My Korean beauty, Hyundai i20 CRDi Asta with sunroof

srishiva · 27th April 2010, 10:14

Nice car. This colour looks very good on i20, adds muscle. Just some fat wheels could make it really cool. Enjoy your drives.

nkrishnap · 27th April 2010, 10:19

More components mean, more cost involved for replacing it during warranty. May be that is the reason the extended warranty is little more costly for the Asta (O)

rbp · 27th April 2010, 19:26

Forgot to add, I have managed to hit a top whack of 180 kpmh with the AC off, may be it could have done 5 kmph more, but recently, with the AC on and with 3 members and slight up the car refused to go beyond 170 kmph.

rbp · 2nd May 2010, 22:22

I was off to my wifes place this weekend, left Bangalore at 3:30am, it was raining after Tumkur, it was amazing driving in the rain, with all the spray on the windshield, just felt like an F1 race

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As I reached the out skirts of Sira on the bypass road, I slowed down the car to attend natures call, as I was slowing down I heard a mild explosion at the back and felt the engine down on power, my immediate reaction was did the turbo give way, to my horror saw the engine malfunction lamp[looks like a tap symbol] blink once and go off, I parked the car roadside on the highway and just pressed the accelerator again, as soon as the revvs climbed 2K, there was a misfire and the engine revvs went down, I idled the car for a couple of minutes, finished the nature's call and shut down the engine. Started reading the manual, all the warnings related to this particular blinking pointed towards the ECU sending wrong error codes, the nearest Hyundai service was in Chitradurga 80 kms away. The manual did say that we can continue driving with the lamp blinking for another 50 kms, but there will be loss in power, it was 6:30 in the evening and was getting darker. Well! since it was an ECU related issue I thought since the engine was shutdown may be the ECU has reset and was just hoping that the warning lamp does not turn on again. I prayed and cranked the engine, luckily no warning lamp blinks, I set off and started driving slowly max 100 to 120 kmph. I was just hoping to reach chitradurga slowly and there I would take a call, whether to show it to the Hyundai dealers or not, luckily no issues till Chitradurga and after that I gained more confidence and started ripping, I have come back to BLR with no further issues.

I have decided to have the ECU checked by the service center guys. What might have gone wrong? Should I insist the service center guys to get the ECU replaced or do they flash it?

wildon · 2nd May 2010, 22:40

Boss, you could have gone for a check @ the Chitradurga dealer itself. Take this things seriously a do a check immediately.

rbp · 2nd May 2010, 22:47

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Originally Posted by wildon

Boss, you could have gone for a check @ the Chitradurga dealer itself. Take this things seriously a do a check immediately.

Will do it tomorrow.

dragstar · 2nd May 2010, 23:34

Congrats dude on your i20.
I too am a proud owner of i20 ASTA CRDI. Have done 8700 on the ODO and am just too happy with this car. I bought this in Sept last year and later when i heard about the VW Polo coming out early this year I did think I could have waited. But recently i drove the Polo (petrol) my friend just bought and I am def sticking with my i20.
It does move slow in B2B traffic and the Turbo kicks in after 1800rpm. The last time I checked I got 17.7km's / litre with AC on all the time, which is not bad at all considering I drove at about 140 for most of the way.

People have complained about the air conditioning and a few other things but I haven't faced any of that till now. The only thing is I miss is not having an arm rest. For that matter I really pray that car manufacturers start providing arm-rests as standard equipment. The USB socket is kinda loose or as the hyundai ppl say it is built that way. Whenever i pull my pen drive out it kinda travels a lil with it. My mum hates the side passenger seat belt indicator. She doesn't enjoy wearing seat belts and coz of the weight sensor in the seat she prefers sitting at the back.

I hope u can get ECU thing fixed and hit the road again.

rbp · 3rd May 2010, 11:22

@dragstar :- Nice to hear about another i20 CRDI, you should have an ownership thread of your i20 too and update your experiences with the car. That should help a lot of the prospective buyers.

Today morning took the car to the service center and got it checked, the service guy plugged in the GScan tool and did a few checks, all parameters were normal, he tried it multiple times but still no error codes were found, everything was normal, finally he opened the bonnet and unplugged the battery cable to reset the ECU. So no issues as of now. I am just hoping it does not recur again.

dragstar · 3rd May 2010, 18:09

@rbp
I just read about a rubber cover for the ECU wires. There is a thread about it, apparently the rubber cover is not factory fit and the Hyundai service guys are fixing this when you go for a service. I don't know anything about it, but will check with my service guys this week.
I am not sure if you already know about this, if not then that could be reason for the your ECU's misbehavior. You can search for the thread on this forum.

satvian · 15th June 2010, 14:35

Booked the i20 Asta CRDi this week. Thanks to the positive feedback on i20 from fellow BHPians. Few cosmetic changes to the new i20 CRDi
1) front dashboard music system is painted silver
2) front grill has chrome plating like Honda Civic
3) 7 gears now including the reverse gear

Johnn · 16th June 2010, 23:18

great guys get grey! me too! worried about that malfunction posted here

varsom · 18th July 2010, 09:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbp

The following was the bill breakup.

