The car went for service at 28,300 for the 30,000 km service! I gave a list of complaints to the Service Advisor:
- 30,000 km service
- Check front discs and brake pads
- Engine jerking
- Starter dies few times
- Low beam not functional
- Reverse Light not functional
- Rear RHS brake light not functional
- Accelerator cable to be lubricated
- Fuel smell coming in cabin once crossing 3,500 rpm on highways.
- Steering wheel cross to be checked
- Silencer rattling in the center of the car.
With these list of to-dos, I left the car with them. On the first day when I left the car with them, they did not do anything with the car since they were already overflowing with cars.
The work started on the 2nd day and ended on the 3rd day. I got the car back on the 3rd day night.
The action done on the car was,
- 30,000 km service done.
- The front discs and brake pads were cleaned, was told they have a 5,000-10,000 km life left in them.
- The sparkplugs were cleaned, that was the cause of the jerking.
- Starter motor fault found, so lubricated.
- Wiring for low beam damaged (don't know how), so replaced.
- Rear brake light / reverse light bulbs fixed.
- Accelerator cable lubricated and adjusted.
- Fuel cannister pipe replaced, the reason for the fuel smell coming in the cabin at high speeds
- Silencer pipe rattling fault found and fixed.
The service bill came up to 3,984.
So after two days of usage, I noticed,
- Brakes better now, no screeching sounds.
- Starting the engine seems better now. Even in morning it doesn't go to 1,500 rpm and stay there and slowly come down to 1,100. It now starts to 1,100 and comes down to 900-1,000.
- Low beam functional now. But out of focus.
- Reverse light functional, no issues.
- Accelerator cable sometimes smooth like how it has to be, sometimes feeling rusty. But the difference is, before giving for service, a slight touch used to show 1 on the TPS. Now, it goes to 3-4 on the TPS. Doesn't seem faster with the higher reading in TPS.
- Fuel smell, untested, will check on highway only.
- Silencer rattling fixed, but now a new rattling problem arised, a louder rattling noise comes from the engine bay, near the clutch, brake and accel pedal, you can feel the rattling a lot on the pedals.
- Wheels were rotated. FL gone to RR and FR gone to RL.
- Don't know if the rotation is the cause for a new problem, whenever the car is moving, a tick tick tick noise is heard from the front, feels if its from the tyres. But I researched on this while driving. If i'm at 30-40 in 3rd gear it can be heard clearly. When I press the clutch at the same speed, the sound goes away. My thought is, the valves?? Predetonation? Ignition timing?
- When the car is moving without pressing the accelerator, once u press the accelerator slightly to medium to move little faster, the car slows down, the rpm drops and then only accelerates.
I need help for the new problems now!
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