[JithinR]

Originally Posted by rtk2903

Congratulations on the purchase! May I know which floor mats did you go ahead with? Also, is it advisable to get it from the dealer or can I get it from 3rd party?

If you want 3d ones you can try out the GFX ones. They cost Rs. 1k less than the Mahindra ones. The quality is decent but I have not seen the Mahindra ones in person.

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by JithinR

If you want 3d ones you can try out the GFX ones. They cost Rs. 1k less than the Mahindra ones. The quality is decent but I have not seen the Mahindra ones in person.

When I saw the online and Mahindra ones look the same quality (in pictures) and comparable. Yes online is cheaper and with Amazon, you can return if the quality is not good.

[TwinBishop]

Originally Posted by manishalive

Thanks @TwinBishop . The car indeed looks great. I haven't added much accessories. except the mud flaps, parcel tray and floor mats.

The car had 83 km (yard to showroom kms) on the clock and I have driven another 100 km. It is a fun to drive car.

Mine is also blue, an ax5l. Driven over 3800 km. Definitely a fun car to drive.

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by TwinBishop

Mine is also blue, an ax5l. Driven over 3800 km. Definitely a fun car to drive.

Wow that's excellent. I like the seats more on AX5L. I asked dealership if they can swap seats on my 7L with cloth seats of 5L. I am more at ease with cloth seats. Let me use for few days and see if I really need to swap or not.

Another small issue - the rear speakers on my 3XO are not working. Must be loose connection will go to service centre to fix it.

[pgpex21_param]

I am looking to buy AX7L

How is the mileage on TGDi, few of my friends who have the the car are saying the mileage is in single digit.

Would have piked the diesel if it came with proper AT instead of AMT. Not a fan of AMT and the AMT misses out ADAS features also.

[ab500]

Guys can anyone explain the different Drive Modes in an AX7L Manual Tgdi?

Thanks

[ashkamath]

Originally Posted by ab500

Guys can anyone explain the different Drive Modes in an AX7L Manual Tgdi?

Thanks

The Mahindra XUV 3XO AX7L TGDI Manual has three drive modes: Zip, Zap, and Zoom:

Zip: Designed for fuel efficiency, this mode provides enough power for overtaking and navigating start-stop traffic. It also has the lightest steering and dullest throttle. This is supposedly the most relaxed and fuel efficient mode. Let's say heavy city traffic mode.

Zap: The default mode, which is balanced for city and highway driving. City mode

Zoom: The opposite of Zip mode, with heavier steering and throttle. This is akin to sport or power mode. Highway mode.

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by pgpex21_param

I am looking to buy AX7L

How is the mileage on TGDi, few of my friends who have the the car are saying the mileage is in single digit.

Would have piked the diesel if it came with proper AT instead of AMT. Not a fan of AMT and the AMT misses out ADAS features also.

The reason I chose either AX7L / AX5L. I have 273 Km run AX7L Petrol AT and the diver information display shows - 9.5 kmpl. But this is all within city and new vehicle and then I need to measure tank to tank. So its too early to say.

[TwinBishop]

Originally Posted by pgpex21_param

I am looking to buy AX7L

How is the mileage on TGDi, few of my friends who have the the car are saying the mileage is in single digit.

Would have piked the diesel if it came with proper AT instead of AMT. Not a fan of AMT and the AMT misses out ADAS features also.

Not great. The turbo engine is designed for performance. I get around 9.5 kmpl in city and around 13-14 kmpl on a highway. If you are careful you can get 15 kmpl on the highway.

These figures are from 3800+ km of run with 60%-70% on the highway and almost all of it in Zap mode.

Originally Posted by manishalive

Wow that's excellent. I like the seats more on AX5L. I asked dealership if they can swap seats on my 7L with cloth seats of 5L. I am more at ease with cloth seats. Let me use for few days and see if I really need to swap or not.

Another small issue - the rear speakers on my 3XO are not working. Must be loose connection will go to service centre to fix it.

One of the reasons we chose AX5L was the fear that we would not be able to maintain the AX7L cabin. The AX7L cabin looks great.

The QA in M&M is definitely not up to the mark. The SVS in my car was not working from day 1 and had to be fixed.

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by TwinBishop

One of the reasons we chose AX5L was the fear that we would not be able to maintain the AX7L cabin. The AX7L cabin looks great.

