Originally Posted by Chillout (Post 3926385)

Trust me, you are not alone, I have been in the same boat and my wife keeps telling me, I don't think u would have spent so much time choosing your wifelol:, jokes apart i have also decided to hold off till such time a good diesel automatic brings a smile and is within my budget.

Originally Posted by bliss_now (Post 3926847)

Dear S-Cross experts,

Thanks for all the insightful information shared on this thread. I have two questions.

1) I could not find EBD mentioned anywhere in S-Cross official website/documents. Instead only ABS is mentioned. Is EBD implied? If not then how safe is S-Cross ABS without EBD?

2) I understand that S-Cross alpha comes with leather seat covers which are basically made of PU leather. Based on my personal experience with coastal climate, PU leather seat covers is a terrible idea. I felt the same during my extended S-Cross Alpha test drive. My question: Is it possible to get M-Suzuki deliver S-Cross alpha with fabric seat covers? What would be the process?

Cheers,

Originally Posted by bliss_now (Post 3926847)

Dear S-Cross experts,

Thanks for all the insightful information shared on this thread. I have two questions.

1) I could not find EBD mentioned anywhere in S-Cross official website/documents. Instead only ABS is mentioned. Is EBD implied? If not then how safe is S-Cross ABS without EBD?

Originally Posted by bliss_now (Post 3926847)

2) I understand that S-Cross alpha comes with leather seat covers which are basically made of PU leather. Based on my personal experience with coastal climate, PU leather seat covers is a terrible idea. I felt the same during my extended S-Cross Alpha test drive. My question: Is it possible to get M-Suzuki deliver S-Cross alpha with fabric seat covers? What would be the process?

Originally Posted by bliss_now (Post 3926847)

Is it possible to get M-Suzuki deliver S-Cross alpha with fabric seat covers? What would be the process?

Cheers,

Originally Posted by godfreydesylva (Post 3926718)

If I connect the Ipod (I have a 120GB one) it plays the tracks. But most of the time the display gets hanged and not able to change to Radio / Bluetooth. The 4 quadrant display does not respond except to the navigation. The music tracks can be changed from the buttons on steering wheel.

I was having a similar problem with a 64 GB pen drive which had some folders and video. Changed to 8GB pen drive of only audio and everything is working fine.
The system probably hangs if too much information is processed??

Originally Posted by arun_josie (Post 3927285)

They don't take custom orders. You may need to check with outside vendors to see if they can swap the seat covers with a fabric one. If that doesn't work, then you can try putting the fabric seat cover on top of the existing one. Better option would be to stick with the factory fitted seat cover.

Originally Posted by girishv (Post 3927482)

Hi,

if it suits you, I am ready to exchange it with my Delta seats having fabric cover :)

girish

Originally Posted by Vigkey (Post 3927267)

I am not really sure if EBD was given a miss in the S-Cross. I find it really surprising as my Dzire has it and Baleno also has it. But the S-Cross brochure only mentions ABS, which makes me feel EBD might not be present.

Originally Posted by Vigkey (Post 3927267)

S-Cross comes with Leather seat, however it is a combination of genuine leather and man made leather (PU Leather). The brochure clearly mentions "Some part of the leather appointed seat upholstery will contain man-made material". My previous RM had explained how it actually is a mix of genuine and man-made leather. The concept is called touch leather - i.e. the materials that touches our body will be genuine leather and the other parts will be man-made leather. Even our Mod Vid6639 had confirmed that the same concept exists with other manufacturers like Toyota. The quality of the leather might not be top grade, but it is very good IMO.

Originally Posted by arun_josie (Post 3927285)

They don't take custom orders. You may need to check with outside vendors to see if they can swap the seat covers with a fabric one. If that doesn't work, then you can try putting the fabric seat cover on top of the existing one. Better option would be to stick with the factory fitted seat cover.

Originally Posted by bliss_now (Post 3927519)

Thanks arun_josie. As mentioned in my earlier post, the dealer is coming up with some interesting options. Let me wait and see.

Originally Posted by KiloAlpha (Post 3927539)

Please keep us posted on the options offered by the dealer. For my better half, leather is a deal breaker, which is holding me back from considering the S-Cross.

Originally Posted by bliss_now (Post 3927509)

Thanks VigKey. Yes, I'm surprised too. I'm guessing EBD omission in S-Cross could be for cost reasons

Originally Posted by TheGoodest (Post 3927652)

I took delivery of my 1.3 Zeta few days back and I am already having problems with the car. There is a big patch of oil in the parking lot under the car below the bonnet area. The MASS technicians confirmed that it is an oil leak but they do not know if it is engine oil leak or gear oil leak. They topped up the oil and took the car to the workshop to examine it. After examining it, they will give me an answer. I think I got a lemon! :Frustrati

Originally Posted by TheGoodest (Post 3927652)

I took delivery of my 1.3 Zeta few days back and I am already having problems with the car. There is a big patch of oil in the parking lot under the car below the bonnet area. The MASS technicians confirmed that it is an oil leak but they do not know if it is engine oil leak or gear oil leak. They topped up the oil and took the car to the workshop to examine it. After examining it, they will give me an answer. I think I got a lemon! :Frustrati

Originally Posted by audioholic (Post 3927657)

EBD is integrated with ABS these days and is no longer considered to be separate with the current generation of ABS units. Now ESP is the extra add on to ABS which is heavily advertised. The S-Cross does have EBD along with ABS.

MSIL have a really bad PR team which only knows how to use all sorts of adjectives from the dictionary to fill up content. Its totally stupid to see 10% technical spec and the rest all is of some flashy sentences which add no value for a person seeking information. If it was possible to me, I would have fired the entire team making brochures and websites, and though I have no experience with both, I would have just copy pasted info from the specifications provided by the engineers instead of copy pasting from some dictionary. :Frustrati

I saw the S-Cross brochure sometime when I was researching and I found out so many statements which were a waste of space. I quote the accessory brochure:

I personally would have rather liked it as:
Here, instead of a stupid adjective, they could have mentioned the material of the cover. Provides more information, which is again difficult to get unless we explore the product ourself. A last one to end my rant:

Is this some novel?



It is mostly a faulty oil seal near the crankshaft which leads to engine oil leaking down from the clutch housing. Can be fixed. Nothing much to worry about. My cousins SX4 petrol also had this problem on day one and it was a half day job.

Originally Posted by audioholic (Post 3927657)

EBD is integrated with ABS these days and is no longer considered to be separate with the current generation of ABS units. Now ESP is the extra add on to ABS which is heavily advertised. The S-Cross does have EBD along with ABS.