[balenoed_]

Originally Posted by spr1ngleo

can the middle row of Scoprio 2021 7-seater have a recline feature?

PS: no slider needed, only recline.

Only the ones with front facing third row (8 seater) seems to have recliner feature for 2nd row. Else wouldn't the side facing third row of 7 seater hinder the second row to recline?

[spr1ngleo]

Originally Posted by balenoed_

Only the ones with front facing third row (8 seater) seems to have recliner feature for 2nd row. Else wouldn't the side facing third row of 7 seater hinder the second row to recline?

After a lot of researching including involving Mahindra dealer, I finally got it done by a local fabricator. Over all satisfied. Jump seats are still functional. Picture for reference.

[yadavsid21]

Originally Posted by spr1ngleo

After a lot of researching including involving Mahindra dealer, I finally got it done by a local fabricator. Over all satisfied. Jump seats are still functional. Picture for reference.

Can you please share the steps involved for this modification. Also how difficult/easy would it be to replicate? Cost?
Thanks

[spr1ngleo]

Originally Posted by yadavsid21

Can you please share the steps involved for this modification. Also how difficult/easy would it be to replicate? Cost?
Thanks

Basically you will need a find an experienced fabricator who understands the basics. I was lucky enough to find such a person. Before dismantling the entire middle row, he spent a while observing it keenly.

This will take a good 2-3 hours, got it done for 2500/- INR. Involves some kind of drilling and welding, but i was not privy to that exercise, hence could not take pictures.

After this modification, there were some issues with the latching mechanism under the middle row, but i got it sorted after paying him another visit. People on this forum may not be really comfortable with tinkering the factory settings, but i was not comfortable with the recline angle. Hence decided to go ahead .

And the result is:

[comfortablynumb]

Originally Posted by spr1ngleo

Basically you will need a find an experienced fabricator who understands the basics

Hi spr1ngleo, since your location is Pune, just wanted to check where you take your vehicle for servicing, and is the workshop good? I go to an independent garage near Jagtap Dairy, but since that is a bit far for me, was looking for an option closer to my residence to get minor issues fixed, if any.

[spr1ngleo]

Originally Posted by comfortablynumb

Hi spr1ngleo, since your location is Pune, just wanted to check where you take your vehicle for servicing, and is the workshop good? I go to an independent garage near Jagtap Dairy, but since that is a bit far for me, was looking for an option closer to my residence to get minor issues fixed, if any.

Mine is a 2021 model, only 3 months old. So for now, i visit the MASS. For all others, there is always Nanapeth.

[mr_hardcore]

OEM Alloy wheel nuts don't open (S10, S11)

Folks, I came across a very strange problem with multiple owners wherein the OEM alloy wheel nuts gets jammed and wheels fails to open.

To share one such example, few days back, a friend of mine went to have the alignment balancing done for his S11 4x4 but the nut didn't open. He then tried multiple joints as well as Mahindra A.S.S, but none was able to open them (Mahindra A.S.S damaged a couple of spanners in the process).

Another one, during a Delhi- Leh drive, another friend had a puncture but his scorpio's nut too failed to open, finally, once he was back in Chandigarh, one of the tyre Shoppe managed to remove the wheels by some Jugaad

Though I also own a Scorpio S7 and have installed the OEM alloys but with aftermarket nuts, I haven't faced any issues yet.

Is anyone else facing a similar kind of challenge as well and if yes, what is the way ahead?

PS, most of the alignment centres are aware of this issue, specifically with cars with OEM alloys and OEM nuts.

[hserus]

Do alignment / balancing at a proper tyre shop (preferably one with Hunter equipment installed) rather than a dealer, and insist that they use the same bit / tool to open the nuts as the one that came with the car. If they use the pneumatic gun with their own bit they risk stripping the thread off the wheel nuts so it doesn't loosen up without a hammer and wd40 after which it needs to be thrown out.

Originally Posted by mr_hardcore

OEM Alloy wheel nuts don't open (S10, S11)

Folks, I came across a very strange problem with multiple owners wherein the OEM alloy wheel nuts gets jammed and wheels fails to open.

To share one such example, few days back, a friend of mine went to have the alignment balancing done for his S11 4x4 but the nut didn't open. He then tried multiple joints as well as Mahindra A.S.S, but none was able to open them (Mahindra A.S.S damaged a couple of spanners in the process).

Another one, during a Delhi- Leh drive, another friend had a puncture but his scorpio's nut too failed to open, finally, once he was back in Chandigarh, one of the tyre Shoppe managed to remove the wheels by some Jugaad

Though I also own a Scorpio S7 and have installed the OEM alloys but with aftermarket nuts, I haven't faced any issues yet.

Is anyone else facing a similar kind of challenge as well and if yes, what is the way ahead?

PS, most of the alignment centres are aware of this issue, specifically with cars with OEM alloys and OEM nuts.

[vikasshu]

Dear Friends, I own a Mahindra Scorpio S10 model bought in 2015. So far I have completed 45000 km on this ride. We normally use it for our highway trips and primarily for going to my village in east UP.
Since end of 2020, whenever I have visited my village, while coming back to Delhi, every time I faced issues with engine heating. The problem mainly happened because of rubber parts going bad. They leaked and coolant loss happened. Showing two of the parts that gave away. I could not find the pic of one of them.





