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All the bottomable Chery Tiggo

We decided to make the standard Cry Tiggo Chinese SUV test just meaningless. Of course, we drove on this car, but much more interested in another question as Tiggo behaves in life, with what problems the buyer will face, and that in general is this Chinese. We interviewed many Tiggo owners, talked with masters on several Chery services and made their conclusions. Without false modesty, it can be said that at the moment this is the most complete description of Chery Tiggo.
To start a few words about Chery. This firm is in China the largest independent automaker. Under the word, independent is meant that there are no foreign automotive companies among the founders Chery.
Now about Tiggo. This model externally looks very similar to the previous generation of Toyota RAV4. Moreover, this applies not only to the appearance and the cabin, but also the chassis according to the owners of Tiggo, many pendant details are suitable from Rafik. True, until almost no one put Japanese details on Tiggo, since all Tiggo sold in Russia are still under warranty (it is 2 years or 60 thousand km. Mileage). However, car owners do not hide that in the case of post-warranty repair, Japanese spare parts will be given preference. Especially since they should be worth it is not much more expensive than the Chinese original, which is sold on the brand hundred Chery (is not true, a very strange Chinese original sounds). But it is only now. There is no doubt that soon in large cities there will be parts of spare parts specializing in the Chinese, where the cost of parts will be much lower than on the brand service.
Under the hood Tiggo hides the motor not from Toyota, but from Mitsubishi. Our market comes with a 4-cylinder engine, which gives 129 hp. Gearbox mechanical. The drive can be both complete (the rear axle is connected automatically when the front wheels is slipped) and the front. Well, about another nuance I must say collect Chery Tiggo in Russia at the enterprise Avtotor in Kaliningrad. In many ways, thanks to this, Tiggo prices are very attractive. Now in Russia there are three configurations of the car. Tiggo with front-wheel drive, two pillows, abs, cast discs on 16, air conditioning, electric circuit, music system, protootumans and a conventional fabric cabin costs 437,000 rubles. or $ 17 100 at the current rate. A car with a full drive, but without a leather interior - 487,000 rubles. or $ 19 100. And the machine with a full drive, leather and hatch will cost 525,000 rubles. or $ 20,500. That is, it turns out that Chery Tiggo is now about as much as 6-8-year-old Toyota RAV4.
Now look at the car outside and from the inside. The design of the car is very good. Externally, the car looks better than the old Rafa, and is not even very inferior to modern Japanese crossovers. The fitting of body elements did not cause complaints. And inside Tiggo should not disappoint the design of the pretty, there are no complaints about ergonomics. Salon, of course, does not hit the richness of the finish, but on those machines that we examined, big complaints about the quality of the assembly did not arise. Moreover, not only in the statics, but in motion when driving in bad roads, nothing in the cabin has not creaked, no extra screws or plugs fell off.
Driving Chery Tiggo is no worse than the previous generation RAV4. Japanese, of course, possessed a motor with a capacity of 150 hp, but also 129 Chinese horses are not bad. Especially pleased with the low revolutions, for which it is necessary to thank a decent torque (maximum in 198 nm. It is achieved at 3000 rpm). Thanks to the traction engine, moving on Tiggo is convenient. True, there is one minus in the car bad noise insulation. As a result, the noise of the motor with an active ride begins to put pressure on the ears and annoy.
But Tiggo pleases the softness of the suspension. As for manageability, there is nothing criminal in the character of Tiggo. The car is not bad for its class, the steering wheel is listening. In general, at first glance, Tiggo turns out to be a very worthy car, which has no obvious punctures and has a good price / quality ratio.
Well, now it's time to look at the flaws of Chery Tiggo and understand what the buyer pays, acquiring the Chinese car two times cheaper than her Japanese counterpart. You can begin, perhaps, you can with all-wheel drive transmission. It turns out that there is an unpleasant vibration on a pretty decent amount of cars at a speed of 80 km / h, which, when achieving 100 km / h, disappears. First, Chery sellers sinned on bad wheels, but now everyone is sure that the problem lies in the cardan shaft. According to representatives of dealers, the Chinese are informed, but until they did nothing to solve anything. Therefore, on Russian services, very strongly vibrating shafts change new or try to balance. However, what will become with a transmission in 3-5 years, if it is all the time to be loaded from vibration, it is difficult to say. Therefore, there is an opinion that when buying Tiggo it is better to stop your choice on the front-wheel drive modification. Especially this advice is valid if Tiggo is bought for riding in the city. It should be noted that there are no complaints from the mechanics to the motor and gearbox.
