Dealer hogwash?

[shingles]

Chevron Techron should work. but honestly, if you are already using chevron gas... probably a waste of money at this time in your ownership.

 

[Kedis82ZE8]

Chevron Techron should work. but honestly, if you are already using chevron gas... probably a waste of money at this time in your ownership.

I'll throw one in there maybe once a year. If nothing else it will just make me feel better.

 

[CC58]

From what I've read, direct injection is subject to hard deposits that are resistant to injector cleaners.
Different models are more subject to hard deposits than others.
The jury is still out on whether the CX-5 will have hard deposit issues.

 

[Reggae]

Don't worry next time you go they are going to tell you you need to change your clutch. ......lol.

 

[djsiva]

Edit: Ranting thread ahead...

So I'm at 41k miles and the dealer wanted to charge me for a "throttle body cleaning" and I either misheard him or he misspoke because I heard $1000.
Either he misread his prices by adding a zero or he thought I was a gullible halfwit.
Having worked on cars in my past there's no way I was going to fall for it.
Anyone else had a dealer try to con them with this service item?

My dealer tried to get me with that same thing at 15,000 miles. I laughed at them and now have taken my service business to another dealer.

 

[CXVille]

Well I got the car back, car feels peppy again, but I think that's more to do with the oil change than the injector cleaning.
The rep was a good sport about my declining some of the services, but it just goes to show that if you are inattentive they will take advantage of you.

It is possible, but highly unlikely that an oil change will make the car feel "peppier". If so, it is because the internal friction of the engine had significantly increased. The only real way for that to happen is if you were almost out of oil and the engine was not being properly lubricated.

 

[cybercruiser]

My dealer tried to get me with that same thing at 15,000 miles. I laughed at them and now have taken my service business to another dealer.

Yeah, I've had several new cars over the past 30 years, a couple I've ran to over 200,000 miles, so, I have a pretty good idea what "normal" maintenance should be.

 

[fdew]

You have learned two things about your dealer. They cant be trusted to tell you what you really need, and they lie.

I would find another dealer or independent service shop, and then write them a letter with a copy to Mazda telling them why you left.

My daughter had a Hyundai dealer charge her $100 to pull the check engine codes and tell her it couldn't be fixed. We fixed it, and a year and a half later sent the dealer a picture of her new to her Mazda.