Gave our Esteem to Millennium Mobility (Dapodi) over a week ago for servicing, denting/painting and few other niggles. Got the car back after 8 - 9 days... and in short was not happy.
A lot of issues remained unadressed. Won't get into the other issues right now, but would really seek the advice of you guys about the A/c as I dunno much about the A/c and have never delt with A/c issues.
Before the car was given, the blower was good at blowing 'normal' amount of air. However, the cooling had gone down. I told them to service and clean the A/c and do whatever to make the A/c operate to its optimal cooling. Also the recirculation mode was not working, and I'd asked them to fix that.
Now, when I get my car back, I see that they have only made the recirculation switch functional again. However, the cooling level has dropped even more, as compared to what it was before giving it to them. The blower intensity has also gone down a bit.
When I brought this to their notice, they said that they have not done anything to the A/c except replace the 'flap' which enables the recirculation mode. Furthermore, they insisited that nothing else was/is wrong with the A/c hence they have not done anything else. And to prove their point, they got a temperature sensor to check the grille temperature. The guy set it to recirculation mode with the car in shade, in the evening, and after quite sometime, the temperature read about 4 deg. And they said thats below Maruti's specifications, and hence A/c is normal. I didnt buy that as I said you are checking in the shade, in the evening and that too in recirculation mode. They said thats how it should be tested!!! Since I dont know for sure, I could not argue on that point. But told them I'v been using this same A/c for years, and I know when its at its optimal and when its not. And finally to get to the point, i asked them to tell me very clearly if they they can do anything about the cooling. They said nothing can be done... at the max. the gas pressure should be checked, but they are unable to do so since this is an older car and it uses R12 gas (if I remember correctly). They dont have that gas or the apparatus to handle this older a/c system. Ah!!! So 1st they try to dismiss the problem itself, and then later wash their hands off the thing by saying they dont have the facility for fixing it! Sux!!!
Now my question is what might be the problem behind the lower blowing power of the blower? The difference is very approx 20% compared to what it was before delivering the car to them. Could the replacing of the "flap" made any difference to this?
Also, what could be the reason for the reduced cooling? The difference is approximately 30% to what it was before delivering it to them (which wasn't optimal to being with).
Will checking the gas pressure and topping up help my case? Can anybody tell me where I can get this done reliably in Pune? I dont know any place that does it.
Please advice guys,
I really need to fix the A/c and cheap (as have already spent a packet on the car already... and dont have much cash for more fixes.). Else will die of heat in the car, in the peak afternoon sun, with this kind of cooling!
Also, anybody with any experience with Millenium Mobility? They gave me a bill of about 5.5 k, and I still need to spend to get a lot of things fixed... :( Out of that Rs. 450 is for the labour charges for the "flap". Strangely the "flap" itself does not seem to figure in the parts bill.