[JoseTheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Rahkehs

I am not sure whether Scorpio-N ever came with Cornering Lights, neither the old brochures nor the newer ones contain any information about it.

Scorpio-N did come with the feature, but seems they have removed it from all models, since the 2024 update.

Originally Posted by theCoder

My Z8L D AT ScorpioN is March 24 manufactured and it has cornering fog lamps.
The fog lamps should be off so that when car turns left or right then respective fog lamp gets lit up.

Sorry, I have never had this feature in any of my cars, so should the headlight switch be on "auto" or "on" mode?

Originally Posted by sbanerjee

Does Z8 or Z8L offer cornering fog lights anymore? Mine being the first batch has it but I think I heard in later versions it was dropped?

The cornering lights are removed from all models it seems.

The Z8 and Z8L suddenly feel too expensive now, as the Z8 Select also comes with fog lamps and a load of other features. I have a Z2 Petrol, but I feel the Z8 Select is the most VFM offering for the Scorpio-N stating at 18.6 Lakhs ex-showroom.

Here is a video showing all the latest Scorpio-N variants in 2024.

https://youtu.be/ocTA74-N_Rg?si=jBrzraShxABiqNsk

[sbanerjee]

Originally Posted by JoseTheScorpion

Sorry, I have never had this feature in any of my cars, so should the headlight switch be on "auto" or "on" mode?

Mine is August 2023 manufactured Z8DAuto 4Explore. There are two toggle switches in the stalk. For activating the cornering fog lamp, you need to switch off the fog lamp. It will work either with the main toggle switch for headlight either be set to on or auto. The side in which you are pointing your steering, that side's fog lamp will glow up automatically, upto a certain speed, I forget what. When I drive through narrow dark twisty road, I like that feature.

[Gaur]

Originally Posted by Mustang Sammy

Hello all, my back problem has gotten much worse since I started driving the ScorpioN.
Am somewhat tall (6 ft) and thin, and am undergoing physiotherapy for a L3-L4 slipped disc, but any other car I drive is more comfortable than this one.
Any tips from the forum on whether others have observed the issue, and what has worked for them will be highly appreciated.

Sharing my experience, I haven't faced any back pain issues as you mentioned however i also do feel some sort of uneasiness in my back particularly after a long drive this inspite of adjusting the lumbar support.

I used to drive a Innova earlier which definitely was more comfortable and currently the other vehicles i drive are Ignis or my BIL's kushaq and i felt the kushaq seat to be more comfortable, i also took a test drive of Basalt few weeks back and instantly felt the seats to be overall more comfortable particularly the back portion.

I feel the foam (or the leatherette on it) could have been a bit soft on the N.
The stiff/BoF ride quality of the Scorpio can also be a culprit in your case.

I suggest try different seat height settings, in my case i used to drive with a high seat position which resulted in right ankle pain, i felt the high position resulted in an awkward angle between the floor-heel-accelerator pedal resulting in ankle pain.
Now i drive with the seat in lower position and it feels better now, however i doubt it will help in your case.

[praveanu]

Originally Posted by Mustang Sammy

Hello all, my back problem has gotten much worse since I started driving the ScorpioN.
Am somewhat tall (6 ft) and thin, and am undergoing physiotherapy for a L3-L4 slipped disc, but any other car I drive is more comfortable than this one.
Any tips from the forum on whether others have observed the issue, and what has worked for them will be highly appreciated.

How are you off boarding from the vehicle after stopping it each time? Initial days , I used to step out of the vehicle by placing my right foot directly on the ground. After doing that for few days, i felt very inconvenience and felt pain due to unrealised over stretching. Later someone suggested me to take a step on the side foot bar and move out by holding the side grab bar on driver side. This made it easy afterwards and followed the same for boarding as well. Try this for a week and see.

Also, use a neck rest pillow.

