Hi all,

My Almera coming to 2 complete years. Bought in 2012 Dec.'

Going to do my 70K service next week.

Ok. Done service for 70k km.

Total damage RM500.

Change engine oil and atf. Now super smooth. This is 80k service schedule but i ask them to bring forward cause i prefer to change my atf every 30k instead of 40k.

I ask them to change the air filter but they say no need can last another 10k km.

Loving this car!! Great millage and comfort. Next is to change my tyre.

Wow this very bad. I am getting at least 450km per tank.

I run to and fro PJ sec14 to Subang Jaya to Old Klang Road so my travel is mostly jam plus some cruising in NPE.

Very interested in this. More details bro fish !!

Huh later batch that bad?? Luckily mine all good. No pulling, all stable.

Or could it be the tyre problem? The Conti CC1 and CC5 that Nissan is giving is simply the worst tyre there is. Quality is not consistent at all and all is prone to problem.

Mine got CC1, and out of 5 tyre (including spares) I already have 6 punctures. The same happen to my previous car, same route, using other brand no issues. The moment change to CC1, puncture here and there.

Your car all stock or got modification?

For engine oil I use fully syn, except during first 3 free service, 1k, 5k and 10k. They insist on giving the mineral oil, I have to argue with them to use semi Castrol Magnatec 10w30. Very lousy oil but SC don't have fully sync for 30 weight, they only have Castrol Fully Synthetic Edge 5w40. Too heavy.

Now I already switch to Nissan Fully Synthetic 0w-20 (made by Idemitsu). This is the best oil for this engine so far, very quiet, free revving and no sluggishness detected even at 10K km.

As for ATF, I insist on changing every 30K instead of 40K as per schedule. Other than that, everything else I follows SC recommendations.

Tyre pressure is 230kpa as per recommendation.

Aircond is auto, usually set between 20C and 23C.

Petrol is mainly Petronas RON95 (giving me the best millage) or alternative Caltex RON95. I can't use Shell (results like yours about 350km per tank only and pickup is sluggish), the worst. Other petrol brand is in between. Never used RON97 or Vpower before.

Driving style..... very subjective and irregular. No comment here.

Lol! Day 1 I got the car already pecut naik Genting

And the gear and engine is so free revving, easily shoot till 5K rpm.

I have this 2 times, both time I go back SC make noise. They say tighten undercarriage and no more noise.

Weird... undercarriage can loosen ????

After that incident so far no such noise anymore... hopefully

Try other petrol brand and see.

Today after the service over the weekend, I did a spirited from PJ (some jam) to Cyberjaya (via MEX no jam), average 6.6L/100km.

As with all petrol, you will need a few more tank to realise the benefits, also to help weed out the placebo effects.

Caltex seems to work as well as Petronas for me. So you may be on the right track to a better fuel economy.

Try a couple more tank of Caltex before switching to Petronas and see how.

All the best!

Agrees!!

Using Caltex vs Petronas, both giving the same results in fuel economy, but I can feel engine is quieter with Caltex. I stick to Petronas due to convenience.

This is a myth. Cleaning power comes from the petrol's additive and not the RON ratings.

With RON97, you get fuel that can withstand higher compression before combustion, lower RON means easier to explode when compressed. You want fuel to combust when the spark plug ignites and not during compression.

If your engine is able to take advantage of higher compression, then using RON97 will results in higher power and if it suits your driving style this will translate to better millage.

If you think that your engine runs smoother and better on RON97, how about trying a mix between RON95 and RON97. Some users in other forum have run this with same results as using full RON97, but only mixing partial thus cheaper.

Clear the tank, and tries few Caltex full tanks, and try to do some high rev run to "cleanse" the engine. See if this improves.

Whatever you do, just stay away from Shell during this period.

You are using Impul 16" ?? How is the ride quality? Stock suspension or Impul suspension?

He seems to be getting bad FC from Shell, and now he is testing Caltex so of course stay away from Shell or else his results will be contaminated.

I have tried Shell on my almari, and it gives very very bad FC, like his about 3xxkm. Never touch 400km at all!!!

Knocking sound aside, Almera is quieter than Vios and City, and a whole lot more comfy.

Get the knocking sound checked, ask to tighten the undercarriage, whatever that means. That is what the SC (Nissan PJ) told me when I complained about that and so far it never came back.

What is the symptom of faulty bearing? And what is the new unidentified sound?

Not sure about QC but Tan Chong has very bad after sales service. Heard many stories of forum and friends have to go through a lot of hassel getting warranty claim. Tan Chong prefer to repair than replace parts.

Experience with Honda, they are willing to change and replace parts to keep customers happy.

I have that loud noise from compressor whenever started. Very weird first time hearing that.

But the auto aircond is very good and cooling even on hot weather, I never bothered with it anyway.

Did you get the aircond cleaned? Changed the air filter? Have the cooling coil cleaned?

I did mine twice, if i am not wrong, since that time Tan Chong have aircond service promotion. Aircond is still very strong.

Just drive normally up Genting, after midway, sometimes engage 2. Have to engaged gear 2 coz gearbox will upshift whenever you lift foot up from pedal.

Very relaxing drive up genting I would say, very suprise to hear you are struggling in MRR2.