Bob King owns our Mazda, Kia, and Hyundai. I've got too many stories. Anywhere from 1.5 hr oil changes where they come back with a list of "problems" to my mother-in-law's Sante Fe getting her spark plugs changed and some how oil got into the spark plug wells and they charged her for it.
My biggest issue is with my 2004 Mazda3 2.3L. I have the first generation, first year, all the problems. A/C doesn't work for crap, the engine bay consists of plastic and 3.5 million sensors. My intake Manifold is run off an electronic motor instead of good ole cable. According to the "dealership" 2.3L engines have a carbon buildup problem in the intake manifold. However, this isn't recall worthy. I originally went in there because my car started stalling and idling erratically after fueling up. The dealer ship said I had a fuel injector stuck open and fixed it for something like $400-500 (mind you, I was pretty ignorant to cars back then...not that I'm not now lol). The car stalled leaving the lot feeling even worse. Lucky for them, I got the car from the shop when they closed. After coming back and reporting problems, they said it had nothing to do with them and tried running me off. Their only recommendation was their $500 fuel treatment service, go figure. From what they made out, they biggest issue was carbon buildup in the intake manifold. I got lucas cleaner, opened the butterfly valve and sprayed it in there. It barely helped. I took my car to a local shop, had them take it apart and blast it clean. It help a small bit. I still have issues with this car and have put less that 2k miles on it in the last 2 years. I hate my dealership because I know they intentionally broke it. I stand behind this accusation knowing a former employee of the Bob King Mazda garage who confirmed they do this.