I visited my village last time around mid July 2022 and the problem cropped up. I got it rectified in a Mahindra workshop in Lucknow.

Came back and everything was fine till August 13. That day we planned to visit Jaipur for a quick trip. But this time while leaving Delhi early morning, same problem occurred and temperature gauge started shooting up. I decided to cancel the trip. Family was massively upset. I was also feeling bad as this happened again and this time the occurrence between the two consecutive events was just a month.

I do observe that carpeting under the drivers foot area is wet and it is not water. Because it seems to be a bit sticky. I read in the this thread that coolant pipes near the driver’s foot area do leak and Mahindra workshop uses thermacol for fixing this issue.

Two questions for our learned members:

1. Whether you have observed frequent failure of coolant related rubber parts?
2. This latest issue of wet carpet beneath driver’s foot area and low coolant, are they linked or any other hypothesis that I should consider ?

Thanks in advance for any feedback/suggestions.

[SteeringWheel]

Originally Posted by vikasshu

1. Whether you have observed frequent failure of coolant related rubber parts?
2. This latest issue of wet carpet beneath driver’s foot area and low coolant, are they linked or any other hypothesis that I should consider ?

I did not face any issues with hoses in my long time of Scorpio ownership. I found them to be of very good quality.

There is a heater core along with the AC evaporator in the dash. Evaporator is for cooling and heater core is for heating the cabin. The air passes through these cores to maintain the temperature as required. The source of heat for heater core is the coolant. So coolant lines run from engine bay to inside the cabin. The lines pass through the cabin to the engine bay from above the footwell area(a little left of the clutch pedal). So it is possible these lines are leaking and the wetness you see near footwell is coolant. If you can above the pedals under the dash, you may find the source too.

Even if the parts are not available readily, ASC should be able to place an order and get the parts. Did you try finding parts in boodmo? this sites comes very handy in such cases. I think(not sure) the part thats leaking in the picture is 0304DAM02510N.

[s4ch]

Request some advice from fellow members.

I have a pristine Scorpio S10 Automatic bought brand new in 2016. It has been serviced on time and taken care of like a baby by me. Only done 40,000km so far and everything is stock as the day of delivery.

Suddenly out of the blue, the car refused to crank. As in, there was no noise of the starter motor, absolutely nothing was happening. Lights and electricals were working perfectly though.

Seemed like the Immobilizer was kicking in, so thought it was something to do with a low battery in the key fob, so locked and unlocked a few times, and it eventually cranked.

Then again yesterday, the same issue happened. This time, no matter how many times I unlocked and locked, it just refused to crank. All electricals still were working fine. Thought it must have been something to do with the key fob again, so went home and got the spare key and tried again, but still the same issue.

Finally called the RSA and the guy worked out that when the car is in Park, the car was refusing to crank. When put in Neutral, it would crank fine. Seems like when in Park, there is a sensor or something similar that is not informing the ECU it is in Park, hence the car doesn't crank thinking it is in Drive or Reverse.

This made sense to me, as I had also noticed that the gear lever was not perfectly slotting in the correct position for all the gears, as in there were some wobble and play so it did not perfectly align in the correct slot.

Took it to to the Mahindra Service Center today to sort it out. They spent the whole day diagnosing and checking and were not able to work out where the fault was exactly.

Finally, they think that the whole Transmission Shift Lever Assembly needs to be replaced. I am ok with this, but it is a whopping 43k! Now this I am not ok with, as I don't think a 6 year old car, run only 40k km should have such a premature fault.

This is the part (Part no 0701AJ0260N - TGS ASSEMBLY AUTO TM):



I asked for a goodwill discount but the service centre said they cannot do anything. I will write to Mahindra customer care asking for some help, but not sure if this will go through.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what else I can do? The Transmission Shift Assembly is a sealed unit so not sure what my options are. I am happy to replace but 43k really hurts. Help please!

[hserus]

Originally Posted by s4ch

Does anyone have any suggestions on what else I can do? The Transmission Shift Assembly is a sealed unit so not sure what my options are. I am happy to replace but 43k really hurts. Help please!

Find some automatic transmission repair specialist in Pune or Mumbai and take your car there.

[sudipta]

Hi All, need your expert help. My Scorpio (VLX 2009) has started giving a strange trouble. The speedometer needle will drop down to zero in between for a fraction of second before climbing up to the actual speed. The check lamp will be turning on for a few seconds sometime and go off by itself. I had a scanner attached and the picture below shows the errors captured (P1704, P1714, P0563, P168E). My battery is less than 1 year and I have already booked an appointment for it's check-up. What else should I be looking into ?? Thanks in advance.

[sudipta]

Hi All, Just came back from the battery tests. Looks like it is sporadically receiving high voltage while charging. That was probably the reason for the water to overflow end battery becoming dry. Now we will have to check the alternator. Any other suggestions? Also where do I get the alternator checked??

[sudipta]

Update from last weekend. Along with the servicing (all oils, filters, front brake shoe set), got the battery tested and found intermittent high voltage charging (up to 17v). Therefore opened the alternator (with the vacuum pump) and took it to a Bosch service center where it was diagnosed to be faulty. So got a brand new one (Lucas-TVS make) and replaced the old one. Today again the speedometer dancing the same way between zero and current speed. Again got to do the same tests tomorrow.