Ford EcoSport 1.5L Diesel: 1.8 lakh km service cost me Rs 26,000

This vanity mirror lamp assembly was fully imported and its cost reflected that.

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1,80,000 kms Service Update:

Baahon just crossed the 1.8L mark and is now better than ever after some of the work that cropped up during the last month has been addressed and rectified.

During the first week of June, I went for an impromptu drive to Kalimpong with some fellow BHpians for a day. During the entire drive, there was this constant noise coming from the underside. The noise was prominent enough to all of us and it was more prominent whenever there was a change of gear. Anyway, turned out, that it was the left side shaft/axle that was the culprit.

Kalimpong drive mates in one frame, one night is all that we needed to add some drive miles to our belt.

Some of the other things also needed to be changed. The windshield cowl vent gave away after nine years and needed replacement and so did the heat shield insulator. During the fuel
filter replacement, it was found that the O ring inside the fuel filter assembly was in bad shape and needed to be replaced as well. One more small thing that needed replacement was the vanity mirror lamp assembly on the passenger side. It had broken some time back and I had pre-ordered the part two days before my service was scheduled. The most heartening part of the whole exercise was that some of the replacement parts had manufacturing dates as recent as March 2024. This whole talk of the availability of spare parts becoming an issue is so overrated. I haven’t faced any issues regarding spare parts to date.

Hood insulator after the fitment.

This vanity mirror lamp assembly was fully imported and its cost reflected that.

The clutch is doing fine as of now and is still going strong after almost 90k kms. The tyres have good life remaining still and need no attention as of now.

Some cosmetic changes were also made to freshen up the proceedings inside the car. The earlier seat covers were changed and new ones were put on. Must say, the quality of seat covers has come a long way and I am enjoying a little more comfort for sure. These were pre-ordered and took around twelve days to arrive.

Pocket pinch for the whole service and parts replacement are as follows-

• Shaft/ Axle replacement- ₹10,200
• Hood insulator - ₹201
• Cowl top vent & top- ₹ 273
• Vanity mirror lens assembly- ₹ 1615
• Fuel filter assembly- ₹ 2750
• A/C filter - ₹160
• Air filter- ₹350
• Oil filter- ₹145
• Engine Oil- ₹1150
• Transmission oil - ₹ 600
• Retainer Axle- ₹850
• Labour charges including service- ₹ 4000

So total pocket pinch came to around 26k which is fairly reasonable in my view considering the number of replacements. The car is good for the upcoming monsoons. Let’s see how that pans out in the coming months. A small plan to refurbish the alloys and give them a new look has now entered my mind. Will give that a try soon. Meanwhile, sharing some pictures as well for some colour to the post.

The first two pictures were from Ramsai where a few of the BHPIans and their families went for a weekend and it was crazy fun.

These next pictures were just randomly clicked near the famed Calcutta Maidan.

This picture is from a recent highway drive.

Leaving the post with a sunset shot from Baahon some time back. The Kolkata Gate is visible in the picture.

Until the next, drive safe all

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