Hyundai Grand i10 Asta Ownership Review

[parth1231]

Guys my car was unused for 4 days(without fuse off) and no battery issue.

[ckshukla11]

Hello friends,

I have finally got my Grand i10 Magna Petrol - silver colour on 4th Feb, 2014.

Its my first car. My initial experience has been good. the Franchise - Aldium Hyundai - Vadodara sales man told me that car had 5 Liters of petrol when took delivery and I did a tank full and it took 36.6 liters till auto cut off.

I found that sometimes while putting the car in reverse gear creates some noise. Please let me know if I am doing something wrong.

I read in some post for steering wheel/alignment issue and suggested preventive measure - not to move steering wheel when the car is not moving.

My initial understanding was when 'the car engine was not on' Is it that when the car is not moving, we should not move steering wheel?

As I have just learned driving I need to move steering a lot while parking and reverse to ensure the direction I move in. Kindly guide..

Further, as it is Magna, I shall need music system, speakers etc.

I have done some market search and mostly I shall be going for Sony/Pioneer touch screen system which enable movie viewing also and it can interconnect with a camera for reverse parking also. (cost ranges between 11.8K to 13.8K)

For speakers, I experienced one set of 4 Speakers - 2 Sony front doors and 2 JBL speakers at the rear parcel shelf of a Swift and the sound quality was awesome. (Costs b/w 3.8K to 5.5K)

Seat covers ranges from 2.2 K to 3.5 K.

small accessories like - car perfume, reverse horn, etc. shall also be fit in.

Please let me know if I am missing on something.

[bharat1974]

Originally Posted by parth1231

Guys my car was unused for 4 days(without fuse off) and no battery issue.

Thats good to know parth, somebody is happy with the issue resolved One quick question, which make is your battery? Exide or Amaron?

My car's battery drained out for the 2nd time and the service guys gave some blame excuse that I had not switched off some lights while parking the car. anyways my car is again idle for 2 days now and I am hoping atleast now the issue is fixed.

[venkythaniks]

Originally Posted by ckshukla11

Hello friends,

I have finally got my Grand i10 Magna Petrol - silver colour on 4th Feb, 2014.

Congrats on your new Grand i10. Do start your ownership thread. Also please post the interior pics of Magna. I just want to see, how the dashboard and interior looks without the stock music system.

[TurboZone]

Originally Posted by ckshukla11

Hello friends,



Further, as it is Magna, I shall need music system, speakers etc.

I have done some market search and mostly I shall be going for Sony/Pioneer touch screen system which enable movie viewing also and it can interconnect with a camera for reverse parking also. (cost ranges between 11.8K to 13.8K)

For speakers, I experienced one set of 4 Speakers - 2 Sony front doors and 2 JBL speakers at the rear parcel shelf of a Swift and the sound quality was awesome. (Costs b/w 3.8K to 5.5K)

Please let me know if I am missing on something.

If you are going for touch screen better to invest for poineer (18k range)
forgot model name.
Also dont buy unless you experience how good touch feature is else it will irritate you while driving

Speakers Go for component along with tweeters at front(mine is JBL)
Back its your wish i went for coaxial, i wish i might have went for component itself

[karthik4153]

Hello friends,
This Sunday i am planning a 400 + 400 = 800 Km trip (Hyd <-> Guntur)
So please share your suggestions on safe and comfortable ride and for better mileage. .
What is the avg speed i should maintain for better mileage?
BTW whats your opinion on Drafting? whats the perfect distance you think? How much it can help me on highways?

[ajit4u2k]

Originally Posted by ckshukla11

I found that sometimes while putting the car in reverse gear creates some noise. Please let me know if I am doing something wrong.

I read in some post for steering wheel/alignment issue and suggested preventive measure - not to move steering wheel when the car is not moving.

My initial understanding was when 'the car engine was not on' Is it that when the car is not moving, we should not move steering wheel?

On almost all cars the reverse gear is not a syncromesh but a normal collar shift. Hence it might be noisy once in a while depending on the alignment of the dog teeth splines but not always. If you have not fully depressed the clutch pedal reverse as well as other gears will give some noise prior to engagement. Forward speed gears are synchromesh hence they rarely give you noise.

Steering will not get misaligned by your actions whether you are on-off, moving-not moving or whatever if its set alright while assembly.

[hallovipin]

Originally Posted by karthik4153

Hello friends,
This Sunday i am planning a 400 + 400 = 800 Km trip (Hyd <-> Guntur)
So please share your suggestions on safe and comfortable ride and for better mileage. .
What is the avg speed i should maintain for better mileage?
BTW whats your opinion on Drafting? whats the perfect distance you think? How much it can help me on highways?

