[Equus]

Did we ever get to know what happened and what have VW/SKoda done to "fix" the issue? Also, is it specific only to the TDI and the petrols are clean?
Pls provide an update..

[amit_mechengg]

Originally Posted by Equus

Did we ever get to know what happened and what have VW/SKoda done to "fix" the issue? Also, is it specific only to the TDI and the petrols are clean?
Pls provide an update..

No update, VW gulped the issue by managing all authorities. Its a history now burried in classified documents.

Only Assanage can find it now

[Equus]

Originally Posted by amit_mechengg

No update, VW gulped the issue by managing all authorities. Its a history now burried in classified documents.

Pretty much on expected lines - if they do own it up, then it will be a big can of worms.
I was looking more toward some insider info on the "fix" or "probable fix"..

Bottomline - are the newer Vento/Rapid any more safer than earlier ones?

[zenren]

Originally Posted by amit_mechengg

The VW people gave an estimate of 7.9 lacs. He freaked out and asked how can the repair cost be higher than new car cost. They said including labors etc it comes to that figure.

Seems they want to convey that VW has zero labor cost in producing the original car so they sell it cheap.

Originally Posted by amit_mechengg

The insurance company freaks out. Ofcourse VW people should be sent to some mental Asylum for their entire life for giving an estimate of 19 lacs to repair a 6 lac rs car.

I guess someone should send these estimates to the folks who fined Fiat over the excise duty issue of the Uno. Based on what VW is quoting for repairs, they seem to be selling the cars way lower than the production cost

[for_cars1]

Originally Posted by vb-san

The other end of the spectrum is the Vento fire incident. It has been months since a life is lost; it looks to go down as another forgotten case. It’s a shame that VW is not coming up with an explanation, and even more appalling is that the authorities are not bothered to force an explanation out of them.

Its a matter of concern that the Vento does not come with a proper temperature guage in the dashboard.
This is a vital instrument that can indicate the coolant temperature and give a better indication of engine/coolant overheating and give a better reference to the driver regarding the state of the engine.
Instead of a temperature guage, there seems to be just a warning light and I've read in another post that the Vento manual mentions to stop immediately if this light flashes or you risk serious damage or Fire.

Of-course a temp guage may not be useful to prevent a fire due to electical short circuit or fuel/LPG related, but I strongly believe the Temperature guage is one instrument the manufacturers should not do away with (observed as a rising trend in current times)

[saket77]

Originally Posted by hubolt

if the central locking engages can't one manually dis-engage it by turning back the door lock lever like in an indica ? How does the central locking system failure cause the doors to be un-openable even from inside ?

I will be interested in knowing this too.
I believe older cars like Indica, MS800, Alto, Zen etc. have locking levers/ handles which can be 'gripped' & operated even against the force of the auto-lock systems while many modern cars don't have gripping levers which can be forced open.

But this is my perception, & may be wrong. I would like to know this about other bhpians too.

Originally Posted by for_cars1

Temperature guage is one instrument the manufacturers should not do away with (observed as a rising trend in current times)

I remember older cars came with much more gauges than the newer ones. There would be an Amp meter to indicate the amount of charge generated by the dynamo/ alternator available to the battery; then there was an Oil Pressure gauge showing the engine oil status. Now, both these gauges are reduced to only warning lights- the red ignition light for the failed charging system & the oil warning light for low oil. But as time passes, we have learnt to live without them and surely they are not coming in again, ever.

Sadly, the same might be the case of temperature gauges which are also reduced to just lights. Sadly, I still think that all these 3 gauges are necessary in a car, though we may not need to peek at them every-time, but they provide critical information to the driver.

Hope the manufacturers will not do away with fuel meters too in recent future- reduced by a 'low fuel warning' light! Again hope they don't brush away the speedos too, as the speeds are available on the GPS systems fitted in most modern cars today!

Regards,
Saket

[bhpfaninblr]

It has been over 3 years now. Was there any official announcement from VW regarding the reason for the fire? Was it due to rodents/rats cutting off important wires? Or was it due to engine fault resulting in overheating?

VW owes the country an explanation? I am thinking off buying a Vento and this thread put me off

Originally Posted by for_cars1

Its a matter of concern that the Vento does not come with a proper temperature guage in the dashboard.
This is a vital instrument that can indicate the coolant temperature and give a better indication of engine/coolant overheating and give a better reference to the driver regarding the state of the engine.
Instead of a temperature guage, there seems to be just a warning light and I've read in another post that the Vento manual mentions to stop immediately if this light flashes or you risk serious damage or Fire.

Of-course a temp guage may not be useful to prevent a fire due to electical short circuit or fuel/LPG related, but I strongly believe the Temperature guage is one instrument the manufacturers should not do away with (observed as a rising trend in current times)

[YakubKC]

https://m.freepressjournal.in/articl...ource=inshorts
Read this article now about a moving Vento catching fire and saw this thread relating to a similar incident. Unlike the earlier instance, there were no casualties here. Based on the alloy design, it seems like this Vento is also an earlier model. Wonder if these are just 2 isolated incidents or if there's an underlying reason related to the car itself.