Re: Tata Hexa : Official Review Thank you guys for your valuable inputs. Quote:
Originally Posted by extreme_torque Just check with the insurance company if they can do a total loss and negotiate the pay out amount. |
I do not think that is a possibility here since its a body-on-frame vehicle, the chassis can be replaced relatively easily under proper guidance. Hence claiming total-loss doesn't seem to be a option. Anyway I will ask my friend to talk to the insurance company regarding the same. Quote:
Originally Posted by abhishek46 Sorry for your ordeal.
Could you post some pictures of the underbody and the damage.
A broken and bent Chassis, should never be repaired.
From the looks of it, your engine is good, which is good thing.
Allow the SVC to perform this surgery.
If required, request them to perform the chassis replacement in presence of a Tata Motors engineer. |
Sorry, I don't have any photos of under-body damage, I will ask my friend to get the photos from the SVC maybe. Few photos of the vehicle at the accident spot :
Yes, we are going forward with Chassis replacement itself. Yesterday there was some meetup here at Bangalore between Tata Officials and Hexa Owners. My friend bought up the issue there and Tata folks have assured to personally look into this matter. In fact they have told us that they will assign two Tata Engineers to visit the SVC and analyse the crash issue and come up with a report. Our concern was why did ESP and TC fail to work as expected and the vehicle went out of control, they said they will investigate and get back to us. Hopefully they will overlook the chassis replacement and other major work at the workshop to make sure everything is repaired as per expectation. Quote:
Originally Posted by RoverX I'm extremely sorry to know about your accident, and really glad that all of you escaped unhurt. Even I feel that repairing a broken / bent chassis is not a risk worth taking. It must be replaced, if that can be done. Also, it may be a good idea to rope in the execs at Tata in this matter, and see if they involve a production engineer in this operation, and later, just to check the integrity of the work (I'm not sure about this, though). Kindly keep us posted regarding the development. |
Thank you for your concern, I have replied above regarding the same. Quote:
Originally Posted by PrideRed Is replacing chassis permitted? If yes, you would have to update your RC card as well. If the chassis is to be replaced I don't think 5.5lac would suffice. You might want to check with insurer if your car qualifies for total loss in-case chassis has to be replaced. |
Replacing chassis is permitted especially when its a body-on-frame setup. The chassis itself is about 90K as per the estimations given by the SVC. Even we were wondering how the chassis costs so less in a 20lacs vehicle. More details in my replies above! Quote:
Originally Posted by PrasunBannerjee I was under the same notion, but after i got my bike's chassis replaced after a terrible accident, i came to know that chassis as spare parts come blank and number is stamped at the ASS level and is the same number as the previous one. So no change on the RC. Only applicable when you get it replaced at an authorized ASS. Otherwise there are pre-stamped chassis numbers different than the original. I was told this by a guy who handled me keys after repair, and I checked RC and chassis, number was the same! |
Our SVC told us that replacing chassis would mean change in chassis serial number and that we would have to get it updated by RTO on our own. Which is fine I assume. Even if they manage to stamp the same serial number, we would be more than happy! |