| Address: Pune, Maharashtra, 412105 |
| Website: www.marutisuzuki.com |
Dear sir/Madam,
I’d like to draw your attention to an unpleasant experience I had to undergo last Saturday (24.12.2015)on my new Maruti Ciaz VXI+(Invoice no.[protected] dt.22.10.2015 from Sai services, Fugewadi) . Coming from Matheran to Pune, where I reside, we got stuck up in a big traffic jam on the Mumbai- Pune expressway & at the end the clutch of my car got burnt & stuck. As a result I was stuck up on the expressway for a couple of hours & at the end had to tow the car back to Pune to Sai service station, Phugewadi (I had to pay INR 5500 to the towing person, from Khandala tunnel on the expressway to Fugewadi, Sai service workshop), from where I purchased the car, on their advice (I had a discussion with the manager of SAI service, since I have an extended warranty with them)
On reaching the service station, I was shown the damaged clutch plate, bearing, which got burnt & hence damaged & I had to pay for the repairs (The repair invoice is attached), since these are worn out parts & is not covered under warranty. But this was surprising because I had purchased the car only 2 months back & till date it has run around 1350 km only & this I believe is too short a time for such a problem to occur. I felt cheated, since the car is quite new & I had to shell out an hefty amount for this problem, in fact just for the record, this is the first time in my life & my car has broken down on a road.
Does it mean that Maruti car clutches are not meant to be driven in traffic jams or is it a specific problem with Ciaz, I really do not understand. Also since the problem was identified by Sai service people, when I called them from the breakdown site, my question is why do I need to reach them all the time form any place, since there was a local Maruti authorized dealer in Lonavala, which was much nearer to the breakdown site & find out that there is no warranty extended on wear out parts. This is the 3rd Maruti car I have owned & I purchased a Ciaz, choosing over an Honda city or a Verna (Which I considered while buying a car 2 months back), because of the relative ease of service available & also because I have an happy experience of never having any major untoward problem while driving a Maruti, but this experience was really a bitter one & the fact that a car whose
I was told that this was probably because of faulty driving technique I have, but I’d like to point out that this is the 3rd car from Maruti I am owning & I have been driving cars since almost 25 years now (Prior to this I was owning a Maruti 800 with number HR51D 9878 in Faridabad, which was a company given car to me & subsequently an Alto LXI with no.MH14BC-4112 for more than 8 years, which I exchanged while buying the new car from Sai serivce) & never have I faced this problem. It is not the first time I have driven through a jam (Having lived most of my life in NCR, in Faridabad ) & I believe my driving technique, is well equipped to handle such problems.
I really would like an answer to this query, since I still believe that Ciaz is a decent enough car & the clutch unit fitted with the new car had some problem with it & would like to get a reversal of the amount I had to pay. The only other option I can think of is that Ciaz being a new car has some problems, if yes then Maruti should come out in the open about it. If required you may take my car for a thorough testing if you deem fit. If I do not get an answer, then I’d like to proceed to consumer court regarding this matter to get to its depth.
With best regards
Anit Dutta Mustafy
Maruti Suzuki India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.