20th May 2008, 19:18 | #181 |
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| I just went for a 3000 + km vacation in my SX4. and never ever once faced any problems which others have mentioned. 1. Rattling : After 3000 kms of driving on various roads including a trip to Rohtang and crossing a 20-30 km strech of steep mountain in Himachal close to Swarghat with no road at all, pure gravel, NO Rattling at all 2. EPS : Felt a little bit of favouring to one side when I started off at high speeds but later I was doing consistent 100 -150 on highways and didnt feel a thing. 3. Plastics : Who are we comparing to, "a merc" then for sure plastic quality is bad, but if your comparing with a City. I find City's interiors to be dated. The scorp is bad so is the grande and even the Safari is not good either, Verna & Fiesta are probably comparable and mind you some of these are 10+ lakh cars. 4. Boot : I was on a 11 day trip, imagine how many times I would have opened the boot with my mini fridge (and my luggage) in the boot, never faced any problems. The grunt and pickup of the car is amazing much better than the Palio & the City we are talking about, it might not be as good as a Verna Diesel but it is still better than the Fiesta & Verna Petrol, The ground clearance is excellent and you need it when climbing to Rohtang or on bad roads. I dont know what people are complaing about the car is good it is VFM the a.s.s is excellent the dealer network is good the spare parts must be cheaper than most fiats, Hyundais, fords & the Gm's Last edited by ranc : 20th May 2008 at 19:22. |
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20th May 2008, 21:06 | #183 |
Senior - BHPian | @amit, from your posts on this and other threads, I see that your experience with the SX4 has been real bad - you have only complaints about the car. IIRC I do not remember reading anything that you liked about it. Maybe the car is as bad as you say or it is as good as other users (like ranc) say. Having never driven/used one, I have no idea. But, what surprises me is how you ended up buying this car, inspite of having quite some previous experience with cars ? Plus, being a part of tbhp (and a D-bhpian at that) I am sure you would have done a proper & rigorous testdrive - maybe even more than once. Did none of these issues show up in the TD car ? The other options you had in that segment were the NHC, Aveo1.6, Fiesta1.6, Verna1.5P etc and if over all of them you chose the SX4 and then find it such a totally crappy experience, I would think that more than the car, you need to take a good share of the blame for the current situation that you find yourself in. It was your decision after-all and not like you were forced to buy that car. |
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20th May 2008, 21:45 | #184 | |
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Oh ,my God, a huge typing error: It must ahe been EPS not ESP. Sorry for the error. | |
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20th May 2008, 22:07 | #186 | |
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In case of Tata Indigo, tata also took a shortcut, okay now fogive Tata. Honda did the same with Jazz and then ripped off ABS in a car that can do high speeds. And we were buying that. So its not Maurti alone that is doing this. Ohters are also doing this. Maruti has each and every right to sell Omni, 800 along with GV (Grand Vitara ) as this is democracy. There is a market where not every one can afford NHC( sold without ABS till SX4 came ), Civic ( low ground clearence, but no improvement almost 2 years ). For them 800/Omni can prove a blessing. SX4 is a proper sedan and NHC is nothing but shortcut booted Jazz and overpriced. Still why only maruti is being hit hard. I really fail to understand what is wrong here. Ohters have also done the same thing. Honda Accord had fuel pump failures ( those who read overdive will remember this ), and honda accord is "LUXURY CAR". And lastly, its upto our own views and how we compare that results into our feeling. You cant compare SX4 with merc. NHC is also not without flaws. | |
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20th May 2008, 23:19 | #187 | |
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Nothing of that sort happens in our SX4, trunk shuts on the first go...I think you have terrible luck with the car. It does sound like you completely dislike the car and going by your experience you have every reason to; don't you think its best to sell it off ? | |
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21st May 2008, 00:33 | #188 | |
BHPian | Amit, only thing I could say is that you ended up getting a faulty car. Try to correct it with the dealer, otherwise wait for the Fiat Linea and replace the car. Though you lose money spent on SX4 hope you will be happy if you get Linea. I am happy with the SX4 replacing it with the Santro. I don't have any problems which you have mentioned though I have some niggling issues. Quote:
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21st May 2008, 01:06 | #189 |
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| According to me Swift has only 2 good qualities in it. They are a peppy engine (when AC is off) and a cool exterior look. As i mentioned earlier in this thread the peppy engine of swift gasps for breath (huge power loss)when you switch on the AC. With regards to MUL they are mainly targetting the segment of people who are buying cars for the first time. I will never buy a Maruti again until they improve their service quality and also come out with really good designed cars. I think estilo is far better than dzire in terms of looks. Its not the # of service centers a company has...It is finally what is the quality of service those service centers are providing. |
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21st May 2008, 01:25 | #190 | |
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Its an experience to own a Maruti as your first car these days and you get to know a lot about your car with all the niggling issues. If you own a Good car you feel passionate about the car Last edited by anachronix : 21st May 2008 at 01:27. | |
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21st May 2008, 03:01 | #192 |
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Since a lot of people here are getting irritated with the comparision of the SX4 to the Palio despite my making it clear why it's being done, let me bring other cars I have owned and driven into the picture. Daewoo Matiz: 4 Years, 45,000 kms when it was sold. No rattles. Hatch closed properly. Dealership expereince was crappy. Hyundai Santro: 5 years and 65,000kms. No rattles. Hatch closed properly. No weird sounds from anywhere till the day it was sold. Ford Ikon: 5 years, 62,000kms still going strong. Barely any rattles. Boot shuts nice and tight even today. Now you know why the SX4 cuts such a sorry figure? Why are rattles such a big issue? The SX4 costs more then the Matiz and Santro combined! If those two cars didn't rattle till the day they were sold why should I accept rattles on the SX4? I hope it's clear that it's not about the SX4 not being as good as the Palio. The next time someone uses the term 'Fiat fanboys' I am going to give a link of this thread to them. Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome 'Maruti fanboys' on this forum. Last edited by amit : 21st May 2008 at 10:24. | |||||
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| Looks like some people haven't understood the purpose of this thread. No-one is saying that the Swift or SX4 are bad cars. No one is saying that they have pathetic quality. The newer cars from Maruti come with incosistant quality. There is a difference between bad quality and inconsistant quality. Why are we taking this personally? Here are some comments from actual Swift and SX4 owners. The comments below prove that both Swift and SX4 have incosistant quality. Quote:
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