Honda Vezel - Any thoughts ?

ishan.fdo

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    Guys I want to know these details of the Honda Vezel. If you know/ If you have used it. Please share your ideas.

    1. Engine/Gear System eke fault ekak thibila company eken recall kara neda dan auruddakata vage kalin. Matath experience thibba. Slow karala eka parata pickup venne na. Me aula dan hadalada? Me aula thawama thyenavada? 2017 RS Sensing eke e aula thyenavada?

    2. Aththatama city eke fuel kiyak karanavada? I have to travel 80KM per day in arround 20 KM traffic. Fuel kochcharak burn veida ? With and without sports mode ?

    3. Outstation kiyak karanavada? With and without sports mode ?

    4. Durable da? Leda nathiwa aurudu kiyak withara use karanda pulwanda?

    5. Body eka strong da? Accident ekak vage unothin loku. Athule inna ayata safe da?

    6. Maintenance kohomada? Full service kiyak yanavada? Parts ganan da godak ?
     
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    Rakithaya

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    Wadiye nam danne na , habai kiyana widihata nam undercompression kathawak thiyenawa , meke fit platform ekata design karala thiyena nisa engine eka madi wage . Safety nam ok ,crv eka tharamma hard na , habai IIHS safety walin ok , ncap passed .
     

    RaZor_911

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    Vhp6385

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    Oke gear box issue eka tynne dual clutch system eke..loku traffic wladi ehema clutch ekta ena weight eka nisa heat wela system auto shut down wenwa kyl tma kynne hariytma danne ne.bt aluth ewage nam godak durta fix krlalu..use krnda nm aulak nathi wei 2017 nm aulk aththema nr kyl kynne grace eke 17 samahar ewage nm gear shift lag wenwa...fuel nam around 20 kyl thma kyne use krna kipa denkma kwa...toyota chr eka ganan wadi nisa oka thma hodama option eka
     

    wickuma

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    Oke gear box issue eka tynne dual clutch system eke..loku traffic wladi ehema clutch ekta ena weight eka nisa heat wela system auto shut down wenwa kyl tma kynne hariytma danne ne.bt aluth ewage nam godak durta fix krlalu..use krnda nm aulak nathi wei 2017 nm aulk aththema nr kyl kynne grace eke 17 samahar ewage nm gear shift lag wenwa...fuel nam around 20 kyl thma kyne use krna kipa denkma kwa...toyota chr eka ganan wadi nisa oka thma hodama option eka


    Yes, there's such case in this vehicle and it is due to lack of power of the engine. 1500cc engine is not enough for this vehicle. and it tend to fail the clutch assembly. its a dual clutch and replacement may cost you about 350,000/-
     

    ramishka

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    Most of the issues with the vehicles based on Honda FIT platform (GP5, Vezel, etc) have been resolved with the 2015/2016/2017 iterations ( and for older versions resolved through recalls).

    Couple of my friends have Vezels and I've never heard any of them report issues with the vehicle. As most of the things in Sri lanka, 90% car advice on Elakiri is based on rumors, assumptions and personal opinion rather than verified facts.

    As for the questions you have asked, I can only answer #6 based on my experience with Hondas. Yes genuine Honda parts are expensive and if you are doing repairs you are better off using genuine Honda parts and lubricants as opposed to other brands.
     

    mayadmax

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    1. Engine/Gear System eke fault ekak thibila company eken recall kara neda dan auruddakata vage kalin. Matath experience thibba. Slow karala eka parata pickup venne na. Me aula dan hadalada? Me aula thawama thyenavada? 2017 RS Sensing eke e aula thyenavada?

    vehicles nam ona taram recall karanawa. alut prius ekat recall kare. recall period eka atha arala ekak ganna. Honda FIT, Honda Grace and Honda Vezel 3ne ma tiyenne same technology, same earth dreams engine. Bara adu wenna wenna, fuel consumption hodai FIT 1, Grace 2 Vezel Last (Vehicle eka bara wadi ne). oya vehicle eke size ekata 1500 nam madi kialai mata hitenne. Namut honda vehicles okkogema sport mode off karala, econ on karala nam tiyenne response time eka adui mokada battery ekata priority wadien dena nisa. Econ off karala normal hybrid mode eke tibba nam tikak shape. FIT GP5 eket gear problems tamai enawa kiala kianne.

