Tata Safari Storme throws a nasty surprise

I was told the engine guard had signs of underbody damage, as in - scratches. I don't know which of my drivers did it. This somehow is pushing me again to stop making drivers use the storme.

BHPian PrasannaDhana recently shared this with other enthusiasts. 

The storme did throw a nasty surprise last week. I was getting down from the storme and noticed a metallic noise from the engine while the driver stopped the car. 

Asked him to start it again, and heard the metallic rattle:

Watch this, listen to the rattle.

Looked down below and found a broken bracket. It was the intercooler bracket. 

Called up Mr. Rajesh, the CRM at Kaveri garage and he confirmed its the intercooler bracket. I anyways took the car to the service center, to see any temporary fix can be done. Nothing could be done. 

I was told the part had to be ordered. I didn't have any hope really, as I experienced the parts unavailability for storme during the accident repair. To my surprise, the part reached on the promised ETA, and I sent my storme to get it fixed today. Total downtime was 4 days including the weekend. 

The part number

The new part (left) and the broken part (right)

The replaced part 

Total damage to wallet was just INR 1824

Great job by Kaveri Garage and Mr. Rajesh. 

The car is back in duty. I was told the engine guard had signs of underbody damage, as in - scratches. I don't know which of my drivers did it. This somehow is pushing me again to stop making drivers use the storme. I am also not sure if the impact broke the part or the part quality in itself was bad that 6 years and 75k km of usage has worn it out. 

The car turns 6 years old on 10th of this month. And all I can hope is to not have any nasty surprises in the future.

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