| Address: New Delhi, Delhi |
High handedness at the hands of msm okhla phase ii new delhi
Hit and trial method for repair just to increase the repair bill
At the outset, i wish to draw your attention towards this link:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian-car-dealerships/81473-harassment-maruti-ser...⇄ which speaks of the service being provided to customers.
Sir,
With all apologies, i wish to bring to your notice that the incharge of the unit refused to share your email id or phone number which should have been displayed in the workshop to provide better customer service and redress complaints of the customers who are harassed at the hands of the the staff and want to escalate their issues.
This is regarding service outlet - maruti service masters at okhla phase ii.
I am arun juneja, r/o 664, sector-a, pocket - c, vasant kunj, new delhi. I went to msm okhla for servicing of my car no hr 51aj 9834 (Sx4) on 26.7.17. Please peruse my record which will reveal that i have never ever got my car serviced from any unauthorized service station since i bought it.
I told the service advisor mr basu that the car engine is misfiring and also it stopped at idling and jerked while accelerating. This was the major defect i had brought to the notice which can be verified from the job card. It was a routine service after 10000 kms. The car was handed over to naïve/untrained mechanic who was not aware of finding fault and instead resorted to hit and trial methods. Firstly he told me that spark plugs needed to be changed again after 10000 kms (Which were not even retd back after changing) though the same were changed in last service vide job card jc16013426 dt 8.7.2016 where many repairs/jobs were carried out and billed amount was rs 14730/- (Bill attached). Many other unnecessary very costly checks were suggested again which were not required after running of about 10000 km. Many parts/jobs were again repeated viz fuel injector or injector holder and i was charged exorbitantly for all hit and trial methods. Please compare the bill with the previous bill of 2016 and you will see which jobs were repeated which were not required. I was not satisfied with the job when i was told that the car is ready, but the floor incharge or some other person took a road check and told that the car was ok and engine was not missing, though i wanted to convince him that i have been driving the car for the last seven years myself and i know the smoothness but he was not convinced and compelled me to take the car and was billed for rs 7986/- job card jc[protected]Bill enclosed)
A week later i called up mr basu to tell that the car is again missing and he sent a so called mechanic to check who said that the car was ok but it shoud have been checked through computer for ruling out any problem. Still no solution was provided. I called up mr basu again that there is a problem but he insisted me to visit again if i wanted to check and since i was to go out of station i expressed my inability but no solution was provided. A harassment for customer of vasant kunj for visiting okhla again and again for the same problem. After i came back, while driving again the engine started jerking and i had travelled only one km from home that the car was over heated. I called up mr basu again about the problem who said that he will send the driver for bringing the car.
Sir, the driver came in the morning and told, without even starting, that he will not take the car as it was being overheated and went to vasant vihar to pick up other car he was assigned after he refused to take mine and i was told to send the car through crane. (Bill of rs 800/-enclosed). This expenditure was solely due to irresponsible behaviour of the mechanic and service advisor. Mr basu was not available in the workshop on 29.8.17 so the car was handed over to other service advisor mr nigam.
To my utter surprise, the callousness of the floor incharge and the service advisor, the car was retained in the workshop for six days (29.8.17 morning till 3.9.17) for checking the problem. Does it take this much time to identify the problem? On 30.8.17 at about 4pm, (After the car was with the workshop for about two days) i was told that the fan has stopped working and its motor needs to be changed. The coolant was drained out. Then i was told that ignitors have problem due to which there was missing in the engine which need to be changed. Many other parts were changed for the problem. I am sure that many of these parts did not require change as it must have been decided to change all parts from which this problem can emanate without going into root cause of the problem. The first thing to be checked when engine fires back is ignitors. As a layman and because i had already faced the same problem with my other car, i asked about the ignitors and i was told that they have been checked and are ok then how can they be faulty in a few days time. (Bill enclosed)
This was the connivance of the floor manager mr devender with mr nigam to teach me a lesson as i had called number of times for explanation on the previous service which was mere a month back and they had no justifying reply to give.
Again on 18.9.2017, the car backfired and started overheating. I called up the floor incharge to inform him and he again said very lightly to send the car again to the workshop. This is the workman ship of the okhla workshop. However, a driver was sent and the car was again taken to the workshop on 18.9.17. The coolant was again drained out but there were no signs of its being drained out from the cap side.
See the irresponsible behavior of the floor manager and service incharge that till 12.30 i did not get any information about the status of my car. I called up and asked mr nigam, who had promised me to call by 10am next day to find out the problem and he very callously said that he had not seen the car yet. When i told him that i will bring his attitude to the notice of the director, even then he was not bothered and he called me at about 2pm and told that the leakage of the coolant was from one of the pipes and also two more heating hose pipes needed to be changed. When i asked why was it not checked the second time the car came to them, he said how would we come to know and why should we check when it is not suggested in manual. I was told that the coolant leaked due to leakage in a pipe which was leaking on 3.9.17 also, but which was not noticed and instead the motor of my fan was changed. I even don’t know if the changed old part (Fan) belongs to my car or not. Again i was told that a valve has been damaged when the car got overheated. I do have all the reasons to believe that the parts replaced at my cost were damaged due to bad workman ship and not finding the exact fault in the car even after keeping it for six days.
The company is 35 years old and the service advisors and mechanics should know that a car which is 7 years old need rubber parts replaced even if these checks are not given in the manual.
I request you to compensate for the mental trauma and harassment at the hands of your employees and refund of extra charges charged from me and crane charges spent by me for your bad workmanship and for refusing to pick up the car. Also please take action against all erring officials which would act as a deterrent.
Arun juneja
[protected], [protected]
Maruti Suzuki India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Chirag Rachh
Ahmednagar
[protected]