1) Consumables = 99.27 Rs
2) Wheel Weight Clippons (not sure what these are, the service attendant said something, which I could not figure out) = 224 Rs.
3) Filter cartridge = 888 Rs.
4) Filter Air – Cleaner = 304 Rs. [This part looked pretty neat when he returned it to me]
5) Service KIT-OIL filter = 345.73 Rs.
6) Wheel balancing and wheel alignment = 645 Rs

+ VAT @13.5% and Service Tax.
The final amount was 2824/-

Was blown away to see that you just paid close to 3k in your normal second service. I had to shell out a over 5k for mine. Following is the breakup:

Summer Windscreen: 89.60
Hyundai CRDI Engine Oil: 1110.27
Consumables: 98.96
Weights for W/B: 268.81
Filter Cartridge: 1751.56
Filter-Air Cleaner: 304.05
Service Kit Oil Filter: 345.73
Wheel Balancing: 280
Wheel Alignment: 355
Vat: 535

Total of Rs5139/-

Has so much of expense expected for an i20 CRDI every 10k? Is so much of change in equipments required?

rbp · 18th July 2010, 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by varsom

Was blown away to see that you just paid close to 3k in your normal second service. I had to shell out a over 5k for mine. Following is the breakup:

Summer Windscreen: 89.60
Hyundai CRDI Engine Oil: 1110.27
Consumables: 98.96
Weights for W/B: 268.81
Filter Cartridge: 1751.56
Filter-Air Cleaner: 304.05
Service Kit Oil Filter: 345.73
Wheel Balancing: 280
Wheel Alignment: 355
Vat: 535

Total of Rs5139/-

Has so much of expense expected for an i20 CRDI every 10k? Is so much of change in equipments required?

Well, I bought the oil (Mobil Delvac MX 15W40 cost 1050 Rs) from outside and gave it to the service center guys. So add that to my bill too. I am surprised that the Filter Cartridge price is more than double in your bill. You better confirm this once again, by going to the dealer, 900 bucks is a huge sum.

What is summer wind screen treatment? Never heard of it before.

I will be shortly posting my 12.5k kms report, plz stay tuned to that.

varsom · 18th July 2010, 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbp

I am surprised that the Filter Cartridge price is more than double in your bill. You better confirm this once again, by going to the dealer, 900 bucks is a huge sum.

I did the servicing with the Trident folks in Hosur road; spoke to them now to confirm the price. The cost is right is what they say.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbp

What is summer wind screen treatment? Never heard of it before.

This is nothing but the windscreen washer liquid

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbp

I will be shortly posting my 12.5k kms report, plz stay tuned to that.

Eagerly waiting for that...

Johnn · 20th July 2010, 23:37

The sunroof is like riding a bike WITHOUT THE HELMET! remember my YAMAHA RD 350! for 40K sunroof plus 5 airbags plus ABS+EBD! Its chicken feed guys!

