Safari LX 2.2 VTT 25 K Report I bought Safari2.2 in Nov 2007 after i lost my fiat petra 1.6 in an accident near Jaipur while returning from Khatu Shyamji. Fiat petra was such a wonderful car that buying another one in that segment was out of question and I needed to buy a bigger car to forget about it and move ahead. WHY SAFARI 2.2 ?
I knew that safari 2.2 was first released in europe and then in India. This inspired my confidence in the car. Other options in this price and similar type were - Scorpio and Innova. In my test drive for scorpio, found it to be very tight on space inside, and therefore could not convince myself to buy a big car with little space inside. Even bad in it is the middle seat space, so If i have a driver later in years, i wont feel any good sitting in the middle seat. Drove Innova and felt like i was driving a train, and as i was to drive myself to office everyday, i did not like the idea of innova as people might have felt me to be a driver....With safari 2.2 i felt real power while driving and could clearly see the full bonnet of the car (unlike innova) which makes me feel comfi in the city tight traffic. Sitting on the middle seat feels safe and therefore Safari was the choice for me. It also happened to be cheaper by more than 1.5 lacks to scorpio/innova.
I was told about safari problems, but they are giving a 4 yrs extended warranty and that was very assuring. After 4 years i dont mind spending slightly high on maintenance. SAFARI TROUBLES- AC fuse blowout
- Diesel pipe burst - Small rubber pipe that goes into the engine. It took around 4 visits to service station to get it corrected. Wasted more than 2k fuel in the process and test drives.
- Accelerator getting stuck when doing constant slow acceleration - This required multiple visits, the error code was simple, accelerator pedal stuck, and none of the suggested remedies working. Checked crank sensor, accelerator sensor and other sensors, still it was coming. Finally it turned out that this was a small issue with adjustment of brake sensor. It was slightly high.
- No acceleration - This was some issue with turbocharger not getting fired, so car became very sluggish in pickups. The bull became a dog. Panting while running. - Needed few visits, and finally they changed some part from a new safari, and voila this was solved.
- Engine light on slow deceleration - I read this issue on another thread also, and felt good I am not the only one :-)
- Cracked wiper water bottle.
- Some engine issue - the power steering jammed, and AC went out. It was hard coming back to workshop
- This got solved, took the car and then found that it was not going beyong 3k RPM and giving black smoke. - This was another engine issue and they changed something.
- Belt noise on cold start when AC was switched on.
- Left front windshield gets stuck - NOT SOLVED
I was earlier taking the car to Automobile sterling in NOida and they are just useless. The life has become better after i have started taking car to Autolinks Vasant kunj workshop the life is better. Why i like it?- Good road presence.
- Power to the pedal
- Fill in all family and just go. No issue on power.
- And most important ---FEELS GOOOD
TRIPS - Delhi-Manali - The longest i have done in the car is Delhi to Manali. The trip was wonderful, very easy to drive in mountains, and no problem in altitude or cold temperatures.
- Delhi -Mussourie-Chamba - Mussourie to dhanaulti road was very bad, however with safari, no road feels bad, thats why i love this car more and more.
- Delhi- Rishikesh- Went on Rafting.
- Delhi-Jaipur- This was the first trip, just to test the car on highways
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