Air-bag light keeps blinking due to sensitive switch. To be replaced under 3 year warranty.
Nothing else.
Very versatile vehicle.
Thought I was downgrading from my ZX, but this car handles just as well except there is some roll on the tight corners... but can still attack the corners.
Holidays with the family is absolute fun. Can take in whatever the kids want to bring along.
45 liters will fill her up giving me a range anywhere between 580kms to 700kms.
Will cruise at 120km/h and top a little around 155 km/h. Cross winds will push her, but trust her and keep focused ahead and all will be well.
20,000 km servicing intervals are excellent. Cost of maintenance has dropped a lot for me. Just about to take her in for 80,000 kms and the engine still purrs along and petrol consumption is constant. Doesn't seem to consume any oil... but the oil is really black now.
Black oil= looking for trouble. Just change your oil every 10000 kms, it's the way to go for many years of trouble free motoring.
In reply to the above comment, thanks for the advise, I will be talking to my service centre with regard to the oil. The oil I use now is fully synthetic.
May I suggest that you change the engine oil filter every 5,000 km. Change the engine oil every 10,000 km, but also change the oil filter every 5,000 km.
Keep your remaining new engine oil so you can just top up after changing the new oil filter.
A tips to take care of your "continental" car engine.
FYI, fully synthetics can surely last longer, but that oil filter might not hold up that long. Soon it will not act like a filter, and that synthetic oil will run dirty in your engine.
A friend of mine, a Lube Oil Engineer once said, that engine oil could even run up to 100,000 without ever needed to be changed, but the filter is critical.
Even in my processing Plant, we have pumps that runs with the same lubricant for years. All the operators needed to do is to top up the lubricant and maintaining at the recommended level.
Thanks for the advise on the filters above. About to reach 110K now.
Still enjoying every bit of this car.
The rubber trim on one of the sliding door handle has fallen off. Notice a few Berlingos in Singapore with the same problem.
New battery at 106K (after 3.5 years). Front Brake Pads changed at 100K. Discs had to be re-shimmed at 100K too.
Just covered 160,000 kms. Had to change Clutch kit at 150,000kms. It just got spongy and release was not accurate. Otherwise, no other major problems just regular servicing.
Still not consuming any oil. Driver's seat's foam bottom is jutting out a little at the side.
Will be sending in for servicing shortly. Suspect lower engine mount may be cracked as there is slight judder when taking off steep slopes and when fully loaded.
It's been raining heavily in Malaysia over the past few weeks and the car has been through puddles and the rear silencer has rusted out internally. Just replaced the silencer and all is well. Car speedo reads 180,000kms. Due for service soon. Windscreen water jet pump replaced too. Still running is faultless.
Alternator seems to be giving a problem now. I had it checked and my mechanic says it's better to replace this as a failed alternator will leave me stranded.
Speedo reads 181,000 kms. Will replace the 70 amp alternator with a 90 amp one. Not many places in Malaysia carrying this part.
Alternator replaced with a reconditioned one... for about Rm400 (US 120). Initial whine on the recond alternator has died down. Have covered over 2000 kms since. (183k now) Seems to be running fine.
Car runs well and coming up to 6 years now. No complaints except that parts seems to be hard to source now.
Alternator replaced with a reconditioned one... for about Rm400 (US 120). Initial whine on the recond alternator has died down. Have covered over 2000 kms since. (183k now) Seems to be running fine.
Car runs well and coming up to 6 years now. No complaints except that parts seems to be hard to source now.
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