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Zoomcar

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2020

    Refund-delay complaints

    Customers complained that refunds were delayed beyond the company’s stated seven-to-fourteen-day period, with some reports describing waits of more than eight months.

  2. 2018

    Reported data breach

    A reported breach exposed user names, email and IP addresses, phone numbers, and passwords, affecting more than three million users according to the reference material.

  3. 2015

    Advertisement banned by ASCI

    The Advertising Standards Council of India found a Zoomcar advertisement contrary to India’s Dowry Prohibition Act. Zoomcar withdrew the advertisement.

  4. Questions over marketplace vehicle compliance

    The company’s post-COVID marketplace model has drawn criticism over the alleged commercial rental of privately registered white-plate vehicles, which may raise compliance issues under Indian transport rules.