a St. Petersburg resident received more than 28.4 million rubles back from Avtotor JSC as part of a consumer protection lawsuit over a defective BMW X6 car. In this respect reported on the Telegram channel of the joint press service of the city courts.
Vasily Kolesov drove a 2021 BMW X6 manufactured at Avtotor to St. Bought it from an authorized dealer in St. Petersburg. During the warranty period, the owner contacted the seller several times due to various malfunctions in the air conditioning system. The heater of the car was malfunctioning and the keyless entry system was not working periodically. It was not possible to eliminate the malfunctions during the repair, and at the end of March 2022, the air flow finally stopped working in the car.
Kolesov applied to the automaker with a request to return the money paid for the car, and after being refused, he went to court. During the trial, the defect in the machine was considered to be a manufacturing defect. The court recovered from Avtotor the cost of the car (more than 6.9 million rubles), the difference with the current price of a similar car (5.5 million rubles), interest on the loan (1.4 million rubles), penalty (5 million rubles). ), a fine (9.4 million rubles), as well as compensation for moral damage and court costs.
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