Tata Motor’s Cars – The Ultimate Reliability Survey

[Iron Rock]

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Great review on the survey, my only suggestion is to keep the car with yourself forever and maybe you can restore it as a comfortable vehicle for rural runabouts. Those interiors are decent IMO.

Its a pending project, I have collected all I need to do it , just need to find time.

@IR

Mind blowing and excellent story of your Sumo !! Kudos to Sumo and you. A small doubt

Why you are not getting that painted in rusted areas at least if you want to retain the original paint and why you are not changing its tyres looking the places it runs. Also you need to fix that carpet area I feel

Its true, the Sumo might itself feel like a step child given our treatment - but as it goes everything has a purpose, the sumo running is very limited now and in rural places only. I intend to replace the tires with something cheap and hard, i sucked the seven lives out of it already. Regarding painting intend to do a DIY job someday - just need to find time for it, I have the implements already. Regarding the carpet lucky we have only got those things , I would expect a small shrub or a tree coming out. Yes it requires some attention.

Ah, reminds me of my SUMO. We owned a similar model for 2 years 1998-2000. He had so many family outings, us kids at the very back. Never will forget.

Old basic DI engine with hardly anything that can go wrong, forget fancy electronics - no ac nor even power steering - there isn't much to go wrong hence I feel its perfect for the purpose! Mechanically its still pristine - when we bought it, it was between this and the tempo trax( which was pretty popular then) - the decision went right i think!

 

[sudeepd]

1) car model and variant- Tata Indigo XL Grand Dicor
2) date of purchase- 03-05-2007.
3) Kms travelled- 1,72,129 kms
4) build quality- Worst Built Engine Ever.
5) customer service experience ( good ,bad,worst or excellent)- Worst.
6) a.s.s experience ( good,bad,worst, or excellent)- Worst (Should I say Hopeless and Cheap)
7) warranty issues- Many. To specify one of them- The Coolant Thermostat Valve was not replaced under warranty giving the reason "The Warranty of car expired yesterday itself".
8) if the car has been vfm
9) issues and niggles faced so far- Many. You can read them at ******* and Autocar India website (Am I not supposed to post other website references here?)
10) satisfaction levels (-/10)- 3 (Only Due to the Segment First features and nothing other than those)

 

[Tornado]

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@sudeep If I were you , then I would have sold out the car during first year only if not on the day of expiry of warranty and opted for optra magnum with karl slym's chevy ASS promise., but you seems to be diehard TATA fan , clocked 170 k + kms!, despite the issues faced.

IR buddy , what about registration renewal ?
Please get the bonnet rent welded earliest. I know TATA air filters are not that reliable so as to tolerate the konkan's rainfall.

Buddy , how do you enjoy ' brakeless' running ? Are TATAS that reliable?

 

[anshuman8]

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1) car model and variant- Tata Indigo XL Grand Dicor
2) date of purchase- 03-05-2007.
3) Kms travelled- 1,72,129 kms
4) build quality- Worst Built Engine Ever.
5) customer service experience ( good ,bad,worst or excellent)- Worst.
6) a.s.s experience ( good,bad,worst, or excellent)- Worst (Should I say Hopeless and Cheap)
7) warranty issues- Many. To specify one of them- The Coolant Thermostat Valve was not replaced under warranty giving the reason "The Warranty of car expired yesterday itself".
8) if the car has been vfm
9) issues and niggles faced so far- Many. You can read them at ******* and Autocar India website (Am I not supposed to post other website references here?)
10) satisfaction levels (-/10)- 3 (Only Due to the Segment First features and nothing other than those)

DICOR engine was worst of the TATA engine family indeed. But I am surprised despite of having so many troubles you chose to run the car for 172K kms.

If warranty expired 1 day ago, it was your fault and not of TASS. You should have known your warranty period.

 

[Iron Rock]

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IR buddy , what about registration renewal ?
Please get the bonnet rent welded earliest. I know TATA air filters are not that reliable so as to tolerate the konkan's rainfall.

