My Nexon EV’s infotainment thinks its a Harrier: Here’s why
The main reason for choosing the car is that XUV400 is too bare bones and MG’s uncertainty of being in India after 5 years.
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We had picked up a Nexon Ev Max dark on August of 2023, I know its been a while but it really takes some time to know the car completely. Currently the ODO stands at 20k Kms and I hope it will cross the 50k mark in a year, Currently the range is around 280-300kms per charge. The main reason for choosing the car is that XUV400 is too barebones and MG’s Uncertainty of being in India after 5 years. Our other ride is an Ameo diesel and also we had a Polo diesel, So this is our first TATA car or a car from any other brand than VW for that matter.
Ladies and gentlemen, Please welcome DURACELL to the forum! Charging somewhere in a KSEB Station in Kerala
I know these points have been discussed widely in the forum but, let me share my views:
First the Positives about the car:
- Features Galore: Coming from a VW, everything was new, from a large touch screen to the ventilated seats, a digital instrument cluster and whatnot.
- The Suspension feels robust and can withstand abuse unlike the VWs.
- The Sound quality of the ICE is awesome!
- The Performance is really great and can leave any 20Lakh car to dust at least till 100kmph.
Now the Negatives:
- Fit and Finish issues: Coming from a VW, The difference was night and day, The panel gaps are Uneven, Paint quality is horrible, Everything basically looks good from far but horrible when you look closely.
- Rattles: There are many rattles from all parts of the car, Our 1L km run Ameo still has zero rattles.
- Charging Speed: The Fast charging speed should be atleast 50KW. The current 30KW is really slow in comparison.
- The 7Kw charger is way too costly at 54k, So I made my own 7KW charger at less than half the price of the TATA one.
- Service Shenanigans: I had some idea how this would be since friend owns a tiago and nothing beats VW Service in terms of crappiness but boy I was so wrong, They are even worse than VW. The Steering was really hard and it was really annoying to drive the car, when reported, they first acknowledged the issue and later started straight-away refusing it claiming that every car(Nexon EV) will have different steering hardness.
The other one is a bit hilarious, They just flashed Harrier’s Software to my infotainment system and the car now identifies itself as a Harrier and owing to the different positions of reverse cameras in two cars, the Guidelines now point in the air. I won’t blame the service center for this since the software package names are weird and its difficult for a service technician to understand them, The TATA Engineers who developed this software should have put some sort of checksum to verify if the software but I’d be really happy if they have flashed the new Nexon.ev software with youtube lol.
Reverse guidelines in the air!!
I Know There are a lot of negatives than positives, but most except the charging speed can be resolved if TATA Changes its attitude towards QC and ASCs. In Summary the Nexon EV is a great car even greater with the facelift if you look past its minor issues and if you can bear with the ASCs.
This is my first long post here, apologies for any mistakes!
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