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Originally Posted by vibbs A more detailed post regarding the service experience at Jay Vijay Fiat and the new HU (which was changed a few months back) will come up soon as soon as I get time over the weekend. |
Posting the much delayed 45K Kms service update. As mentioned in the previous post, Pandit Auto has shut shop in Pune and this is my first Service post that (their Pimpri workshop still does paid service for Fiat Cars).
Pandit is considered the best Fiat service center in Pune by many. My experience has been OK with them. Nothing great, not the Maruti levels that I had experienced in Delhi with our Swift, but on the whole defenitely not Negative. With them gone, I was definitely worried about whome to go to in Pune. Finally I decided to go with Jay Vijay Fiat purely due to the fact that their Service Center is on the way to my Office.
I booked an appointment and got the car. Surprisingly, came to know that they need one full day to service the car. It would be ready only the next day. Experience strictly Average, dont know if I would be comfortable with going to them for any Major work though.
Problems reported while handing over the car were, squeak from the front suspension, foul smell from AC, Indicator stalks not disengaging automatically after the turn and replacement of the front and rear Wipers.
The total cost came INR 11845. All reported issues were attended to, except the Suspension squeak. The SA thought its normal
He also recomended AC disinfection for the foul smell, however the end result was not sattisfactory.
The service center did a shoddy job of making the service recomendations too. Despite the WA and WB being done, they had mentioned in the remarks that it is pending. Got it removed after arguing with the SA for long.
Is it a scam by Fiat Service guys to always recomend replacement of Brake pads and disk?
I had got the same done in the 30 K service, yet it was recomended this time too. Hard to believe the Brake pads dont last 15K Kms. Told them to leave it as it is. Another recomendation is the replacement of C Mount. However the SA said this can be done during the next servicing. So decided to let it go for the moment.
Like always, the WA was messed up. I could feel the car distinctly pulling to the left and steering not centered correctly. Got the wheels alligned from outside. Battery was changed a week after the servicing.
All in all, the experience is strictly average and like I said earlier, not really sure if I can trust them with some major job if required. Need to look for alternatives for future jobs.
Stock HU Replacement
Few months back, I had also replaced the stock HU. My main grouse was the inability to play songs from USB. The aim was to find a HU which would help retain the stock look as much as possible and also is compatible with the CANBUS (else find a way to connect the replacement HU via a CAN decoder). After a lot of searching came across
this link. The unit comes with a CAN decoder. Decided to bite the bullet and purchase the Unit (for INR 23K).
The connection was a simple DIY as the unit is plug and play, all steps were given with the Unit. Have made three small videos to show how the unit is connected.
First one here shows how to remove the stock HU. There is a tool to remove the HU, it needs to be pushed into the holes and the HU clicks out.
Second one showing the connections on the stock unit that need to be removed. Ther are three connections. Two on the left (CAN and the speaker connections) one on the right (Radio antenna).
Third one showing connections to be made on the new unit.
The CAN and speaker connections go to the exact same place as th stock unit. So does the radio cable (there is a connector that needs to be used for radio).
Three new connections come.
The CAN decoder, RCA connections and the GPS.
In the third video you can see the CAN decoder cables connected in the right side. The black cable running on top is for IPOD. I have not yet connected the RCA cables.
The colour is not an exact match. Can live with it though.
Here is the stock for comparison.
Audio Quality is Strictly Average. FM quality does not match up to even the stock level. Playing through USB however I felt the quality is at par with the stock playing same file from CD. The touchscreen interface is slow and at most times Laggy. So before one decides to go for this, he really needs to be clear what the priority is. If you expect a superior Audio experience and a seamless touch screen interface, better to give this one a slip.
The Unit takes approximately 20 Seconds to power up.
Finally Some pics of the different screens.
The FM screen.
The equaliser screen
The USB Playlist.
There is a car info screen that shows door status.
There are a few other gimmicks too like a calculator and a calender.
The Unit can be paired with the cellphone. You can sync your paired Android to the unit and access the contact list etc from the unit. The phone pairs automatically with the unit. You can speak on your phone while entering the car and once the unit is powered up it automatically takes over and the call continues through the unit now. However if you are playing a song on USB and a call comes, the song does not pause, it continues in the background (ofcourse muted) and when you finish your call it starts playing the song again but from not from where you were when the call came.
There is a GPS reicever that you can use for Navigation. The maps are to be loaded on a SD card for navigation.
Thats all for now.
Cheers