The second problem is the disgusting assembly of this car. Many dealers complain that Tiggo come to them from Kaliningrad in this form that they needed to be very long and painfully bring to the condition. You have to twist almost all clamps, clips, nuts. In addition, the rear windows were not poorly glued (now the wizard looks at it with pre-sale preparation). It is difficult to say, with which there is a similar unsatisfactory assembly on the auto. According to rumors, Chery in Kaliningrad make experts, before which the task is to collect faster, and not better. True, many buyers Kaliningrad assembly does not concern if the dealer works as it should be, then from the Tiggo car dealership goes in good condition. But such a ratio of Chery to its products is greatly alarming.
In addition, the masters express claims to technical fluids that are poured at the factory. After all, Chery does not say which particular oil is better pouring into the motor and transmission. The brand is also not clear and the characteristics of the lubricant, which are already filled with this data simply no!
But most of all scares the coolant, which has a very strange yellowish-muddy color and for some reason smell like ammonia. Perhaps, in China, ancient times, it was accustomed to pouring such a borde into an expansion tank, but in Russia with such coolant, they are faced for the first time. Yes, it copes with the temperature regime, cools the motor and does not freeze at a minus temperature. But at the same time, its anti-corrosion properties remain unknown. In addition, recently mechanics began to say that on machines with such a liquid after a few months of operation begin to flow gaskets and radiators. As a result, at the moment some sellers Chery began to pour normal antifreeze at their own expense. Others so far only strongly recommend buyers to merge the factory liquid and buy a new one.
The third main problem is spare parts. Consumables and basic parts are usually there. But if something non-standard or car breaks into an accident, then in this case it is possible to wait for the details for 2-3 months. Dealers are constantly complaining of Chery representatives on the supply of spare parts, but the Chinese have not been able to improve the situation to radically improve the situation. Although recently with spare parts have become a little better.
We must not forget about how much Tiggo will cost in a few years, when the current owners want to sell them. Most likely, in percentage ratio, Chinese cars will lose a lot. However, in dollar equivalent, the owner of Tiggo is unlikely to lose more than the owner of Toyota RAV4 in five years.
There are some more small problems that are also able to upset the life of Tiggo owners. But at a hundred Chery assure that all these flaws are treated. The list of smallest things got:
- Wkining brake calipers. So that they work as it should be, they must be needed to clean and lubricate.
- Sometimes headlights are fisted, but it is treated.
- Periodically breaks the ribbon in the steering column, which leads to the safety pillow. It simply shares, as a result of which the driver Aerbeg is turned off. And this is no longer cured unable to dealers change the tape guarantees, but she is over again in a few months. The Chinese are informed, but until it decides.
- There are complaints about poorly working rear janitor. So that everything was in the manner of the wizard at a hundred using Russian smelling and physical strength change the design of the wiper.
- There were cases of failure of the windows. As a rule, this happens after the driver is driving in the rain or snow with open windows windows are very afraid of moisture. It is treated with cleaning and lubrication mechanism.
- Drivers complain about the creaking of native brake pads, which appears after two or three thousand mileage. Apparently, to get rid of the squeak, you just need to put new pads made by some well-known firm.
Despite all its drawbacks of Chery Tiggo, it turned out to be generally a good car and, perhaps, one of the most reliable Chinese (among the chery brand models at a minimum). Tiggo has several minuses, many of which dealers are eliminated during pre-sale preparation. True, while Chery has not yet well built interaction with dealers, with the result that there are problems with spare parts and assembly quality. In addition, the situation with vibrating cardan shafts on all-wheel drive machines is incomprehensible. Better new tiggo used Toyota RAV4? Answer this question is difficult. Of course, if you take RAV4 in excellent condition, then it is much more preferable to Chinese in all indicators. However, by now the RAV4, which is sold for $ 17-20 thousand, are already very sad.
 
 
 

A source: AUTO.Mail.Ru.