CHEVROLET NIVA test drive since 2002 SUV

Niva with frost

The air conditioner is pleasant, it is a pity that the domestic auto industry does not indulge us with cars with this option. Chevrolet-niva, perhaps the first serial swallow. She appeared in August 2006 and became 24 thousand rubles more with air conditioning. But there are other innovations in it.
Chevrolet Niva 1.7 GLC
Manufacturer Ji-Emavtsovaz
Year of release 2006
In operation driving since December 2006
Mileage at the time of the report 6000 km

The black panel of the devices was replaced by light brown. The same color is plastic doors upholstery. The velor upholstery of the seats is impractical next to the seat belt already broke. Devices with white dials and orange backlighting are poorly read in the afternoon, and in the dark bright scales irritate the eyes. In addition, the watch and the odometer remained green, which is why the luminous panel resembles the New Year tree. The comments on the assembly of the salon are slightly puffed up by the ventilation control unit, there is no light switch in a glove box. An intra -sulfate mirror vibrates in motion.

The force on the steering wheel switches has become smaller, but the wiper brushes are still noisily chopped and work with jerks, and the right sometimes freezes ten centimeters from the lower edge of the windshield. New external mirrors are quite rigid and the viewing angle is larger than the previous ones. Finally, a small dead zone in the left mirror disappeared during rebuilding no longer needs to twist your head. The front electric windows work quietly and quickly drive the glass up and down, but the rear, unfortunately, only with a manual drive, behind which you need to constantly monitor the motion from vibration of the glass slightly lower and water gets into the salon.

The fuel filter from the motor compartment was moved under the bottom of the body, we will see how he will feel in the dirt-salt baths. The soundproofing of the hood is new, the outer layer is not tissue, and its scuffs are already visible from the foil about the plastic casing of the engine. To tighten the compressor belt, you will have to remove the protection of the pallet and the shield. The components of the air conditioner are placed quite successfully, but there are still assembly flaws. So, the aluminum tube touches the right sidewall, and the high pressure hose is slightly twisted and rubs against the compressor bracket.

The engine is the same, but with the new control system: instead of Bosch mp7.0, the modern M7.9.7 is standing. With her, the engine starts from a half -turn, while earlier it took almost two seconds. Noises and vibrations at idle in the cabin are barely noticeable, the craving on the bottoms improved, allowing you to switch the gears less often. You can distinguish a new system from the previous one by the phase sensor located in the front of the cylinder head, and the ignition coil with four conclusions instead of an unreliable module. The neutralizer of Chevrolet Niva is made at the same time with an additional muffler and is much more expensive than the usual Vazovsky. The new controller, if interruptions in the operation of any cylinder appear, will turn off the fuel nozzle in it, which saves the neutralizer from destruction.

The air conditioning, in addition to, in fact, is injured into the salon of frost, successfully copes with the fogging of the glasses. All components of the freezer installation are imported, proven brands. The compressor of the plot of a variable performance selects the power from the engine, depending on the operating mode of the air conditioner. The controller and sensor of the refrigerant pressure are monitored to maintain the microclimate. If necessary, the controller will turn on one or both fans to cool the capacitor, and with a sharp acceleration of the car, the compressor will shortly turn off.

Significantly reduced transmission vibrations. If earlier two itchy regimes were noted in the movement (6070 and 115120 km/h), now they are not. At a speed of 110120 km/h, the car is quite economical on a highway about 8.7 liters per hundred, in the city it easily fits in 10.

The oil in the gearbox in our car was clearly out of season. In winter, the first 15 minutes of transmission was turned on with great effort, with heating everything returned to normal, with the exception of the third transmission, it still turns on the tighter than the rest. Replaced the native oil with 75W90 transfers began to turn on easily, but the third is still tougher than the rest.

The car, made at the end of 2006, does not shine with the quality of the assembly, and positive changes are the consequence of the improvement of some components and components. We repeat, its main advantage has become less than noise and vibrations. However, we will be objective: similar assembly flaws are found among eminent foreign manufacturers.
 

Gennady Emelkin
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"