To,
Managing Director
Samsung India Limited
New Delhi
Subject: Poor product & poor service workmanship - 1.5 T split AC - BP No. [protected]
Dear Sir,
I bought my Samsung Split AC in May 2005. This product has not given me satisfactory performance even during warranty period or outside the warranty period.
Within warranty period, gas leaked out 3 times, and most of the times in blistering summer I was continuously following up with your call centre to get repair done. Even my cooling coil was repaired during warranty period.
Even in 2007 summer timing, gas was filled again 2 times. Even after that cooling was never effective in this Samsung product.
This time, in 2008, I reported a problem of AC not working and your service team recommended to replace the cooling coil due to leak. This was done by charging me Rs. 4700/- on April 12 by your service team. No leak check was done while replacing the cooling coil, even after my repeated requests. My AC stopped functioning again within next 2 days and I again called your call centre for this problem. This time, service engineer told me that there was another leak which he has fixed, and filled gas again and made my AC run. My AC again stopped functioning after 2 days and your service engineer told me to get my voltage stabilizer checked, after I logged complaint at call centre for the 3rd time in less than a week's time. I got my voltage stabilizer checked from an external agency by paying another 250/-. Even after that, my AC worked only for 1 day and stooped functioning again. I had to log another complaint (4th time in ten days) at your call centre on April 23rd. This time your service engineer told me that he will remove the unit from installation, take it to service centre and check completely. It has been over 24 hrs, in this blistering summer, that your service engineer removed my AC from installation at my home and left it at my place, but no body has even come and collected the unit for taking to service centre. I have no clue that when will this unit be collected from my home, and repaired and installed back at my place???
I am extremely nervous about the level of product quality Samsung has provided, along with the worst workmanship shown during repairs. My product has not been made functional even after 3 repairs in ten days. 4th repair is under progress, without any timeline to finish. I am really worried that I will have to spend most of this summer, again, in calling up Samsung Service Centres for one or another problem in this Samsung AC. In doing this, I am spending my precious time and energy; apart from phenomenal discomfort to my entire family due to non functioning of this product.
I am now thinking of going to Consumer Court since I have already spent money and time, without even getting a satisfactory repair done on my product. Actually, I should do that for the poor product quality as well since this product itself is unable to perform since the time it was bought. Your service records should tell you the entire history, if you have good service data management.
Please take a note of this and ensure that workmanship improves significantly so that repeat problems and customer harassment can be avoided. I will not call Samsung if the problem persists, and would simply dump this product onto you and buy new AC; and would contact Consumer court for the harassment I have been given by Samsung India and Samsung Service Dept.
Sanjay Mohan
Head - R & D
Subros Limited
Home address - B189, Sector-14, Noida-201301, U.P.
Mobile - [protected]
Aug 14, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
Samsung 1.5 Ton Window Air Conditioners bought in Jan 2007 — Air Conditioner stops functioning every now and then
I had purchased 1 Samsung 1.5 Ton AC on 04th Jun 2006. Also I had the misfortune of purchasing 4 more Samsung (Two 1.5 tom window ACs, One 1.5 Ton Split AC and one 2 Ton Split AC) on 20th Jan 2007. All of these ACs (three 1.5 Ton window ACs in particular) stop functioning every now and then. In the last Two and a Half years these ACs would have been repaired by Samsung Service Centres at least 10 times in the last one year itself for which I have records and many more time for which unfortunately I don't have any records. But I am sure a company like Samsung would be having records for all the repairs. The ones that I have are:18 Apr 2008 one AC
18 Apr 2008 another AC
13 Jun 2008
27 Aug 2008
06 Oct 2008
06 Mar 2009
12 Jun 2009
16 Jun 2009 (Still in the Service Centre)
20 Jun 2009 (Still in the Service Centre)
02 Jul 2009
At present 2 of my ACs are gathering dust in the Samsung Service Centres, one from 16th June 2009 and the second from 23rd June 2009. I have been calling up Samsung service centres many times for me to just get a status update. The complaint nos are [protected] and [protected]. Service centre will be able to get full details of complaints under these reference numbers.
After more than 15 days of follow up yesterday evening I have received a courier from Alfa Refrigeration Company stating that many parts have to be changed and gas to be refilled and cost would be approximately Rs. 10, 000 after a "Discount" of Rs. 4, 000.
Out of the above 2 ACs one was taken to the service centre on 02 Jun 2009 and returned to me 12 Jun 2009 and they have charged me Rs. 1, 765 for gas filling and other works. When asked about why it took them 10 days to fill up gas the service centre people mentioned that they were "checking the AC thoroughly" and hence it took 10 days to return it.
The same AC stopped functioning on 20 Jun 2009 (8 days it worked well!!!) and was taken to the Service centre on 23 Jun 2009.Now they are coming back and saying that a number of parts are to be changed! The earlier 10 day “thorough “ checking in June 2009 itself did not reveal any of these faulty parts is a real mystery. It is pertinent to note that EVAP Assy for this AC was already changed on 06 Oct 2008. Samsung now wants to change all parts one by one for their manufacturing defects it looks like.
May I humbly request you to please help this helpless customer to get some redressal? Samsung should be forced to replace my ACs and forced to pay a hefty compensation. I don't want that money which can be given to some charities.
These big corporations are taking poor customers for a real ride.