Are you using ECO mode much, if at all? Just interested, I ran a tank on non ECO now I'm running ECO for this tank and my score soon jumped to 70/100 but it may be because I reset the average l/100kms which I do at every fuel fill.Your figures seem reasonable. Mine’s a 2019 Zen 2.5 cvt with just over 16k from new on the odo.
Thanks Fordman, I (or actually my grandson) got most things sorted. The only thing that had him (and me) stumped so far was how to turn the bloody stereo off. You can switch to the AUX input and that will stop the radio but the stereo is still on.Welcome to the "new" (late model) Koleos group.
Being a pre-owned car, most of the electronic selections should be adjusted reasonably well already, but the grandson may be helpful in setting up your PC to connect with R-Link and updating the GPS etc with a USB stick - all in the R-Link manual supplied.
I find with the Koleos that the basic functions are still manual, eg, heating and vent controls are simple push buttons, just need to learn the icons for identification. The fan speed adjust is nice, just touch the led display or the small/large fan icon at each end.
There are many personal settings you can make or change later on. I've eliminated all previous Bluetooth phones that have remained in memory, I like the instrument panel option of large digital speed number with "analogue type" tachometer needle, and only GPS and Radio options on central screen.
I found setting up the central screen was made more difficult by the book combining all types of screen into the same chapter. Note firstly the type of display you have, then keep that in mind as you work through it. But it all makes sense if you take your time.
One of the first things I have made myself learn, is the trip computer control on rhs steering wheel, the small rocker switch. I reset my trip meter each fuel fill, to track consumption accurately. Fairly intuitive, select trip meter reading and hold down the OK button until it stops flashing and resets to zero.
In the trip computer display also comes up any notifications. Ours had "Replace Key Card Battery" which I did but the notification remained. Hidden in the Owner's manual, reset similar to trip meter, hold OK button while message displayed, it flashes and goes off. The batteries out of the key cards still measured above 3 volts, so the message is probably date based, not actually measuring the output of the key card. Changing the key card batteries was easy, no problem (CR2032 battery - 1 in each card).
Oh, and if they are not already fitted in yours, I bought genuine Renault floor mats which hook into the hooks under the front seats to stop slipping. The mats are good fitting and fairly plush, feel good to tread on. I got a grey colour, a bit lighter than the general interior. There was a 5th mat in the pack, to cover the centre hump in the back floor - I couldn't make it sit well and will probably use it for my grandies cubby house!
Enjoy the new machine.
Cheers.
I have a TomTom GPS in mine and it shows 5kph below the speed indicated by the central display. I'm trusting the GPS rather than the inbuilt speedo.I need to test the speedo against a separate TomTom GPS because like most new cars I'm pretty sure it is reading well over. (I was going to say like most new Euro cars, but this thing is of course made in Korea). I
I have a TomTom GPS in mine and it shows 5kph below the speed indicated by the central display. I'm trusting the GPS rather than the inbuilt speedo.
Ian.
I had a Peugeot Authorised Mechanic once tell me Peugeot deliberately calibrate their speedos to read about 3km/h faster than actual velocity. I assume Renault is similar.I have a TomTom GPS in mine and it shows 5kph below the speed indicated by the central display. I'm trusting the GPS rather than the inbuilt speedo.
Ian.
The Peugeot setting can be changed in Diagbox. The T7 308 was set @ 4km/h, the T9 308 is set @ 3km/h. I've GPS tested the speedo several times and it's spot on at that adjustment. I was going to change it to zero but just decided to leave it that way for the sake of the next owner. We know we can set the cruise @ 104km/h and be doing an actual 100 on the motorway.I had a Peugeot Authorised Mechanic once tell me Peugeot deliberately calibrate their speedos to read about 3km/h faster than actual velocity. I assume Renault is similar.
My Latitude's actual speed is 4 kilometres per hour less than the speedo reading at 100 KPH. I set cruise at 104 as well.
Same here with the new Koleos, just tested this morning with TomTom GPS, maybe 3.5 - 4 kph difference, hard to tell with 2 digital readouts.
I tested on an outer suburban main road, very open with long straight sections. Interesting that the 4 kph difference is the same at 50kph or 100 kph. The old analog speedometers generally varied in proportion, eg, 2 kph at 50 would be 4 kph at 100.
I wonder if I can change the warning tolerance, it's now beeping at me 1 kph over the limit, a bit annoying, with the natural fluctuations in driving in traffic.
What does one set a speed limiter at? Never used one. Maybe on an interstate trip I would set it to 115kph to stop the speed creeping up.Why don't you set and utilise the speed limiter, then? It's not infallible down steep hills but it works on the flat!
I have the factory floor mats, I would have bought them if they weren't already fitted. Definitely need a boot liner. Everything slides around in the boot.
A few preliminary things I noted that aren't on this Koleos but were on the previous Koleos;
No sensors in the door handles to unlock the doors, unlock buttons fitted to front doors only.
Back seat tilt is not adjustable.
No hatch in the back seat armrest for long objects (I have used this).
Front seat doesn't fold flat, again for long objects.
Cargo hooks in the boot are on the floor only.
No storage bins in the rear floor.
No lidded storage bins in the door armrests but does have the open map/bottle storage in the doors. (I might be one of the few people on the planet that use all the storage bins).
RTT
When I had the Laguna speedo checked on the Ford Factory dyno (to ISO standards) it was reading 6km faster at 100 kph, which is quite a large "safety factor" it was also checked at the popular speed ranges and was pretty consistent in the over reading, so for our use a cruise control setting of plus 4 kph at all ranges seems a good choice, to avoid contributing to the State community fund, and I use the stopwatch and Highway km markers to check after fitting new tyres "just in case" as I would recommend with the Koleos as well. Helps tune up the mental driver awareness of the speed your vehicle is doing, without constantly watching the speedo.
Ken
Try an odometer check like we used to before a Rally. Pull up at a kilometer post, reset your trip odo to zero and proceed to another kilometer post 10 or 15km up the road. The posts are placed by measurement. Note the discrepancy then calculate what your odo's distance error is. As your speedo is calibrated to the same distance you can work out how fast or slow your speedo is. GPS speed is not measured constantly but is an average of the time intervals set in the instrument and is not infallible, as a track of your trip will show many deviations from the actual road.