Maruti Baleno stranded!

A.R · 16th December 2010, 23:43

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guys, need urgent help. while travelling to kollur off nh17 , i had slightly get off the road to avoid an oncoming bus, stopped n the car wudnt move. To describe the issue: car turns on, clutch can be depressed , all gears engage, but car does not move. there is a katrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound when i try to accelerate. not sure if its coz of the terrain.
car is now parked waiting to be towed to a nearby Maruti service center tomorow morning. Maruti online service n nearby masc refused to help today since it was past 6pm! any help towards identify what cud have probably gone wrong would help. also some help on which maruti service center to go to wud help coz not all masc wud have parts for a baleno, me thinks.

Hashim · 16th December 2010, 23:58

I think one of the drive shaft (left or right) is broken. Replacing the drive shaft should not take more than an hour if nothing else is gone wrong. Whichever is broken, get both replaced if they are old.

sureshkishore · 17th December 2010, 00:02

The Driveshaft must have broken. The milling on the shaft has know to fail. Earlier Reported cases can be refered

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...e-9k-more.html

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...ft-baleno.html

aaggoswami · 17th December 2010, 10:05

Mostly the problem is broken driveshaft/s. Any one broken driveshaft will lead to open differential and the car wont move.
How many kms. the car has covered ?

Generally before failure, driveshaft would lead to some noise like kat..kat specially in turns. That the time when one has to replace the drive shafts.

A.R · 17th December 2010, 16:00

just got it checked at a private garage,right drive shaft gone. Now another problem - no part available in an around mangalore. Where do i find the part pls?

supremeBaleno · 17th December 2010, 18:16

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Originally Posted by A.R

i had slightly get off the road to avoid an oncoming bus, stopped n the car wudnt move. To describe the issue: car turns on, clutch can be depressed , all gears engage, but car does not move. there is a katrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound when i try to accelerate.

Exact same issue as I faced some months ago with my Baleno. As others mentioned, the drive shaft is kaput. How old is your car BTW ?

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Originally Posted by sureshkishore

Earlier Reported cases can be refered
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...e-9k-more.html

This link is about the issue I faced. For a supposedly top-end offering, the quality seems to be crappy. It was around 15 years after which I replaced the drive-shaft on my 1985 M800. With the Baleno, the part was gone after just 5 years.

A.R · 17th December 2010, 18:57

got vehicle towed to kamath motors, mangalore, they did some workaround by welding/lathe to existing driveshaft. the service engineer is currently testing car...says ok to drive to blore slowly. else will have to wait for 4-5 days. blore service centers have the parts.

gd1418 · 17th December 2010, 21:07

A suggestion if you drive to B'lore with this repaired drive shaft - avoid going into any kind of potholes, depressions like plague, especially on the right side.

And in B'lore when you replace, replace both. And while doing so, ask them to service the steering assembly as well.

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Originally Posted by A.R

got vehicle towed to kamath motors, mangalore, they did some workaround by welding/lathe to existing driveshaft. the service engineer is currently testing car...says ok to drive to blore slowly. else will have to wait for 4-5 days. blore service centers have the parts.

A.R · 17th December 2010, 22:29

thanks folks for the help. will be leavin mangalore tomorow morning to blore, didn't want to risk driving at night.hope things go well
!

Eddy · 17th December 2010, 22:31

^^ Better keep numbers of the service stations and a couple of tow trucks enroute handy

IndigoXLGrandDi · 18th December 2010, 20:24

@hashim and gd1418,

Why to replace both drive shafts when only one is damaged?

I have replaced the left drive shaft of Indigo LS (May 2004) at around 1,80,000-1,85,000kms (dont remember exact reading). Now the reading is 2,09,000+kms.
The car was bought Brand New.

Mostly the left drive shaft gets damaged since the left side has to get down the road if an OverSmart Oncoming Vehicle comes.

The Rubber Boot of that Drive Shaft (left) has got torn (I had bought from local spare part shop since the price difference was around 2500/-. Local Garage Price--3900-4000/- TASS Price--6500/- ).

I will replace the Boot.