Buddy , how do you enjoy ' brakeless' running ? Are TATAS that reliable?

Yes re registration is due in a few months - need to have it sorted. I intend to do the bonnet job DIY - its already endured atleast 4 seasons of rain since the hit

It wasnt exactly brakeless but was operating feebly(and very hard on the foot) without the brake booster assist.

 

[Sam Dinkar]

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@ Iron Rock: And I thought the only common thing between Tata and Toyota was the 'T'!

Affirmative that (probably )nothing goes wrong when there is very little to begin with. Would you throw some light on how you have been maintaining your Sumo? What brand of lubes are you using/have you used in the past?

Nice to see the old soldier marching along merrily. A cat has nine lives. Your Sumo probably has ten a few more than that.

Amen!

 

[sudeepd]

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If warranty expired 1 day ago, it was your fault and not of TASS. You should have known your warranty period.

The problem of Coolant spilling out of Aux. Tank was noticed on 3rd. Nov. 2008 which was Sunday. So I took the car to Sterling Motors, Solapur (the car bought from), where the Works Manager refused to replace the Thermostat Valve under Warranty since the Warranty expired on 02nd Nov. 2008 despite the Coolant level dropping was reported in Aug 2008.
But I got the Thermostat Valve replaced in Feb 2009 at Chavan Motors, Solapur (TASC) after taking the matter with Regional Manager TML and that too under Warranty.

I love this car. But the After Sales Service of TML left me down.
I still love this car.

 

[Ravikiran]

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1) car model and variant : TATA Indica GLS - Petrol
2) year of Purchase :Mar' 2007
3) Kms travelled :~ 50k
4) build quality : very good, VFM product. I feel very comfort to drive this car.
5) customer service experience : good
6) a.s.s experience : Not much satisfied with TATA service stations. I found good local mechanic and has great experience with TuneUp.
7) warranty issues: Not Much. replaced the plugs and parking sensors.
8) is the car has been vfm: YES
9) issues and niggles faced so far : Rattling sounds and pickup issue (Got rectified in TuneUp)
10) satisfaction levels (-/10) 8 : I had a decent long drives and city commutes. Its served well in all types of roads. many times I have used it as goods carrier too. (House shifting/getting lot many things while coming from home town).

 

[msjawahar]

1) car model and variant : TATA Indigo Manza - Aura ABS
2) year of Purchase : May 2010
3) Kms travelled : 44,000
4) build quality : Good, VFM product. Im satisfied with this car
5) a.s.s experience : Satisfied with TATA service stations. They are improving now compared before.
6) Warranty issues: Changed ABS Cylinder.
7) issues and niggles faced so far : Rattling sounds
8) satisfaction levels (-/10) 9 : We had a long drives and local drives. We are comfortable in all types of roads. Good mileage.

 

[THE XOVER]

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1) car model and variant : TATA Indica GLS - Petrol2) year of Purchase :Mar' 2007

Hi Ravi,I too have Indica GLS, purchased 2 months after yours.And am very happy with the car too.BTW,what's the mileage that you're getting at Highways and bumper to bumper traffic?

 

[Ravikiran]

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Hi Ravi,I too have Indica GLS, purchased 2 months after yours.And am very happy with the car too.BTW,what's the mileage that you're getting at Highways and bumper to bumper traffic?

Hi Xover,
Nice to hear you. I am getting around 11-12km in city and 14-16 in Highway.

 

[THE XOVER]

Yes,I too get similar mileage that too with 90% AC.

 

[Vishwas]

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Yes,I too get similar mileage that too with 90% AC.

Hey Xovy, you haven't uploaded any pics of your Xeta here, please do upload a pic once.

 

[THE XOVER]

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Hey Xovy, you haven't uploaded any pics of your Xeta here, please do upload a pic once.

OK,let me click some then I will upload in this thread itself! BTW,what happened to your 7 seater family vehicle search?

 

[Gurrala74]

@Xover

Vishwas already bought Chevy Enjoy and enjoying man