[Nightmare]

I have observed a sound coming from the bottom of the car sometimes when I drive through a rough patch and one tyre is at a lower elevation than the other.
It sounds like something scraped the bottom and it doesn't come always. It is speed independent and I have observed it mostly on low speeds.
Not sure if it's the DPF tank scraping against some part or something else.
Has anyone else observed this in their vehicle?

The sound is like khrrrrrr

[sand-dune96]

Originally Posted by Nightmare

I have observed a sound coming from the bottom of the car sometimes when I drive through a rough patch and one tyre is at a lower elevation than the other.
It sounds like something scraped the bottom and it doesn't come always. It is speed independent and I have observed it mostly on low speeds.
Not sure if it's the DPF tank scraping against some part or something else.
Has anyone else observed this in their vehicle?

The sound is like khrrrrrr

I have noticed a similar sound of late. There’s a scraping effect felt in the footwell area. Feels like a weight sliding from one side to other. And it is always the same intensity and location, even on different roads.

[Nightmare]

Originally Posted by sand-dune96

And it is always the same intensity and location, even on different roads.

Exactly. It's not too loud but at the same time can be clearly heard.
And most of the time it does not repeat even if I continue on the bad patch. May be that is why I keep ignoring it.

[sand-dune96]

Originally Posted by Nightmare

Exactly. It's not too loud but at the same time can be clearly heard.
And most of the time it does not repeat even if I continue on the bad patch. May be that is why I keep ignoring it.

The location seems like the lower arm of the front right suspension.

[keeprevving]

ScorpioN's mud flaps are kind of impractical. The OEM flaps should at least be 2-3 inches longer. This will stop splashes from the front tires on the sidesteps. The same will apply to the rear tires as well. Is there any solution for this?

Also, during the monsoon, a lot of mud/dirt sticks and stays in the lower area around the doors and above the running board. Not sure if longer mudflaps could reduce the GC or affect the approach and departure angles. Rubberized ones are fine as well.

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[rajesh2812]

My first winter with my Scorpio N is approaching, and I have a few trips into the hills. This is my first car with hill descent control. Was wondering whether this feature would be useful to get more control over the car while going down slope with patches of black ice on the tarmac. I’m sure my more experienced friends will throw some light on this.

[zenmaster666]

Originally Posted by rajesh2812

My first winter with my Scorpio N is approaching, and I have a few trips into the hills. This is my first car with hill descent control. Was wondering whether this feature would be useful to get more control over the car while going down slope with patches of black ice on the tarmac. I’m sure my more experienced friends will throw some light on this.

Negative. Hill descent control will only work where there is traction. Black ice is often slick like a sheet of glass. HDC will not work there - gravity will win. Only chains (or studded wheels) will help on Black Ice.

Unfortunately, the ScorpN manual clearly states that snow chains cannot be installed in these cars. Although I think I have seen some youtube video with someone plowing through shallow snow using snow chains on their ScorpN. Anyone here have any experience of chains or snow socks on the BigDaddy?

Edit: I now see that someone on this thread has been able to install DIY chains on their rear wheels. However, they had to build (tool?) the snow chains from scratch.

[rajesh2812]

I think I could not present my question properly. It is like this. The black ice situation faced is when very small patches of black ice are formed in shady areas. During the day it is not bad, but the situation is tricky if we move out after sunset up to before sunrise. Since its only on patches and for a few kilometres, chains or studded wheels would be overkill. Earlier we have been avoiding driving during the black ice formation period, if we had to, then using engine braking and moving very slowly. Still, sometimes there is slight loss of traction. Being down hill, and now that HDC will be engaged, I am wondering if this would give more traction while negotiating those few patches.

[kgt.v8]

Originally Posted by rajesh2812

The black ice situation faced is when very small patches of black ice are formed in shady areas. During the day it is not bad, but the situation is tricky if we move out after sunset up to before sunrise. Since its only on patches and for a few kilometres, chains or studded wheels would be overkill. Earlier we have been avoiding driving during the black ice formation period, if we had to, then using engine braking and moving very slowly. Still, sometimes there is slight loss of traction. Being down hill, and now that HDC will be engaged, I am wondering if this would give more traction while negotiating those few patches.

