Periodic service
₹2.7k
Maruti Suzuki
Baleno
Repair job
₹3.3k
Mileage
15.0 kmpl
Odometer
28,600 km
What it costs to run
- Odometer28,600 km139
- Mileage15.0 kmpl44
- Periodic service₹2.7k36
- Repair job₹3.3k32
- Battery₹3.5k7
Cost by year of ownership
Median reportedService and repair costs reported each year. Hover a year for its figure.
Owner accounts behind this
284
Every figure on this page is traceable to these.
Cities reporting
3
Parts priced
0
Projected cost of ownership
₹11 Lover 5 years
₹17.85 per km · ₹18k a month
Worth about₹4.0 Lwhen you sell, per the IRDAI schedule
- Depreciationregulated₹3,99,995IRDAI's IDV schedule — the depreciation every insurer must apply. Not cash you pay out; value you lose.
- Loan interestregulated₹1,60,8519.2% on 80% of ex-showroom over 5 years — EMI about ₹13,347
- Insuranceregulated₹70,679Third-party ₹3,416 fixed by IRDAI, plus own-damage at 2.5% of IDV with no-claim bonus applied
- Fuel44 owners₹4,08,48015.0 kmpl reported by owners, at ₹102.12/litre in New Delhi
- Periodic service36 owners₹11,536₹2,652 typical service; first year reduced because early services are usually included
- Repairs32 owners₹4,416Median reported repair ₹3,271, spread over the period and weighted to later years
- Tyres and battery14 owners₹15,200tyres about every 40k km, battery about every 60k km, at prices owners reported
₹6,71,163 leaves your pocket over 5 years. Depreciation is not cash — it is the value you lose, and it is counted only in the headline figure above.
Depreciation: IRDAI IDV schedule · Third-party premium: IRDAI 2026-27 · Fuel: daily price, 2026-09-23 · Loan: SBI 9.2%. Service, repairs, mileage, tyres and battery come from owners of this exact model.
What it costs to keep running
272 reported figures
Bar spans the middle half of reports; the notch is the typical figure. Right column is how many owners each rests on.
What owners paid, year by year
Service and repair
Service and repair costs reported each year. Hover a year for its figure.
Where it was serviced
3 cities
- Kochi₹1.9k
- Goa₹31k
- Chennai₹619
City figures rest on small numbers and mix routine service with repair jobs. Read them as a signal, not a quote.
Buying it
Purchase-side figures owners reported
Price
Fees, offsets and instalments
Later on
Resale, and what owners added
Resale
Accessories and modifications
What owners actually discuss
13 subjects
Owners of this car talk about service experience 1.63× as much as owners of other cars do — 115 of them raised it.
- Service experience115 owners1.63×
why maruti is bringing their service experience to this pathetic level which make my mind to never buy a maruti vehicle again; especially a nexa one
- Reliability and faults72 owners
considering there pathetic service, they gave my car back without resolving the sound issue
- Sales and delivery56 owners
even though i didn't like it in the pictures initially, i was impressed when i actually saw that in the showroom
- Real-world mileage41 owners
overall very satisfied with the results- gives the car more kick & really helps the mileage
- Ride and comfort39 owners0.67×
suspension feels superbly settled
- Handling33 owners
initial review is excellent grip
- Features and screen25 owners0.64×
spare alloy wheel, auto operated antenna, excellent upholstery, kenwood stereo with fm/mw, real cool ac and other notable features made this car a real value for money.
- Air conditioning25 owners1.57×
cabin cooling is excellent with rear a/c vents also supporting with cool air
Counted from owner posts about this model, one subject per sentence. The multiplier compares this car's share of attention with every other car's — 1.00× is ordinary. Quotes are owners' words, chosen for being on the subject, not for agreeing with us.
What owners said
284 accounts
- Clearly positive 22
- Critical 1
- Neutral discussion 261
- Service & workshop
- 124
- Sales & delivery
- 57
On service and workshops
Hello, I saw a video where someone has installed Fronx wireless phone charger in Baleno using geniune spares from MSIL. I called my service advisor where I recently serviced my car. He declined to install the same in the service centre, but another service adviser from a different service centre told this can be done outside wit…
2025-12-25 Looks like this has become Monday morning hot news in office's. I overheard a group talking about this in the cafeteria at the same time watching the video. No surprise MSIL was so adamant on trying to get the thread removed. Talking about the free service sham, now I am wondering if all the car manufacturers do it. I had to giv…
2017-10-16 Looks like this whole free service thing is just a sham. Something of a feel good for the customer at no cost to either the service centre or the Auto Cos. I am sure the Auto Cos hardly compensate the service centres for this 'free service' and it may part of the investment that a service partner makes for getting the 'Authorise…
2017-10-16 The battery was changed on 01/02/09 @24441 Kms or so. Took it to Maruti service centre at Naraina today. They could find nothing wrong. Even after hooking the battery to a handheld scanner they found nothing wrong. Even the car has not had another repeat since. My guess is that probably she joined the bajrang dal for a short dur…
2011-02-16 I have a Wagon R Vxi, 2009 model which has done about 22000kms. I have had to replace the front brakes, discs and pads since they had apparently worn out according to Bimal Service Center! Also I have been asked to replace the clutch since the gear shift is much harder than before and the pick up is not great. The fuel guage sto…
2011-01-04 Finally decided to start this report,had had plenty of experiences with the Baleno so far,some brilliant some not so. Have replaced a lot of parts on the car,normal wear and tear,some due to negligence. But today the car is in much much better shape than when we first got it a couple of years back,second-hand at around 40k+ km.…
2009-04-15
On buying and delivery
Checked out and took a test drive of the new Baleno (Zeta) today at the showroom nearby; here are our first impressions: - Car looked pretty good on the road, especially in the signature Nexa Blue. It is a darker shade, and I liked it. - Highway manners are composed I would say, may not be as good as a Polo/Taigun. Frankly, thos…
2022-04-23 When the counter rolled to 50000kms on the odometer. Just before the momentous event The odo moving on to 50001 BTW, one thing that I missed mentioning in the 50K post and which never ceases to amaze me, is the fact that the tyres on the car still look like new - as if they have done only some 10K kms or so. As they look now, I…
2011-07-10 It feels like yesterday that I had taken her out of the showroom. It has been a good 4 months and 14 days since. She has been the best thing that has happened to me since, umm, forever. For the uninitiated, she is my dear old baleno. I had a Maruti 800 before her and what an upgrade it was. I had test driven the Ford and the Acc…
2005-11-18
These are figures Maruti Suzuki Baleno owners published themselves over roughly twenty years, normalised and checked for plausibility, alongside a priced parts catalogue. They are a guide to what others paid — not an audited price list, and not verified invoices. Each figure shows the number of owners behind it so you can weigh it yourself.