All new Altis 2014

[Blade07]

Thanks for your prompt response.

 

Free servicing lasted for 1 year. After a year, be it, if you were to service workshop outside or in BM, there still a possibility that they pin point this problem to "wear" and "tear" or life time of the consumable items.

 

The cost may be passed to me.

true. better get it settled asap. 

[elmoguy]

Sound bad. Did you bang table to the supervisor/manager/director/ceo of BM?

 

Or alternative, tell them you will go social media and broadcast to whole world.

 

And the joke of the day which makes me unforgettable is that:

 

(1) You cannot put rubber floor mat in your car as after washing the mat, humidity resulted in the smell. 

 

My previous car of 10 years whereby I washed my floor mat weekly, and doesn't have such issue.

 

(2) Before you reach home, turn on the air con to full blast to get rid of smell on a daily basis.

 

My previous car of 10 years, doesn't need to do this. This make me wonder why the car is so WEAK. Instead of the car taking care of my comfort and I need to take care of the car comfort INSTEAD.

Edited November 6, 2015 by elmoguy

[Blade07]

And the joke of the day which makes me unforgettable is that:

 

(1) You cannot put rubber floor mat in your car as after washing the mat, humidity resulted in the smell. 

 

My previous car of 10 years whereby I washed my floor mat weekly, and doesn't have such issue.

 

(2) Before you reach home, turn on the air con to full blast to get rid of smell on a daily basis.

 

My previous car of 10 years, doesn't need to do this. This make me wonder why the car is so WEAK. Instead of the car taking care of my comfort and I need to take care of the car comfort INSTEAD.

 

This is ridiculous. Im sure its nothing to do with floor mat. 

[Senser]

got my altis classic in July SKT8xxx, also notice when on aircon in the morning, a few seconds of stale smell that goes off after a minute or so...like damp cloth half dry smell... will highlight next service....

[Djcoolmax]

got my altis classic in July SKT8xxx, also notice when on aircon in the morning, a few seconds of stale smell that goes off after a minute or so...like damp cloth half dry smell... will highlight next service....

 

There's a few YouTube videos out there that explains why you get the moldy smell and fixes for it.

Esp true for our high humidity climate. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYlp9dm7AI

[elmoguy]

There's a few YouTube videos out there that explains why you get the moldy smell and fixes for it.

Esp true for our high humidity climate. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYlp9dm7AI

 

Thanks Djcoolmax for the information. I don't know how effective this product is and from the video, it doesn't or may stop the problem temporary. If this product is effective, BM will not spend 3 days to work on my car previously.

 

My friend, Honda doesn't have this issue.

 

Moreover, if BM were to pin point the problem to high humidity, then no only my car, but all cars in Singapore will have faced this problem!!! Seems to me either design flaw or manufacturing defects.

[Spinelli_ck]

i have not had such problem in all my previous and present cars, including Altis. it is always a good practice to turn the aircon off and let the fan run for about 5 minutes.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Spinelli_ck

[Piyopico]

Can you guys share what will be a reasonable FC to expect for 50% city and 50% highway driving.

 

14km per litre easily?

 

What about 80% city driving. 12km possible?

 

Thanks.

[Mkl22]

the smell is on the heater coil. Not on the evaporator. turn your aircon to max heat and off the compressor. the smell should be gone for a while. 

 

do you also use air fresher or similar? these also cling onto the heater coil and causes these smells.

[danzo]

Can you guys share what will be a reasonable FC to expect for 50% city and 50% highway driving.

 

14km per litre easily?

 

What about 80% city driving. 12km possible?

 

Thanks.

 

I believed the FC on the specs for the new altis is 6.5L/100KM i.e. about 15.38KM/L...

Edited November 6, 2015 by danzo

[elmoguy]

the smell is on the heater coil. Not on the evaporator. turn your aircon to max heat and off the compressor. the smell should be gone for a while. 

 

do you also use air fresher or similar? these also cling onto the heater coil and causes these smells.

 

Hi Mkl22, 

 

I turned on the air con to the max and also turned on the air con while driving for about 20 minute but the smell didnt go away.

 

I dont use air freshener at all.

 

 Spineli_ck mentioned all his cars don't have such issue. This voice down to my car having problem.

[WoeiSongKeh]

Can you guys share what will be a reasonable FC to expect for 50% city and 50% highway driving.

 

14km per litre easily?

 

What about 80% city driving. 12km possible?

 

Thanks.

 

Its possible, depend how hard you press on accelerator 

Anyway I am mainly around 50 50 and i achieve abt 14. 

[WoeiSongKeh]

Today I put my face at the aircon when i start the car and on the aircon, not sure if its my mind but I did feel a bit of smell though 

Hope its my mind playing tricks on me, will try again next time and let you all know 

 

If got I must call BM and complain regarding this. 

Edited November 6, 2015 by WoeiSongKeh

[elmoguy]

Can you guys share what will be a reasonable FC to expect for 50% city and 50% highway driving.

 

14km per litre easily?

 

What about 80% city driving. 12km possible?

 

Thanks.

I only clocked 10.8. Lousy!!!!

[WoeiSongKeh]

I only clocked 10.8. Lousy!!!!

 

10.8 is very little.

You mainly city and heavy foot ?? 

[elmoguy]

10.8 is very little.

You mainly city and heavy foot ??

I'm not heavy foot in driving and most of the time maintain at eco level. AM Highway, PM City. 50%-50%.

[WoeiSongKeh]

I'm not heavy foot in driving and most of the time maintain at eco level. AM Highway, PM City. 50%-50%.

 

Thats quite wierd, i am 60-40 and i got almost 14 ... 

[akow]

I only clocked 10.8. Lousy!!!!

Same prob. Initially only clock 9.6.

I went back to BM bang table. Then they use GTS to re-calibrate all the four fuel injectors thro my car ECU. That improved slightly to 11.

But after some monitoring, it got stuck at 10.8 to 10.9.

Service centre hav no idea why & refer all tbe captured data for the car to their technical team at HQ, but no abnormality found.

xian...

Edited November 8, 2015 by Akow