pasang the boat at the underbody. when there's water, rempuh aje. Other cars also don't dare to whack you.

sound like the sc that you visited wasn't that professional, i wasn't aware that gear oil need to be replace at 10k km (by compulsory basis). for more info you can check from perodua website.

http://www.perodua.com.my/service-maintenance/aruz/10

For the alignment, should push them to adjust the alignment back, by right they shouldn't charge if the alignment is lari during the early stage. If the alignment tak cantik they should do it FOC during 1k inspection. Because it implies the alignment job wasn't done nicely. ANyway, do take note that the imbalance tyre (weight) might cause this issue as well. Or maybe you have a tyre that is under inflate one side, or you have the weight load of your car located at one side (rarely but possible)

hmmm.... looks like the bumpy characteristic will be the thing that haunts aruz owners.
try the kimanis - keningau road, so called one of the steepest road i heard.

mounting point not same, that 6AT is developed for larger TR engine. I also wish that NR engine gets a 6AT. with usual toyota traits, they tell us to dream on.

good to hear that, my wife's aruz still awaiting for her turn, glittering silver AV variant.

nope, in penang island. slow in delivery is expected. SA already told my wife won't be able to get her car that fast.

later perodua will sell aruz for 10 years like alza.

yup, staying nearby relau. Wife is buying from perodua branch dato keramat.

about the eco idle, it's either a like it or hate it feature as i always said. If you know how to utilize it to maximise fuel saving, then it is helpful, if you stop for 3 sec and restart your engine, might as well switch it off. The key word is, how you going to manipulate it to your needs. Back to your question about disabling it, change to a weak NS40 battery sure works. However, until today, nobody able to 100% guaranteed that there's no side effect towards the reliability or durability of the overall vehicle circuitary, remember, the whole circuitary is designed to run with the usage of start stop battery in mind. Oh by the way, it cost you RM4xx to replace the M42 battery. which is a common battery with bezza advance and myvi with eco idle.

ah.... you need to do it very gently by not triggering the idle stop, or switch it off, like what i used to do on my bezza. a number for you to refer to for idle stop, if you not doing idle stop for more than 7 seconds..... it is basically useless. it uses more fuel than you leave it idle.

i was thinking about the one at psdc, one of the reason is they are more customer oriented, i used to visit jalan patani sc but then i felt that the service quality is on the downward trend.

ah, the axia, with the famous aircond compressor issue especially the early batch. one year kong three times is a record man.

by the way, can we have an issue section on the 1st thread so that we able to list down the common issues the car had and the resolution?

pakai NS40 aje. tapi kalo i SC i akan deny claim kalo ade apa masalah berkaitan dengan electronic circuit. sebab pakai battery tak ikut spec.

not mentioned in the owners manual?

they take that piece of thing off, put in the hood insulators, then put back that piece of thing. I believe that shouldn't be a pvc part. i'm not sure about it. Probably something fiberous. like composite fiber (cheapo ones)

you enable the idle stop or switch it off?

front and rear. should be able to cool down the cabin to a cold level if you switch to max and let the car moving. but then i'm not sure how the impact on the fuel bill and the life span of the system gonna be.

anyone noticed some humming sound once you off throttle when you cruising like around 80kph? and the humming sound will fade away when the speed reduces to 50kph. the humming sound is something like a worn wheel bearing. Some says it's due to prop shaft and i can't be certain about it.

Yeah... just keep an ear for yours.

And due to the proximity of the exhaust/cat con to the firewall, i can even hear the engine brrrrrr (not obviously loud but fainted) when the injector shut off during deceleration. not sure is it slightly poor insulation, or i'm just too picky with it.

guess nobody able to tell what's gonna happen after 5 years.

from the brakes?

i spotted another defect on my wife's aruz, the engine hood paint finishing is uneven. You may thought that is some reflection but it wasn't. It look like some dirt on the paint itself but you can't clean it. A further check even able to observe that the clear coat are not applied evenly.

yeah, wife is asking the SA about what to do. the car was about a week, extreme heat? no way, the only extreme heat will be from the engine or the sun. or else, the clear coat gonna peel off.
the defect is so subtle that you wouldn't able to spot it easily. but once you seen it, you will really looking at it.

i kinda felt that the HU wasn't that responsive to touch sometimes. but at least is it a capacitive touchscreen rather than a resistive touchscreen on bezza (which you need to tap on it instead of touching it).