Less than 3000 mile and at the dealership....

[Speed3Rookie]

http://www.impalaclub.com/naisso/magmoss.htm

read it. print it. take it with you.

This made for good reading.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[tazman34685]

It does but I forgot that I had the extended warranty so they real owe me. I know that I don't stand a chance but you never know.

 

[08_MS3_GT]

warranty or not, i'm just curious as to how an ms3 motor can blow in 3k miles..?

 

[tazman34685]

Today's update

The service manage the white shirt from the glass office sat me down to began to tell me that because the motor was modd i.e. CAI/BOV the repair would not be covered. Because the warranty doesn't cover these mods. So I asked him to call Mazda USA where because of the holidays they close at 2pm PST and don't have a full staff on hand, but we did get an agent who stated the same mods vs. warranty story. But thanks to the forum I insisted that we first have to know that these mods cause the motor to fail. The service manage told me that at the dealer ships they don't repair the blown motor they repair them at a cost of 8500 dollars.

The Mazda USA agent opened a case and said that he would get back in touch with me or the service manager, as to what the regional guy (the Big Boss) has to say about it.

I now understand why N.C. car dealership have stickers on the Service Dept. prohibiting entry with a firearm.

I guess I will have to wait till Monday, and the extended warranty is BS $2500+tax for what?

 

[phillyb]

your font changed...that's odd

 

[chrisp]

It blows up before 3000 miles with basic mods....must be a speed3! seems like this happens alot. Hence the reason for the expensive warranty...they know it's coming back

 

[NCZ13]

It blows up before 3000 miles with basic mods....must be a speed3! seems like this happens alot. Hence the reason for the expensive warranty...they know it's coming back

says who?

this is the first blown engine issue ive read about in awhile...

 

[NCZ13]

you cant really make the argument that the CAI you have is the same design as the Mazdaspeed intake because the MS intake was recalled...

 

[GoFast]

It blows up before 3000 miles with basic mods....must be a speed3! seems like this happens alot. Hence the reason for the expensive warranty...they know it's coming back

dumb

 

[phillyb]

says who?

this is the first blown engine issue ive read about in awhile...

you aren't looking hard enough or you're looking in the wrong place. these motors are still definitely popping

 

[NCZ13]

its relative. most of the people whos engines are blowing are people who are overboosting, or have a bunch of mods with no tune. Im on these forums daily, and i have rarely seen a thread about a completely stock ms3 engine blowing.

also you have to remember that the number of people who go online to talk about their blown engines is greatly outshadowed by the thousands of people who havent had any issues. People dont start threads talking about how great their engines are running... people post about problems.

 

[GoFast]

its relative. most of the people whos engines are blowing are people who are overboosting, or have a bunch of mods with no tune. Im on these forums daily, and i have rarely seen a thread about a completely stock ms3 engine blowing.

also you have to remember that the number of people who go online to talk about their blown engines is greatly outshadowed by the thousands of people who havent had any issues. People dont start threads talking about how great their engines are running... people post about problems.

+1 for perspective

 

[Speed3Rookie]

you aren't looking hard enough or you're looking in the wrong place. these motors are still definitely popping

+1.....

 

[chrisp]

its relative. most of the people whos engines are blowing are people who are overboosting, or have a bunch of mods with no tune. Im on these forums daily, and i have rarely seen a thread about a completely stock ms3 engine blowing.

also you have to remember that the number of people who go online to talk about their blown engines is greatly outshadowed by the thousands of people who havent had any issues. People dont start threads talking about how great their engines are running... people post about problems.

go to a subaru forum and its riddled with people saying how much they love the car or how awesome the boxer engine is.(moon)

 

[GoFast]

go to a subaru forum and its riddled with people saying how much they love the car or how awesome the boxer engine is.(moon)

and you also see threads like these too (stfu)(fu)

subaru engine woes

 

[NCZ13]

go to a subaru forum and its riddled with people saying how much they love the car or how awesome the boxer engine is.(moon)

im not saying people dont join up to say how much they love their car, but the majority of people join to share problems...

Theres a ton of threads on here where people are discussing how they love the speed3, so I dont see your point..

 

[DaleNixon]

Cobb BETA map? Have they perhaps not worked out all the kinks?

 

[GoFast]

Cobb BETA map? Have they perhaps not worked out all the kinks?

see here grasshoppa!

 

[DaleNixon]

From reading that thread and reading Cobb's thread, it definitely sounds very BETA to me!

 

[jred321]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't they have to PROVE that those mods caused the damage?

http://www.impalaclub.com/naisso/magmoss.htm

read it. print it. take it with you.

great in court. not so great when you're in the office at a dealership with them still saying no. laws only work if they're enforced and unfortunately the only place that gets enforced is in a courtroom. unless you know a lawyer who is willing to work for free most of the time you have to take it from the dealership right up the ass despite what the law has to say.


and i think this means that the lexus won, right? since he is still on the road living to fight another day.