Latio Sports. A good car?

[josho]

My ride 3000+ km only.  Still on mineral.

Oh... still ok.. Im heading for servicing tmr. Changing to Amsoil EO. I guess the previous owner using Fasflo E.O as stated on the tag on my windscreen. Hope the FC and pick up etc works great.. 

[ahhoe]

Oh... still ok.. Im heading for servicing tmr. Changing to Amsoil EO. I guess the previous owner using Fasflo E.O as stated on the tag on my windscreen. Hope the FC and pick up etc works great.. 

i brought my own amsoil during the normaL serving. after collection, noticed that they used the fastflow decal to indicate my next servicing date. So the decal might not mean anything.

[HumbleCar]

i brought my own amsoil during the normaL serving. after collection, noticed that they used the fastflow decal to indicate my next servicing date. So the decal might not mean anything.

Normally I remove and throw away the Flasfo decal immediately.  Otherwise, it may leave some print mark on the windscreen.  Kenna once, though it was not hard to remove.  I service the car based on mileage.  Though TCM said 10K km or 6-month whichever earlier, which I ignore.

[vroomvroom]

I bought it cos i feel and think it will be a good car. After 16km, I have only 3 words to say. CANNOT MAKE IT

[mindman]

I bought it cos i feel and think it will be a good car. After 16km, I have only 3 words to say. CANNOT MAKE IT

why huh ???????

[gh05tss]

I bought it cos i feel and think it will be a good car. After 16km, I have only 3 words to say. CANNOT MAKE IT

  Can to share Cannot Make It? I'm sure you ae comparing Apple to Apple and Orange to Orange right?

[machim]

I bought it cos i feel and think it will be a good car. After 16km, I have only 3 words to say. CANNOT MAKE IT

As the nick implies, this bro likes to vroom vroom, latio sport got no added performance feature for him to vroom vroom 

[darrylker]

I bought it cos i feel and think it will be a good car. After 16km, I have only 3 words to say. CANNOT MAKE IT

Hi pal, care to share why you feel so -ve abt yr ride? Why travel only 16km? 

[Rayson]

Go buy a Mazda since you are looking at vroom vroom. Of cos you have to be able to sustain it dude. I must say you are a rich guy if you are able to maintain your vroom vroom interest. Cheers!!!

[HumbleCar]

More importantly, it is a value for money car.  Set your expectation at the right level based on what you pay.  One cannot pay $60K for a car and expect the car to go from 0-100 km/hr in 5 seconds flat.  That will be unrealistic.

[vroomvroom]

Alamak why u guys 2nd guess just based on my nick? 
Im not a cheongster la.

Prior to getting this car, I already did alot of nec read up and check on this car.
I understand its pros and I bought it based on its pros which is also well documented in this forum.

But there are too many fault with my car until I buay tahan! Maybe its just my car!

Im not comparing anything and im just sharing my point of view based on my experience with my car.

Here it goes: My car- Latio Sports w Sunroof.

Here are those things that I am having to put up!

1. Sunroof rattles (Bang table bang wall, write email to complain to TC upper management, Problem still cant be solved.)

2. Power window (faulty)

3. The back seats, the middle portion which can be pull down to put cups. It rattles as long as the car moves.

4. left side back door, hollow sound when opening. The only 1 door that gives a very 'cheapo' sound

5. Steering wheel...Got sound....not those tok tok sounds which u guys mentioned in this forum. As long as i turn the steering wheel got sound liao...very irritating. The mechanics told me dunno what (i cant rem now) is faulty and need to change.

My car is not even 1 yr old yet!

Others...

1. TC servicing center really (^*&%%&^%#@. Send my car in for servicing...when i collect the car, all my radio frequency is out and became some malay FM. Did anyone gave them permission to play with my sound system?

