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pfft....MS3?
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- Mazda 3s
ok so, heres the story as goes
i have a 05 mazda 3 hatch. its lowered on eibach's with a 2.5' custom catback. i was driving to work the other day, hit a slick spot in the road where it had rained, lost traction and heard a loud crash, right after, i ran over something. looked back, to see what it was, thought it was just a piece of wood. as soon as i pulled into a parking lot, the car died. first thing i thought was "oh s***"
so i got out of the car, popped the hood, and my motor was leaning on the chassis on the left side. first thing i thought, "bad mazda motor/tranny mounts". man was i right. so i called roadside assistance, they were nice of course, and helped me out. tow truck came up and as he started rolling it up, i noticed something. my left cv axle came completely out of my transmission. you can imagine how pissed i truly was.
as soon as it got to the dealership they called me, telling me that they would check it out and tell me the cause of the problem. i couldnt be there cuz i work 60 hour weeks at my job. well bout 5 hours go by and they call and tell me it may not be covered under the warranty, they were concerned for abuse of the car and they wanted to tear down the transmission, to look at the clutch. now they explained that if it was covered under warranty, there would be no charge, but if it wasnt, they would charge me 500$ on top of fixing the vehicle. of course i gave them the ok, thinking there would be no problems. a day goes by, they call me telling me they wouldnt cover it due to the suspension and they said they found hot spots on my clutch disk and rivets on the pressure plate. they also said that the condition of the clutch would be normal wear of a clutch that had 70k miles on it. i have a little over 22k on mine. (bought it in may, how sad)
so now i begin to freak, they give me the estimate of everything that needs to be replaced. the transmission, cv axle, motor mount (of course) all for 5600$. and all of this will not be covered under warranty. now i work at Hibdon Tires Plus, and for those of you who dont know what that is, we pretty much do anything from tires, to tune ups, to some deep engine work plus all of the suspension parts. so i know what the hell to look for, and what goes wrong. and if i dont, my technician does. hes told me that nothing ive done to the car could cause what happened.
i need some help, maybe some advise. would anything ive done to the car, as far as suspension or maybe even shifting hard (i dont even shift hard) cause what happened to this mount?
i have a 05 mazda 3 hatch. its lowered on eibach's with a 2.5' custom catback. i was driving to work the other day, hit a slick spot in the road where it had rained, lost traction and heard a loud crash, right after, i ran over something. looked back, to see what it was, thought it was just a piece of wood. as soon as i pulled into a parking lot, the car died. first thing i thought was "oh s***"
so i got out of the car, popped the hood, and my motor was leaning on the chassis on the left side. first thing i thought, "bad mazda motor/tranny mounts". man was i right. so i called roadside assistance, they were nice of course, and helped me out. tow truck came up and as he started rolling it up, i noticed something. my left cv axle came completely out of my transmission. you can imagine how pissed i truly was.
as soon as it got to the dealership they called me, telling me that they would check it out and tell me the cause of the problem. i couldnt be there cuz i work 60 hour weeks at my job. well bout 5 hours go by and they call and tell me it may not be covered under the warranty, they were concerned for abuse of the car and they wanted to tear down the transmission, to look at the clutch. now they explained that if it was covered under warranty, there would be no charge, but if it wasnt, they would charge me 500$ on top of fixing the vehicle. of course i gave them the ok, thinking there would be no problems. a day goes by, they call me telling me they wouldnt cover it due to the suspension and they said they found hot spots on my clutch disk and rivets on the pressure plate. they also said that the condition of the clutch would be normal wear of a clutch that had 70k miles on it. i have a little over 22k on mine. (bought it in may, how sad)
so now i begin to freak, they give me the estimate of everything that needs to be replaced. the transmission, cv axle, motor mount (of course) all for 5600$. and all of this will not be covered under warranty. now i work at Hibdon Tires Plus, and for those of you who dont know what that is, we pretty much do anything from tires, to tune ups, to some deep engine work plus all of the suspension parts. so i know what the hell to look for, and what goes wrong. and if i dont, my technician does. hes told me that nothing ive done to the car could cause what happened.
i need some help, maybe some advise. would anything ive done to the car, as far as suspension or maybe even shifting hard (i dont even shift hard) cause what happened to this mount?
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