[Resolved]  Maruti WagonR — Malfunction

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Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra

The stability of New wagon R is very bad. I have new model Wagon R. On 15 Nov 2010 I met with a very bad accident on a state highway. I am fortunate and lucky enough to be there todayto write these comments.

On 15 Nov 2010, I along with my family was travelling on a state highway. One Motor Cyclist with a child was coming at a high speed to his right side of the road after over taking a vehicle. Perhaps he did not anticipate a vehicle in the opposite direction and he suddenly appeared in front of me at a distance of just 10 mtrs. I was sure that he would collide with my car head on and hence I took an instant decision of taking my vehicle to the left. Left wheels got off from the asphalted road. My speed then was around 50 to 55 KMPH.

Luckily the motorcyclist passed off just grazing my car and nothing happenend to him and the child. When I tried to get the vehicle back on to the road, my vehicle toppled onto the right and i lost all control on my steering. The car went about 15 to 20 metres grazing on the ground on the right side and took a u turn and stopped after 5 to 10 mters facing opposite direction. We in the car was tossed and rotated inside the car. Since I was wearing seat belt Iescaped from tossing but I was lying on thedoor glass. My hand got bruises. Person sitting behind me got hit in the shoulder and the lady by the side of me sustained minor fracture and some minor injury. My son sitting diagonally opposite on the rear side escaped unhurt because he was holding the handle.

People around in that area came for our rescue and it took 10 minutes for all to come out of car. On straitening the care we found the left side was totally rubbed on the road and full of scratches and at a few places on the door we were to see the burnt portion of metal with holes in the door. Rear view mirror and driver side glass totally boken.Luckily the car could be driven without any problem, Engg padding got displaced in the jerk.

The reason I attribute on examining the whole incident was that the accident took place because of instabiity tall boy concept maruti new model wagon R with small dia wheels. Had the wheels been little taller and wider or the height been litttle less, the vehicle would not have toppled when I turned the car to the right to bring it on the road.

Maruti authorities need to examine this in right presepctive and redesign the vehicle by calling back for all cars or doing something akin to this before it happens with others. When I took the car to the maruti work shop, I was told that they already received and repaired 3 such cars before with similar incident.

Will Maruti kindly look into it?