Inddie completed 4 years in style on 7th March 2016, ferrying us from Kanhanghad to Bangalore. The entire round trip that started on 5th March and ended on 7th was close to 1000 KMs. Few notable things that 4 years completion brings:
- Car has clocked 86000 KMs till date
- Gives a feeling that it is going strong and will continue to serve us well
- I have no intention of parting with the car as of now
- Extended warranty of 4 years or 1,50,000 KMs ends; effectively Inddie is out of warranty safety net
Few niggles in the recent past:
- The A/C speed control knob goes kaput. The knob would not move from switch off position to any other position effectively rendering A/C unusable. This was in early Jan (luckily) when we would not miss A/C much. However, the heat in Karkala and Non A/C drive back to bangalore was tiresome due to wind rush. Promptly the unit was replaced under warranty. No questions asked.
- Peculiar problem surfaced after the car came back from the A/C knob issue. Drove the car for quite some distance, about 10 KMs in city. Switched off engine for a cup of tea. Started the car, drove till petrol bunk which is around 1 KM from the location of tea stall. Switched off the engine, did a tank full and cranked the engine. The engine cranks perfectly fine, car wont start. I have a habit of not cranking more than around 3 secs. Tried multiple times, car wont budge. There is another lady customer in Tata Safari behind my car waiting to tank up her car. Impatience is setting in.
Inddie wont budge. Gas station attendants now making up mind to push the car to a side. I switch off ignition fully, take the key out, reinsert the key and crank, Inddie starts as if nothing happened. I drive off thinking this is an one off occurrence. So wrong I was.
No indications on dashboard for any malfunction. Issue happens intermittently over next week. Everytime, the key reinsert works fine. Once, the issue recurred, but the key reinsert would not work. But, I noticed red indicator in dashboard with "CAR and PADLOCK" symbol, which suggested that the engine immobilizer was not recognizing the key. No matter how much I tried with key reinsert technique, inddie would not start. Gave it a 15 mins break and tried, Inddie started. Drove straight to Concorde dairy circle, reported the issue.
The first mechanic tried to give me a load of bull saying it is the battery and it is normal for the car and padlock symbol to show up. I asked him to do a OBD scan and check to which he replied immobilizer errors are not recorded in ECU.
After spending 15 mins with this guy, I called my SA Chetan. He promptly came down to the service reception and listening to me, he said it is immobilizer issue. He said he will have the technician scan the ECU for errors. Car was ready next day.
Apparently they had to make ECU relearn the key code programming. Basically, i believe they had to flash the routine for immobilizer - atleast that is what I understood.
Car is behaving normal after that.
Latest issue: Car steering wobbles/vibrates between 100 - 120 KMPH. Vibration vanishes post 120 KMPH and is not there below 100 KMPH. Need to have this checked in the next service.
-Aravind
- Car has clocked 86000 KMs till date
- Gives a feeling that it is going strong and will continue to serve us well
- I have no intention of parting with the car as of now
- Extended warranty of 4 years or 1,50,000 KMs ends; effectively Inddie is out of warranty safety net
Few niggles in the recent past:
- The A/C speed control knob goes kaput. The knob would not move from switch off position to any other position effectively rendering A/C unusable. This was in early Jan (luckily) when we would not miss A/C much. However, the heat in Karkala and Non A/C drive back to bangalore was tiresome due to wind rush. Promptly the unit was replaced under warranty. No questions asked.
- Peculiar problem surfaced after the car came back from the A/C knob issue. Drove the car for quite some distance, about 10 KMs in city. Switched off engine for a cup of tea. Started the car, drove till petrol bunk which is around 1 KM from the location of tea stall. Switched off the engine, did a tank full and cranked the engine. The engine cranks perfectly fine, car wont start. I have a habit of not cranking more than around 3 secs. Tried multiple times, car wont budge. There is another lady customer in Tata Safari behind my car waiting to tank up her car. Impatience is setting in.
Inddie wont budge. Gas station attendants now making up mind to push the car to a side. I switch off ignition fully, take the key out, reinsert the key and crank, Inddie starts as if nothing happened. I drive off thinking this is an one off occurrence. So wrong I was.
No indications on dashboard for any malfunction. Issue happens intermittently over next week. Everytime, the key reinsert works fine. Once, the issue recurred, but the key reinsert would not work. But, I noticed red indicator in dashboard with "CAR and PADLOCK" symbol, which suggested that the engine immobilizer was not recognizing the key. No matter how much I tried with key reinsert technique, inddie would not start. Gave it a 15 mins break and tried, Inddie started. Drove straight to Concorde dairy circle, reported the issue.
The first mechanic tried to give me a load of bull saying it is the battery and it is normal for the car and padlock symbol to show up. I asked him to do a OBD scan and check to which he replied immobilizer errors are not recorded in ECU.
After spending 15 mins with this guy, I called my SA Chetan. He promptly came down to the service reception and listening to me, he said it is immobilizer issue. He said he will have the technician scan the ECU for errors. Car was ready next day.
Apparently they had to make ECU relearn the key code programming. Basically, i believe they had to flash the routine for immobilizer - atleast that is what I understood.
Car is behaving normal after that.
Latest issue: Car steering wobbles/vibrates between 100 - 120 KMPH. Vibration vanishes post 120 KMPH and is not there below 100 KMPH. Need to have this checked in the next service.
-Aravind