Another occassion, send in for servicing, got back my car in extreme dirty state like just finished mud race. Ok granted that they need to take my car for test drive to see if sunroof rattles...But cant they wash up my car after that? I really complain until I GIVE UP so now i just put up with their nonsense.


2. I thought I can accept CVT prior to buying this car cos I am not a cheongest who must be the fastest off the block. But... at times you really got to have alot of patience with this car esp if your missus dont like to hear any rev-ving sound. (ok i know this one not a very valid reason for most)


Ok, perhaps you guys might say this is part and parcel of owning a car and every cars got its problem. But seriously.....if I know in advance abt all this problems associated with the supposedly most posh version of Latio (Latio sports CVT w sunroof), I rather save that additional 5-10k and opt for the basic version of AT latio sedan (Somemore the boot is so much bigger!).

At least if u spend less and the car got alot of problems, you take comfort that you pay for what you get. But Latio sports w sunroof being the top range of latio and still so many problems???

 If its you ,will you be pissed esp when you know complains after complains to TC falls on deaf ears????

Sooner or later you will JUST GIVE UP.

Mind you b4 i got my latio sports, this has always been my dream car...i drool on the sight of latio sports zooming pass my vision. But now....dream has turned into nightmare.

[Jazz]

Alamak why u guys 2nd guess just based on my nick? 
Im not a cheongster la.

Prior to getting this car, I already did alot of nec read up and check on this car.
I understand its pros and I bought it based on its pros which is also well documented in this forum.

But there are too many fault with my car until I buay tahan! Maybe its just my car!

Im not comparing anything and im just sharing my point of view based on my experience with my car.

Here it goes: My car- Latio Sports w Sunroof.

Here are those things that I am having to put up!

1. Sunroof rattles (Bang table bang wall, write email to complain to TC upper management, Problem still cant be solved.)

2. Power window (faulty)

3. The back seats, the middle portion which can be pull down to put cups. It rattles as long as the car moves.

4. left side back door, hollow sound when opening. The only 1 door that gives a very 'cheapo' sound

5. Steering wheel...Got sound....not those tok tok sounds which u guys mentioned in this forum. As long as i turn the steering wheel got sound liao...very irritating. The mechanics told me dunno what (i cant rem now) is faulty and need to change.

My car is not even 1 yr old yet!

Others...

1. TC servicing center really (^*&%%&^%#@. Send my car in for servicing...when i collect the car, all my radio frequency is out and became some malay FM. Did anyone gave them permission to play with my sound system?

Another occassion, send in for servicing, got back my car in extreme dirty state like just finished mud race. Ok granted that they need to take my car for test drive to see if sunroof rattles...But cant they wash up my car after that? I really complain until I GIVE UP so now i just put up with their nonsense.


2. I thought I can accept CVT prior to buying this car cos I am not a cheongest who must be the fastest off the block. But... at times you really got to have alot of patience with this car esp if your missus dont like to hear any rev-ving sound. (ok i know this one not a very valid reason for most)


Ok, perhaps you guys might say this is part and parcel of owning a car and every cars got its problem. But seriously.....if I know in advance abt all this problems associated with the supposedly most posh version of Latio (Latio sports CVT w sunroof), I rather save that additional 5-10k and opt for the basic version of AT latio sedan (Somemore the boot is so much bigger!).

At least if u spend less and the car got alot of problems, you take comfort that you pay for what you get. But Latio sports w sunroof being the top range of latio and still so many problems???

 If its you ,will you be pissed esp when you know complains after complains to TC falls on deaf ears????

Sooner or later you will JUST GIVE UP and start to put up with it.

So I assume your travelled 16,000km instead of 16km right? The standard trip meter usually show 1km and not 1m.

[vroomvroom]

Oh yes Im sorry for the typo. 16k km.

[Jazz]

Oh yes Im sorry for the typo. 16k km.

So you know why our forumers so astonished when you judged your car CMI when you only travelled 16km instead of 16K km. 

