Tata manza power loss, refusing to climb 45° road

This video is a test to simulate of what happened to me on 6/6/2011
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I was travelling to nainital in the morning driving carefully the moment we reached haldwani i started feeling some drag and loss of brakes since we were running quite late and hungry too decided to take a break till that time nothing major problem was felt except braking. After having ten min break somewhere at jeolikot started again had just gone by few kms we could feel break shoe burning and smelling. Since the ac was off glasses down we could smell it which means this was happening since much before and was causing break loss.

Now i had no way to stop on upgoing road midway with two families and kids. Idecided to drive slowly but reach a spot where I can halt the car...before i could halt the car worst happened. On sharp left u bend the car had sudden loss of power the car failed to move forward and car behind me had trouble understanding the situation. I reved up the engine in 1st gear to 3000rpm but the car lost power didnt move forward and started going back. As if the car had no grip on the road. I somehow managed to reverse the car without having any control for 30 sec. All passangers got down and then i moved the car few meters and stopped. The left front brake shoe was smelling and rim was too hot to touch.

Called a taxi from the hotel and sent them in taxi. Had to wait for the brakes to cool down then drove up slowly to nainital with 3-4 stops in between.

I asked the local taxi guys as to what can be the problem, they said it seems to be the clutch plate failure in a NEW MANZA.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• tata manza
• clutch plate failure

[monishsir]

sorry sorry a thousand sorry i m not complaining you i m asking about the vehicle is it quadrajet or TDI

[lightzoneindia]

@monishsir

hahah......your 1000s apologies fully accepted & credited to your account. Manza is having quadrajet engine.

[monishsir]

I think u dont know how to drive a car .The manza comes with a 90PS engine I had driven about 60* angle even with my tata indica Turbo 62PS

[lightzoneindia]

@monishsir

I have been driving last 22 years, have traveled over 240 cities of India by road, 3-4 months in a year I am driving in mountains due to my professional work, now if you still feel that I am not a good driver then I am willing to learn from you. I know its unbelievable to see this video, you can only believe it once it happens with you.

[lightzoneindia]

Thanks @mohanamarnath

In spite reading the detailed post from the forums you show your ignorance & then further you show your class too.........u must be great man. God bless you.

BTW have you ever driven cars in the mountains (not hills) The problem has already been acknowledged by tata motors & was repaired too so don't try to defend anyone.

[lightzoneindia]

@anupsonavane

Read the rest of the problems here in this forum

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[rajseve]

It's an issue of clutch failure..... smell is of burning of clutch plate.

[pmk351]

the reason engine is shutting down is because the accelator is depressed suddenly for long time. the problem might be with some manza cars ONLY. FUNNY BUT TRY THIS - on similar kind of road try in reverse gear ( doing this most of the weight would be on front tyres and vehicle would have great traction) i am not biased but manza is great car and its engine and gearbox are best in class. thank you all.

[pmk351]

as we see in the video, there are few vehicles like tata winger, maruti omni and scorpio. when you compare power to ton ratio manza is the best of all. and all other vehicles are rear wheel drive. this could be because of front wheels not having enough traction as most of the weight (at 45 degree angle) tends to pull backwards and thereby exerting less pressure on front tyres. these tyres of widest in the class so loss traction could be reason. CHECK MY SECOND COMMENT.

[dhilsen221075]

@eddie55966 Mileage on multijet purely depends on your driving style. I am able to get 20kmpl in Chennai(with less traffic) and 16 kmpl with normal traffic.

[srinivas171983]

@anupsonavane no go ahead.



[TheRajasshinde]

@monishsir Sir v kno abt d technical specs bt u wnt believe d prob unless u experience it on ur own.

[TheRajasshinde]

@anupsonavane yes i think u shud