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The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Coimbatore, has directed a motorcycle shaper and its authorised trader successful Peelamedu to wage ₹5 lakh compensation to a user who faced recurring defects successful a Continental GT 650 motorcycle contempt repeated repairs and replacement of parts implicit astir 3 years.
The committee recently, comprising president P. Dakshanamoorthy and subordinate G. Suguna, held that determination was deficiency successful work and directed the other parties to jointly oregon severally wage ₹5 lakh towards intelligence agony, hardship and incidental expenses, on with ₹10,000 arsenic litigation costs.
According to the complaint, Uthresh G., an advocator from Coimbatore, purchased the motorcycle from Bharat Automotives successful May 2022. Soon aft the purchase, the conveyance reportedly developed recurring mechanical and electrical defects affecting components including the instrumentality cluster, cardinal set, suspension system, throttle body, electrical strategy and silencers.
The complainant submitted that the instrumentality clump was reportedly replaced six times, portion respective different parts were besides reportedly replaced repeatedly during the warranty period. Service records showed that the motorcycle reportedly remained astatine authorised workshops crossed aggregate cities for much than 294 days cumulatively for repairs and inspection.
The committee observed that repeated defects and prolonged repairs established deficiency successful work and directed the parties to wage the compensation wrong 2 months, failing which the magnitude would transportation 12% yearly interest.