Hi karthik, Read Anshul (chesterchaj's) post regarding long trip in this thread. he had done 1200 KM trip in four days.

[TurboZone]

Originally Posted by karthik4153

Hello friends,
This Sunday i am planning a 400 + 400 = 800 Km trip (Hyd <-> Guntur)
So please share your suggestions on safe and comfortable ride and for better mileage. .
What is the avg speed i should maintain for better mileage?
BTW whats your opinion on Drafting? whats the perfect distance you think? How much it can help me on highways?

Nice riding all the way to my hometown
Hope you are driving Hyderabad - Vijayawada - Guntur
Except Vijaywada traffic its well laid excellent roads except you need to pay 350 odd toll from your nose
You can choose another route from Hyderabad to guntur (via Nagarjuna sagar save you toll + 80 Kms short) Roads are state owned and in good state.
Well if your destination is guntur i choose via nagarjuna sagar which will save you 80Kms + 350 rupees (enquire what is condition of road)

1 month back i drove all the way from Bangalore to guntur FE Hovered around 23+KMPL, Well i drove it with light foot .
Return i drove a bit harsh it returned 21Kmpl.
By the way what is your current Odometer reading?

Better mileage tips:
Allow your car to breathe easy while accelerating (dont be too harsh on accelerator)
Maintain 80-90 speeds any thing beyond 100 will make engine thirsty(stressful)

Tips:
Allow your car to idle for 30+ seconds with out pressing accelerator before trip
First 3-4 kms dont allow your tachometer to cross 2000rpm (give time to your engine to warm up, this can be pointed out from odometer temperator guage )
Inbetween before switching off your engine allow it to idle for 30 seconds (allows turbo charger to cutoff and cool it)

[sabhrish]

Hi,
Am planning to buy grand i10 Asta variant. this will be ma first car. I heard about the battery drain issues. A few also claimed that it has been rectified in new batches. But still am a little hesitating to buy it until i know that it has been rectified. I hope that i can find answers from people here.

Thanks in advance.

[karthik4153]

@TurboZone Thanks a lot for details, i'll adopt your suggestions, Mine is completed 2300kms.
We decided to go via Vijayavada as we are planning to visit "durga temple" & "Amarawathi".
BTW when you got 23KMPL at that time what was the load in car?

[TurboZone]

Originally Posted by karthik4153

@TurboZone Thanks a lot for details, i'll adopt your suggestions, Mine is completed 2300kms.
We decided to go via Vijayavada as we are planning to visit "durga temple" & "Amarawathi".
BTW when you got 23KMPL at that time what was the load in car?

3 people + Full luggage occupied seats also
Vijayawada to Amaravthi you will tres pass via my village
Be cautious while going from Vijayawada to Amaravthi (dont follow Google maps)
There is another route Via Undavalli caves road.

[karthik4153]

Vijayawada to Amaravthi you will tres pass via my village

Hey that's great

Be cautious while going from Vijayawada to Amaravthi (dont follow Google maps)

Hey thanks for the info, I will inquire about the route in Vijayawada

[ckshukla11]

Originally Posted by ajit4u2k

On almost all cars the reverse gear is not a syncromesh but a normal collar shift. Hence it might be noisy once in a while depending on the alignment of the dog teeth splines but not always. If you have not fully depressed the clutch pedal reverse as well as other gears will give some noise prior to engagement. Forward speed gears are synchromesh hence they rarely give you noise.

Steering will not get misaligned by your actions whether you are on-off, moving-not moving or whatever if its set alright while assembly.

Thanks for your inputs. I checked a couple of times whether I was not fully pressing the clutch or not. But that was not the reason.

I also noticed that the noise did not occur when I took the car out of parking and started with reverse and it did occur almost everytime after I put the gear in reverse from normal gear.

I also observed few other cars' forward and backward swift movements without any such sound.


Has any other Grand owner faced this issue?

Please let me know if I need to be concerned and contact service centre for the issue?

[manoj.palivela]

I did face this issue, with reverse gear, used to hear some sort of crunching / crackling noise. But eventually, i am not getting that sound now. In my case i felt, if the gear rod is not slotted properly, the noise comes (am new to car driving can't express it in a better way ), as soon i used to hear the noise, i would press clutch again, bring the gear to neutral and then reverse to ensure that gear rod is properly slotted. But, as i already mentioned i don't notice that sound now, probably because i got used to shifting gear correctly.