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  1. Join Date
    Oct 2002
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    #1
    Yesterday nung pauwi ako kalakasan ng bagyo (2pm dito sa Cavite) kailangan kung ilusong 'yong XUVi A/T sa baha, unfortunately 'yong baha is knee level (of an adult)... dahan-dahan ko naman itinawid, and then nung nasa kalagitnaan na ako, meron palang punong kahoy na natumba at nakabalagbag sa gitna so di ako makatawid. I have to do a U turn. While maneuvering sa baha napansin ko bumigat ang manibela ko, I assumed the power steering is sleeping from the belt.
    Nung naka U-turn na ako and will try to re-enter 'yong baha at the other side of the road (may island kasi sa gitna at di hagip nung natumbang kahoy sa kabila nung island), nakatawid naman ako ng maayos, kaso umilaw ang handbreak, sedimentor indicator, at battery sa dashboard ko.

    I rev the engine, pero ayaw mawala, after 1 or 2 minute slow driving (kasi malakas pa din hangin at ulan), namatay na 'yong mga indicator sa dashboard ko.

    Questions are...
    - nung bumigat ang manibela ko while manuevering sa baha, do I have to worry something on my steering mechanism, including the power steering motor?
    - when the, handbreak, battery and sedimentor indicators were on, is this false trigger, or I have to worry also?

    Need your opinion/advise or experience on this if any.
    Thanks.

  2. Join Date
    Jul 2006
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    #2
    Similar thread to a fellow member here. Yung mabigat na feeling is probably the power steering belt na nadulas or nabasa tapos mainit yung pulleys kaya it slipped giving it the kicking feeling na parang bumibigat.

    Yung batter light may mean yung alternator got wet. San ba yung alternator ng car niyo? If a bit low pwedeng nabasa, kung nasa taas ng makina baka something else.

    kung umilaw yung handbrake light, baka nabasa lang yung contacts nuon kaya it thought na naka handbrake ka until you drove tapos siguro natuyo.

    To be safe have it checked na rin. Better that than something worse.

  3. Join Date
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    #3
    Tama si sir mbeige, baka nalubog ang contacts ng mga indicators kaya umilaw sila. You can try giving them a shot of WD40.

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  4. Join Date
    Mar 2006
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    #4
    nang yari din sakin yan sa optra ko! bumigat ung steering wheel tas kung anu anu na ung mga umiilaw sa speedo ko na ayaw mawala tas nag slip naring ang clucth ginawa ko lang pag labas ng flooded area hininto ko ung oto tas ni rev ko lang ng ni rev para matuyo ung engine at kung anu man nabasa sa engine bay tas pag tapos nun ok na wala nang naging problema!

  5. Join Date
    Jun 2006
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    #5
    i also agree with mbeige...

    kung hindi importante pupuntahan mo at kung may ibang alternate road tatahakin, mas mabuti iwasan ang baha at whag ilusong ang sasakayan lalo na kapag alam mo malalim ang tubig...

    sakit ng ulo at gastos lang mararanasan mo sa pag ayos ng sasakyan mo in the future...

    ingat lang...


    si Mamar talaga ginawa amphibious iyun optra...

  6. Join Date
    Feb 2006
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    #6
    me too, i tried that sa Corolla ko, lowered kasi den napadaan ko sa baha, yung baha hanggang ankle lang nang feet ko, lowered kasi masyado Corolla ko, hinde ko na tinuloy mahirap na. nangyari yun nong nag-u turn din ako.

  7. Join Date
    Oct 2002
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    #7
    I think what happened to me is false trigger.. malamang nabasa nga lang 'yong mga terminals nung mga indicator (as mentioned by Doc Otep), kaso ang problema di ko alam kung san ang mga terminals na 'yon. Gusto ko linisin ang mga terminals kasi baka later on may kalawang na at masira 'yong mga terminals.
    By the way, I haven't brought my ride to a shop for check up, so far okay naman na and no abnormalities. Isabay ko na lang sa 60k check up ko, malapit naman na.

  8. Join Date
    Aug 2004
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    #8
    Oops... ngayon ko lang nabasa itong thread...

    *ALL OPTRA OWNERS: Don't drive your vehicles through floods!!!

    Much like my previous Sentra, the Optra's air intake is mounted low behind the headlight/bumper assembly, and it's not good for fording bumper level water.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

Anybody experienced this?