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First of all, really sorry for not keeping my promise Secondly Sorry for reviewing an Old thread. I did go to see the pre-owned certified vehicles of this renowned importer. I got some inside help also. A 2005 Swift (HT51S) So i do not know whether I am doing something ethical, but when i requested to see the repairs done on the vehicle. I was shown a list of things that was replaced. They have done some major repair in the engine, like replacing the gasket etc. The important thing is the replacing part (or the new part) is not new, it comes from another vehicle, sometimes of the same model sometime forma different model that fits. For example the Swift i checked had parts form Liana. Those were clearly mentioned in the repair list and the repair cost was close to 200k. The price tag they had was 2.5 m + and if the repairs are ok i feel it is worth it. Because in the market the price range is around 2.4 and then we need to do all the fixing. Also it is a thriving business, as they say if the vehicle is good - I think there is less repairs to be done, a well looked after vehicle - those fly. Also they say they check and correct the cooling and electrical system. Also they do repair the suspension. When asked about the parts, why have used old used parts, I did not get a reply. But they do not do any correction on the body or the interior. Those problems are there to be seen.

I inquired about a 2002/2005 Swift. They told they need to repaire the racks etc. Going in there today. I will add more infor

This is about A*W. I called them and the reply was they fix all the running repairs. The price is high. Also comes with a 6 months or 10000km warrenty on engine and gear box. I wanted to go and check what details they give us. They are closed today. So conversation is to be continued. I will add details in this thread in case i find out more. I seached the net did not find lot of info, hence thought to open the thread. It might be better to spend a bit more than to be stuck with a hacked vehicle. Also might run without major hickup for 6 to 12 months.

An importer of indian cars in borella is selling certified pre owned cars. There are japanese makes as well How relible the certification ?

Another option might be Kia Picanto, but the resale vale will be very less Any thoughts on that. Safety ratings look good at least for Aus and NZ models (a 5 Star rating) Indian is good for exclusively for city running.

Yes, that is my idea, Indian is good for City running.

I owned a Honda FIT Hybrid 2012 :), I do not think I can get a Same category car for at least couple of years

I am looking for a small, reliable, fuel efficient car mainly for city. Comfort is not really a concern. Would like to stay away form Garages and looking for parts. Do not like to be stranded on the road My budget is around 2.5, lower is better than more. My Options are 1 - Used Viva Elite Auto - All users I know are satisfied and do not give major trouble even after 3 - 4 years of good personal use 2 - Used Suzuki Astar Auto - Mainly because can maintain at a low cost. 3 - New Alto K10 Auto - New car, low cost maintenance. Any suggestion are welcome. I was using a bigger Japanese car, i had to let go of it to fill up a financial need.

Thanks all for the input. I will go for the Wagonar FZ. One more information i missed in my question, I want my wife to drive to do the schooling and she do not want to drive a big car. At the moment i do not have the capacity to buy and maintain two cars at least two big cars. Although i drive to work now, i will have to look for some alternative, and that is a bigger down grade than going form GP1 to Wagonar

I am looking for a small car, close to 2.4 - 2.7 M - I own a Honda GP1, which i plan to sell within the next two months because i need some cash -. The two options I am interested in are; 1 - Wagonar FZ 2 - Alto K10 - Automatic I know it is big down grade, but selling the vehicle seems to be the best option and getting a loan/lease for a car is the easiest . Of-course the Alto K10 (Automatic) will come with all the drawbacks of Indian small cars. Automatic and the price, is the only thing that makes me to think of buying it. How good is his car ? and how good is the Automatic gear box ? I prefer the Wagonar FZ. But the owners complain about slow pick up and less puling power, of-course you can not expect much of a 660 cc, but is it that bad ?. I drive bit aggressively at times, but i can adjust, I feel. Please add your thoughts, it is really appreciative

Sorry for Reviwing an Old thresd. Looking for a second car arround 800,000. Own a Honda FIT. I have lot of bad experience on a Suzuki swift 2001, athough i was very generous to her/him , either the vehicle or the garage was not . Little bit concerned to take an old model. I want AT as well. Any thoughts on Cherry QQ, the ads says 'Company maintained'. How relaible 'The Company' (I*e*l Motors i assume) be if i take a car there for inspections. The adds say 2006, AT, arround 800,000 - 900,0000. Hope can nego a bit. Other options will be, 1 - a two door, Alto or March YoM 2000 or earlier. 2 - Small Korian car, Kia or Hyundai

Can Spills in the FIT Hybrid Trunk seep in to the Battery or baterry compartment ? I has a bad accident :-( When traveling back home from a 300 km journey, a jar with liquid salt has been put in the bag which was hadled harshly ans packed in the trunk. When unpacking following orning i found that there is a Spill, check in the car did not find any traces, but it might be too late to spot any traces. I want to do an interrror cleaning ASAP, but want to know whther i have to get the hybrid battery compartment cleaned as well (I need to get expert support for that ofcourse)

