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Jacques K

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2010

28 Sept 2015, 16:23

Incident which could have had fatal consequences

November 2014 I bought a Hyundai I10 from the Silverlakes Branch. I had the car for a few days and experienced problems with the vehicle where it just died and the revs were inconsistent. The car went to Hyundai Silverlakes three times with that same problem and eventually they had the problem fixed. On Wednesday Evening my fianc? and I went to the Steers in Atterbury and was in the drivethru when I smelled plastic burning, at first we thought it was a smell in the area but then saw smoke on the right hand side of the car. I quickly move the car to the parking area and we got out of the vehicle and saw flames. One of the employees from steers came with a fire extinguisher and killed the flames. On Friday 25.09.15 we took the car to Hyundai Midrand so they can have a look. The manager took photos and sent it to warrantee and Hyundai's technical department. The manager at Midrand informed me on 28.09.2015 that technical rep**** and said the fog light globe is the incorrect globe and watt and that is what caused the fire and that it is my problem basically. It is just strange that only Hyundai have had the car. If the globe was not Hyundai standard it was done by Hyundai.

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