    But man nam hitanne loke onama deyak at some point, must break ne. pudgalayage maintenance and purudu matha oka maasen da dekenda aurudu 10n da kiala depend wenawa

    2. Aththatama city eke fuel kiyak karanavada? I have to travel 80KM per day in arround 20 KM traffic. Fuel kochcharak burn veida ? With and without sports mode ?

    Honda FIT,Grace,Vezel city traffic eke not more than 20KM. me dawas wala traffic eke nam 12,13i vezel karanne. Batterya charge wennat vehicle eka move wenna epai. me labba eeyet peya 3k eka tana maha re 12ta. Normal range eka 15to 18 wage

    Meka godak depend wenawa hybrid dive karana vidiyata. Sport mode dammot nam wadak attema na. race karana vidiya saha, cruise control use karala tamai mama godak welawata range eka wadi karaganne

    3. Outstation kiyak karanavada? With and without sports mode ?

    Langadi nuwaraeliya giya colombo indala with sports mode enabled in mountain range. 25-35KMl range. enakota 50,55km per litre kara (mekat depend wenawa elavana vidiyata)


    4. Durable da? Leda nathiwa aurudu kiyak withara use karanda pulwanda?

    ona vehicle ekak brand new gattot itin 5,6years leda na. mekat itin pora ge hatiyata tamai. kaaka paluwek wage ekek grace ekak gatta u motor cross padinawa kiala hitan giya dan shocks, gears and hybrid system issues

    5. Body eka strong da? Accident ekak vage unothin loku. Athule inna ayata safe da?

    danata nam happala na :D

    6. Maintenance kohomada? Full service kiyak yanavada? Parts ganan da godak ?

    Honda parts anyway ganan toyota walata wadiya. ekane kattia ganne natte wadiya. But honda technology hodai. half leather interior, anika maara gati (habai vezel paraadai alut toyota CHR ekata)

    normally kobe power train warranty or sterling after care warranty hambenawa. Free labour free services. cost eka less than 10 wage tamai full service ekata yanne etakota. ehema natan stafford dammot 15 to 18 wage yanawa full service ekata. oya 3n moke dammat 2months vitara wat kalin appointment danna oni.
     
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    ishan.fdo

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    Most of the issues with the vehicles based on Honda FIT platform (GP5, Vezel, etc) have been resolved with the 2015/2016/2017 iterations ( and for older versions resolved through recalls).

    Couple of my friends have Vezels and I've never heard any of them report issues with the vehicle. As most of the things in Sri lanka, 90% car advice on Elakiri is based on rumors, assumptions and personal opinion rather than verified facts.

    As for the questions you have asked, I can only answer #6 based on my experience with Hondas. Yes genuine Honda parts are expensive and if you are doing repairs you are better off using genuine Honda parts and lubricants as opposed to other brands.

    Thanks dude. Appreciated :)
     

    ishan.fdo

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    1. Engine/Gear System eke fault ekak thibila company eken recall kara neda dan auruddakata vage kalin. Matath experience thibba. Slow karala eka parata pickup venne na. Me aula dan hadalada? Me aula thawama thyenavada? 2017 RS Sensing eke e aula thyenavada?

    vehicles nam ona taram recall karanawa. alut prius ekat recall kare. recall period eka atha arala ekak ganna. Honda FIT, Honda Grace and Honda Vezel 3ne ma tiyenne same technology, same earth dreams engine. Bara adu wenna wenna, fuel consumption hodai FIT 1, Grace 2 Vezel Last (Vehicle eka bara wadi ne). oya vehicle eke size ekata 1500 nam madi kialai mata hitenne. Namut honda vehicles okkogema sport mode off karala, econ on karala nam tiyenne response time eka adui mokada battery ekata priority wadien dena nisa. Econ off karala normal hybrid mode eke tibba nam tikak shape. FIT GP5 eket gear problems tamai enawa kiala kianne.

