Help ! Baleno under water

[Zappo]

Originally Posted by shuvc

As of now the bill is around 35K. I have paid around 19.5ish. Insurance had paid the rest.

Now add to it the 8K approx for the headlights and the switch console. So total 43K. My outgo, 27.5K.

However, my 27.5 outgo consists of 9K of work which I had anyway planned for in October and others which I may have forgone for the moment, but still went ahead since I'm finicky.

# 3M anti-rust - 3K
# Full interior and exterior polish - 1.1K
# New cloth seat covers - 1.1K (did not even try to wash the old ones)
# New headlights - 3.7K. Old ones can be repaired to some extent if I wish to.

Huh?! Of the 35k bill you have yourself footed almost 20k? Thats more than 50% Now what kind of an insurance coverage is this?

So you have changed those headlights after all? That same levelling motor issue was bugging you, was it?

[shuvc]

@zappo, unfortunately almost all the parts replaced were plastic. Hence got 50% cover. This is Maruti insurance through Royal Sundaram. Heard that Bajaj Allianz was not so liberal with some of the flood cars.
Yet to change the lights. Not bothered abt levelling, but it seems that the motors are stuck at the lowest point. Even after all adjustments high beam is lower than normal low beam. Driving is a pain on roads without streetlights. Plus reflectors are soiled.
Since EII lights cost 3.7 a pair, am thinking its worth the peace of mind and safety.

[shuvc]

Update:
The car continues on its slow journey to good health.

New headlights on the car now. EII non-levelling ones. Costs 1770/- each. (The prices of the EIII levelling lights have been reduced from 22K a pair to around 11K a pair). Here's a snap of an old headlight.



The burnt switch console has been replaced ... under warranty .I love Mohan Motors and Maruti.




Outstanding issues
# Another actuator that controls the recirculation mode of the climate control has gone kaput. Hoping this also gets replaced under warranty.

# Central locking using the remote is acting erratic since last week. Locks/unlocks at times. Locks 90% times. Unlocks rarely. Haven't found any other pattern.

# FE still seems suspect. Probably 1.5 kmpl down, specially with the AC on. Need to test more to be certain.

Originally Posted by shuvc

I'm now running my first full fill with XtraPremium without AC. Current FE seems to be good i.e. > 11. Will top up in a few days and know exactly.

I got 12.23 in this run. So without AC it seems fine.




Pics of some components that were damaged earlier.

The key-inside/door ajar warning buzzer module - Costs around 2.7K




The two pieces of the climate control console - Costs around 14K total