[KINI]

Originally Posted by Crank

After my last post I went ahead and booked the Vento. A.S.S. was still a question mark. Yet I went on booking it. Now I see a lot of negative comments on the A.S.S. Is it the same all over India? What about ABRA/Sundaram in Chennai?

Congrats!!What colour??When are you taking delivery of the car??

I booked a Shadow Blue TDI HL.Delivery expected in Jan.

For service related info,check out this thread
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian...k-updated.html

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by noopster

I hope they don't charge 99/- per post on their Facebook page as well.

Please, sir.. don't give them ideas!!

He got a reply from customer care saying that someone will contact him in few days time. Still waiting.

[Sommos]

Originally Posted by clevermax

If any of you know an official contact id of any VW corporate officials, please PM me the details. Any help is highly appreciated!

Fellow BHP'ian "Karthiksaligram" is working in VW at Bangalore.
You may contact him for any help relating to VW cars.
Even if you're located outside Bangalore, I hope he can reasonably guide you to the right person.

Hey guys,
thanks for getting me aboard.i work for VW in bangalore.if you have any queries towards the availability and any issues towards your experience in the vw dealerships in bangalore please do let me know.i will try my level best to help you out on the same.

[coloneljasi]

Originally Posted by clevermax

He got a reply from customer care saying that someone will contact him in few days time. Still waiting.

Has he spoken to the service head @ VW Thiruvananthapuram? If not, please ask him to do so. AFAIK, he is on sick leave at the moment and should be back in the office sometime during the middle of next week.

I can PM you his number if you like.

[clevermax]

Originally Posted by Sommos

Fellow BHP'ian "Karthiksaligram" is working in VW at Bangalore.
You may contact him for any help relating to VW cars.
Even if you're located outside Bangalore, I hope he can reasonably guide you to the right person.

Thanks mate, I shall PM him.

Originally Posted by coloneljasi

Has he spoken to the service head @ VW Thiruvananthapuram? If not, please ask him to do so. AFAIK, he is on sick leave at the moment and should be back in the office sometime during the middle of next week.
I can PM you his number if you like.

That would be nice! Thanks, please PM me. No, he hasn't yet spoken to the service head.

[evilshantanu]

Originally Posted by newtonMeter

Need help!

Recently observed that when I switch on the ignition there is a minute hum ( glow plug getting warned up) and then settling. But now the issue is , when I crank the engine the hum returns and is continuous till the engine is running. I compared the same procedure with a black light latest vento 2012, it had absolutely no humming :(

Hum is definitely there, but it goes off with the glow plug. When I crank the engine there is no hum. Please get it checked.

[newtonMeter]

Originally Posted by evilshantanu

Hum is definitely there, but it goes off with the glow plug. When I crank the engine there is no hum. Please get it checked.

I did a lot of research and the humming is due to the fuel pump motor. The moment you turn the ignition on the fuel motor cranks for 3 seconds to prime the fuel lines. (you could also see it if you keep the bonnet open and turn the key - you would see the fuel lines close to TDI cover moving as the diesel moves through them)

Once you start the engine, the motor is activated permanently.

as this is a electric motor, it has its own humming characteristics. As mine is not perfect, its humming a bit more. I am not sure if VW will listen to my complain and replace it for me.

The motor sits inside the fuel tank below the rear seat.

*all information is with help from the various service modules i downloaded from erwin earlier.

[pnredkar]

Hi,

This is to inform you that I took the delivery of a Volkswagen Vento 1.6 Highline Petrol in Shadow Blue color yesterday. I will be traveling this week and will be back in the new year. I will post an ownership thread then.

Regards,
Prasad Redkar

[joslicx]

Originally Posted by pnredkar

Hi,

This is to inform you that I took the delivery of a Volkswagen Vento 1.6 Highline Petrol in Shadow Blue color yesterday. I will be traveling this week and will be back in the new year. I will post an ownership thread then.

Regards,
Prasad Redkar

Second HL Petrol (manual one if thats what you have) on this forum! Congrats.

Shadow Blue must be the most common color here now. It looks to be smash hit.

Enjoy your new vento.

[newtonMeter]

Hi guys.


There are updates for MDI interface if you have ( mostly with rcd 310 upwards)

See link here

http://www.my-gti.com/3148/volkswage...mware-upgrades

Let me know if any one was able to update to latest 240 version ( August 2012)

It's easy to do it via USB

I am not able to do it though

[pnredkar]

Originally Posted by joslicx

Second HL Petrol (manual one if thats what you have) on this forum! Congrats.

Shadow Blue must be the most common color here now. It looks to be smash hit.

Enjoy your new vento.

Thanks for your wishes. Yes, it's a manual transmission. Shadow Blue was my first choice all along. Though, I must admit that the white with the new blackened headlamp tempted me for a while.

[joslicx]

Originally Posted by pnredkar

Thanks for your wishes. Yes, it's a manual transmission. Shadow Blue was my first choice all along. Though, I must admit that the white with the new blackened headlamp tempted me for a while.

So have you also got the newest features like Jetta's gear knob, leather strapped steering and chrome, leatherette seats, cigrette lighter illumination etc? Some of these were there only in Tdi models earlier. It would be interesting to know if VW is still maintaining the step-motherly treatment to the Petrol community.

[pnredkar]

Originally Posted by joslicx

So have you also got the newest features like Jetta's gear knob, leather strapped steering and chrome, leatherette seats, cigrette lighter illumination etc? Some of these were there only in Tdi models earlier. It would be interesting to know if VW is still maintaining the step-motherly treatment to the Petrol community.

No, they have fixed that. All the features that you have mentioned are present in the petrol model now. I actually waited for the 2013 model for these features to be introduced. I will attempt to capture photos of these in my review.

The only differences that I see are:
- no gear change indicator
- no engine protection plate

[Crank]

Originally Posted by KINI

Congrats!!What colour??When are you taking delivery of the car??

I booked a Shadow Blue TDI HL.Delivery expected in Jan.

Booked a Terra Biege. Delivery expected in Jan.

[ashtorque]

Went to the VW showroom to check out their 0% finance offer on Vento. Turns out, it's actually 0% on a maximum of 7 lakh loan. It's results in 80k worth of savings when compared to their 7% VW finance interest rate. However it's only available on the Trendline, which no one wants to buy. Its a dull car for 10 lakhs. Also the available colors are white & silver. The sales guy tried to explain why one shouldn't opt airbags and ABS. His argument was that it costs 75k to reinstall airbags. I couldnt stop laughing on his face. It was rude but I just couldn't control.