Maruti in dock over mileage

A Delhi consumer forum has directed Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to one of its customers for inducing him to buy a car through misleading advertisements about its mileage.

Written by Express News Service
New Delhi | August 24, 2012 02:14 AM IST

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A Delhi consumer forum has directed Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to one of its customers for inducing him to buy a car through misleading advertisements about its mileage. The New Delhi district Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed MUL to conduct its own efficiency test and provide buyers with the correct mileage in its advertisements. The complainant,Rajiv Sharma,had alleged that MUL in its advertisement in a leading newspaper had claimed that its Zen car had a fuel efficiency of 16.7 km per litre,but got a mileage of only 10.2 km per litre.