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| ![]() Dear members, I have booked a Trend 1.5 Dragon Ti-VCT and the delivery of the car is on 17th Feb (It's already billed today), now I was surfing through the internet, and discovered that some owners have reported the issues with: 1) The petrol engine running out of power / steam 2) 17 inch rims causing tyre damage Second one is irrelevant for me, but I want to know if any Ecosport petrol owner over the forum ever faced any issue like the engine lights and the vehicle stalling? I had a word with an owner and he seems to be very much frustrated over the fact that his Ecosport petrol isn't just right and is giving issues after issues. The vehicle already had a wiring harness change and is still giving him stalling problems. Additionally, a decent number of people have complained about sidewall fracture on the cars with 17 inch rims, I understand that it all boils down to the tyre pressure, but if I am not wrong then Toyota also shifted from 17 inchers to 16 inchers on the Innova crysta due to similar kind of issues. |
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| ![]() Got these pictures over whatsapp, I guess we already have a case of tyre failure on the 17 inch rims here in this thread too. I don;t understand why Ford went for 17 inchers for Indian road conditions or they are waiting for something like the Firestone fiasco before sitting up and acting on this issue: |
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But I have taken a hit on my VW Polo highline rim too and although there came a bubble, but nothing was close to the one seen here, please do enlighten. | |
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The 205/60R16 has a 2.39% larger circumference over 205/50R17. Ford coulld easily have gone with 205/55R17 which would have had a 0.75% larger circumference with minimal sidewall impact. | |
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205/55-17 is not available as far as i know. Very rare size. As you go up in rim size you lose high profile tyres. | |
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What precautions and care should we take with these low profile tyres? Last edited by Vid6639 : 13th February 2018 at 22:24. Reason: merging posts. Pls. use edit option when replying within 30mins. | |
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Only advice is drive slow on bad roads and avoid hitting sharp stones. Perhaps reduce the pressure by 2psi than recommended. | |
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While 30 seems okay to me, 41 is just insane. Would 32 in all be a good bet? | |
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My suggestion will be start opposite, 30-32 psi means sure shot damage in case of the 17 inchers. You hit a pothole or stone hard and the damage is guaranteed. It's more like, the inflation in the tyre / the air inside works more as a cushion too and helps spread the impact in a wider area - lesser the air, severe will be the impact on the wheel rims. Ehh, let me check if I can design a rim or get one from anywhere, get rubber info and conduct a small finite element analysis to prove my point. | |
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Number of members in the group - 5000 ( a big group) Number of new Ecosport owners - 1500 (it's a new product and many people don't use Facebook) Let's be a bit optimistic and take that 33.33% of the new Ecosport owners have gone for the Titanium+ trim - that makes 500 owners. Out of 500 owners, if 10 are facing this issue - that makes it 2%, which is too far from what should be acceptable, ideal we shouldn't even bother to talk about. IMO Ford needs to take a note of the problem and try to reach a viable solution. Last edited by VKumar : 14th February 2018 at 10:01. | |
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He has also reported that he went to the dealership and it seems like this issue has finally got Ford's attention. The dealership has received mail from Ford about this and they'll be replacing the tyres after verifying with Ford. Awaiting further updates. Quote:
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He mentioned that as there is only the EcoSport having this size, the resale value is very less Rs. 500 - 1000 per tyre, he also advised me to use them and look for a replacement thereafter | ||
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