[aseem23]

FIR registered against Mahindra chairman in Kanpur, UP.

Rajesh Mishra, a UP's Kanpur resident, gifted Mahindra Scorpio S9 to his son Apoorv Mishra. On 14 January 2022, Apoorv returning to Kanpur from Lucknow in Scorpio met with an accident and died. He was wearing the seat belt but the airbag didn't open. Rajesh Mishra alleged he found out that there was no airbag installed in the vehicle. Mishra moved a local court and now an FIR has been registered against Mahindra Chairman Anand Gopal Mahindra and 12 others.

Source: https://twitter.com/Benarasiyaa/stat...52237692170547

[CarNerd]

A father of a son who was killed in a Mahindra Scorpio has registered a case against Mahindra chairman Anand Mahindra for "false assurances" on the safety of the car.

The father, Rajesh Mishra had gifted a Scorpio worth ₹17.4 lakh to his only son Dr. Apoorv Mishra who died when the car hit a divider while driving in fog and then toppled several times. His son was travelling to Kanpur from Lucknow along with his friends on January 14, 2022. The Police report mentions that all of them were wearing their seat belts.

Rajesh Mishra moved a local court after which an FIR was registered under IPC — Section 420 (cheating), 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery), 304-A (causing death by negligence), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 120-B (criminal intimidation) against Anand Gopal Mahindra and 12 other employees.

Rajesh Mishra in his complaint said that despite seat belt being worn, the airbags in the car did not open on impact and that the company had cheated him by giving false assurances. He added that if the Mahindra company and dealership had not glorified the vehicle's safety features in advertisements, he would have never bought the car. He also said that he found no airbags in the car through sources.

To make matters worse, the company's employees got into an argument with Rajesh Mishra when he went to complain about the car. He alleged that the managers, under the directors' instructions, abused him and his family and even threatened them with death.

The father did the right thing by filing a case against Mahindra. Such companies should be called out for unethical behaviour after selling unreliable vehicles. Mahindra had made too much noise about safety and boasted it in social media posts. Had this happened in the US, I'm sure Anand Mahindra would have paid millions of dollars in compensation but this is India and he will easily get away.

Link 1: https://www.news18.com/business/case...s-8591431.html

Link 2: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mon...26411.html/amp

[GTO]

Originally Posted by CarNerd

His son was travelling to Kanpur from Lucknow along with his friends on January 14, 2022.

He also said that he found no airbags in the car through sources.

Airbags opening or not opening is a science. There are 1000 different factors that influence their triggering. We have many long threads & great discussions on the same - related links.

But what I am most curious about is his claim of the car not having airbags?

- Looks unlikely in a mass produced automobile.

- We don't know the manufacturing year of the Scorpio. However, for the longest time (and especially since the 2018 Facelift), almost all variants of the Scorpio (other than base S3) have dual airbags.

I don't buy his claim of the car missing airbags if it was supposed to have them. There is no forensic audit - he is just saying he "heard from sources" that his Scorpio had no airbags.

[Reinhard]

Such sad is the state of things in this world - that while someone lost life - my honest first thought is - that the others are now trying to extract benefits out of the accident by shifting the blame. Somehow I find it hard to believe that there was no airbag in the car at all.

May the soul rest in peace of course. But my gut feeling is to not start holding M&M responsible for the loss of life without all the details in the open.

1. The car variant might be old, which was never supposed to contain an airbag at all. Maybe there were other factors at work.
2. We don't know how the accident happened - who was at fault, whether the driver was responsible for the accident and now there are diversions from that being attempted.
3. Maybe there were additional structural accessories added to the car, which resulted in the airbag sensor not getting triggered.

The possibilities are endless (including Mahindra actually having made this blunder of not installing airbags!) - and I think its best to simply let the investigation carry on to completion. We'll know what really transpired then.

[srvm]

I find it hard to believe the accusation that airbags weren't installed at all in this particular case.

I remember one story in TBHP itself (link (XUV500: Severe crash, but not a single airbag deployed (driver injured))) were the driver was severely injured in a crash in which airbags did not deploy. If I recollect correctly, the father of the injured victim was fighting a lengthy battle against M&M. Wonder what happened in that case?!

Makes me wonder if airbags not deploying is really a problem/issue in M&M cars.

[CarNerd]

Originally Posted by GTO

Airbags opening or not opening is a science. There are 1000 different factors that influence their triggering.

I don't buy his claim of the car missing airbags if it was supposed to have them. There is no forensic audit - he is just saying he "heard from sources" that his Scorpio had no airbags.

It may be Science but last year, the Supreme Court awarded damages of ₹3 lakh to a Hyundai Creta owner who suffered injuries as the airbags failed to open during an accident in 2017. This is what it said: "Deployment of airbags ought to have prevented injuries being caused to those travelling in the vehicle, particularly in the front seat. A consumer is not meant to be an expert in physics to calculate the impact of a collision on the theories based on velocity and force.”

