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We all hear you, the pain...

From the picture, it seems to be a paint transfer than any paint damage. Would suggest a mild abrasive-based polish coupled with some elbow grease. You might not then even need a touch-up and could leave the result as a "beauty-spot" :)

@Rahul - Could you share the service center name, location and Service Advisor who took care of the repair and replacement of the thermistor, accumulator valve and evaporator? Am petrified that this might happen to my 1 year old car and would like to be prepared.

Did anyone face the issue when try to opening the fuel lid? I'm experiencing this now-a-days as it requires approximately 10 times to pull the lever to open the fuel lid.

Yes. Yesterday itself. Its been happening off and on for a while now and my car is less than 2 years old

I got this part replaced under warranty :

https://boodmo.com/catalog/part-actuator_mode-9089193/

There was a noise coming from the dashboard when changing modes and on startup and shutdown of the vehicle.

This is probably an actuator which handles the flow of air from the ac vents.

This part is also used in Tucson petrol models too.

Thanks, will look into it.

Meanwhile, the very next day, my car was keyed in 3 different places by some miscreants. Its been an unlucky week for me.

Yes, I have been facing this for last 1.5 years. My car is 2+ years old and I have reported this several times during service and other visits. They tinker with release mechanism inside and it works well for a week or 2 and is back to usual again. I have given up correcting it anymore, I just ask the petrol bunk guys to push it inside onde and then I pull the lever and it works well that way

This is the indication that the battery needs replacement at the earliest.
Even our Elite i20 CRDi needed Battery Replacement this year.
Our car gave this tuk tuk sound when it was with our Dad and I suggested him to push start the car.
Again after few days same problem in front of me.
So got the battery checked at our friendly battery dealer who informed that the battery is slightly weak. And Push-Button-Start i20s need fully healthy battery as this Push-Button-Start System does not tolerate even small drop of charge unlike Key Start i20s.

Thanks! Sounds good idea! I'll try this today.

Final update : Received the new compressor assembly. Took 6 working days after ordering the part. Few valves and pipes came with the compressor. The whole thing was changed and gas was charged. The compressor looks a little bit different from the old one in design.

A valve and some other components were also changed. They did update the firmware of the climate control unit and cleaned the vents and cabin filter.

The hissing sound is gone completely now and the cooling is back to normal and consistent. They have asked me to go a bit easy on the AC for few days, keep it around 24 deg, and not to keep it running continously for a long time. Also have asked me to take in the car for a checkup after a week just to make sure everything is working fine and there are no leaks anywhere.

Thankfully, i was not charged for the gas or anything else. They washed and cleaned the car for free too. Hope nothing else goes wrong now.

Hi bhp-ians,

I drive 2016 Elite I20 and wanted to know if anyone here has had an underbody hit with 5 passengers on board? On one occasion I was driving with 5 adults (medium built) and the car scraped over the bumper even when I tried to cross it in 1st gear. Wanted to know if other Elite owners have faced a similar issue, especially members from bangalore which has unscientifically designed speed breakers scattered all over the place.

The other issue I wanted to point out is the lower portion of the front bumper has a slight curved design which sometimes scrapes when driving over unpaved country roads. Has anyone faced this issue as well?

Any comments will be highly appreciated

I don't own an i20 but I think I can still give my view here with respect to my experiences.
I own a 2011 Punto (models prior to 2012 are known for it's low ground clearance) and a 2016 Aspire. Aspire has a pretty decent ground clearance comparatively. Despite that, I scraped the underbelly a couple of times when the car was loaded with 5 adults. I agree that the speed hump was a bit bigger adding to the fact that there was a pothole near the edge of it, all of which managed to scrape the underbelly. But, this happens only when the car is fully loaded. If I drive alone I am able to negotiate the same speed breaker without any fuss.
Lesson learnt: If a speed breaker or a pothole is big enough to bother, negotiate it cross wards. Some big speed breakers are sure to scrape the bottom if you tackle it straight, no matter how slow you go or in which gear you are in.

I did not ever found scrapping ground with 5 adults on bad roads. I had 2-3 trips like that so far. ( Pune people might know the Tamhini road)

I had got the middle ac vents replaced, as the vent adjuster broke off, since then there is a sound that comes from the dashboard, when the car is switched off, dint quite notice it on starting the car.

Was this what you were facing, apart from the sound are there any other effects, Is it a problem which has to be fixed immediately?

Regards
Shailesh

There was no other problem than the weird sound. the AC was working perfectly fine. But with time the sound got louder and louder. So lookout for that.
It became an irritant. So much so that the Service people got unnerved with that.

Hope this helps.