New Honda CRV - Is it unsafe and poorly designed without required factor of safety?
My recent experience has made me ask this question. I choose to buy a Honda CRV because I felt it is very safe. But I doubt / I am not sure whether the decision is correct or not. Let me explain what had happened so that you will also understand the reason for my views.
I was driving my car at less than 20kmph at around 9pm on 13th evening. I was coming from a small, narrow village road, about to join the national highway. There is storm water channel running parallel to the national highway. The location where the village road joins the highway there is a small culvert with parapet wall either side.
I was on the small road and I have to join the highway and go left immediately after the culvert. So my speed was very less. As I have approached the culvert, I heard a noise on the right side front and the car stopped. I thought, I have hit some rocky object lying on the road. I got down and realised that the there is no object on the road, but the type is bust. I was shocked to see they tyre bust and I did not know the reason why the tyre was bust.
We changed the tyre and the car was not moving properly, we found it difficult to drive. Slowly we brought the car to Olympia Honda service centre at Ambattur. On 14th morning the service centre people inspected the car and said the Wheel has cracked and hence the tyre got bust. I checked if there is any damage or hit on the wheel, they said no. There is no damage externally on the car anywhere.
==The assumption they have made is as follows: ==
Wheel has cracked due to some impact. (How an alloy wheel cracks that easily)
As soon as the wheel cracked, the tyre got bust, as it is a tubeless tyre.
As the tyre bust, the body of the car sat on the floor of the culvert /road
As the car sat on the floor, the shock observer and other components has bent due to the weight of the car.
And they claim that we have to spend close to Rupees 150, 000 (USD 3500) to rectify the car. And the car is with the service centre from 14th September till date. There are no parts available anywhere in the country.
Is this could be true? Anyone can help me on this please??