Mahindra SUV Goes Under Waterfall, Driver Gets More Than Just A Shower With Leaking Roof

The brand-new Mahindra Scorpio N has been an absolute gross sales hit in India with lengthy ready lists and 1000’s of orders. Nevertheless, an instance of the SUV proved to have an improperly sealed sunroof, with a hefty quantity of water leaking into the cabin when it was parked underneath a waterfall.

The video was uploaded on YouTube by Indian automotive YouTuber Arun Panwar and we found it on Rush Lane. The driving force deliberately reverses the SUV underneath the waterfall as a part of testing. A couple of seconds later, water begins leaking from the roof-mounted audio system, the highest of the facet home windows, and even the inside lights, pouring on the leather-wrapped seats and the middle console the place it fills up the cupholders.

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The harm sustained from the water is probably going repairable however the mannequin should go to a service station as quickly as doable with a purpose to be correctly drained and dried off. Some electrical elements would possibly should be changed and the entire seals should be checked with a purpose to keep away from comparable incidents sooner or later.

Whereas parking or driving underneath a waterfall isn’t one thing SUV house owners ought to do in actual life, the heavy rains of India might have an analogous impact on the roof of the Scorpio N. Judging from the a number of leaking factors, the seals of the sunroof and the doorways may need been improperly hooked up throughout manufacturing. We don’t know if this situation is restricted to this specific car which could possibly be an early manufacturing press automobile, but when extra examples of the Mahindra Scorpio N have comparable issues, house owners will certainly communicate out ultimately.

Climate sealing is a crucial side of all vehicles – not to mention ladder-frame SUVs just like the Mahindra Scorpio N that are designed to be succesful off the crushed observe and stand up to harsher-than-usual circumstances. Even when this was only a dangerous instance of high quality management, it resulted in dangerous publicity for Mahindra with the video already gathering almost half-a-million views on YouTube.