Water ingress in AT transmission

Join Date: Jun 2020

Location: Dehradun

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I person a 2020 Kia SONET Diesel/AT. The car was bought chiefly for usage successful the upland roads (Uttarakhand). During caller flooding of roads successful Delhi NCR, I had to thrust done flooded roads. Just earlier accomplishment astatine my destination, we got into a large trench dug up connected the broadside of the roadworthy by the municipal corporation. The trench was astir 2-3 feet deep.

The beforehand tyres were successful the trench but the rear tyres remained connected the road. We got retired and with the assistance of immoderate locals and a passing by Mahindra Thar the car was pulled out. As the motor would not restart, it was towed to the nearest Authourised Service Centre (ASC).

At the ASC I was told that determination is batch of h2o successful the oil, truthful the motor whitethorn person to beryllium overhauled. I asked them to cheque the magnitude of h2o with h2o uncovering paste, but they gave maine unusual looks. To marque things worse, they said my security does not person Engine Protection Cover, truthful I?ll person to carnivore each the expenses. I was adjacent advised not to enactment a claim.

However, I decided to enactment a claim. The Surveyor who came to bash the survey the adjacent time besides told maine that owed to nary Engine cover, my assertion for motor repairs volition beryllium rejected. However, helium said determination isn?t overmuch h2o successful the motor and the ASC indispensable manus crank the motor and cleanable the self-starter to commencement the engine.

The Surveyor?s proposal was bang on. Next time the motor was capable to start. However, during the trial thrust issues with the gears was noticed. The car would jerk arsenic soon arsenic it was enactment to R oregon D and aft the archetypal 1 km oregon truthful the gears would not engage. The car had to beryllium pushed to bring it backmost to the ASC.

The cogwheel lipid (ATF) was drained and recovered it to beryllium contaminated with water. It was pinkish and looked similar strawberry beverage shingle that we get astatine McDonalds. The ATF was replaced with caller fluid. The adjacent trial thrust showed nary improvement, but the ATF erstwhile drained showed little h2o and it was reddish successful colour. The ATF costs implicit 2000 Rs per litre (SP-IV).

The ASC present tells maine that the cogwheel container whitethorn request replacement and quoted 5 lacs. Clearly this is not a tenable outgo for a 4 twelvemonth of SONET with a marketplace worth of conscionable astir 8 lacs. I asked them to flush the gearbox with ATF 1 much time, but, unluckily adjacent aft that the results person not improved. I discussed the contented with the Surveyor who appeared to beryllium an experienced person. He advised maine person the Mechatronics of the AT transmission checked. I person conveyed it to the ASC and present hoping for immoderate affirmative results.

Has anyone experienced akin issues? Do you hold that the full cogwheel box/AT strategy needs replacement? I?m considering to merchantability the car successful arsenic is condition.

I look guardant to your views.