[aaggoswami]

IMHO, the reply is not enough. Ask them to give precise reason as why they can service the car at Ajmer. Without any precise reason, travelling 140+140 kms is not why you bought the car. Also ask them who will pay for it, Honda ? What about the acts of dealer from the past, who will pay for it ?

Honda as usual is acting rigidly. Give into it and they win the case with ease. Honda is not looking at the customer with proper respects. Its not matter of " Esteemed Customer ", etc., that is just fine print. What matters is how they act at the end of the day.

[Ravveendrra]

IMHO what Honda did is the decent thing. The car was bought in Jaipur therefore I presume there is no dealer / A.S.C. in Ajmer. Imagine I lived in some deep forest and bought myself a car, it would not be reasonable on my part to expect the car co. to come to my place and rectify defects.

Honda has promised free replacement of parts. Good enough for me.

Cheers,

[amit]

If there is no service center in Ajmer and the nearest Honda dealership is in Jaipur, then the car will have to be taken to Jaipur. I don't see anything wrong with what Honda says. Besides, they have said there will be free replacement. At the most you can insist that the repair will be done in your presence so that old/used parts are not used again.

[vineethvazhayil]

Originally Posted by alankarm@sancha

Is this reply received by me enough?? What should I do? take the car 140 kms or so, one way?

Is that the nearest Honda Service station? Then that's where the repairs can be performed. I think it is fair on Honda's part to ask you to take it to the nearest service station. Maybe you can ask them to pay for the transport also. Since they are replacing the parts free of cost, your complaints are addressed right?

[alankarm@sancha]

On talking to the Honda persons, I was told that for proper repairs to be made, they will have to remove the engine. Is that OK?

Further, if this is the case, why was it not done in the 1st place? Even after I took the car to their workshop, they said everything was ok. So they did a con job? Do I get repaid about Rs.2300/- or so that I spent then?

They do not specify what all has to be changed by them FOC? And I don't think they are obliging me by asking me to come to Jaipur at my own expense? Why? 280 kms = 22 lits or so, which is about Rs.1000/-, what about my own time and my driver's time?? I wouldn't trust them without being present.

They wont give any answers to the queries/requests in my e-mails, and Mr.Ajay Kumar is on leave. I keep chasing them with phone calls etc.

[aaggoswami]

Originally Posted by Ravveendrra

IMHO what Honda did is the decent thing. The car was bought in Jaipur therefore I presume there is no dealer / A.S.C. in Ajmer.
Imagine I lived in some deep forest and bought myself a car, it would not be reasonable on my part to expect the car co. to come to my place and rectify defects.

Honda has promised free replacement of parts.

Originally Posted by amit

If there is no service center in Ajmer and the nearest Honda dealership is in Jaipur, then the car will have to be taken to Jaipur. I don't see anything wrong with what Honda says. Besides, they have said there will be free replacement.

This is not my problem neither my thread, but here I am taking the liberty to post my opinion that what Honda has demanded is wrong.

After what has happened till now, atleast Honda can offer to pay for the 140+140 km journey. May be not in terms of cash, but some offer like free service, or warranty, etc.
Its not that the thread starter will be taking his car for service to Jaipur for the first time to carry out repairs. The first question that Honda must answer is that why in the first place repairs were not carried out properly.

Not even offer free service to off set the cost of transport after what has happened till now is not digestible to me atleast.
And as far my knowledge, in the first place itself the replacement in proper manner must have been done.

Ajmer is not a forest, neither it is the first time a visit has to be made. I wonder Honda has audacity to act like this.

Honda had not even cared to reply in timely manner to thread starter's emails, that are genuine in the first place. Honda has till now done no good deeds that they can put demand like " Bring your car over to another city if you want to carry out repairs. ". There isn't a hint like they are ready to compensate for the transport cost, both monetary cost and time invested in journey.

[Ravveendrra]

Originally Posted by aaggoswami

This is not my problem neither my thread, .......

After what has happened till now, atleast Honda can offer to pay for the 140+140 km journey. May be not in terms of cash, but some offer like free service, or warranty, etc.
Its not that the thread starter will be taking his car for service to Jaipur for the first time to carry out repairs. The first question that Honda must answer is that why in the first place repairs were not carried out properly.

Not even offer free service to off set the cost of transport after what has happened till now is not digestible to me atleast.
And as far my knowledge, in the first place itself the replacement in proper manner must have been done.

Ajmer is not a forest, neither it is the first time a visit has to be made. I wonder Honda has audacity to act like this.

