{"id":121453,"date":"2023-11-25T07:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T07:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121453"},"modified":"2023-11-25T07:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T07:20:39","slug":"10000km-up-on-my-grand-vitara-mild-hybrid-updates-post-3rd-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/auto-news\/10000km-up-on-my-grand-vitara-mild-hybrid-updates-post-3rd-service\/","title":{"rendered":"10000km up on my Grand Vitara mild hybrid: Updates post 3rd service"},"content":{"rendered":"

In terms of performance yes the power is a little less and it doesn\u2019t match up with how rest of the car has been set up.<\/h2>\n

BHPian TrueSagittarian<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been quite some time since my last post, been quite busy with life and to be exact till 2nd service I didn\u2019t feel like I had driven the car much for a proper long-term experience, so I chose to wait till 3rd service.<\/p>\n

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So here it goes. In my last update on 9th March 2023, the odo was at 1350 kms and today 8th Nov 2023 the odo reading marks 10238 kms. In between I had several short trips to other cities and one long trip to Himachal. As I have WFH so mostly I drive on weekends only and the round trip usually ends up being around 100 kms. After 1st service in March, it was mostly weekend city driving and I took one trip in April to Kotdwar for a friend\u2019s wedding, I had five people in car including me and boot completely full of luggage. The route is same which I mentioned in my first post and the car performed well enough with full load I would say. There was no lack of power in terms of highway cruising and careful overtaking. Three passengers (medium build) sitting in the back were very happy with car and they had no issues whatsoever in terms of space and comfort. My next short trip was in June first week to The City Beautiful \u2013 Chandigarh, it is my maternal home, just a quick short weekend to meet up with my cousins and hang around. As expected, a smooth trip and no issues with car whatsoever.<\/p>\n

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In between these two trips a lot of city driving was done, In June itself I sent the car for 2nd service and as always it was quick and no fuss, Maruti\u2019s service track has always been great and will remain great that\u2019s why they sell the most cars in almost every segment. In these 5k Kms I had no major issues with the car it ran smoothly, I faced issue with android auto in which my voice on calls was not audible to the other person and I checked this with multiple people they were not able not hear anything from my end, but it was fine with Bluetooth only mode, I got the software updated from service centre and it has been working fine since, other than this issue the head unit and android auto works flawlessly even switching between the devices is also very smooth, there are modes also for phone connectivity that if you want android auto or just a bluetooth connection, yes there are times when it fails to auto connect or identify phone but that is very rare, and it resolves after ignition off and on but in that case also your Bluetooth connectivity will be there. Auto start stop also works perfectly I think as I have come to understand it. It always keeps some battery power in reserve for ignition on and off, I have never seen the battery level drop less than two or three bars, for e.g. : if you stop at lights and the ignition turns off the first thing it\u2019ll do is that it\u2019ll turn off the AC and yes in summers it is irritating because you won\u2019t notice that only blowers are working until they throw hot air on your face. However, if you turn ac back on manually it\u2019ll start the engine or if your head unit is playing music at a higher volume, basically if your car is drawing more power than it can be run on battery, or if it\u2019ll make the battery go to reserve levels it\u2019ll use engine power that\u2019s it. This viewpoint is just from my observation only I have not researched or have any technical data to prove this I could be wrong also, any folks with more knowledge to this feature are welcome to enlighten me. I have found this feature useful only.<\/p>\n

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After second service, I did a couple of trips to Chandigarh and majorly city driving in Delhi NCR, and recently did a long trip to Tirthan valley, Himachal in October. It was exactly 1k Kms round trip, The car performed well on climbs, and is easily manoeuvrable on sharp turns. I didn\u2019t take the car to Jalori pass which could have been a real test for the car and for me also as I was the only driver and I have less experience on driving such steep height and slopes as I didn\u2019t want any mishap to happen maybe next time when there is someone more experienced is with me.<\/p>\n

The car went for 3rd service on 31st October, it was just usual experience this time also.<\/p>\n

Cons and design issues which I have found in the 10k kms of driving and I think are major are listed below:<\/p>\n