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Originally Posted by zenx hmmm, so Maruti and Tata seem to have started to trade places  |
Definitely. Maruti has just eased up a bit too much what with all those back to back JDP awards. As for Tata, things have definitely moved differently. You do not get those window/door/dashboard rattles from a new Indica. Mine is a prime example but I have seen a few others as well. Their only issues are with smalltime parts supplied by those vendors. Like the cabin light with a loose-contact switch. A wiper arm that lost a rebate with the season's first monsoon. But then these parts are not manufactured by Tata (Tata is trying to reign in these suppliers).
And no, I do not believe that every new car has rattles. I am very much irritated with rattles and squeaks and always keep an ear half cocked for any such noise. I remember once when I was driving through a dark highway with my friend as the co-passenger. Something was continuously making a very low decibel vibrations. The sound was coming from the dashboard. I was having nightmares about whether this was the begining... I tried to clamp my hand on every part of the dashboard, glove box lid to find out the source of this vibration. Ultimately it turned out to be a toffee with those aluminium foil wrapping, left on a side of the dash, which was vibrating and making that irritating noise! The dashboard was perfectly ok and silent
