I've replaced the head unit with an aftermarket unit. Maybe some screw's are loose I guess, cause sometimes I hear like something falls off my car but I've no idea coming from where or what 😂😅

VSL TS10 player, 10inch screen and 4gm ram + 32gb memory.
There's a few things you need to get though, not just the HU.
Yes it supports apple car play and AAuto wired and wireless.

Price for new car to drop is kinda rare 😅

Ativa avg 17-18km/L

What is your average speed on the highway?

Dayum... I need to be more light footed then cuz I'm only getting 15-16km/l on my "slow" days, but at the end of the journey I usually see 13-14km/l 😂

Giving life to this thread!

So, last week I send my car for 20,000km service.
After the service, I notice my car drives differently, underpowered, and revs louder than before.

On the day after I got back my car, I want to drive across a junction and I rev it as normal, but to my surprise and horror, my car doesn't zip through the road but crawling. I didn't really hear the turbo sound and the rev of my engine way louder than usual and the pickup is rather linear and not accelerating when I step down on the pedal.

Did anyone experienced this before?

Called back to SC and they say its common issue recently for all Ativa, says something about the system got reset and need to drive about ~100km or so for it to go back to normal.

I rmbr reading such cases from a FB group before and their cases are the turbo hose loose or not connected. I inspect the hose and didn't found any disconnect or loose.

Going back to the SC on Tuesday. Sigh.

This post has been edited by justnits: Jul 28 2023, 02:54 PM

Wah, need show invoice meh? haha!
The SC is in Penang, Sungai Pinang outlet.

I not sure if they have a SOP to configure it back after reset. I asked the person handling my case what happen. He say they check back with their HQ and this was what is adviced by them. He mentions that the car doesn't recognize the engine oil changed and it will take time to configure itself back.

This all seems like a lot of puzzle pieces but they all doesn't seem to match...LOL!

Even if I have OBD scan tool, I also don't know what to look for since I didn't have it before this issue happens to me

I think there's a gap on the steps after reset the ECU (or technician accidentally reset the ECU), there should be a way for them to set it back, and not let customer drive in that condition a few days before it goes back to normal.
How does the ECU learn? Base on the driver's driving pattern?
Then what does the ECU learn when the car comes out from factory?
Now that it seems that it is back to normal, is it the same as before or is it different now?

I've all these questions in my head for the past few days

Ya, more or less the trail of thoughts I have the past few days. Now I don't know if they set it back to factory settings, or they force the ECU to learn by taking it out for a spin.

Have you tested the car?

Some "known" issues that I can think from the top of my head.
1) "hot hairdryer" smell when you reach around 100km/h speed
2) every service after your 5000km service in SC, you have to "re-set" your car's throttling yourself by speeding or stepping on the accelerator to rev up the rpm. (this is my experience, other user who experience this and have other method pls share)
3) ride can be bumpy (more so when you have passengers)
4) idle vibration (which eventually will get used to it or you accept it over time)
5) a couple of times my AEB activate pre-maturely, example, a car about 5 meter in front of me doing u turn and I am going to turn right at the same traffic light. The rear of the car doing the u turn has already exit out of the lane I'm in but at 1-2 meter distance, my AEB kicks in, leaving me with a "what the heck" feeling.


This section is the features in the car that I end up didn't use it or use much.
1) I end up never use auto high beam feature as it is wonky and the detection sometimes are slow.
2) ACC I only use it sometimes when I travel between PG and KL. Quite annoying to use when there's a lot of cars driving at 80km/h in the middle lane or left lane.
3) eco-idle must off everytime you start the car, or you can get accessory to auto off it.


This post has been edited by justnits: Mar 14 2024, 05:44 PM