My XUV 700 AX7 AWD: 1,00,000 km service update

Things have slowed down drastically - can give tons of excuses. But the fact is that #TheRedSparkle has been pretty much stagnant after 90K mark on odometer.

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Finally, we have another epic road-trip coming up that will see us crossing over to 100K Kms mark - and we are super excited about this whole thing! The car is currently at 99.1 K Kms and we don't want to have the service to be done while on the trip - turned in the car to Chrome Motors yesterday for 100K Kms service

As usual, the ASC folks were amazingly thorough this time and took full day to complete various jobs! On the occasion of GoodFriday and the long weekend, the entire town is probably out - the ASC wasn't as crowded as I had hoped for. This made sure that staff could pay attention to the car, do every small work and return the car back by 5.30pm! Thanks to the team of SAs and Technicians including Zubair, Santhosh, Edrish, Hanumantha and Manju - longish test drive, proper check-ins of all parameters, #TheRedSparkle is in tip-top shape, as-if how it was 3+ years ago!

The major work completed on the car as part of 100K Service is:

• Engine Oil Change, Filters replacement
• Belts Replacement (only Alternator and Water pump. No pre-tensioner replacement as per SoP)
• Suspension Creaking noise addressed again - tightened whatever bolts we could find underbody.
• Identified the coolant water pump leak - replaced under warranty
• Noticed the vibrations on the body - worn out engine mounts/ bedding replaced at cost
• Noticed the defunct right fog lamp - found out that it had a rat-bite. Rewiring with tapes and refitting did the trick.
• Tires were rotated, no TMPS learning needed - Car auto-learnt it.
• Replaced the fuel cap - the stock had broken tie from the body-lid. Risk of loosing it at pumps is high, hence needed to replace it.
• DEF Topup to 100%
• Battery check: found that the distilled water levels had gone to almost dry level. Topped up from another spare battery and it is fine now. Apparently if we fill in the fresh distilled water, the battery ned to charge with external inputs. Since it will take more time, the ASC used their spare battery, transferred the distilled water form their battery into my car's battery. I am expecting the battery to give up sooner than later - have to be prepared for jump-start or replacements!

This was good and quick service with just 14K INR damage to the pocket - I remember the 100K service n 5OO was around 20K or so. The surprise factor is - the engine bedding. A lot of Scorpio N and XUV7OO within about 50K kms lifespan itself are reporting the replacements for this part - wonder if the quality of this part is on par with 5OO part! I also noticed that the cost of this part for 7OO is half of what used to be for 5OO. Thats when I think it must be also inferior in quality too - else how do we justify so many instances on various cars?

Here are the snaps taken during the service:

The current odometer reading:

The new belts: Also notice the pink residue from the leaking water pump from the coolant reservoir.

The worn out engine bedding:

New engine bedding part:

The fog lamp - rat bite:

Addressed the rat-bite: have to do something about it to avoid such things in future:

Filling in distilled water in the battery:

The overall Service Cost:

And thus we are back on road - towards end of this month, we are heading out for a long drive, stay tuned

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