constancychen
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I bought an 08 mazdaspeed3 sport on april 2008.
Now it got 11600 miles on odometer with just a little more than 1 year of usage.
recent 2 weeks the shifting was getting weird. After I back up and tried to switch to the first gear it would just go to the reverse again (without pushing it down, it just went down by itself). A few days ago I couldn't get it shift to the reverse gear because something felt stock inside. I had to get it back up tho i finally pushed it down by using a lot of power.
Last friday during driving, the shift lever finally came off, the whole stick. I called road side assistance and they towed my car to the nearest mazda dealer. They took picture of the car and then finally called me back on the next Wednesday said that the mazda people came and checked the car. They made the final decision that it wont be covered under the warranty. Because It seems like was been modified. Then, I told him i never mod the car he said "The tire was changed" It's the first time I ever heard that tire change can be considered as a modification. And even if it was but what it has to do with the shift lever?
I went 2 track days. One on Nov. 2008 and last time was Feb, 2009. They weren't rough racing, just do some track laps. Therefore I had to change the tires and I bought 2 new ones and 2 used ones. Used ones put in the back and new ones put in the front. The used ones did a few track sections by the person who sold them to me. The people in dealer told me the tires seems been wore out badly. They just try to claim that i misused the car and cause that to happen. They told me I ran over curb too, they can tell from the bottom of the car but I dont think those are the factors for the shift lever to come off. The dealer people said its the decision mazda people made, they cant really do anything and I have to pay $500 to get it fixed.
Have anyone else ever had the similar issue on their MS3? Or just me? I m thinking of going to court if they dont give me better answer. I called mazda of america, the customer assistance just told that she will check into it and get back to me but havent heard from her yet. After this experience I really would not buy another new mazda vehicle ever.
Any suggestions?
Now it got 11600 miles on odometer with just a little more than 1 year of usage.
recent 2 weeks the shifting was getting weird. After I back up and tried to switch to the first gear it would just go to the reverse again (without pushing it down, it just went down by itself). A few days ago I couldn't get it shift to the reverse gear because something felt stock inside. I had to get it back up tho i finally pushed it down by using a lot of power.
Last friday during driving, the shift lever finally came off, the whole stick. I called road side assistance and they towed my car to the nearest mazda dealer. They took picture of the car and then finally called me back on the next Wednesday said that the mazda people came and checked the car. They made the final decision that it wont be covered under the warranty. Because It seems like was been modified. Then, I told him i never mod the car he said "The tire was changed" It's the first time I ever heard that tire change can be considered as a modification. And even if it was but what it has to do with the shift lever?
I went 2 track days. One on Nov. 2008 and last time was Feb, 2009. They weren't rough racing, just do some track laps. Therefore I had to change the tires and I bought 2 new ones and 2 used ones. Used ones put in the back and new ones put in the front. The used ones did a few track sections by the person who sold them to me. The people in dealer told me the tires seems been wore out badly. They just try to claim that i misused the car and cause that to happen. They told me I ran over curb too, they can tell from the bottom of the car but I dont think those are the factors for the shift lever to come off. The dealer people said its the decision mazda people made, they cant really do anything and I have to pay $500 to get it fixed.
Have anyone else ever had the similar issue on their MS3? Or just me? I m thinking of going to court if they dont give me better answer. I called mazda of america, the customer assistance just told that she will check into it and get back to me but havent heard from her yet. After this experience I really would not buy another new mazda vehicle ever.
Any suggestions?
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