whitey4311 said:
Not going to challenge that ACT I am simply saying that regardless of what it says do you really think it will be an easy process to deal with all that s***?
No it's not easy, no one ever said it was....... in most cases it's used as a "scare tactic" and eventually used when you obtain a lawyer....
whitey4311 said:
You obviously didnt read s*** based on your CAI blew the shock out remark because I said over and over that is crazy and wont happen. However going in for a CEL to only find out its a MAF light due to the CAI makes you pay up for labor, diagnostic, and repair.
I'm sorry but anyone doing that is an idiot when you can obtain an ODB-II scanner that has CAN abilities and find out the CEL light reason yourself..... or take it to an AutoZone & Advance Auto Parts that has an updated scanner with CAN abilities..... I've done that in the past for other cars and they haven't even charged me.
whitey4311 said:
Dont listen to me try it and see what happens. Or be a pussy like the rest and crawl under the car and remove all your mods and play stupid. If you guys have this hardcore ACT in your back pocket why remove the mods for a service under warranty? Go challenge them and see where that gets you and how long it will take to get your car back
The act isn't for people who mod...... but there are dealers who deny warranty or reject fixing a part even when cars aren't modded..... and for the most part, the MAJORITY of people who remove their mods is because they know their service dealers will give them s*** about it...... if you think a dealer isn't going to try to get out of warranty work then you need to get your head examined..... How long have you had your MS3? I can't wait til they start giving you the run around..... I've heard of dealers blaming the CAI as to why a MS6 smokes......when there are BONE STOCK MS6's that are smoking..... and the result of them saying it's the CAI or BOV is BEFORE the fact they've even looked at the car....... they just pop the hood and go "oh here's your problem"
That's like asking the dealer why he's so stupid, showing him a picture of a CAT scan (that isn't his) where the brain is the size of a peanut and telling him "oh here's your problem"
I can't wait til something on your car ***** up and the dealer tries to screw you over....... you'll be right back here telling us about it and we'll just be laughing. (lol2)
whitey4311 said:
I would love to see a mechanic write off that changing the motor mounts wont have any thing to do with one of the other mounts failing should it do so. Please post that letter and back it up with your ACT. I can go make phone calls right now to dealers and ask and you know what they will say. Right or wrong it wont matter the BS that goes along with thse sort of mods isnt wort discussing warranty work.
LOL @ "i can go call a dealer" We were talking about someone ELSE not a dealer..... god, are you naive?...... why would you call another dealer? I know EXACTLY what a dealer would say about installing a Mazdaspeed CAI on the car "it'll void your warranty"
HOWEVER the CAI has a green status under Mazda, which means it's A-OK to put on your car, which all leads back to the "MAF CEL LIGHT" you talked about...... some people have even had Mazda put the CAI on, and then tell them it's not under warranty, even though it is. So why would I even bother to call another dealer or 2 to get an answer from them? Half of them don't want to repair the breaking rear diffs that some people even with STOCK cars, seem to be having problems with......but that should be covered under warranty, right? Oh you're gonna tell me they were racing at the track and such? That would make sense, except one of the members from another forum is like 48 with 2 kids..... and no mods on his car, so I doubt he'd bother to "race" right?
Try to do a little more light reading before you just assume everything...... I know many other mechanics, some are friends that own small shops, and I know people who work for corporate places like BMW and Toyota and Ford as mechanics and they tell me about some of the messed up crap that goes on back there.....
whitey4311 said:
Dont be a b**** and try to claim WARRANTY whey you **** up, just fix what you did wrong or dont mess with it in the first place.
I expect to hear back from you when you b**** how Mazda doesn't fix whatever problem arises with your car,stock or not........... I can't wait til you get a BOV and the service guy asks why you put a Boost Controller on your car and decided to void your warranty..... (2thumbs)
Get off the "dealer" stint buddy, they are not there to help you, they are there to make money......case in point they make
A LOT more money by charging for parts and labor than they do by being compensated for warranty work. Hmm...... would you rather do warranty work and get paid maybe $800 towards the dealership? or would you rather try to sucker a guy to pay for parts and labor ($3000) and pocket about $2300 towards the dealership??
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How about this example...... when you go in for a synthetic oil change ($59.99) and they offer you some "complete" bulls*** for $200? Talking about oil change, rotating tires (seems pointless to me on an AWD car, but may be good for ours since it's "fwd biased") lube jobe, etc.
Everyone who's talking about that has asked......WTF are they lubing? there's pretty much nothing to lube on the car, even on my TRUCK, I've taken it to the dealer (Ford, 16 at the time never worked on cars before) and sat outside the service bay and watched them pull my truck in...... then recorded it with my phone (video) and saw they did no "lubing" of any kind but charged me for it...... all I had to do was go to back to the Service guy and show him my video and then ask to speak to a manager and he refunded me my money and only charged me for the oil change. Now-a-days I change my own oil and don't bother to care or let a dealer do it. as for the motor mounts....... I haven't heard of broken MM problem on an MS6 yet...... so it seems odd that the MS3 is having its problems (and yes a MM is like the first mod people seem to get for their MS6)
Voluntary?? Can't wait to here more about this.
