| Address: New Delhi, Delhi |
To,
The Regional Head/Customer relation Manager/ Head Consumer Cell/ Marketing Head,
Honda Cars India Ltd.
Date:[protected]
Subject: Pathetic condition of Honda fitted CNG kit (Amaze) & Courtesy Honda poor service
This complain is being raised to highlight the negligence and disappointing customer service of Courtesy Honda (Lally Automobiles - Okhla, Delhi) who has fitted an old and poor condition CNG kit during the time of delivery in my new Honda Amaze CNG model. The CNG cylinder they claim to be new and company fitted is full of scratches and dents. Approximately Honda charged Rs 80000 extra in comparison to normal petrol Honda Amaze car and therefore I expect total customer satisfaction right from CNG condition till its functioning.
The deliver date of Honda Amaze S MT plus model was on 31st March 2015 with following billing details:
1. Invoice Number: SAL-INV-DD[protected]
2. Model Type: Amaze 1.2 S MT Plus i-VTEC)
3. Chassis No.: MAKDF15RAFN100165
The representatives from Courtesy Honda who failed to address my issues were:
1. Pooja Thakur : Sales Consultant
2. Manu Verma :Team Manager
3. Pradeep Gautam : Head-Dealer Quality
Below are the highlighted bullet points relevant to events during sales and delivery:
1. Courtesy Honda didn't had any Honda Amaze CNG model for display in any of my visits to the showroom. They just made us assume to imagine a CNG kit in boot of the petrol car (displayed at that time) and suppose the space it will occupy.
2. Pooja was very confused while detailing the specifications of CNG kit. Initially she told that CNG kit will come pre-installed with the car, later on she said that the kit will be installed after 10 days from the day of the car delivery.
But in reality it was installed on a day before delivery itself.
3. During time of delivery Manu Verma who was in-charge at that time gave all the relevant information of the petrol engine, buttons and indicators on dash board, but not even once he showed us the condition of the CNG cylinder in our new car.
4. During time of delivery, they took tracing of Petrol Engine's chassis number but not of CNG kit which is also a mandatory parameter for CAR registration as they didn't wanted to reveal the pathetic condition of the CNG kit at that time. They just intended to deliver the car, thats all.
5. Also the car bonnet didn't have a square shaped embossed plate which contains vital details of the CNG cylinder which is mandatory as per Govt. norms but wasn't provided by the company.
Highlighted points depicting efforts taken by me to notify the issue to the vendor and till date actions taken from dealer's end (which is negligible)
1. The issue was highlighted to the Courtesy Honda within month of delivery, but a formal mail was sent to [protected]@lallyautomobiles.net and [protected]@lallyautomobiles.net on 5th May, 2015 along with photos proofs of the CNG kit.
2. The last and only mail reply I received was on 31st May, 2015 which only mentioned that the issue is currently being looked after. No other concrete response is received apart from this.
3. I had 5-6 calls with Pradeep Gautam (for which I have recording too) and all those times he made false promises and asking for more time.
4. Pradeep in between also told that the issue is with Ahemdadbad CNG vendor, sometimes with Nagpur vendor and all other useless explanation.
Till now I haven't received any concrete response, of why Honda orders such CNG kit from their vendor and knowing the condition, why Courtesy Honda installed such faulty cylinder. The sales persons keep coming for there rating feedback but never address real and critical issues of customer. Courtesy Honda just knows how sell its cars but no idea of handling after-sales issue.
I also notified my complaint to Honda customer care[protected], but in vain. FYI all these times I have full recordings of telephonic conversation I had with Courtesy Honda people which clearly proves that they just made false promises of giving satisfactory reply. If you want I can also send the pictures of dented CNG kit to whichever E-mail address you provide.
Expecting an explanation and a spontaneous & strict action against the defaulters.
Regards,
Tanuj Jaitly
E-Mail: tanuj.[protected]@gmail.com
Honda Cars India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.