re: Unable to get extended warranty as VW & its dealer have different sale dates. EDIT: Resolved Quote:
Originally Posted by Rehaan @ Prince85 - Any the update here?
A comment on our facebook post about the issue suggests that VW has eventually applied the extended warranty to your car?
Please do update this thread, as it's only fair to everyone involved. |
Sincere apologies for the delay in posting an update which i should ideally have put up 48 hours prior to this. Work load and certain personal issues made it difficult for me to do so at an earlier time. Once again, sincere apologies for the same to all you dear friends concerned.
Guys, its indeed true. Volkswagen has finally paid heed and granted my car the extended warranty coverage after all. It was tough battling them, but eventually they agreed to issue the extended warranty coverage as well as agreeing to correct the purchase date in their central systems. An exercise which earlier seemed like a rather impossible task for them to do. After nothing worthwhile was coming out of interacting with the Volkswagen India Customer Support Team, My dear friend Garfield @epic was instrumental in helping me raise this matter to the upper brass at Volkswagen India. After a few emails exchanged, it became evident to them that i was clearly justified in demanding extended warranty support for my car and i simply should not be suffering this way for no fault of mine. That, along with the increasing support generated here on this thread, i am sure had a huge bearing in changing VW's stance towards my case.
The call came from the same CRM Head at Volkswagen - Kurla West (who a few days back called and spoke in a fairly arrogant tone asking me to take a refund for the amount i had paid for towards the said extended warranty support. Back then, she had made it amply clear that what i was asking for was an impossible task even after furnishing all relevant documents at that time itself. The same was even put on email by her to me which i had attached to one of my earlier posts in here). This time though, the same person Miss.Jyoti called me and spoke in a rather warm and friendly tone asking me to come and pick up the Extended Warranty Certificate from them as soon as possible. Now this call came out of nowhere to be honest. I was pleasantly surprised and shocked at the same time because the sudden change of stance without me doing anything at all (in terms of furnishing any further documentation) wasn't something i expected.
Its evident that the emails exchanged with one of senior heads @VW, India along with this case getting increasing support here on Team-Bhp had a huge role to play in this. In any which way, i ended up getting the extended warranty certificate. Also the date of purchase of my vehicle was corrected in their systems in line with the documented evidences i provided them originally.
It was a rather harrowing experience for me and i have no doubt that i would have still been fighting VW if not for intervention from my good friend along with support from all you friends here on team bhp. I blame VW India entirely for this episode because i feel they could have handled this case with a lot more care and as a brand should have owned up to their authorized dealer's mistake (even though the said dealer has now shut shop). The customer cares two hoots honestly for the dealer selling him the car. The customer puts in his hard earned money trusting the brand when buying an automobile or even a consumer durable item per se. It is the brand which has to protect the customer especially during the warranty period when it comes to after sales support at all times. And here even after having strong evidence for my righteous demands, i wasn't cared for. Frankly, not everyone is lucky to post their grievances on team-bhp, i am told its very very tough to have your membership accepted here lately. And i feel for those who may be in a similar position to where i was and are just helpless and at the mercy of VW. This is just not right of them. I am happy in the end that i got what i wanted and truly deserved. But i wish it was done at the customer-dealer level itself all along rather than me having to take it this far.
Finally a big thank you to each and everyone of you for reading this thread and for supporting me at all times. A big shout out again to my dear friend @epic on this forum. Thank you all.
Cheers
Last edited by prince85 : 23rd January 2018 at 17:49.
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