2021 Honda City GM6 Dedicated Discussion, Owner/ Fan Club Thread

[chinyoti]

I personally feel extended warranty is a gimmick. You have to keep your car company maintained.

Other then that you can purchase extended warranty at any time within your current warranty period I assume, if it's company maintained.

[chinyoti]

Haven't noticed the same for front passenger. I'll check rear seats and get back to you.

[dms664]

The front passenger is not able to manually unlock the door by moving the lock unless the driver press the unlock button. No idea if this is a feature or fault in my car.
Same for rear doors.

[mohali203]

I'm not satisfied with the fuel average. In a recent trip to Kashmir, I only got 13.3km/l avg (poor road conditions as well which made me drive slowly) and on recent trip on M1 I got only 16.7km/l. Previously I was getting 20+ km/l avg on motorways. I have daily commute of 10-11 kms and that too on a busy road it gives me avg of 11-12 km/l. Variant is 1.2 M/T. I'm concerned that it should give at least 13-14 within city. Spark plugs are cleaned. Throttle body is cleaned. CAT is not that clogged that it requires to be cleaned. Air filter is recently changed. Tire pressure is 32 psi. I often mix hi octane as well. Also, the engine knocks as well especially when AC compressor is on or at the time when it turns on or off. I fill up my car from Attock jhanda in Rawalpindi. It's a company operated station. So, I don't think there can be any fault with fuel quality. I'm concerned that it should give at least 14-15 km/l of avg within city. Am I expected more unnecessarily or it should give me 14-15 km/l of avg?

[ifadey]

Try PSO fuel. Your mileage will improve.

[dms664]

The front passenger is not able to manually unlock the door by moving the lock unless the driver press the unlock button. No idea if this is a feature or fault in my car.
Same for rear doors.

@ifadey could you please check your car for this issue/feature. please check my earlier posts as well on same issue. Thanks & regards

[pwuser151967054480]

Yeah exactly. Despite what people think, you need to use proper technique with CVT to get proper fuel economy. With bad technique I get around 12 to 13 and with good technique I get 15 to 16 within city. As an example, at a constant speed of 60, you can be at 3000rpm and also 1500rpm just due to throttle positioning.

Another thing is cvts are extremely inefficient at acceleration, so you have to ensure being at a constant speed rather than the usual way of driving with constant acceleration and deceleration. For manuals fast acceleration and then constant speed works best, but cvts economy gets murdered from fast acceleration so the acceleration has to be a bit slower as well.

[pwuser151967054480]

You have 1.2 manual or 1.5 manual?

[pwuser151967054480]

It can be done with any car with proper technique. Unless it's happening with your car with sudden release of the clutch, then your car must be really special lol. I assume you had 1.3 manual before and now 1.5, so yeah due to much more torque it would be easier to not stall the car.

[pwuser151967054480]

Yeah lol company will use any excuse to not honour the warranty. My dealer recently told me that as I don't get their extra periodic checkups/services done, company won't honour my warranty. I asked them what is the relation of basic services like alignment and brake service with getting warranty for the cvt for example and as usual in other words they said either get your wallet screwed here or say bye bye to the warranty.

I'm just waiting for them to officially cancel my warranty early like they did for my old city for not getting those unnecessary services so I can go back to my usual method of total 5w30 and original oil filter for 10k Kms from outside. It would be amazing to go back to not paying the labor charges, changing oil once a year and not having to wait 2 hours just to get the oil changed.

[pwuser151967054480]

You just have to improve your driving technique. I got none of those services done, even my air filter has never been changed at 26k Kms, yet my fuel economy consistently improved alhamdulillah due to improved technique. Drive at consistent speeds always and brake as little as possible by predicting when you will need to brake and be off throttle well before to save fuel. Constantly alternating between acceleration and deceleration is what ruins the fuel economy.

Also don't get any of those services done unnecessarily apart from the factory mandated 30k Kms air filter change. If your car actually needs those services done, you will feel a massive decrease in fuel economy and performance, otherwise you're just filling your mechanics pockets.

[dms664]

I have 1.5 cvt

[mustafasethi]

Went to honda and met a guy who purchased city 1.5 in july and already his steering was making quite a lot of noise.

However I have already sold my city .

[dms664]

my steering occasionally make the whining noise you have mentioned but I was attributing it to the humid weather and car being parked in basement. What should be my way forward? is it a known fault and covered under warranty?

[ifadey]

could you please check your car for this issue/feature.

Sure, I will check.

[matrix]

LOL. Yeah that probably explains it. Definitely did not happen with the 1.3 MT.

[pwuser151967054480]

Can anyone confirm how much ram is in the aspire android screen? I'm getting it for around 25k used which seems like a reasonable price, but in older posts some members have reported that it has just 16gb storage, but no one reported the amount of ram. 16gb storage is usually paired with 1gb ram and for a 1gb android unit, 25k is too expensive.

[sunradiant1985]

I have Aspire CVT 2022 only 6k driven in one year. Three free check-ups were done whereby oil and its filter was changed once from Honda dealership. They didn't change air filter.

Last time oil was changed in May 2023. Since then car was driven only 1500 km.

Should I change oil again?
Should I go to Honda dealership. They are asking around 18k for oil, oil filter and air filter with labour.
Can I change from outside (like buy my own oil of Total, Zic etc. and get it changed from a local mechanic) local oil filter and air filter?
If I should change it from outside, which oil is good? And of which grade?

Please advise.

[askai37]

in my opinion car is 1500km driven so no need of oil change as u mention that u changed oil before. rest is upto you. get genuine honda oil 5W30 and filter(genuine) . it will not cost more then 9k rs.

[ifadey]

For low mileage vehicle, change the oil after every 6 months. Honda engine oil is cheaper than brands available in the market. The cost goes up due to labor cost, and genuine oil and air filter.