    But man nam hitanne loke onama deyak at some point, must break ne. pudgalayage maintenance and purudu matha oka maasen da dekenda aurudu 10n da kiala depend wenawa

    2. Aththatama city eke fuel kiyak karanavada? I have to travel 80KM per day in arround 20 KM traffic. Fuel kochcharak burn veida ? With and without sports mode ?

    Honda FIT,Grace,Vezel city traffic eke not more than 20KM. me dawas wala traffic eke nam 12,13i vezel karanne. Batterya charge wennat vehicle eka move wenna epai. me labba eeyet peya 3k eka tana maha re 12ta. Normal range eka 15to 18 wage

    Meka godak depend wenawa hybrid dive karana vidiyata. Sport mode dammot nam wadak attema na. race karana vidiya saha, cruise control use karala tamai mama godak welawata range eka wadi karaganne

    3. Outstation kiyak karanavada? With and without sports mode ?

    Langadi nuwaraeliya giya colombo indala with sports mode enabled in mountain range. 25-35KMl range. enakota 50,55km per litre kara (mekat depend wenawa elavana vidiyata)


    4. Durable da? Leda nathiwa aurudu kiyak withara use karanda pulwanda?

    ona vehicle ekak brand new gattot itin 5,6years leda na. mekat itin pora ge hatiyata tamai. kaaka paluwek wage ekek grace ekak gatta u motor cross padinawa kiala hitan giya dan shocks, gears and hybrid system issues

    5. Body eka strong da? Accident ekak vage unothin loku. Athule inna ayata safe da?

    danata nam happala na :D

    6. Maintenance kohomada? Full service kiyak yanavada? Parts ganan da godak ?

    Honda parts anyway ganan toyota walata wadiya. ekane kattia ganne natte wadiya. But honda technology hodai. half leather interior, anika maara gati (habai vezel paraadai alut toyota CHR ekata)

    normally kobe power train warranty or sterling after care warranty hambenawa. Free labour free services. cost eka less than 10 wage tamai full service ekata yanne etakota. ehema natan stafford dammot 15 to 18 wage yanawa full service ekata. oya 3n moke dammat 2months vitara wat kalin appointment danna oni.

    Thanks bokka. Ehenam ekapara mazda 6 ekakma gannava bn :D
     

    creed1

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    1. Engine/Gear System eke fault ekak thibila company eken recall kara neda dan auruddakata vage kalin. Matath experience thibba. Slow karala eka parata pickup venne na. Me aula dan hadalada? Me aula thawama thyenavada? 2017 RS Sensing eke e aula thyenavada?

    2016 - 2017 නිෂ්පාදනය කරන ලද සියලුම වාහන වල කලින් පවා තුන දෝෂ සියල්ලම නිවරදිකරලා තියෙනවා 2016 වාහන වල එන vibration එක 2017 එන රථවල හදලා තියෙන්නේ ඒවගේමයි performance improve කරලා තියෙන්නේ . එනිසා ගැටළුවක් නැහැ . ප්‍රදාන කරුණ තමා මොනවා හරි ලෙඩක් අවොත් කොම්පැනි ගෙනියන්න 5000 කින් ගොඩ දාගන්න පුළුවන්.
    ජම්පර් ස්ටාර්ට් කරන්න එපා එක වාහනේට සැහෙන හොද නැහැ. නොකර බැරි අවස්ථාවක කරන්න හැබැයි ඒ ජාතියේම වහනයක් වෙන්න ඕනා + - මාරුකරන්න එපා එහෙම උනොත් system reboot කරන්න වෙනවා එකත් වෙන්නේ ගොඩක් කල් යනවා ABS system එක හැදෙන්න අඩුම දවස් 5 -6 වත් යනවා .



    2. Aththatama city eke fuel kiyak karanavada? I have to travel 80KM per day in arround 20 KM traffic. Fuel kochcharak burn veida ? With and without sports mode ?