This is about the CVT oil change. My neighbor uses a FIT 2007 model which is serviced by Stafford. The maintenance card given by Stafford says to change most of the oils in 10k or 15K intervals. It says to change the CVT oil every 15K I own a FIT Hybrid 2012 serviced by Sterling, Personally I am not happy about their service, but i have to stick to them if i am to keep my warranty. I have asked them about CVT change and they say to change after 30k km, and when the indicator comes up. I am not sure whether they have the correct CVT oil and also little bit worried after what they did with my Engine oil replacement. They used 5w-30m in the first service and 0W-20m in the second oil change. the fuel efficiency in much better now than after the first oil change. I have learned now that the correct oil since this is a new car is 0w-20m (Correct me if i am wrong). Here comes the questions 1 - Has any one done a CVT change in Sterling (I know of one post that says about changing the CVT in Stafford and being void for a Gear box problem on a car with Sterling warranty) 2 - Do i have to change the CVT oil every 15k km, because there are my friends who have not done so but do not have any problem. And also i have learned that Stafford has its own agenda with sales.

Wel, I like to point out two things, i lost my confidence on the first day itself, 1 - During my first service they told the Scan was good as Gold, but since i did a inspection in the Stafford before i bought my car i knew there was a fault, because the left side muti-function has been added after importing to SL. When i queried how can their scan be good as gold, the answer i got is the equipment they have might be inferior to that of Stafford. And they expected only positive comments. 2 - My brother owned a FIT and My neighbor owns one too, all of them follow the routine given by Stafford, and when i queried about the Gear Box oil change, what they told me is that to wait till the indicator comes to change the oil, wel, i have asked them to do a change of oil in the next service. We'll see how this works out. They were insisting that i do not have to do it. Yes, replacing he EGR solved the problem, and it seems a very common problem.

I have a Problem with windscreen sprinkler - Honda FIT, When i try to spray water to the wind screen the water drains out through the front rain water drain, I guess it is loose connection, how difficult job it is to fix it ? and any idea why or how it can happen.

Wel, After almost two months, i think i can review this thread, This is my full story about the EGR replacement; During the Inspection done on 13th October 2014, it was detected that the EGR unit was faulty and it was cleaned by Sterling After care, and was informed that if the problem occurs again the EGR need to be replaced. I have to contact the vendor in order to see whether the part is covered by Warranty. I contacted the vendor on 16th October since the problem reoccurred and the vendor informed me that Sterling will be calling me on the next day and I did not receive call for two days. I called back on same Saturday, to learn I have to contact the Technical Manager. Sterling gave me the phone number to call, but the phone was never answered. I called back to Sterling to know the reason, and learned that Technical Manager is might be on leave. I was able contact the Technical Manager back and forth few times, to finally learn that the part is ordered and it will take 2 – 3 Weeks to get the part to SL, confirming that I got another call from Sterling asking for my details Vehicle No. etc. This was on 22nd October 2014 I waited for three weeks, expecting Sterling will call me back, But did not receive a call so i called back on 12th November 2014; the people in the service deck did not have any clue to what I am talking about and I was again directed to Technical Manager. He took my details and promised to call me back and he told that he has received some EGR and he will check and let me know. Since I did not receive any call from the Sterling, that seem to be their normal practice; I called back and after few attempts I was able to contact the technical manager, and he told that Sterling After Care is the service provider and if Sterling Japan and the vendor agree and ship the part he will be able to fix it and it will take a further two weeks. I reminded him about the conversation we had about three weeks ago. I also told him that I was a frustrated person now and not happy about their service. He insisted that I have to contact the vendor and instructions need to come through form the vendor . I called the Vendor again, the same day and the Vendor wanted me to send a Email with the details. After I called the Vendor and was typing away the email; the Technical Manager calls me to inform that the part is not covered by Warranty and no one has contact him about this so this has been dragged. He will speak to his GM to know the details Then after about two day the Vendor SMS me to call Sterling After care in a weeks time and Sterling Japan has agreed to replace my part for free. So when i contacted Sterling After Care i was told i will have to wait for a week and they will call me for an appointment when they get the part. I did not get call from Sterling and I called back, and contacted the Technical Manager, he very casually told the they have received a shipment on the previous Friday; which he did not check. He will call me back, but the call did not come as promised, in 10 mins. This time called the General Manager, to let him know the poor service they provide. I queried him how long will it take a part to be replaced, he told the shipment will have to be shipped from Japan, and it will take one week to 10 days, why i was asked to wait for three weeks I did not get a proper answer. He also told that if a battery needs to be replaced it will take six months, since the battery need to come through production, form the factory. Is HONDA out of production or has the technology changed that much, i do not know I got it replaced for free after a struggle of about six weeks, good that i was able run the car, if was not able to do so, i will be doomed for 6 weeks. I wonder why I need this trouble, if it was not covered by the warranty and I could have got this replaced outside, I guess if I do that my warranty might become null and void. But if it takes 5 weeks and about 50 phone calls back and forth, I wonder why I need a warranty, because I can get it replace by one phone call and one drive to my good old garage. The warranty is an agreement between Sterling Japan and the Vendor, Sterling is just the middle man doing a job and making an earning. Will the Vendor be able to switch the service partner to suit the actual customer, if so i guess this type of service will be punished :