Buffetfan · 20th December 2010, 03:13

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Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

Exact same issue as I faced some months ago with my Baleno. As others mentioned, the drive shaft is kaput. How old is your car BTW ?

This link is about the issue I faced. For a supposedly top-end offering, the quality seems to be crappy. It was around 15 years after which I replaced the drive-shaft on my 1985 M800. With the Baleno, the part was gone after just 5 years.

On our Maruti 800 the CV joints lasted only 38000 kms while with Baleno bot the Driveshafts and CV joints wok fine at 70k kms.

16th December 2010, 23:43	#1
A.R BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 151 Thanked: 11 Times	Maruti Baleno stranded! Note from the Team-BHP Support : SMS / Slang is STRICTLY prohibited on this community. We would much appreciate your using full & proper English in posts, for the benefit of other forum users. Please view our board rules carefully before proceeding any further. guys, need urgent help. while travelling to kollur off nh17 , i had slightly get off the road to avoid an oncoming bus, stopped n the car wudnt move. To describe the issue: car turns on, clutch can be depressed , all gears engage, but car does not move. there is a katrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound when i try to accelerate. not sure if its coz of the terrain. car is now parked waiting to be towed to a nearby Maruti service center tomorow morning. Maruti online service n nearby masc refused to help today since it was past 6pm! any help towards identify what cud have probably gone wrong would help. also some help on which maruti service center to go to wud help coz not all masc wud have parts for a baleno, me thinks. Last edited by GTO : 20th December 2010 at 09:31.
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16th December 2010, 23:58	#2
Hashim BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aligarh Posts: 449 Thanked: 49 Times View My Garage	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded I think one of the drive shaft (left or right) is broken. Replacing the drive shaft should not take more than an hour if nothing else is gone wrong. Whichever is broken, get both replaced if they are old.
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17th December 2010, 00:02	#3
sureshkishore BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: trivandrum Posts: 478 Thanked: 290 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded The Driveshaft must have broken. The milling on the shaft has know to fail. Earlier Reported cases can be refered http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...e-9k-more.html http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...ft-baleno.html
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17th December 2010, 10:05	#4
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 4,982 Thanked: 2,931 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded Mostly the problem is broken driveshaft/s. Any one broken driveshaft will lead to open differential and the car wont move. How many kms. the car has covered ? Generally before failure, driveshaft would lead to some noise like kat..kat specially in turns. That the time when one has to replace the drive shafts.
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17th December 2010, 16:00	#5
A.R BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 151 Thanked: 11 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded just got it checked at a private garage,right drive shaft gone. Now another problem - no part available in an around mangalore. Where do i find the part pls?
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17th December 2010, 18:57	#7
A.R BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 151 Thanked: 11 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded got vehicle towed to kamath motors, mangalore, they did some workaround by welding/lathe to existing driveshaft. the service engineer is currently testing car...says ok to drive to blore slowly. else will have to wait for 4-5 days. blore service centers have the parts.
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17th December 2010, 22:29	#9
A.R BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 151 Thanked: 11 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded thanks folks for the help. will be leavin mangalore tomorow morning to blore, didn't want to risk driving at night.hope things go well !
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17th December 2010, 22:31	#10
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 9,387 Thanked: 13,301 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded ^^ Better keep numbers of the service stations and a couple of tow trucks enroute handy
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18th December 2010, 20:24	#11
IndigoXLGrandDi Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Solapur (MH-13) Posts: 1,784 Thanked: 569 Times	Re: Urgent help: baleno stranded @hashim and gd1418, Why to replace both drive shafts when only one is damaged? I have replaced the left drive shaft of Indigo LS (May 2004) at around 1,80,000-1,85,000kms (dont remember exact reading). Now the reading is 2,09,000+kms. The car was bought Brand New. Mostly the left drive shaft gets damaged since the left side has to get down the road if an OverSmart Oncoming Vehicle comes. The Rubber Boot of that Drive Shaft (left) has got torn (I had bought from local spare part shop since the price difference was around 2500/-. Local Garage Price--3900-4000/- TASS Price--6500/- ). I will replace the Boot. Last edited by IndigoXLGrandDi : 18th December 2010 at 20:30.
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