I have driven in snow and have avoided drives in areas where black ice could form.

Hill Descent Control (HDC) is suitable for rough road off-roading.

HDC could help only on small patches of black ice. If the car slips on smaller patch of black ice, the car loses traction on that black ice section and even applying brakes will not help due to friction loss.
Car would gain some speed travelling on black ice section and eventually black ice section would end.
HDC will be trying to control car speed during this entire time.
When black ice section under the tyre is no longer present, then HDC could get speed under control as there will be some traction available now.

Scorpio-N is big and heavy car, so once it gains momentum it will take some time for electronics to get it back under control. I would still rely on putting snow chains for entire duration even though it would be an overkill. All it takes is a one bad slip for things to go bad.

[YanTra Makto]

Originally Posted by rajesh2812

My first winter with my Scorpio N is approaching, and I have a few trips into the hills. This is my first car with hill descent control. Was wondering whether this feature would be useful to get more control over the car while going down slope with patches of black ice on the tarmac. I’m sure my more experienced friends will throw some light on this.

Advise not to use Hill descent mode on patches on black ice or long descents.
It basically brakes to keep speed in check, any braking on black ice can lead to skidding and long braking on downhills holding up the massive weight of ScorpioN can lead to brake heat up and ultimately failure.

Better to go manually in 2nd gear, if required in 1st, and control speed with engine braking, if required keep the feet off accelerator pedal as the vehicle still maintains 700-800 rpm. If the slope is so steep that the vehicle still accelerates in 1st gear without any accelerator input and the descent is either long or over black ice, then it indeed becomes rather unsafe.

Engaging 4L (in 4wd vehicles) in such situations (vehicle accelerating in 1st without pressing accelerator in black ice or long descent sections) would really help as the gearing ratio changes and vehicle just crawls at the least company set idling RPM of 700-800.

Similar to this topic, I personally feel that the reverse gear in ScorpioN is too fast, the vehicle tends to accelerates really fast even without accelerator input (i.e. at RPMs of 700-800) even on flat surface. Also this makes the reverse gear less torquey (i.e. lesser pulling power). Thus, if one is stuck in a situation requiring even 2-300 mtrs of reversing at slower speeds or reversing back uphill (even very moderate slopes), the clutch plate tends to start getting burned up to keep the speed under check while preventing the vehicle from stalling. After having two such instances, (the only ones when I smelt the clutch burning), have started to use 4L in reverse when required, whereas these situations would have been perfectly doable in normal 2nd or even 3rd gear if driving front.

Hope this helped, open for discussions and inputs, corrections and suggestions.

Regards, safe driving and happy rides.

[Ameeth]

Originally Posted by Nightmare

I have observed a sound coming from the bottom of the car sometimes when I drive through a rough patch and one tyre is at a lower elevation than the other.
It sounds like something scraped the bottom and it doesn't come always. It is speed independent and I have observed it mostly on low speeds.
Not sure if it's the DPF tank scraping against some part or something else.
Has anyone else observed this in their vehicle?

The sound is like khrrrrrr

I kept noticing this sound right after getting the delivery of the car in June-2023.
I did point out about this sound on every visit to the Service Advisor as well as the Mechanics at the MASS. They couldn't find anything wrong anywhere.
But, today it seems I have found the culprit. The sound seems to be coming from the front wheel arches due to the scrapping of the fender liner with the tyre. There are visible marks of damage on both the fender liners, which will have to be replaced. This problem can be attributed to the fact that fender liners are of felt material, which become heavy once they get wet and after accumulation of dirt. The clips meant to hold the fender liners are unable to do so and it results in hanging fender liners resulting in scraping of the same with the tyre.
Will keep posted of the outcome after the MASS Visit.