car engine number mistake on rc. what to do
ragav
(Querist) 10 May 2014
This query is : Resolved
RC Book issues
Hi I purchased a old vehicle which had 4 owners previously. It is a Daewoo Matiz REGIESTERED YEAR 2000. In the book, the Chassis number is printed correctly (with pencil impression on the book) but the Engine number
has a small clerical error.
Actually on engine the vehicle it shows,
S8EV-XXXXXX and on the RC BOOK, it is written out as SSEV-XXXXXX (where XXXXXX stands for numeric digits). The united india insurance on the previous owner also has the same mistake i.e. they have copied the wrong engine number from the RC book and given Third party insurance.
Kindly note that I do not have the original
purchase bill of the vehicle as it might be with the first owner. Further, as the Matiz has stopped now, the Dealer also closed his shop in chennai, so I cannot take his help. I am in Erode which is 400 km away from chennai. The vehicle is registered in chennai only.
Please let me know how I can get this rectified in the RC book. Will it be a problem if I use the vehicle with the mistake? If I want to renew insurance, should I give the actual engine number
or the wrong number as it is in the book.
Sankaranarayanan
(Expert) 10 May 2014
Insurance only for original not for wrong.
Approach the RTO office and ask the same and given letter to change the same.
ragav
(Querist) 10 May 2014
If i approach the RTO, they will ask for the purchase bill. The purchase bill will be with first owner (14 years back) or with dealer (dealer closed now). Since reaching both are difficult, what to do? Also the current RTO I am is 500 km from RTO office where the vehicle was registered.
Sudhir Kumar, Advocate
(Expert) 10 May 2014
so you have purchased car without original bill?
query is made without contacting RTO.
