Jul
29

4 626km in 7 days

Hello All

I just did the trip from Hamilton, Victoria to Ayers Rock and back in a week. So much fun!

I removed the back seats and had enough room for all my camping gear. 

The trip went well with a couple of close calls due to animals and people who drive like......

In my experience, cars normally show you their weak spots on these long drives. With the Pajero IO I had two of these.

The first one was the lights showing the two back weels are not working any more. I know there is a technical note on this site stating how to fix the wire problem that causes this.

The second one was something a bit more strange. When fully loaded, doing 110km/h and hitting a dip/ uneven surface in the road with one of the front tyres, I get a rocking action from side to side from the car. This can easily be fixed by removing my foot from the gas, but would be enough to role the car if you keep your foot on the gas. Warn springs? Any suggestions?

The rest of the car was AMAZING as always!!! I had a discussion with my partner regarding the amount of noise in the car. In the reviews they mentioned that the car is noisy. In my opinion the car does not have a lot of noise in the cabin at all! 

Anyway - a couple of pics of the car!

  

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Rocking motion

colin southall.   I have the some rocking motion at 100km/h on my 2000 4 door pajero io, wondered if it's a faulty shock absorber !

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I just did 5K + in my 2001

I just did 5K + in my 2001 2ltr  from Adelaide to Alice over to WA and down the Oodnadata track on about 3K of dirt an d did not get any of this rocking mentioned. Had a full load with a roof rack loaded. Must be worn springs. In the sand it was spot on. Bottomed it out a few times but............

 

Fuel consumption was my only concen.

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Fuel consumption

That sound like a nice trip...one that I would love to do...what do you mean by "Fuel consumption was my only concen." what sort of result did you get, and were you in "all wheel drive"...?

Happy io

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