27th April 2010, 10:14	#76
srishiva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 4,375 Thanked: 2,256 Times	Nice car. This colour looks very good on i20, adds muscle. Just some fat wheels could make it really cool. Enjoy your drives.
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27th April 2010, 10:19	#77
nkrishnap Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,983 Thanked: 7,407 Times View My Garage	More components mean, more cost involved for replacing it during warranty. May be that is the reason the extended warranty is little more costly for the Asta (O)
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27th April 2010, 19:26	#78
rbp BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 503 Thanked: 518 Times	Forgot to add, I have managed to hit a top whack of 180 kpmh with the AC off, may be it could have done 5 kmph more, but recently, with the AC on and with 3 members and slight up the car refused to go beyond 170 kmph.
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2nd May 2010, 22:22	#79
rbp BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 503 Thanked: 518 Times	ECU problem I was off to my wifes place this weekend, left Bangalore at 3:30am, it was raining after Tumkur, it was amazing driving in the rain, with all the spray on the windshield, just felt like an F1 race . As I reached the out skirts of Sira on the bypass road, I slowed down the car to attend natures call, as I was slowing down I heard a mild explosion at the back and felt the engine down on power, my immediate reaction was did the turbo give way, to my horror saw the engine malfunction lamp[looks like a tap symbol] blink once and go off, I parked the car roadside on the highway and just pressed the accelerator again, as soon as the revvs climbed 2K, there was a misfire and the engine revvs went down, I idled the car for a couple of minutes, finished the nature's call and shut down the engine. Started reading the manual, all the warnings related to this particular blinking pointed towards the ECU sending wrong error codes, the nearest Hyundai service was in Chitradurga 80 kms away. The manual did say that we can continue driving with the lamp blinking for another 50 kms, but there will be loss in power, it was 6:30 in the evening and was getting darker. Well! since it was an ECU related issue I thought since the engine was shutdown may be the ECU has reset and was just hoping that the warning lamp does not turn on again. I prayed and cranked the engine, luckily no warning lamp blinks, I set off and started driving slowly max 100 to 120 kmph. I was just hoping to reach chitradurga slowly and there I would take a call, whether to show it to the Hyundai dealers or not, luckily no issues till Chitradurga and after that I gained more confidence and started ripping, I have come back to BLR with no further issues. I have decided to have the ECU checked by the service center guys. What might have gone wrong? Should I insist the service center guys to get the ECU replaced or do they flash it? Last edited by rbp : 2nd May 2010 at 22:23.
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2nd May 2010, 22:40	#80
wildon BANNED Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,440 Thanked: 1,235 Times View My Garage	Boss, you could have gone for a check @ the Chitradurga dealer itself. Take this things seriously a do a check immediately.
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2nd May 2010, 23:34	#82
dragstar BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: moving around Posts: 78 Thanked: 57 Times	Congrats dude on your i20. I too am a proud owner of i20 ASTA CRDI. Have done 8700 on the ODO and am just too happy with this car. I bought this in Sept last year and later when i heard about the VW Polo coming out early this year I did think I could have waited. But recently i drove the Polo (petrol) my friend just bought and I am def sticking with my i20. It does move slow in B2B traffic and the Turbo kicks in after 1800rpm. The last time I checked I got 17.7km's / litre with AC on all the time, which is not bad at all considering I drove at about 140 for most of the way. People have complained about the air conditioning and a few other things but I haven't faced any of that till now. The only thing is I miss is not having an arm rest. For that matter I really pray that car manufacturers start providing arm-rests as standard equipment. The USB socket is kinda loose or as the hyundai ppl say it is built that way. Whenever i pull my pen drive out it kinda travels a lil with it. My mum hates the side passenger seat belt indicator. She doesn't enjoy wearing seat belts and coz of the weight sensor in the seat she prefers sitting at the back. I hope u can get ECU thing fixed and hit the road again.
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3rd May 2010, 11:22	#83
rbp BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 503 Thanked: 518 Times	@dragstar :- Nice to hear about another i20 CRDI, you should have an ownership thread of your i20 too and update your experiences with the car. That should help a lot of the prospective buyers. Today morning took the car to the service center and got it checked, the service guy plugged in the GScan tool and did a few checks, all parameters were normal, he tried it multiple times but still no error codes were found, everything was normal, finally he opened the bonnet and unplugged the battery cable to reset the ECU. So no issues as of now. I am just hoping it does not recur again.
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3rd May 2010, 18:09	#84
dragstar BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: moving around Posts: 78 Thanked: 57 Times	@rbp I just read about a rubber cover for the ECU wires. There is a thread about it, apparently the rubber cover is not factory fit and the Hyundai service guys are fixing this when you go for a service. I don't know anything about it, but will check with my service guys this week. I am not sure if you already know about this, if not then that could be reason for the your ECU's misbehavior. You can search for the thread on this forum.
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15th June 2010, 14:35	#85
satvian Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10 Thanked: 0 Times	i20 Asta CRDi Booked the i20 Asta CRDi this week. Thanks to the positive feedback on i20 from fellow BHPians. Few cosmetic changes to the new i20 CRDi 1) front dashboard music system is painted silver 2) front grill has chrome plating like Honda Civic 3) 7 gears now including the reverse gear
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16th June 2010, 23:18	#86
Johnn BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: bangalore Posts: 71 Thanked: 19 Times	great guys get grey! me too! worried about that malfunction posted here
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20th July 2010, 23:37	#90
Johnn BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: bangalore Posts: 71 Thanked: 19 Times	The sunroof is like riding a bike WITHOUT THE HELMET! remember my YAMAHA RD 350! for 40K sunroof plus 5 airbags plus ABS+EBD! Its chicken feed guys!
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