[balaji-thiruppathi]

balaji-thiruppathi

April 26, 2015 at 2:50 pm #32885

quote tobaccoman:

Dear Off Roaders!

This post to update you as promised on the outcome of this unfortunate deployment of my airbags last year while on the “NEWBIE-INTER-ADVANCE DRIVE OCTOBER 10, 2014”.
Those who were in the group most probably can remember about a grey my Nissan Pathfinder on which all lateral airbags deployed while driving along a very gentle route.
The outcome, in summary is the following:
– NISSAN declared to the famous relevant local dealer that such deployment was totally normal and that therefore repair cannot be made under warranty
– Car stayed more than 3 months in the dealers garage
– Although insured for off-road activities, famous local insurance company (3 letters.. ending with G) rejected the claim saying that “no external visible impact, so no accident”……
– As after 3 months without it, I decided to pay for getting back my vehicle. Cost: AED 2’848.—which is actually a very very special price the dealer made just to cover his costs (thank you for this) as not supported by NISSAN at all. Real cost would have been 3 to 4 times higher.

Approximately one month ago, a Friend of mine was on a similar trip with a brand new NISSAN PATROL and same deployment occurred while gently crossing a dune.

So, NISSAN PATHFINDER and PATROL owners BEWARE, what should be a nice drive can actually end up in a bitter, costly and frustrating experience.

In addition to all above, on the same trip I borrowed one of my radios to one participant who I didn’t knew but thought that it was not an issue as we are in UAE and part of a community of honest people.
I was unfortunately wrong, as this person (a member of this forum) was obviously not an honest one given that he never returned the radio despite having promised several time to do so. Now he does not even reply to my phone calls or SMS while I know that he is in the country.
It’s not for the radio, but just for the principle, Shame on this guy.

I wish you all a nice weekend!

Daniel

Dear Daniel, Is that AIG Insurance. I wanna take insurance for my new 4×4. If they don cover such incidents I hav to think of some other options, please advise. Do oman insurance provide cover for such incidents. Thankyou.

[Author]

Posts