    තෙල් ගැන කියනවා නම් 1500cc සීරීස් එක අඩුම තෙල් ප්‍රමාණයක් කරන්නේ මේකේ උපරිම තෙල් කරන්න නම් අනිවා කෲස් කොන්ට්‍රෝල් දා ගන්නම වෙනවා මේක මම ම check කර ගත්ත එකක්


    highway :
    70 kmph - 32 km/l

    100kmph - 28 km/l

    normal road outstation : 23- 25 km/l

    colombo aria : 19 km/l

    colombo city aria : 15 km/l

    heavy trafic - : 9 km/l


    TISSAMAHARAMA - NUWARA ELIYA - KANDY - KURUNEGALA ඕවරෝල් TOTAL 35 ක් කරලා තිබුනා AXIO / AQUA අරුණට පස්සේ හොදටම තෙල් කරේ VISEL RS එක.

    SPORT MODE වල තෙල් ඉතුරු වෙන්නේ නැහැ පැයට කිලෝමීටර 50 ට අඩුවෙන් යනකොට 3 වෙනි ගියර් එකේ යන්නේ 100 පනින්නම ඕනේ 5,6 වැඩකරන්න.





    4. Durable da? Leda nathiwa aurudu kiyak withara use karanda pulwanda?

    සැප පහසුව අතින් හොදයි බකට් TYPE සීට් නිසා ඇගට අමාරු නැහැ වේගෙන් ගිහින් වංගු ගත්තත් විසිවෙන්නේ නැහැ . හරියට SERVICE ටික කරොත් ලෙඩක් නැතිව පදින්න පුළුවන්.

    5. Body eka strong da? Accident ekak vage unothin loku. Athule inna ayata safe da?

    හයිබ්‍රිඩ් කොහෙද බන් ස්ට්‍රොන්ග් බර අඩු කරගන්න කඩදාසි වලින් හදන්න පුලුවන්නම් එහෙමත් කරයි. හයිය ගැන බලනවා නම් ඩොසරක් ගනින් .

    6. Maintenance kohomada? Full service kiyak yanavada? Parts ganan da godak ?

    මොන මගුල ගත්තත් WARRANTY එකක් එක්ක ගනින් VEZEL ගන්නවානම් .
     

    creed1

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    Yah anyway the mazda 6 has sky active. But how about fuel consumption? Any thoughts

    තෙල් ගැන හිතනවා නම් ඇකුවා එකක් ගන්න සහෝ.

    උබ ලොකු වහනයක් අරගෙන පාරේ තෙල් ඉතුරු කරගන්න හෙමින් ගියොත් අනිත් වාහන වල යන එවුන් තාත්තා ඉබ්බෙක්ද කියලා අහලා යයි . :lol::lol:
     
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    dinuksha_asela

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    No idea machan. Agents offer Mazda 3 with non-skyactive engine to cut costs. Thought this the same case for Mazda 6 as well.

    Mazda 6 Okkoma awe Skyactive 2L Engine, Top of the range model ekak awa eka awe 2.5L Engine eka. Mazda 3 awe parana 1.6 eka. Mazda 6 ekath ekka compete wena hnda thamai Mazda 3 eke price bassanna paran Engine eka dala gennuwe. Fuel gana hithanawanum mewa aran therumak naa. Aqua thamai, habai ithin Basic wahana, Meloo sapak naa.. A to B yanna thamai ithin.
     

    hrm

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    Mazda 6 Okkoma awe Skyactive 2L Engine, Top of the range model ekak awa eka awe 2.5L Engine eka. Mazda 3 awe parana 1.6 eka. Mazda 6 ekath ekka compete wena hnda thamai Mazda 3 eke price bassanna paran Engine eka dala gennuwe. Fuel gana hithanawanum mewa aran therumak naa. Aqua thamai, habai ithin Basic wahana, Meloo sapak naa.. A to B yanna thamai ithin.

    Thanks. Mazda is the new Honda kiyanawa ne ...