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Comment on Potholes leading to increased frustration and tyre damage claims by Nolene

Nolene — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:57 +0000

Ek was Desember 09 in Brisbane Australia,wat ‘n pragtige land. Geen Potholes nie, geen verslete strate nie. Ek dink dit is ‘n skande oor hoe die Suid Afrikaanse paaie lyk en kan nie meer wag vir die sokker in Junie nie, dan kan al die oorsese mense sien hoe sleg dit hier lyk. Dit is regtig ‘n groot verleentheid.

Comment on Are car insurance companies fair in raising car insurance premiums? by James

James — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:20 +0000

Some insurers have a few more tools at their disposal to combat fraud, specifically strong internal investigators who uncover fraud.

And the South African Insurance Crime Bureau is being very successful in stamping out fraud.

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Comment on Potholes leading to increased frustration and tyre damage claims by Daniella

Daniella — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:13:47 +0000

Hi i was driving to a funeral in the Free State yesterday the 3rd of March. The road between vredefort & viljoenskroon is covered in pot holes knee deep. you had to drive 40km per hr and drive around the holes. at some point the road was covered in potholes and you had no option but to drive through. i damaged my 2 tyres which cost me R10 000. how can i claim for my costs incurred what is the process. pls help

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Comment on Rather leave vehicle repairs in the hands of the experts. by Reeta

Reeta — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:06:23 +0000

I disagree with your comment “leave it to the experts” because that’s EXACTLY what I believed and did. Over the last week I’ve had to pay over R17000 precisely because I left it to the EXPERTS !

I have a 2001 Golf GTi with a mileage of just over 140,000. I bought the vehicle from a VW dealership in 2002.

About 2 weeks ago, whilst driving on the highway my car’s engine ceased. I had it towed to VW McDulings (Booysens). The problem was apparently that my cambelt broke and would cost over R17,000 to replace.

I contacted VW head office and requested at which service VW are supposed to change my cambelt. I have received a response to this in which the letter states that the cambelt on my (type) of engine is to be changed at 180,000 or 5 years.

Although my car has not done 180,000 km it is indeed well above 5 years old. I have never been asked to change my cambelt by ANY of the dealerships at the 5 year mark(the 5 year mark being 2005 !!) or after.

Although I have taken this up with not only VW headoffice in SA as well as to the CEO VW in Germany I get absolutely no responses to my emails. I don’t know what to do, however I think it is unfair that VW are seemingly neglecting to perform the service for which we consumers are paying for. Their own rules are not being followed. I am aggrieved, especially because of this negligence I needed to fork out a whopping R17,000 to fix my car.

Should consumers not have any faith and trust in a manufacturer’s dealerships. They are supposedly the experts and that is why have ALWAYS serviced my car at the necessary intervals and ALWAYS at a VW dealership. I have a full service record as proof.

Please, please, please can you assist me in publishing my story. I feel completely victimised by their don’t care attitute. Please have a look at the history of SOME of my emails below as well as their letter to me confirming their own rules of changing the cambelt at 180,000km OR 5 YEARS.

Comment on Where do I claim from damage caused by road construction? by Yehsnee Govender

Yehsnee Govender — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:40:37 +0000

Hi,I have damaged my front two tyres because of potholes, I have to buy a new tyre and repair the rim on two of my tyres, who can I contact to put in a claim.

Comment on Potholes leading to increased frustration and tyre damage claims by Louise Evans

Louise Evans — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:49:36 +0000

On Sunday 21 February 2010, at approxametly 20h30, I was travelling on the N12, travelling towards the south of Johannesburg. Just after the Lenasia, Klipsruit West on-ramp onto the N12, I suddenly hit a pothole, which caused my left front tyre to burst, and damage to my rim. Directly after I hit the pothole, another driver also hit y=that same pothole, also causing damage to his car.

What does one do in cases like this, especialy if you do not have car insurance?

Kind regards,

Louise Evans.

Comment on Potholes leading to increased frustration and tyre damage claims by Luis

Luis — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:45:57 +0000

Can one claim from Roads department or someone for “pothole” tyre damage

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