Recent content by waterbuck1

update on the low-mileage car The car was left at the dealer for the last week. The service manager states he ran electronic diagnostics on it, did alignment, checked the speedometer, changed the oil and looked closely at the wheel (and brake) I had bumped and could find no problem. He said...

My service dept seems ambivalent on whether to take this seriously I agree with you. The car got 20 mpg in town for the first 5 weeks of ownership, pretty much what it's rated to get by the EPA. Then, after I ran over a curb and had a new tire put on, it got 15 and seems to lose speed and...

I have a new 2009 Mazda 6 4 cyl, which I purchased 8 weeks ago. At 1400 miles, it has suffered had a big decline in mileage and i don't know what to tell the dealer to look for, because they either just can't believe me when I say that the car ever got 20pmg in town, or they seem to think that...

Hi- I have a 6-week old Mazda6 2.5 liter automatic tranny, with about 1500 miles on it. It drives just fine. my average mileage, as registered on the trip computer during a period of mostly in-town driving (birmingham, al) , is generally 11-14 mpg. An average with mixed city and highway was...