[detach8]

bro i have worst problems than yours with my previous car. granted my old car (march 1.0l '96) is damn old but I had engine problem, radiator problem, tyre problem. problems that cause you to can't even drive. but people are always around to help. do you still have your latio with you, or did you sell it already? maybe drop by the meet-ups, or visit a 3rd party authorized nissan service center. i recommend autosavers. they are good. go to the toh guan branch as they just open. the best mechanic is there.

[Rayson]

Eh brother,

Pickup is slow lah .Just go slow, even if my car extremely powerful pickup I also will be going slow pickup speed cos the petrol doesn't justify it haha. And from the problems you stated, I must say some of the cars do have faults. maybe 1 in a hundred or 1 in a thousand. Really depends on luck sometimes. I heard lots of shitty stuffs about TC but personal experience their service attitude is average ba not so shitty when I service. They did wash my car though @@. You should ask the service adviser why not clean and F**k him in his face Cheers.!!!

Maybe you want to zhng your exhaust so that you know that it is accelerating? hehe i bought latio becos of the quietness though. 

I heard bang table bang chair throw chair at service counter also no use leh. Maybe you should go show room and bang when there's a lot of customers 

[vroomvroom]

bro i have worst problems than yours with my previous car. granted my old car (march 1.0l '96) is damn old but I had engine problem, radiator problem, tyre problem. problems that cause you to can't even drive. but people are always around to help. do you still have your latio with you, or did you sell it already? maybe drop by the meet-ups, or visit a 3rd party authorized nissan service center. i recommend autosavers. they are good. go to the toh guan branch as they just open. the best mechanic is there.

thanks bro for the enocuraging words. I just feel pissed with so many problems...esp the sunroof rattling stuff....its like a slap right across my face.....I go for the best, pay for the best and end up that thing (sunroof) which you paid for gives u the most problem....what a big irony.

I really thank you for your kind words. 

[xuan511]

Think ur case is one of the quite bad one i've seen so far. My 4AT sedan (basic set aka cheapest   )so farso good engine no problem, for exterior wise onli the sound proving rubber kinda peel out at the back which causes loud wind noise. Some paint also chipped off unknowingly.
I've been driving my car for almost 3 yrs with ard 70k km, so far so good. Very comfortable ride =)

[Rayson]

One thing I realize that the paint for Latio quite easy to come off. I use wet tissue to clean of bird ******** that landed on my car within 2 hours and hair line scratches appeared. What the hell ....And the touch up paint that they give us, I am telling everyone don't bother to go use it. The colour is totally different. I check with the service adviser and he told me, the paint has been here for dunno how long 1-2-3-4 years already, of cos the colour will change. Then what is the point of giving it to us T_T

[detach8]

relak bro. i share experience with you.

back in 2000 /2001 my dad bought a ford mondeo. freakin car of the year award or something. very nice car back in 2000. the dashboard not fitted properly.. it was so bad the aircon vent keep popping up. then in 2003 the car gasket freakin blew while driving to KL. repair cost bomb. in the end scrap, and my dad bought a volvo s40. that time the volvo s40 just launch, and something in the ECU or engine keychia, the engine keep stalling. in the end thanks to excellent service quality by volvo they ship an entire new engine and ECU from sweden and replace. that has been the best car ever since.

my nissan march.. hai.. there's something rolling around the aircon ducts. i try to dismantle the aircon and dig for that thing (sounds like a screw or something drop inside) but i cannot reach. i take out the center console, the meter cluster, but still cannot find. the last resort is to take out the whole dashboard. i gave up. the rear hatchback door also rattles.. like crazy. 70km/h is enough for you to think you are in a pickup lorry. i also have rattling noise when audio volume is a little bit loud. in the end i found that the plastic covers on the door loose. i stuff tissue inside can liao.

rattling noise is usually something loose. i'm sure it can be fixed... just needs time. those TCM engineers probably lazy.. i dunno...