Tata Motors — Battery warranty issue

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Dear AlI

I'm totally disappointed with service provided to me from Tata Motors that's why i'm sending this mail to raise an Complaint.

My vehicle no : TN 22 DB 5672
Owner name : R Akila
Battery serial no : [protected]

Continuously i'm facing issue with my battery. And during Nov'17, had issue and was not able to start my car. And at that time as per my Battery warranty card was having 2 more month's warranty hence didn't approach for replacement. Wherein on Sunday (11th Jun) it was totally dead and i tried to call all the services of Tata but unable to get any support. At last on Monday went to Guru dev motor service arumbakkam and explained them the issue and they confirmed it may be due to Battery.

And after my personal request they raised an Job card and when i approached Tata Green along with Job card they checked my battery and confirmed that issue is with Battery but my battery won't get covered under Warranty. At that time only i noticed that in my Battery warranty card Date of sale is "29/12/2015" and as per that my warranty of 18 month is valid till Jun'17end. But Tata Green was validating the date of Invoice which was updated in my Job card as "28/11/2015" and according to that my warranty was expired last month itself, hence refused to replace my battery.

There is an difference of 1 year and 1 month.

I have two query:-

1) My Invoice date has to be the date on which i took my Car delivery. According to that it has to be 2015 December end.
2) Battery warranty card is the actual one which need to be followed. But why Invoice date is been followed (or) my delivery date and Invoice date has to be same.

I spend my whole day (12th Jun) at Tata Green but unable get any response.

Then on 13th called my sales person and Tafe showroom manager and explained everything. Again i approached them on 14th in person to Tafe Reach with my concern and explain things with Mr. Senthil and after long time we went to Deliver section where we meet Ms. Yamini and we explained things to her and she was convinced with our point and she had confirmed to get it replaced and after spending my half day i returned back expecting for solution. Wherein next day after continuous call at evening i got confirmation from Yamini as the request was got rejected and they will follow Invoice date only.

Response was not satisfactory hence again went to Tafe on 15th Jun around 4pm and nobody was their to attain us. And after request we met one of the manager who's approach was totally ridiculous he told us that Battery warrant is only for 1 year and if we want we can go and take required legal action. He doesn't even knows how to approach an customer and what is the actual issue and what is the warranty period of an battery.

Then we meet Mr. Ajai the sales guy who sole the car to us. And he told me will help me in getting this issue resolved. And requested us to wait till 16th Jun. But till now i have not received any update from anyone.

After continuous chasing and request on 21st Jun 17, Tafe gave me another invoice where it was dated as 29/12/2015. And when I approached back to Tata Green again for Battery replacement on 22nd Jun 17 and they simply told me that Mfg. date of battery was expired as on date. i.e. Battery Mfg date was 16 Sep 15. I Told tata green that when I came to them with complain at that time Warranty was valid under Mfg date and Sale date. But due to Invoice issue it was not covered.

After this much of struggle I didn't got my battery warranty covered.

I'm not clear as an customer where i'm wrong,

Have attached my battery warranty card copy and Invoice copy for your briefing.

Kindly investigate and let me know the reason for 1 month difference between my deliver date and Invoice date and help to get my battery replaced.

My simple request is Tata Green is suppose to follow Battery warranty date, why they are following Invoice date.

Thanks and Regards
Gurunathan J
Mob : [protected]
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Dear Sir,

The Claim was rejected under the clause of Out of warranty. And A week before we have supplied a new battery on a very discounted price (Net Costed Rs 4200.00 with 18months warranty).

And WRT to the above Consumer complaint,

We notify that we have received the battery under complaint on 14th June with a Vendor Job Card, and the Date of Purchase was 28-11-15, Hence the claim was rejected and updated the Respective OEM Dealer (But, Invain that the Dealer Person says that the Warranty of the Product starts from Date of Vehicle Dispatch and not from Vehicle Purchase). They were Arguing that the customer has purchased the battery on 29th Dec 2015 only. After my interference and explanation we confirmed that we cannot process this under warranty, hence I suggested her to get in touch with the principle.

Later on 22nd, the customer has walked in with a New Invoice Copy from Tafe in which the Date of Purchase is[protected]refer attached Invoice), But to our observation, It s noticed that the Vehicle has been registered on[protected]Is it possible to register before the sale invoice). This shows that the Second Invoice may not be the correct and the TML DMS Shows the DOS of Vehicle as 28-11-15 only. Hence Our Team has taken a stand of Rejecting the Claim under the term of Out of Warranty.[removed]

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Thanks for your response. Your revert is already been updated in my query itself.
I didn't get any clarity on below points:-

1) My Invoice date is the date on which i took my Car delivery. According to that it has to be 2015 December end.
2) Battery warranty card is the actual one which need to be followed. But why Invoice date is been followed (or) my delivery date and Invoice date has to be same.
3) Why battery warranty card is sealed as my date of delivery, when its not correct?

As above mentioned, after my continuous request and loss of business i got an discount and purchased new battery for Rs. 4200/-. This was paid from my pocket, nobody gave me free of cost.
How this becomes an solution to my problem.

Why Tafe Reach Limited and Tata Motors is silent on this issue. I bought car from Tafe Reach not from Tata Green.

I have some questions with Tafe and Tata Motors :-
a) Why warranty starts with the date of Invoice. What in case i go for finance or there is delay in taking delivery of the car.
b) Why on date of delivery it was not mentioned that all warranty will be covered from the date of Invoice.
c) On what basis warranty date in 'Battery warranty' card is been updated by sales person as date of delivery.
d) Why no clarity is given on Invoice and Purchase date to customer.
e) Invoice is closed for sales target not for customers requirement.

Kindly help to list out which all parts from my car are still under warranty and till when??

Till date i have not received any response from Tata Motors and Tafe Reach. Is it how they handled customers.

This is worst experience on part of customer. When i went to buy the car everyone approached me. Today i was made to move cabin to cabin and nobody is ready to take responsibility.

When TATA can't give solutions to this kind of small issues, how we can expect your support when it comes to major issues.

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