Mahindra XUV700 diesel AT: 2nd drivetrain related issue in just 67k km

At 67K on the Odo, this is the second drivetrain related issue just 13K Kms apart from the last one which is unacceptable.

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The second drivetrain related issue

The Engine Oil Pressure sensor was replaced under warranty and this is the second drivetrain related issue after the Fuel leak. Luckily for me this time the issue occurred when I was already on the way to Mighty Mahindra for an alignment check and getting DEF in preparation for an upcoming trip.

I was having an apprehension with the passenger side rear tyre looking out of spec visually and wanted to get the alignment checked. On the way to Mighty Mahindra while just accelerating smoothly after traffic cleared-up, I heard a ‘Ding’ which notifies an alert and the corner of my just caught the Engine Check icon on the display. As a natural response, I immediately lifted off the accelerator to stop but the error immediately vanished as if nothing had happened. No alerts were displayed or stored in the Alert History sub-menu which made me think I might have imagined it all or might have mistaken some other minor alert / error.

Upon reaching, met the Cotek and informed him of the experience I just had in a very casual manner as no Alert was stored in the History but he immediately got to getting this checked for his satisfaction. Surprisingly there was an error code stored related to Engine Oil Pressure and they suspected the Sensor to be faulty. By the time I reached back to Cotek after getting the job card opened in hardly 15 minutes, they had already approved warranty replacement and the team was in the process of replacing the sensor which just took another 5 minutes.

New sensor part

Part number

Waiting for general check

With 10L DEF, it’s filling charges and alignment, the total bill came to Rs. 1,816/- with a fast turn around time of under 2 hours.

Key takeaways:
1. At 67K on the Odo, this is the second drivetrain related issue just 13K Kms apart from the last one which is unacceptable.
2. It is shocking that the Engine Check Icon came and went with NO alert being stored in the Alert History sub-menu – ideally once a crucial Engine alert comes, it should have permanently lit the icon till an ignition cycle or atleast retained the error in the user accessible Alert History menu to take corrective steps as per the Owners Manual which mandates to contact the service center.
3. Exemplary support from Mighty Mahindra once again.

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