[Roy.S]

My last message yesterday to the service advisor was "Mhawk 2.2 6lt, D117 1.5 5lt" and I didn't hear from him for a couple of hours. Later in the evening he asked me to get the car over the next day.

I landed up early today and the SA checked the dipstick. The level was significantly above the maximum. He muttered something about letting the oil settle down and tried after a bit. After a few cycles of wipe dipstick-pull out-check-put back in; he was convinced. Half an hour later I got the vehicle back with 5lts of oil in it.

I'm not sure exactly how this was done but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it because I intend to change the Maximile ultra in a few thousand km anyway.
I haven't checked the dipstick yet because I've been driving around. Will do this tomorrow morning.

If Mahindra service had not responded I would have got this done at my FNG because I am not comfortable with driving with 20% extra engine oil. No good can come out of that.

Originally Posted by rajeevsulu

When I showed them the image from the booklet,they showed me the online manual which actually says 6 litres. I had also taken a look at the online manual which says 6 litres. I spoke to the Head of service hear at CAI Mahindra and he was very sure it was six litres......

There is a whole lot of confusion about this and the documentation makes things clear as mud. Perhaps the Marazzo or XUV 300/3X0 Diesel service manuals would convince the service station boffins.

I was, however, pleasantly surprised at how India Garage, Peenya, handled this. They did what they needed to do without a fuss and were not dogmatic about it.

[rajeevsulu]

2 years of Bliss

I booked the Thar Diesel RWD MT a couple of seconds after booking started and took delivery on 16 th March 2023. It has been a very happy two years. The speedo stands at 28750 kilometres.

After reading through on the forum, I got the AVO suspension installed by Arka motosports, Coimbatore. A very very needed modification,I must say. Highway drives are much more comfortable after the modification. This was done at 4500 kilometres

The sound system is very average. So I swapped out the speakers, put in a subwoofer, an amplifier for the speakers, a monobloc for the sub woofer and a DSP for tune. This was done at 5000 kilometres.

I also got the seat covers done in black, swapped out the headlight and fog lamp bulbs with warm led bulbs as the stock lights were bad. Rear camera was fixed after a software update.

For what ever it is worth, I got 3M ceramic coating done. Barring regular service maintenance, nothing else was required till date. The wiper blades were changed after 1 year before last monsoon season.

I am totally happy with the Thar. On a full tank to full tank basis, I have managed a fuel efficiency of 16.25 kmpl. I get my tyre rotated, aligned and balanced every 5000 kms.

I have done a few non stop highway runs with my mother as co passenger and she did not complain much. A couple of trips were to and from trips to Bengaluru and back to Erode with a break of just 15 mts. No complaints there as well.

Some pictures of the journey, the modifications, the accessories used and of the interiors. I am planning to change the front grill and get a better head unit shortly.

Cheers

[rajeevsulu]

30,000 kms update

I got my Thar RWD Diesel service done at the 30,000 km mark. Two years and a month since I bought the vehicle, this milestone was hit. I had absolutely no complaints and just the usual filter change,oil change, fluid top up and water wash was done.

This being the first paid service,there was a labour charge. A software update was also done along with the usual service. The Thar runs on with no trouble at all.

Attached invoice copy.

Cheers

[rajeevsulu]

Maxxlink 10"HU for Thar RWD

The small head unit that came with my Thar RWD was infuriating to say the least. I wanted to change the head unit and was looking for something that would be a straight flush fit.

I opted for the Maxxlink head unit (4+64 gb) version. It has most of the OEM features except adventure statistics. What I needed was a bigger screen and wireless Android Auto with TPMS as mandatory. Door ajar warning comes standard with trip and mileage details also on display.

The display is excellent and works well with the reverse camera. The DSP function lets you fine tune your audio settings. The head unit is a big jump up from the OEM unit with regards to audio quality, I repeat, a big jump up.

Total cost was Rs. 32,000.

Attached some pictures of the head unit

Cheers

[Amrit@wheels]

^Looks quite neat. Not too flashy but subtle like an OEM unit. May I know how you connected it? Was there any splicing of wires or other adapters used?

[rajeevsulu]

Originally Posted by Amrit@wheels

^Looks quite neat. Not too flashy but subtle like an OEM unit. May I know how you connected it? Was there any splicing of wires or other adapters used?

No splicing at all. No adapters as well. We just removed the OEM unit and the panel around it, fitted this unit and retuned the system. Total plug and play.

Cheers