Honda had not even cared to reply in timely manner to thread starter's emails, that are genuine in the first place. Honda has till now done no good deeds that they can put demand like " Bring your car over to another city if you want to carry out repairs. ". There isn't a hint like they are ready to compensate for the transport cost, both monetary cost and time invested in journey.

Relax, it is everybodys thread and problem. That is why we are here and that is why we are a community!

Your anguish and anger at the botched first attempt are justifiable and your suggestion of some freebies to compensate for the cost of the second journey is an excellent one.

The reply from Honda, though not instantaneous, is not unduly delayed. Let us face it, corporations are bureaucracies and they move slowly, they do take time to react, given that, they have responded within a decent time frame. IMHO it is in the car owners interest to take it to the nearest workshop where all the spares and tools are available, unfortunately in this case it happens to be in another city.

Cheers,

[ImmortalZ]

Originally Posted by alankarm@sancha

On talking to the Honda persons, I was told that for proper repairs to be made, they will have to remove the engine. Is that OK?

If they have to change the tensioner assembly, they'll have to lift the engine because there is precious little room in there to work.

Originally Posted by alankarm@sancha

Further, if this is the case, why was it not done in the 1st place? Even after I took the car to their workshop, they said everything was ok. So they did a con job? Do I get repaid about Rs.2300/- or so that I spent then?

Typical Honda dealer arrogance. They all are, to some degree. Some are just aloof, some are just downright dangerous, like yours. If Honda's proposed fix does the job, I think you are entitled to fight them for a refund for the previous jobs, which were obviously not endorsed by Honda.

Originally Posted by alankarm@sancha

They do not specify what all has to be changed by them FOC? And I don't think they are obliging me by asking me to come to Jaipur at my own expense? Why? 280 kms = 22 lits or so, which is about Rs.1000/-, what about my own time and my driver's time?? I wouldn't trust them without being present.

They wont give any answers to the queries/requests in my e-mails, and Mr.Ajay Kumar is on leave. I keep chasing them with phone calls etc.

Ask them to have a represetantive from Honda present at the workshop. I think that's the least they can do for an aggrieved customer. You can talk to him about the dealership doing a shoddy job in their previous attempts as well.

Hope it works out well...

[alankarm@sancha]

Any idea of how to approach the MRTPC for Honda's unjustifiable hike of upto 6 times (as per the 15th April notification), in their spares for the Civic? any addresses, email or Phone nos.?

[alankarm@sancha]

Letter to Honda. Let's see what they do?

I would like some Honda company person to be present if and when I take the car to the Jaipur workshop, so that I am assured of the repairs being carried out in a proper manner.

Also I would like to know the position of all my past payments done towards getting the car rectified earlier, and expenses being incurred by me towards the current problem.

I would expect you to compensate me somehow, at least for the monetary losses if not for the image loss or mental torture and harassment.

Please do reply in writing urgently.

Thanks
sandeep garg

[alankarm@sancha]

I have kept on chasing Honda persons on the phone. Everytime, at 0ne2one or the company customer care, it is a different person. I have to explain everything again (at least 6 persons till now).

I am always being promised that they will revert to me, but no response whatsoever. I dont even know what all they are going to do at the workshop? What all will be replaced etc.?

[aaggoswami]

Originally Posted by Ravveendrra

Relax, it is everybodys thread and problem. That is why we are here and that is why we are a community!

Exactly, and thats is why I lose my head when I hear how innocent buyers are cheated shamelessly.

@alankarm@sancha :

All I can say is this, Dont move to Jaipur station unless there is somebody from Honda present. You cannot put trust on them anymore.

Also its again quite a rude shock that Honda has till now not reverted back to you. Dont move for repairs untill they reply back ( sorry for acting like a paranoid, but this is very very shocking as I thought Honda is more honest as we move up the ladder ). It clearly shows that there is something wrong in the case or Honda system has got as slow as our snail.

[alankarm@sancha]

MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICE COMMISSION

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[raj.barcode]

This shows that every company has dealers who have bad response/service whether it is HONDA, MARUTHI, or Skoda etc, these problems if not rectified, we as buyers should make sure that these people lose their dealerships or let better people take over

[alankarm@sancha]

Letter from Pink City Motors. Still no contact from Honda company??

Respected Sir,

We are deeply regret caused by you & assuring you the best services from our end.
Dear sir we would like to inform you that as per our telephonic discussion we will replace your vehicle part timming belt,timming belt bracket & tensioner bolt in FOC basis.

Hence we would like to request to plz send ur car at Jaipur to resolve ur vehicle concern.

For any assistance plz feel free to contact under signed.



Thanks & Regards

Vinod Sharma
Sr.Service Manager
Pinkcity Honda
Jaipur
Ph-9887300051