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Frustrated Owner Uses New Tata Safari As Garbage Truck

In a frightening event in Rajasthan, the owner surrendered his SUV to the municipal corporation to be used as a garbage collection vehicle.

Sentinel Digital Desk

In a YouTube video uploaded by Harsh vlogs, the owner of Tata Safari is being seen discussing about his troublesome vehicle. He reports that his White colored Tata Safari XZA having number plate RJ02UB0702 safari has brake problems and he also had replaced many a times but despite this, the SUV brakes and vibrations in the steering wheel continued to fail sooner than predicted, forces him to send his vehicle to an approved service Centre on a regular basis. The car can also have features like find my car, vehicle status, remote car lock, over the air updates, etc.

The owner opted to utilize it as a trash collecting vehicle after failing to secure a long lasting solution from the specialists at the authorized Centre for this problem and have faced repeated failure. The owner was seen in the video suggesting other people also to send their Tata Safari to trash collector.

Lemon cars are troublesome vehicles that experience repeated mechanical failures of a certain part or system. Many automobile owners have attempted similar acts in the past in order to attract the attention of high ranking officials at a car manufacturing firm as well as buyers of the vehicles. The Tata Safari isn't the only high end vehicle to experience this problem; in the past the MG Hecto, Skoda Octavia and Ford Endeavour have all had similar problems.

In other countries, there is a law named as lemon law, which states that any defective car either be replaced with a new vehicle or the owner should compensate appropriately for the money spent on the vehicle. However there is no such law prevails here. In recent times, carmakers have been more aware of maintain quality and have taken necessary precautions, such as issuing recalls and replacing parts throughout the warranty term.

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