Jun 05, 2009 07:20 PM
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I had purchased a Linea Dynamic petrol on 28th of May. I have been horrified with the performance of the car. Within 1 week, I have sent it back to the service centre with many issues as listed below.
- I travel from east delhi to gurgaon daily. This round trip is around 80 kms a day. I had got 37 litres of petrol filled in the car, immediately after taking delivery. The car’s fuel indicator went to empty in 207 kms, thus giving me 5.6 kmpl only.which is pathetic.
Considering that the car was driven on gurgaon’s wide airport road and national highway 8.these figures are alarming.
I have hauled up the dealer and sent the car back for quality control checks to see what the problem is. The service centre test drove the car today itself to calculate the mileage independently, and they also landed up with a figure of around 7 kmpl.
The service centre seems to have a shortage of trained fiat engineers, so they will act on the car only next monday.and are now sending me a replacement car in the interim.
The padded roof of the car was damaged on delivery, which they will now change.
The pickup of the car on the 1st and 2nd gear is very average, and on the lower side.
This car seems to be grossly maladjusted and is a defective unit as other people dont seem to have the same problems on mileage. However I have seen one review similar to mine on the mileage front.
TATA motors need to have trained fiat engineers available.at all times so that cars do not lie idle with them in their service centers.
TATA-FIAT should have proper quality control checks and inspection before car delivery.
