re: Common man's Wagon - The Passat Quote:
Originally Posted by Vid6639 Just to let you know the Passat isn't the best in reliability. A TD vehicle I got a few weeks ago had a faulty start/stop system. The car refused to start after stopping till after a few attempts. The front doors were rattling. The AC was not cooling at all even on full blast with outside temp at 38C.
Recently Autocar had a long term Passat which had a failed alternator when they drove to Mahabaleshwar. The Alternator cost 48K and took more than a month to replace. Alternator might have failed due to start/stop system or due to brake energy recuperation.
We then took a drive in the Superb diesel and found the AC much better. Performance was not near as good as the Passat but the Superb felt smoother. The Passat has a very peaky performance which isn't easy in city traffic.
The few gizmos like electric sunshade, electronic parking brake are good to have but all the more prone to failure. The ventilated seats are only for the front seats. |
Just checked with the SA about the Ac and he said it is exactly the same compressor and the unit in superb.This is going to be a weekend car,so I just hope that I don't face any problems with the alternator.I will be getting 4yrs warranty+on road assistance so just hope it is satisfying. Quote:
Originally Posted by dkaile You are contradicting your statements made a few posts earlier. I thought you were satisfied with the Superb and only the Service was an issue. As far as build quality goes, there is a huge underlying similarity in components used in both these cars. If you didn't like Superb's quality, I doubt whether you will like the build of Passat either in the long term because the engine and gearbox is exactly similar along with many other parts. I think even the battery is the same which died on you in the Superb. Autocar quoted as Passat's alternator failing and leaving them stranded.
Kindly elaborate on "Stay away from Superb" quote. |
As akshay mentioned,the difference is of Rs 4lakh between the diesel superb and highline.
It gets 170 horses,keyless entry,push start/off,color MID,certainy a better HU,ventilated seats justifies 4 lakh to me.
Stay away from Superb because once when my fuel actuator failed and the lid refused to to open,when I took it to JMD skoda the SA removed it from a brand new superb and put the faulty one in it for a mere 1000rs without making a job card.The battery was replaced twice and it died more than 20 times in the parking lot.
There are many such stories which I experienced at the dealership and was so frustrated because of it.
You can go through harish's thread and see what he went through.
You are a toyota fan and am sure will regret every time your superb goes to the service center and the gear box failures.
Last edited by kedarwalke : 18th March 2012 at 19:25.
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