I had a fault in my car, and found out that it is caused by the EGR Valve, 1 - what is EGR Valve 2 - what does it do, 3 - what is the impact of running with faulty EGR Valve The fuel consumption of the car became low and the car jerks at time when i accelerate slowly at very low RPM

Wel, i think any one can get details of what is wrong of there car, My problem was a faulty EGR Valve, and it has a direct impact on the fuel consumption, at least that is what they told me. Sterling cleaned valve to see whether build up carbon is a problem, but after two days the problem is back, as they told i can get it done through warranty. I have to go back and get it done.

Firstly, I did not get a chance to get the car for a check up due to some personal commitments, One thing i have noticed, is that when i press the break peddle down very hard when i stop the jerking is not there when i press on the accelerator. Also when i pick up the car fast/quick then also there is no jerk (may be it is the driving style) Regarding the CVT oil, it has done only 9000+ km, and when asked i was told that i can change it around 33000, but my plan is to change it @ the next service which falls around 13500, because all the FIT users (non hybrid, both my neighbor and brother), do it every 15000. Once i find out the what was wrong i will post the details in this thread, thank you all

I own a honda fit hybrid - 2012, When i accelerator slowly after a certain speed (some times it is between 10 -20 some time 20 - 40 ), the car jerks. This is similar to the jerk i get if i press on the accelerator before the car comes out of auto stop. It clocked 14.7 km/l before this started and now the value is down to 13.9 km/l Also i have noticed that it do not switch that often to EV as it used to do. 1 - Any one knows why this happens 2 - Best place to check this up, i have a Sterling warranty but I did not like the first service i did there.

Thanks guys, I cleaned up the battery connectors, filled up the battery liquid. Now no trouble for the moment. Also the the belt makes noise some times, need to fix that up also

I own a Suzuki Swift 2001, I have the following problem, sometimes the ABS and Hand Break Indicators (Lights) starts to show up. Normally this happens when i stay in the Traffic for sometime. Sometimes this happens when i start and run, the indicators suddenly start to show up, This do not happen all the time. When the indicators start to show up, the illumination of the indicators are very low, and barely visible, but the light slowly builds up. if i increase the AC, the indicators become brighter, and when i reduce it goes away and comes back. if the car goes in to a hole in the road the indicators go off and come back. This is not frequent but when it comes it stays for a while. I have had Alternator Problems also. I scanned the car and i was told that there is a fault in one of the ABS sensors. the detail was deleted and we ran the car for about 5 - 10 Kms, it looked fine. The same evening the problem is back again, the biggest problem i have is to show it to my garage guy, since it do not happen that often. My garage guy told that this nothing to do with the electricity, looking for a second opinion, because he has not seen it first hand. Planning to take an image next time it happens. The worry i have is whether this is something to do with a faulty alternator, if so there might be a chance the i might get stranded on the road, it has happened to me twice, i do not want to go through the same thing again. I am not sure whether this is the correct forum 0

I own a Suzuki Swift 2001, I have the following problem, sometimes the ABS and Hand Break Indicators (Lights) starts to show up. Normally this happens when i stay in the Traffic for sometime. Sometimes this happens when i start and run, the indicators suddenly start to show up, This do not happen all the time. When the indicators start to show up, the illumination of the indicators are very low, and barely visible, but the light slowly builds up. if i increase the AC, the indicators become brighter, and when i reduce it goes away and comes back. if the car goes in to a hole in the road the indicators go off and come back. This is not frequent but when it comes it stays for a while. I have had Alternator Problems also. I scanned the car and i was told that there is a fault in one of the ABS sensors. the detail was deleted and we ran the car for about 5 - 10 Kms, it looked fine. The same evening the problem is back again, the biggest problem i have is to show it to my garage guy, since it do not happen that often. My garage guy told that this nothing to do with the electricity, looking for a second opinion, because he has not seen it first hand. Planning to take an image next time it happens. The worry i have is whether this is something to do with a faulty alternator, if so there might be a chance the i might get stranded on the road, it has happened to me twice, i do not want to go through the same thing again. I am not sure whether this is the correct forum

I was referring to the tool kit, Yap, i have checked every where. Any way of buying one

When i got my car (Swift - 2001 jeep modle) did not check for the Tool box and it is not there when i looked for it, The stuff that is need to remove and fix the wheels are there but no tool box. - Does these come with tool boxes (Obviously Yes) - How can i buy one that fits my car, any serial numbers that need to look for, this is SL and people are so crazy to sell things even though it do not match the requirement.