Wanted opinion review on 2016 Vitara

[saucy]

Hi guys

thinking of buying the 2016/2017 vitara

any reviews? good / bad? problems?

deciding between that and maybe juke?

[acesinghit]

Generally Nissan over Suzuki but vitara over juke any day. Vitara nicer to look at and has 4wd but juke is a frog in 2wd only. Depends on what you want, besides, the juke is an aging design and the vitara out less than a year now.

[Rory Phoulorie]

The Vitara is probably the best value for money CUV on the market. You get good kit with the AllGrip model.

One weird thing that I found was the rear inner fender liners have a kind of fabric lining on the plastic, probably for noise attenuation. Dirt and mud sticks to the lining easily.

One issue that I have to take up with Lifestyle at the 5000km service is that I find the 1 to 2 upshift to be a bit hard under normal throttle application and in comparison to the higher gear upshifts.

For a 1.6L engine in that size of vehicle, it accelerates okay under full throttle application.

The only concern that I really have is with the fuel economy. But I want to give it some time before I finalize my opinion on that. I need to check the owner's manual to see what is the fuel capacity and check the odometer to see how far I go on a specified volume of fuel.

[acesinghit]

Rory a lot of new vehicles have that fabric material under the fenders. Seen in both front and back in some toyotas, nissans and even hyundais.

[lalloboy101]

Went and look at the Vitara last weekend, should I be concerned as they are being manufactured in India?

[Rory Phoulorie]

Went and look at the Vitara last weekend, should I be concerned as they are being manufactured in India?

Indian people can't assemble a car?

Lifestyle reprogrammed, or claimed they reprogrammed, the transmission control module at the 5000km service. So I am no longer experiencing the occasional hard 1-2 upshift.

[*KRONIK*]

The vitaras are built in Hungary, not India.

And we had that transmission issue with ours also.
It was re-programmed and the problem went away.

[jaithon]

Suzuki vehicles are normally fuel hungry.. ask even swift owners

[*KRONIK*]

Actually...the m16a in the sx4 and the s-cross had been observed to be more fuel efficient than the m15a in the previous generation swift.

Also, the k-series engines are very good on gas.

The j20 is a guzzler.

[lalloboy101]

The vitaras are built in Hungary, not India.

And we had that transmission issue with ours also.
It was re-programmed and the problem went away.

Just going with what the sales guy in LSM South said about where they were made.

[nolimit]

We have a 4x2 new vitara and it is very fuel efficient (better than my civic which impressed me), the van is a very good buy when you compare the other options available and the price is good. No regrets or issues with the suv thus far

[*KRONIK*]

Fella in parts dept said servicing is very costly...

[Rory Phoulorie]

Fella in parts dept said servicing is very costly...

Before I reminded the CSR at the service department that the 5000km service was supposed to be free, she was charging me around $1,175 for the service.

Just for comparison, a 5000km service at TTTL for a 2014 Toyota Hilux cost $1,177.54 in April 2015, and the main thing TTTL did was change the oil.

[*KRONIK*]

Fella in parts dept said servicing is very costly...

Before I reminded the CSR at the service department that the 5000km service was supposed to be free, she was charging me around $1,175 for the service.

Just for comparison, a 5000km service at TTTL for a 2014 Toyota Hilux cost $1,177.54 in April 2015, and the main thing TTTL did was change the oil.

My free service was at 1000kms
After that...i on my own

[wezlee]

Good info

[Ignorant Ignis]

The vitaras are built in Hungary, not India.

And we had that transmission issue with ours also.
It was re-programmed and the problem went away.

had the same issue and had it reprogrammed ... much better now


as mentioned before .... best bang for your buck