Car company ordered to replace faulty car

LAHORE - Consumer Court Judge Maruf Ahmedali has ordered Honda Atlas Cars to replace a Honda City car, which had a manufacturing fault from day one.

“The respondent (Honda Atlas Cars) is directed to replace the car of the complainant with a bran new Honda City 1300 CC of the same colour and latest model within 10 days from the date of this order,” the judge said. Ruling the claimant was not entitled to damages, the judge, however, ordered the company to pay Rs 10,000 as costs.

The complainant Muhammad Malik Bhullah filed a claim under the Punjab Consumer Protection Act 2005 against Honda Atlas Cars, Honda Point and Zeeshan Asif, field engineer Honda Atlas Cars. Bullah added he bought a Honda City car for Rs 847,000 on July 26, 2007 from Honda Point and while driving it the same day felt defect in its transmission of the car.

The next day, he said, he sent the car for inspection to Honda Fort, an authorised dealer of Honda Atlas, where a field engineer, Zeeshan Asif, confirmed the car’s transmission assembly was faulty. The engineer, he added, suggested replacement of the main shaft of the transmission assembly.