Link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hin...57978-amp.html

In the US, Nissan paid $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit against it by the family of a 18 year old killed in a 2017 crash in a car that lacked side airbags. The car was Nissan Versa which was the cheapest car on sale in US with a poor crash test rating. Nissan's attorney had even argued that there was no law that required side airbags at the time of the crash.

Link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox...of-airbags.amp

[sandeepmdas]

Originally Posted by CarNerd

A father of a son who was killed in a Mahindra Scorpio has registered a case against Mahindra chairman Anand Mahindra for "false assurances" on the safety of the car.

I am very curious about the outcome of this lawsuit. Not because I am a Mahindra XUV700 owner. I know my car is safer than most Indian-made cars.

I am curious about MSIL.

A. Would the court find the passive and active safety features of MM (in this case, not forgetting Tata) cars are useless? Or B. will it ask the government to evaluate and ensure safety parameters, just like the BS4/6 emission parameters?

MSIL will be if the verdict is A.
MSIL will be if the verdict is B.

[stallmaster]

The car has deformation from all angles. I'm not sure of what 'appropriate angles of accident for airbag deployment' the agency is talking about. And why is the retail agency involved here? Why is Mahindra technical team not addressing preliminary questions regarding this? At least they should come out and say that investigations are ongoing.

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[BleueNinja]

I have no idea if this has been shared on this thread earlier or not but a Doctor was involved in an accident while driving his Scorpio which led to his demise but despite being tucked in with seatbelt during the collision the airbags didn't deploy.

As per the father of deceased later it was discovered that Scorpio they purchased didn't have airbags to begin with. The applicant claims that airbag as a feature was explained to him during the purchase when he bought the car.

The father of the deceased has now filed a lawsuit citing fraud against Anand Mahindra and 13 others holding them accountable for selling him a car without Airbags which as per the father lead to his son's demise.


https://www.livemint.com/companies/p...645946361.html

Now , the variant of the Vehicle isn't mentioned so we don't know for sure which variant was bought and if it does come equipped with airbags or not but at a larger level Brands should provide ESP, ABS , EBD and Airbags as standard across the board and not reserve it for higher variants. Many are doing it now some still aren't.

[Cresterk]

Been seeing a lot of posts online about airbags not deploying in Mahindra cars. Will give this man the benefit of the doubt and wait for an independent party to investigate before jumping to any conclusions.

[Reinhard]

Originally Posted by stallmaster

The car has deformation from all angles. I'm not sure of what 'appropriate angles of accident for airbag deployment' the agency is talking about. And why is the retail agency involved here? Why is Mahindra technical team not addressing preliminary questions regarding this? At least they should come out and say that investigations are ongoing.

Mahindra officially will be very careful in responding to such a situation. No half measures, no rash statements and a patient evaluation of the situation will be vital. Its also a fact that in the big picture - big business houses chew such things and spit them out without anyone even noticing, on a regular basis. So no need for them to appear too hasty either.

As for the available photos of the accident available online (assuming that they are of the actual car involved in the accident) - the car seems to be heavily modified. XL size aftermarket wheels, replaced horns n electrical accessories seem to be evident in those images. Shoddy work in all of these - can easily result in airbag malfunction - and even deactivation due to human error in reconnecting it while reinstalling the steering wheel after leather wrap (also evident in photos) etc.

Also - I'm quite intrigued about the cabin situation. There don't seem to be too many tell-tale signs of a fatal incident inside the cabin - and the car doesn't seem to have a windshield in some photos at all. If the driver was buckled up - how come there are no injury evidences inside the cabin? What blew out the windshield?

Sincere apologies for showing so much curiosity when actually someone has lost life. But then the way the accusations are leveled promptly, I'm just not able to be content with sorrow for now.

[Palio_2005]

This is another complaint that I have seen against Mahindra cars. One of our TBHPian faced the similar incident when he rammed into a stationary car on a bridge and airbags did not deploy and he received injuries on his chest. The manager at the service station had the adaucity to tell him that the airbags deploy above 120 kph.

While I agree about the angle of impact, but the picture above indicates that the airbags should have been deployed. I hope that Mahindra is taken to task in this case

[Stolidus500]

Originally Posted by Reinhard

As for the available photos of the accident available online (assuming that they are of the actual car involved in the accident) - the car seems to be heavily modified. XL size aftermarket wheels, replaced horns n electrical accessories seem to be evident in those images. Shoddy work in all of these - can easily result in airbag malfunction - and even deactivation due to human error in reconnecting it while reinstalling the steering wheel after leather wrap (also evident in photos) etc.

If airbag malfunction was indeed caused by these accessories, there must be a glowing light on dashboard and error logged in ECU, which can't be erased easily and is recurrent in nature. I don't think anyone would take a airbag malfunction light lightly.

[The Rationalist]

I have witnessed the XUV 500 smashing into a wall after the owner slept off and no airbags were deployed. I was sitting in front of my house and ran to extract him, luckily he was belted and came out uninjured. The guy was shaken and was in disbelief that airbags didn't deploy. I don't know whether the force was enough, but as a layman I expected the airbags to deploy.

[Bhodrolok]

Unfortunately not the first time I am reading about a Mahindra vehicle where the airbags did not deploy in a significant crash.