound too. The treads are still deep, but I might change it once it hits the 30k mark to something substantial, say something like a Michelin P4ST. Other than this, it has been a very decent job from Hyundai on the car, though I wish they had given me 6 airbags instead of that sunroof!

Ending with a beach side view.

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