I drive a Red SE.  Common problems:

1 Rattling aircon
2 Famous Persona clunking sound
3 Squeaks at the back
4 misaligned meter cluster

As for the tinted film - its a joke!  That kind of tinted film you can do outside for only RM150 whole car!  Useless under the sun!  Got it stripped off and retinted for RM1100.  Best money I ever spent.

discount 1K and still getting the GPS ?

unless you already have 1 already. at first i was sceptical about it but turn out not too bad.

so, i've just got my ride! driving on 1st day, some probs as mentioned earlier came out:
1. air-con rattling sound 
2. wiper wash - no water come out 
3. loud kluk-kluk sound came out from right hand tyre (is it the lower arm??) during turning up and down on multi-storey carpark. This is so unacceptable!! the sound sounds very scary.. is like the arm going to break!! 
4. confirmed with the the SC that the safety belt signal will not blink.. only applicable for perdana, but i wonder y they still put the icon there. i tot perdana meter is different. 

the rest unknown.. still hope nothing more else will appear! 

Well,I suppose many Persona owners are just as unhappy as you. But what can beggars do.They can't be choosy. If I have the $, I would have opted for something less problematic (please bear in mind there is no such thing as the "perfect ride"). Furthermore, if I know the problems existed thru' this thread and still buy this ride, I would be a greater sucker than this ride that sucks.

Anyway, I hope anyone who gives feedback could indicate exactly the the age of their rides. At least, for those without those problems can be fore-warned.

The reason I participate in this forum is first & foremost to know more about my ride & solving the problems that come with it. But like I have mentioned before, I knew the above mentioned existed but still I bought it. Reason is it is the only ride I like & that can suit my budget. At least you grasp the most  fundamental point that you only get what you pay

Cheers.             (try not to make this thread so repetitive & depressing)
P.S.  Wonder if that Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir guy reads all this?  Who is willing to be the first disgruntled Persona to bash their ride in front of this guy in protest? Anyone?

temperature is slightly below 90'c number...not pointing directly...

Bro Loong, thanks you very much for testing for me. My persona feel is a bit only, but last time totally cant feel it. My old ride is year 96, civic.

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Added on November 7, 2009, 11:23 pm

When you start engine in the morning, the temp should be at the lowest point, 30C i think. after awhile, after the engine warm up, it will stay between 60C n 90C. this is what showed on my meter.

Steps to install PaPaGO X3:

1. Download software from HERE.

2. Download SETTING_EN from HERE.

3. Download patch from HERE.

4. Extract and copy the PaPaGO folder to SDMMC.

5. Replace the extracted SETTING_EN with the existing one in 'Organic > EN (English)'

6. Extract the patch, copy it to the PaPaGO folder and launch the program by using the patch.

For latest map updates, you may visit malfreemaps.

well, indeed when taking off the plastic cover, the engine looks more cool and meaner, but i scared water will flood around the spark plug ignition socket (or whatever the term is) 
Hmmm... blister. If your car still under warranty, go claim it. I already did so. They changed the whole dashboard.

As for me, they asked me to send my car early in the morning, and they finished it around 4pm. So 1 day cannot use car 
what kind of noise? metal grinding? 

damn, the fuel inlet cover on my persona (not the cap) won't open when i want to refuel this morning...pull the lever but the cover won't come out...must be the mechanism...cilakak!