The QA in M&M is definitely not up to the mark. The SVS in my car was not working from day 1 and had to be fixed.

Now the Cabin of AX7L is not different than 5L if we swap the seats. Will see if I can get a swap and that wifey agrees.

Yes I have seen many small niggling issues reported online in FB forums. I haven't used the 360 system or any other advanced feature. Will try them out soon.

[manishalive]

Guys for the speaker issuebon my AX7L I went to Mahindra service and they told that speakers are fine. They told me that in wide sonic only front speaker work but in other modes all speakers were working. They also told that in 3xo only fron two speakers are main rest all are supporting.

I do get the sound from rear speakers in other modes but Wide sonic is so much better. Now question to other guys, do they have same effect on the Harmon kardon system

[batmobile24]

Hi All,

generally how many days it takes for Delivery from the customer promise date? I received a call and email from my dealer mentioning 23rd December as Customer promise date i.e Mahindra will invoice the vehicle to them for delivery. Dealership said it will take another 10 days for delivery. Just wanted to get the feedback from the existing owners on the same and based on that can really be hopeful that after waiting for over 6 months finally I will get my 1st car in a new year.

AX5L Petrol AT

Thanks.

[fretoustic]

I would like to begin by saying, I am posting a thread for the first time, although I have been reading Team-BHP for years. Buying and getting a 3XO in a matter of 2 days lead me to believe I have something interesting to share with fellow readers. On dhanteras of this year, that is 28th of October 2024(towards the end of the working day), we booked a XUV 3XO AX7L Diesel Manual, (which I was told is a very rare choice), Forest green/grey colour from Unnati motors Pune.

The immediate next day, I got a call from our sales rep informing me a red car is up for grabs if I am willing to take that, or getting another car could take a month or two. I decided to wait, and lo and behold, I get a call on the 3rd day, i.e., within 48 hours, that our car is at the dealership for PDI, and we are welcome to inspect the car during the daytime.

We checked the car, found a couple of paint imperfections which were rectified with polishing and paint detailing. Everything else seemed fine, only 9Kms on the Odo. However, due to Diwali long weekend, the registration could only be done 4 days later, and on 7th of November our car was ready for delivery. As the entire family was in different parts of the country for various reasons, we held off on taking the delivery until 24th of November.

The entire delivery experience was in-fact amazing; we have taken a Baleno from Nexa which we thought to be a good delivery experience, and a Brezza from Suzuki Arena, which we thought was the most underwhelming delivery, the Mahindra delivery came out on top with the most energetic and spiritual delivery experience. As our plan was to drive 50 kms to Shirgaon Prati shirdi temple, we had HSRP(which caused issues, more to come on that later), Fastag and Adrenox sorted well in advance (we had almost 2 weeks to get it all sorted as the car was just sitting at the dealer's stockyard after PDI).

Initial driving experience after driving roughly 500 kms:

Coming from Maruti cars, this feels like a big step up, the cabin ambience, the power, the smoothness (even after being a diesel) was commendable.


Driving experience(Pros and cons both in terms of driving):

1)Turbo lag is still noticeable in our diesel, but once you get past 1800-2000 RPMS, it is a pretty fun vehicle to drive. The power otherwise is phenomenal, the refinement is great too. You feel a little vibration when you crank the engine at first, then there or low to no vibrations at the touchpoints, and no sound.


2) Unfortunately, we have the perfect roads around our area to check the vehicle's ride quality and comfort, it still throws around the passengers over rough roads quite a bit, but there is no thud, or weird sounds from the suspension even on the worst road.

3) A missing dead pedal and a cramped overall footwell is an issue for me and my dad, does cause some discomfort.

4) Gears seem clunky, and not very smooth, maybe because it is a new vehicle, will update the thread after a couple of services.

5)Rear passengers are reasonably comfortable, have only had 2 in the back as of now, but by the looks of it, 3 would be totally fine too.

A few general pros and cons:

PROS:
1)The cabin space is on par with baleno, but feels bigger due to big glass area, a panoramic sunroof, lighter interior(which is already proving hard to maintain).

2)The lane keep assist, when set to warning only, was surprisingly catching lanes and warning me when I was wearing off with a little haptic feedback in less-than-ideal state highways, which I thought would only be possible on proper expressways.

