Fixes to issue with ogre engine manual#
Fixes to issue with ogre engine series#

What I would suggest the manufacturer is to reduce the price of AMT units/give the option to the customers to at least convert to manual. Also, the AMT is not made for Indian traffic conditions. This experience has taught me a lot about how an AMT unit works and trust me once there is an issue in the AMT unit the only other option is to get a new one. The car is back with me and is performing as good as it was new, but the dilemma is still there in my mind, should I keep it or sell it off.

Fixes to issue with ogre engine manual#

Moreover, you need to get a new/reused manual gearbox along with an ABC petal set along with a good scanner that can bypass the ECU to convert it to fully manual. So the gearbox is not identical though they are similar. I started researching and what I found out was really shocking, though the gearbox is the same as the manual there are some significant differences in how the gear engagement works and also the linkages are totally different. I also inquired outside to see what was the cost difference but I was not able to get hold of any FNG who has replaced/repaired the AMT unit, I just got one quotation from a transmission repair shop that deals in luxury cars of 50K but he was not able to answer me from where he will source a new AMT unit.ДЄ lot of people suggested I convert it into manual as the gearbox and other components are the same and I also believed that this is something that can be done. Cost me a whopping Rs 83K (bill attached) The total cost includes the AMT unit and clutch parts etc. I had no other option but to get it replaced as the car was not usable and was only a pile of junk at this time. The cost of a new AMT unit is Rs 72K including labour. He initially gave me an estimate of 6K for Piston Set Clutch Actuator Kit + Labor, this is a workaround, if changed some AMT units get a second chance at life, but unfortunately, mine was not the one. As the car is now in its 7th year it was out of extended warranty as well.

Fixes to issue with ogre engine series#

I took the car to Maruti service station Naraina as this is owned directly by Maruti and not by any dealer.ДЄs my service advisor was inspecting the engine bay I noticed black oil on top of the gearbox where the AMT unit is placed, after seeing that my service advisor told me that the AMT unit has gone bad and needs to be replaced, he also told me that this is a common occurrence in AMT, especially with 1.0 L K series engine. But as the days proceeded it was becoming obvious to me that time has come to replace the clutch as the car just turns itself into Neutral when driving moreover transmission light also comes and goes on in the instrument cluster. In one or two instances the car refused to shift when starting early morning but a little warm-up is enough to engage it in Drive mode. When I resumed work I experienced a sudden increase in the gear shifting noise, I took it as normal wear and tear of the clutch and assumed that the car requires a new clutch and ignored it for a couple of days. I started travelling to work in February 2022 and from here on the problem started. Till then I have covered 52K KM all in NCR trafficДuring the lockdown, like most others, I was doing WFH and the car was sparingly used. The car performed well till the lockdown happened in March 2020. I was the sole user of the car, never experienced any issues with the gearbox or the clutch that most of the AMT users were experiencing, one of the reasons for this was that there was no load on the car, just 1 person (me).

In 2015 I purchased Wagon R VXI AMT, I got a pretty good deal as I purchased it in December and took the delivery on 31st December 2015 (On-Road < 5lakhs with extended warranty). Initially, I used to travel by my bike Yamaha FZ, but due to the long commute time and some back pain, I decided to buy my first car. I am a young marketing professional, I started my corporate career in 2014 and was travelling to Gurgaon from Delhi daily during peak hours (people of NCR must be knowing how bad was the traffic back in 2014-15). I do not want to bash any manufacturer but to make the people aware of the ownership of an AMT car.

My purpose is only to educate people as AMT is a fairly new technology in the Indian market and a lot of cars must now be out of warranty. I will be highlighting some very important information regarding service/maintenance costs associated with MarutiвЂ™s AMT system.