serious quality issues

I was impressed with the overall looks of the car. I had a short test drive too and almost made up my mind of purchasing the car. I have received sms now to make full payment and take delivery of the car in 10 days. But reading the reviews now is making me scary. I am already driving a scorpio (m-hawk) for last 4 years. Will it be a wise decision replace the scorpio with XUV500. I am afraid that soon after buying the car I start realising my mistake and regret my decision. I am using the scorpio for all purposes - going to office, travelling to my project sites in a radius of 300-400 km of Delhi, familiy trips on Holidays. Will someone give me a advice me to enable me to take a decision in a few days. Some times I think of buying a second hand sedan like cheverolet optra magnum (diesel) or cruze as a second vehicle which can be done in a budget of 5 to 10 lacs while XUV 500 is costing 15.27 lacs and I will have to sell the scorpio. The decision making is becoming really difficult.You may consider my persoal traits while advising me. I am a traveller by nature. I am approx 6 feet tall 87 kg weight with a little paunch and 49 years, wheatish complexion.

My XUV was delivered on March 25th 2012 and done app 1000 Kms so far. The car is great to Look,Full of features, Comfortable to sit an Good to drive. The Major Flaws and shortcomings I have come across are: Its brakes are very weak and unpredictable. I have been driving cars with ABS and EBD for more than 7 years now and rate the braking of XUV lowest amongst them even cars like Ritz, Swift, Dezire have much better and reliable braking then XUV. The dealership was informed that is an inherent problem and present in all vehicles(XUV). During the last visit, the workshop informed that they are being replaced by the company and the Brake Kit would arrive after 15 days and then would be replaced. The Suspension and alignment is not so good either. The steering makes noise when hitting pot holes or uneven roads. There is another flaw in design as the reflection on the Windshield of the dashboard makes the driving very uncomfortable to eyes. The Maps and the display is not visible if sunny outside, would have been nice if they had put the display screen a little deeper inside and provided some shade on the same. Surprisingly the Water tank of the wiper system has been delivered in a leaking condition and not available with the dealership. Its such a great design and with these refinements would do us proud and we could say A Great Indian Car, made in India, Designed in India and sought after in the world. Sunil Agarwal

i am planning to buy xuv but after reading all the bad reviews .i am in double mind .should i buy or not.someone who owns this plz suggest me.its my hard earn money i dont want to waste its.reply soon

dear friends after reading all this coument i depley heart because this is my drem car and now i m planing to drop to by this car yet i m confuse what to do i requist u all to help me out and which one soud i buy now thanks

earlier i was thinking to buy the xuv 500 but after reading the reviews and the technical faults i would like to go for any other car

Satish, Sunil..Thanks for your valuable inputs.. Generally Indians have a tendency to believe/prove that they are correct and the decisions they have made are the best.. But you guys really gave a very sincere and genuine feed back.. Once again Thanks a lot!!!

Dear All, I do have the same concerns about braking system of XUV5oo, which difinitely has made my trips on highways worrysome. Since the day of purchase, the dealership couldn't fix this problem and even have changed the whole break assembly once. The infontainment system is really a mockery on the board. It works as per its whims and fancies. Bluetooth conectivity and its syncronization with your mobile is big zero. Will you believe that even the LED lights have gone within 7 days of purchase and when I reported this to dealership, the sweet answer I received from the dealership was that they are aware about his defect and generally left side LED are effected. I was really surprised to know this, since the left hand LED of my XUV were gone for toss. There are N number of technical defects which Mahindra should now really take care off, otherwise branding DESI XUV5oo as GLOBAL SUV is a big joke. I would recommend that Mahindra should come forward and get in touch with the customers who are using the XUV and learn to fix the defects / problems, to make this product really competitive. They should learn this from Maruti Suzuki Service Department, who remain in constant touch with the new customer who purchases their vehicle for atleast one year to get the right and real-time feedback. That is the reason why they get accolades of customer and product satisfaction. External look is not the only factor or basis for purchasing the vehicle. Take your own time. GOOD LUCK.

Hi all, I too have the plan to purchase this one... But I have alternate choice of going for Toyato - Innova. Had a test drive of on both XUV 500 and Innova on the same day. When comparing them, found that Innova is a best one among the leg room/boot space,No Gear shifting noice, Good breaking system and with some more new enhancements... Thanks all for ur valuable comments...

after going through everybody's comments, since i wanted buy this car, bt now m in win win kinda of situation, pls fans help me out ,should i go ahead to buy this or not,,mail me at above address.wat should i do or not thanks to all!!

sir plz give me some suggestion about xuv500 i want to purchase that car so plz tell me about its perfomace .i want to used that car mostly in desert bcoz i am contrator.so tell me in desert perfomace

xuv is owned by my 3 known people.no body has any complaints except brake noise which is rectified by the company. if planning to buy one.for more deails contact arora100@yahoo.com

Looking at the reviews for xuv500, the global suv from mahindra is miserable at all fronts. It will be an embarrassment to put in 16 lacs and get stranded in the middle of nowhere with a non working car. Then we will have to keep watching the suzukis and Honda's drive by grinning at us. I was thinking of buying a xuv500, but now I feel its better to buy an aria..atleast it doesn't have such ridiculous problems.