[dkaile]

Originally Posted by Frontosa

What did you buy Vento Limited edition? Petrol/Diesel? Its the Style variant correct?

Nope, its the normal Highline 2013 build.

[KINI]

Guys when I take my Vento over a speed breaker at 10-15kmph,the rear jumps up and comes down with a thud.Has anybody experienced this??

[coloneljasi]

Originally Posted by akshay1234

Going by what you say, you were pretty close to the speedbreaker when you spotted it, and ABS seems to have worked just fine. So don't worry yourself about it. But do get your alignment checked up.

Just to get yourself used to the way ABS behaves and feels, find an open road and brake hard maybe 2-3 times so it doesn't startle you the next time.

My thoughts exactly. Your car seems to be fine. You just need to get used to the ABS system functioning.

[thoma]

Originally Posted by KINI

Guys when I take my Vento over a speed breaker at 10-15kmph,the rear jumps up and comes down with a thud.Has anybody experienced this??

I too hear the thud/bang/whatever, when the rear lands on the ground, on going over speed breakers, unless it is dead slow. The thud is famous on this thread almost from the beginning, and I didn't want to think much about it after reading this post.

Or guys, is there any workaround?

[allajunaki]

The suspension "hops" over some small speed breakers under zero load on the rear. I have two such breakers near my home. I have learnt that it hops only when you are within a certain speed range. Unfortunately, I'm used to driving at that speed over the breakers on my swift. So now I have to tell myself to go slower
It's unnerving at first, but its just the way suspension works, and it doesn't bother me anymore ( got the car last Friday, btw).

[nileshch]

Originally Posted by KINI

Guys when I take my Vento over a speed breaker at 10-15kmph,the rear jumps up and comes down with a thud.Has anybody experienced this??

Originally Posted by thoma

Or guys, is there any workaround?

You could try reducing the rear tyre pressure by a couple of PSI. That helps reduce the thud sound. VW has recommended lower pressures in the rear tyres for both loaded and unloaded situations (The values are stickered on the fuel lid).

[joslicx]

Originally Posted by nileshch

You could try reducing the rear tyre pressure by a couple of PSI. That helps reduce the thud sound. VW has recommended lower pressures in the rear tyres for both loaded and unloaded situations (The values are stickered on the fuel lid).

Does it work really?

I thought this thud is just one of Vento features that we have to put up with whatever may be. It startles everyone around whenever it happens (I try to drive at dead slow speeds yet sometimes can hear it). My wife, if shes there, then chides me to drive slow By the way I keep around 33 psi in all 4 tyres.

[nileshch]

Originally Posted by joslicx

Does it work really?

I thought this thud is just one of Vento features that we have to put up with whatever may be. It startles everyone around whenever it happens (I try to drive at dead slow speeds yet sometimes can hear it). My wife, if shes there, then chides me to drive slow By the way I keep around 33 psi in all 4 tyres.

While it doesn't eliminate the thud completely, it softens it down. I have done this, though I anyway drive slowly over speed breakers.

[thoma]

Originally Posted by joslicx

Does it work really?

I thought this thud is just one of Vento features that we have to put up with whatever may be. It startles everyone around whenever it happens (I try to drive at dead slow speeds yet sometimes can hear it).

Originally Posted by nileshch

While it doesn't eliminate the thud completely, it softens it down. I have done this, though I anyway drive slowly over speed breakers.

Keeping the tire pressure down will allow the air in the tires to absorb some of the impact in making the rear of the car go up. I am assuming that the thud occurs when the wheels travel to their bottom end - just like if a car lifted in the workshop had kept the wheels compressed (imaginary) and then the wheels alone are left free to gravity all of a sudden. And not the other way round - the wheels traveling to the top end, compressing the springs. If that is the case, I assume, that taking her over bumps at higher speed could also reduce the rear to get lifted up and then the wheels will not be falling down till the end after the bump.

Either way, my workaround is to take her at dead slow speeds over bumps.

[nileshch]

Originally Posted by thoma

Keeping the tire pressure down will allow the air in the tires to absorb some of the impact in making the rear of the car go up. I am assuming that the thud occurs when the wheels travel to their bottom end - just like if a car lifted in the workshop had kept the wheels compressed (imaginary) and then the wheels alone are left free to gravity all of a sudden. And not the other way round - the wheels traveling to the top end, compressing the springs. If that is the case, I assume, that taking her over bumps at higher speed could also reduce the rear to get lifted up and then the wheels will not be falling down till the end after the bump.

Either way, my workaround is to take her at dead slow speeds over bumps.

You are right. Also, I am guessing (in a completely non-scientific way!) that the Vento's posture is a little forward drooping due to the taller & relatively stiff suspension in the rear. The longer tyre travel also may be a reason for the thud (and hence the lower recommended pressures in the rear tyres). We don't see a lot of Polo owners complaining about the thud, do we?



Also the fact is, we all tend to fill the tyres to a higher pressure. Earlier, with the lure of better FE I've had pressures of 34-36 psi, only to realise that the thud increases dramatically and the ride also becomes uncomfortable. These days, I go with the recommended tyre pressures.

[stringbh]

I have a neighbor with Fiesta, which bottoms at bumps and mine thuds.

How much does it have to do with load? I drive alone with minimal load most of the time and keep all round 32 ( is it too low ? ), the thud is not there, and at speed bumps, I slow down every time. Above 32, even if i slow down, some times the thud does come (with no load). Due you still get the thud with heavy load ? I haven't had the opportunity to test it.

[sunsetorange]

Help wanted please! I took delivery of my new Vento yesterday. Showroom was on leave and I had to finish the paper work a day ahead. On delivery, I found to my shock that the user manual says POLO . The images too show only the hatchback. When asked the people at VW say the manual is common. Is it so?

[joslicx]

Originally Posted by sunsetorange

Help wanted please! I took delivery of my new Vento yesterday. Showroom was on leave and I had to finish the paper work a day ahead. On delivery, I found to my shock that the user manual says POLO . The images too show only the hatchback. When asked the people at VW say the manual is common. Is it so?

The cover on my car's manual says both Polo,Vento.

Theres a pic in my ownership thread http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attach...to-manuals.jpg

I'll check if it is common for both. I think earlier when Vento was launched it was the same manual for both.

[sunsetorange]

@Joslix but the one i got says POLO.

[tbppjpr]

Originally Posted by sunsetorange

@Joslix but the one i got says POLO.

Maybe because the Vento is known as Polo in Russia