how old your alza is? if it's aged, do check whether the condenser is blocked or dirtied, i think pay a visit to aircond specialist might help. my house BLM have similiar problem, not cold when trapped in jam, but when it gets moving the air cond comes back, problem is the condenser is dirty. cant wash it with normal detergent, they use a solvent (i think is acid as it smells like acidic stuffs) to spray on the condenser and immediately you gonna see thick foams forming (black in colour somemore), it complete by washing away those dirty foam with water, it cost me rm15 to clean it, it did help.

i agree, colour is very important, my house saga BLM purple colour, hot like oven!! alza & myvi silver, though hot but won't feel like oven. lucky is proton have a damn good aircond, set to quarter, on for full blast, 3 minutes, settle, cool.

bro, like bro cleaner says, check your pollen filter. and one thing, by design, perodua aircond compressor are not powerful enough to cool down the car especially in the hot sunny days, it is a well known fact. this is why perodua cars are more fuel saving compared to proton as the compressor sips less power from the engine, i think not switching the aircond to max is to prevent the wires to get overheated (i think), my friend have a myvi, one day he set full blast full cold, then he smell a bit of burn plastic smell, aircond still blowing though, he switch to lower setting, smell gone.
what i can recommend you is.... use it, use til you wanna replace the compressor (if you still driving it), ask whether can change to avanza compressor or not. i think it helps a bit, but.... your fuel bill gonna hurt.

alza is not wider, but more volume to cool that i can't deny, but the design is compensated with a bigger condenser and most likely a more powerful blower. i think compressor should be the same though. side vent? you mean those like exora type? tarak la.... yea, you need to direct the centre ones to blow towards behind so that the air can cool down the cabin, generally i don't have much issue with it, or maybe i'm not very picky on aircond coldness.

alza is not wider, but more volume to cool that i can't deny, but the design is compensated with a bigger condenser and most likely a more powerful blower. i think compressor should be the same though. side vent? you mean those like exora type? tarak la.... yea, you need to direct the centre ones to blow towards behind so that the air can cool down the cabin, generally i don't have much issue with it, or maybe i'm not very picky on aircond coldness.

alza is not wider, but more volume to cool that i can't deny, but the design is compensated with a bigger condenser and most likely a more powerful blower. i think compressor should be the same though. side vent? you mean those like exora type? tarak la.... yea, you need to direct the centre ones to blow towards behind so that the air can cool down the cabin, generally i don't have much issue with it, or maybe i'm not very picky on aircond coldness.

oops i just found out i got double post. SOrry....

Just a friendly reminder to 2014 FL owners, your ATF volume is 2.9, not 2.2 like the old version ones, my bro send the alze FL for 40k service last saturday, i wanna do long trip tomorrow so i check up every fluids, coolant level dropped in reservoir due to replace new coolant, ATF level wasn't at the position it should, check back the service chit, DAMN! Perodua ATF D3SP (2.20L), son of a ...... And the service centre is not Perodua authorised service centre but direct Perodua SC! I thought i can trust them since they are Perodua direct, god knows..... they screw things up.

P2 SC Jln Pattani

mine battery last for 1.5 years, the ignition sound doesn't sound so energetic, like not powerful enough, but the fuel gauge seems ok, i rarely drive it so i have no idea on the fuel gauge accuracy. but i din hear any complain from my bro who's the driver so i presume it's ok.

so what sc did to improve this? did they do any improvements to your alza? i ask outside mechanic, their advise is slam in grounding cable.

unlikely honda malaysia will launch mobilio, they said honda malaysia focus on premium models, mobilio is low cost model, so they don't launch it, hence i think BRV will not come to malaysia either, if it comes, it won't be cheap for a B seg 7 seater SUV.

yea, clutch type, proton wanna move to torque converter cvt in the future, and yea, cvt is not meant for spirited driving, the belt gonna wear more, and the cvt fluid gonna heat up. and every gearbox have their torque loading limitation, cvt also not excluded.

proton cvt is not premium brand, but the service fee is premium, RM200 for CVTF (alza only RM7x for ATF), then filter cost about RM400+ (not sure, my friend driving preve told me), cvtf filter gasket. save fuel also cannot cover the extra expenses lost in maintenance.

well, so far for me, i would say alza is the best thing available, not in terms of spec, but in terms of value for money, it's a 5 seater, can be a 7 seven seater, or turn it into cargo loader. my alza been through all these configs.

yea, without those fancy electronic safety feature does make it a bit lose out, but when you slam in those things, the price will get jacked up and you will going to have headache when issue arise.

on the maintenance side, overall perodua cars cost lesser to maintain compared to proton cars. and the fuel consumption of P2 cars are better than Proton cars. You wouldn't believe that my alza FL auto is having better FC than my house saga BLM manual. In fact it is, 12km/l vs 10.5km/l. Maybe saga clutch starts to worn out thus the higher fc.

but in the end, there's no car is so called "the best", there's only cars that fit your needs and you budget. my ideal car is cheap, less quality issue, versatile, nice ride and handling, fuel saving. Obviously, neither alza nor exora or saga fulfills my criteria.

AT timing belt? or engine belt? current running Perodua model don't have timing belt leh..... old model have la....

bro, the only place you can get d3-sp is in perodua sc and they are not selling, coz the oil come in bulk form which is a 18 liter tong, i believe they have a reason picking up d3-sp for myvi and alza, not even axia, like bro cleaner said it's the enhanced version of d3, maybe some little bits of additive added in probably due to the E-AT architecture for newer perodua cars.

i done some web surfing and found out that passo sette using toyota type IV atf, not sure whether they on the same gb with alza here or not. You know la, sometimes not everything is carry over from japan, perodua will make certain adjustment also.

sp3? perodua cars? no. perodua cars should be D3. Sp3, kia, hyundai, mitsubishi, proton saga BLM, persona.

now it's new to me that SP3 exist for Perodua. i wonder which model use SP3 ATF as well. Anyway, Alza & Myvi guarantee uses D3-SP. I believe you can opt for D3 probably it just doesn't run as well as D3-SP.

bro, yea, m5 front wheel can last til 50k max, my front wheel already reaching the TWI.

and on the coil spring buffer, i personal opinion is, is a short moment feeling, it won't last long.

bro, if you frequently travel, like doing 30k km per year or more, get xm2. this fatty boy tyre really long lasting, the tyre rubber will crack before the thread wear off if you only doing short trips. my house saga blm have this tyre fitted, and it's getting many minor cracks on the rubber but the thread still so healthy.

yea bro, xm2 last damn long, suits you if you always driving for example able to cover more than 60-70k km in three years time. it maybe due to the compound of the tyre that cause it tend to have minor cracks on the rubber block surface when it approach three years old (silica compound maybe). and it will get noisy when it's ages, i think is typical tyre symptom as the rubber gets harden.

jerk in terms of violent shake? or? How about engaging D gear?
what sort of ATF you use? D3-SP?