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David S

1 reviews | Active since Oct 2024

06 Jul 2025, 06:18

For the love of the JY 31 to SA Taxi

In March of 2021 I bought a Toyota Quantum for my wife as a birthday present,and she was over the moon with her gift,to generate an income the bus worked, during the late night drive from Midrand on the 26th of March we left Midrand at 22h00 first thing I noticed was the headlights one was very bright the other dim since my wife was driving behind me coming home and she was driving behind me with a 3year old and a friend of mine,we got to Brakpan and they told me that the heater in the new bus wasn't working and that there was a draft of cold air coming from somewhere I blew it off thinking that maybe they didn't know how to close the windows properly of didn't know how to operate the heater,we got to a BP on Springs road and we bought pies for the kids, starting up from the Bp to go home the bus stalled and the battery seemed dead,I checked the terminals and found them in a poor condition, tried a few tricks because I am a mechanic and it started we went home and tried to lock the bus but the central lock didn't work,by now the wife was a bit irritated but I still said it's minor things little did I know that that was a start of a problem got the little thingdms sorted but the malfunction light started to flash we drove the bus back to Midrand and told them the team plugged the bus into a diagnosis machine and pushed a vacuum pipe from behind the oil filter and the light was gone the irritated wife tried to bring up all the other issues but we were told that a favour was made for us and that we had to book the bus in and I asked my wife to do the booking till date it wasn't booked,6 months down the line the clutch gave in,I bought a Rep/Luk clutch kit and because it cost 5.5k I installed it myself to be able to pay the installment for the month,the sliding door mechanism started giving problems only to find that the parts used were of a very poor quality though the bus was said to be better than a new bus,the clutch kit I got with the bus was a no name brand,the alternator died took it in and I was advised to get a proper d4d alternator as the one I had was that of an Avanza meantime oill leaks started developing and with the constant breakdowns my clients fleed to a fresh new Quantum,we fought SA Taxi to a point that we were given ownership of the bus and offered 120k to fix the bus The papers were given but my legal team and wife I instructed to hold off on the pending case and from the 6 of June till now no payment was received meeting after meeting,I feel that I should tow the so called paid up Taxi to Midrand drop it at their gate(since Quantum don't enter their yard)and persue this case because going on hello Peter I read only bad reviews and the management **** and **** again I am very disappointed with this company and how does my family think of me for buying a s**** that doesn't work for my wife, when the trouble started my little boy once said "Daddy they ****** you with the JY"please don't respond to this SA Taxi and lie to me and the public on this platform but if a truck delivers JY31 on your gate know that it is my bus and I love it but love is proved in the letting go.NB I'm in the Taxi business and know a lot of little English speaking people who can't complain

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David S's update06 Jul 2025, 07:55
Reviewer Update
Credibility
Integrity
I lost my credibility to my customer
I lost my integrity as a husband and and father what SATaxi Management do you have any,when a man fails to keep up to his words what is he?