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A Tata Nano cab belonging to the taxi company Budget Taxi, caught fire on Friday (2 September) at Layden Bastian Mawatha, Fort. A spokesman for the company said there were no passengers in the car at the time but the car was completely destroyed – gutted by the fire. According to director Budget Taxi, Kelum Jayasumana, they are yet to find out why the car suddenly caught fire. Jayasumana said the taxi driver reported that the vehicle had suddenly stopped, and caught fire when the driver tried to restart it. “We have contacted the Tata Nano company in India. Officials representing the company will be in the country tonight (Friday),” he said. This however does not seem to be a one off incident: a simple google search throws the issue in focus. Similar cases have been reported from Mumbai, Gujarat, Lucknow, New Delhi and Vadodara. News reports point in the direction of faulty electrical switches creating smoke and causing plastic to melt. When asked if he was aware that the Nano Cab has a reputation for being spontaneously combustible, Jayasumana said that they had indeed been informed about it. “The problem with the Indian cars turns out to be faulty silencers,” he said. Tata had however looked into the issue and rectified it before sending the vehicles to Sri Lanka. Jayasumana added that the two incidents could be totally unrelated. “We will find out soon what the problem is when the Tata officials come,” he said. Source: Sunday Leader ( 04th September 2011 )

Thanks a lot, did post a comment. Looking forward to the call.

I too send my Vehicle to A** for servicing, the last time they called me and mentioned that an engine flush needs to be done ( this is a 2001 manufactured car ). I agreed with them and it was done. After 3 days while driving I felt after I slow down the car does not pull and the RPM goes up, after a few seconds the car gets back to normal. Last night when I drove the car the same thing happened and the Engine Check Light came on. Can someone advise me on this. Should I take the Car to A**?

You can do it Online, it's pretty easy.

Hi All, Got my ignition coils replaced @ Ma*n* Motors, thanks to all of you for helping out.

Hi Ajwad, I have PM'd you my contact no, please do call me or PM me your contact Info. I sent the car to M**n*, he did a tune up gave me the vehicle, I drove to Kandy with no issues. But got the problem again and had to go to M** C**y the guy there did a scan and said it was the ignition coils, they did not have the parts and asked me to get it done in CMB, drove down with no issues, but got it today. Will have to send the car tomorrow. Thanks guys for the helpful tips posted.

I had an issue last night, where I had to break hard on seeing a hump at the last minute, when this happened the the engine started vibrating and the car was not pulling, checked the RPM it was going up when accelerating. Today, when i started in the morning I had no issue, took it to the garage but no issues, wanted me to bring the car when this happens.

Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies, Bugatti, when this happens, If you were to put your foot down hard on the gas, does the engine rev up....? To be honest with you, i did not have a look, but i know the car does not pull. This happened to me at Fingara, kept driving to show it to Mazna, but half way through it was back to normal. So, when I stopped to show there was no issue. If I remember right ( Lalith mentioned about "ignition coil failure"). Rusaln, What is a CAT? MkX, Thanks for the sugsstion

Question: 2001 Mazda Familia BJ5P mileage 105,000: My Mazda has developed a really annoying engine fault. When I start in the morning it's fine, but after driving a while and stop for around 1 hr and try to re-start the whole car Vibrates, the check light came on too ( Btw, this does not happen all the while ). I sent it to the Garage that i usually send my car they did a scan and said that all sensors were fine. ( They checked all the wires and said everything was ok. But the issue happened again, this time I sent it to Mazna, he too checked and said all was ok and did a engine tune up for me, ( he wanted me to come to him if it occurred again ). The problem happened on Saturday again and the engine check light came on when this happens the car does not pull for around 1/2 Km then it get's back to normal. But on Sunday morning when I started the car there was no issue, drove the car the whole day without any problem ( even the engine check light went off ). Hope I made sense, would really appreciate some suggestions on this

I've too had a prob with my A/c ( Mazda ) and needed it to be replaced. I checked with a few places in Dehiwala ( 4 to be exact ), and they all quoted between 20k & 24 k.

Thanks a lot for the info. Will check it out today and will update.

Hi, I got a Mazda BJ5P 2001 model Mazda. The Rear passenger side door opener ( Nickle Handle ) cracked, Can someone please help me out by suggesting a place I can get the unit. Thanks in advance.

I too have been servicing my car with Pitstop. So far had no bad experiences. ( Except the time, took around 4 hrs the last time, did not mind it as it was the Aus vsSA Test match )

Yes do agree with you about the issues, but to really sort the traffic blocks the Marine drive will be ideal.

I feel they should have continued the Marine Drive by putting up a bridge near Kleen Park, this would have been much better than the flyover ( My opinion only )