New Axel Boots at Early Mileage?

[Pitter]

At my 80,000 kilometer (50,000 mile) maintenance I'm told I need new axel rubber boots. Is this a reasonable mileage for this or is it exceptionally early?

 

[yrwei52]

For Mazda it’s kind of early to me. But in your situation with many coarse roads, the rubber boot could get damaged by the flying rock or debris in Colombia. Look at the brighter side, at least the shop is willing to replace only the rubber boot (hopefully it’s from OEM) and keep the original axle and CV joint with a lower replacement price on parts.

 

[Pitter]

Thank you, was thinking along those lines myself.