3)Climate control worked perfectly, keeping the car at the exact temperature I wanted, rear air con vents were effective too. The dual climate control feels like a gimmick for us though.

5)NVH is much better than our baleno and brezza.

6) The interior feels premium in the top end variant barring a couple of quality control fit and finish issues, like the roof liner not being stuck properly near the edge of the sunroof.

7) It is an attention catching car, the design, the features, everything leaves the passengers in awe.

8) MID indicated fuel efficiency on our drive to Prati Shirdi was shown to be 17 kmpl, and on my father's office commute is coming around 13-14kmpl. I must mention the route to my father's office is less ideal than route to my office, he travels at an average speed of 15kmph for 17 kms, with a high of only 50 for a km or two.

9) Electronic parking brake and auto hold were a little hard to get used to at first, but turned out to be incredible at traffic stops once you learn its behaviour.

CONS:

1) The sensors in the front and the ADAS is proving to be more annoying than usual in Pune traffic, The front sensors were basically constantly beeping, I had to turn them off.

2)The sound system had some crackling noise almost, it sounds like extremely low-quality speakers, even with Harmon-Kardon badging, leaves me with low expectations from the 16 speaker Harmon-Kardon system Mahindra is boasting about in the born electric SUVs.

3)There is no apple CarPlay, as my father will be driving the car more often and his only device is an iPhone, this is turning out to be an irritant. Android auto is working flawlessly though.

4)The boot space is less useful in reality; a couple of months groceries were enough to fill it. The number on paper is larger than actual usability.


5) Adrenox is good just for stats on our manual top end variant, it is more useful on automatic variants that can facilitate Remote engine start/stop along with climate control settings.

6)360 camera is average at best.

7)Auto start stop is generally an irritant for all, but it is an irritant more so for a diesel that has a noticeable staring grunt.


A few general observations:

The SOP for modern Mahindra cars is not communicated properly to any of the dealerships. My dealership was not aware of the DVR feature of our 360 camera, which helps you use all the cameras as dash-cam when a sd card is installed.

The dealership’s number plate contractor installed the HSRP in a way that is blocking the front radar, leaving the auto emergency braking nonfunctional. The dealership had no idea it was an issue, and I had to quote the user manual which clearly stated that number plate should not be covering the Radar. Our dealership promptly ordered a new plate and tagged this issue to their higher ups for SOP correction.

The backend team at the dealer registered adrenox by entering last few characters of VIN instead of the vehicle registration number(dealership already had the number plate with them before activating adrenox) This caused non functionality of few features like toll diary.

The missing features in Manual are not mentioned to you at any point, manual is considerably less equipped losing out on adaptive cruise control, pilot assist, remote engine start, climate control settings from the App, and the manual does not have a dead pedal, considering our other cars have it, it is an issue for us.

All of the above issues arise from Mahindra not sharing proper standard operating procedures with their dealerships, and our dealership was helpful throughout after we pointed those issues out and are putting changes into places to make buying modern Mahindras a better experience for their future buyers, kudos to them!


The buying experience and dealership experience was generally speaking, Excellent, they were supportive, and very accommodating regarding each request, they did not try to dupe us of money at any point, the excess amount given was refunded to us even before delivery.

But again, if a person with little to no knowledge of modern Mahindras buys a car with any dealership, you cannot expect the dealership to educate you on those, most dealerships will not know about most features in the car. Like the lack of knowledge regarding Radar was caused as most variants they sell of any car in their showroom are without radar. Most people going for xuv700 opt for AX5/AX5L variants, same goes for 3XO’s, and the ROXX, basically the variants without radar.

Do let me know if you have any questions or if I missed out on anything.

[Bitter_Hitter]

Originally Posted by manishalive

I did not got much accesories as did not wanted apart from mats and mud flaps. I did got the parcel shelf screen guard and sd card as well.

Did you get the SD card from Dealer itself or brought from outside?
Also did the dealer fit the SD Card?
Here the dealers say they have not received any SOP and they will not install the SD card!

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by Bitter_Hitter

Did you get the SD card from Dealer itself or brought from outside?
Also did the dealer fit the SD Card?
Here the dealers say they have not received any SOP and they will not install the SD card!

I got it from dealer itself and they had this listed in accesories brochure. I have the bill. Not sure if it is installed.