Recall #1

[kokomo]

Got my letter today.....warranty is extended, we will get a re-start date of Dec 1 2005- Dec 1 2009 or at 50k miles. (No restart on mileage.)

Also, check for $500 will be sent to registered owner 4-6 weeks after re-delivery of vehicle. Can be spent anyway you feel, no restrictions.

This is great! My dealer confirmed the same news. This is actually quite rare when it comes to recalls. Glad to see that Mazda does give a damn about us.

 

[Libra]

Fam, can you even justify beating the piss out of a Mazda? Maybe if it was a Suzuki, Kia, or Honda, but a Mazda? (boom07)

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

Fam, can you even justify beating the piss out of a Mazda? Maybe if it was a Suzuki, Kia, or Honda, but a Mazda? (boom07)

Me thinks Fam has some anger issues. (bang) (gun) (argh)

Maybe you should use the money for therapy? Or maybe buy yourself a life-sized teddy bear to make the tears go away. Wait that's probably not a good idea. In your state of mind you would probably run the poor thing over.

 

[fam]

You guys are wack, driving the hell out of a rental is WHAT YOU DO. What would you do if you had a rental corvette....youd drive the hell out of it, so really, im comparing a mazda6 to a vette, see? Lets celebrate our 500 dollar victory dance!! LA LA LA! Only bad thing is I wish it was in mazda accessories because my wife is making me save it...*cries*, she wouldnt even let me use it for tint.

 

[miatafied]

cries*, she wouldnt even let me use it for tint.

OUCH!

Although we plan to use it for something so totally mundane as to make it horribly unexciting - winter tires/steel wheels! Yech! If I could find a set of cheap alloys, I would go with those, but the offset is tough to match. Oh, well. THANK YOU MAZDA! (I would really HATE spending my own money on the winter wheels!)

And Fam - just for the record - I'm with you on the railroad track hopping. (Not literally, of course) We have a loaner MPV - that I've been shamelessly picking up stuff off the curb with. I wouldn't stick a dirty bike in the back of my 5!! No way! In the back of the loaner? As long as it fits! So far I got a soccer goal, a couple kids bikes, an office chair, an old desk, and a dart board! Hooray for town junk day!

 

[the_saint]

my wife is making me save it...*cries*, she wouldnt even let me use it for tint.

Yup, I can see who wears the pants in that family. (hah)

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

OUCH!

Although we plan to use it for something so totally mundane as to make it horribly unexciting - winter tires/steel wheels! Yech! If I could find a set of cheap alloys, I would go with those, but the offset is tough to match. Oh, well. THANK YOU MAZDA! (I would really HATE spending my own money on the winter wheels!)

And Fam - just for the record - I'm with you on the railroad track hopping. (Not literally, of course) We have a loaner MPV - that I've been shamelessly picking up stuff off the curb with. I wouldn't stick a dirty bike in the back of my 5!! No way! In the back of the loaner? As long as it fits! So far I got a soccer goal, a couple kids bikes, an office chair, an old desk, and a dart board! Hooray for town junk day!

Yeah I don't subscribe to the "beat the hell out of your rental" philosophy. I treat it like I would treat my car. Especially since it was new to begin with. I've even vacuumed it out and got upset at my kids for eating in it

 

[fam]

Mine had 5k loaner miles on the 6, definately not new, 5k loaner miles =100,000 regular miles. Yes, she wears the pants as she wears the boobies, so its ok with me.

 

[airman_slacker]

Yeah, I was hoping to get the rest of Satellite radio put into the 5, but my pregnant off base commander said no (don't try to argue with a pregnant woman). Although we both do want tint on the windows...

 

[the_saint]

Mine had 5k loaner miles on the 6, definately not new, 5k loaner miles =100,000 regular miles. Yes, she wears the pants as she wears the boobies, so its ok with me.

mmmm...boobies (godown)

 

[the_saint]

"pregnant off base commander"
That is too funny!

 

[fam]

I was there 3 months ago, if you think the commands are tough now....it actually gets worse....much worse. Soon you are taking orders from a commander and her senior officer.

 

[Johaan]

I got my letter confirming $500 and warrentee reset. I'm really glad Mazda did this as an olive branch to us jilted 5 owners.

Thanks to the community for all the support. I'm just looking forward to getting the 5 back.... I'm sick of this outback. (thumb)

 

[perfecto]

Can anyone scan the letter from Mazda USA for me?

 

[the_saint]

No, but I can take a picture of it.
Gimme a minute.
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1 minute later...


(thumb)

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

I got my letter confirming $500 and warrentee reset. I'm really glad Mazda did this as an olive branch to us jilted 5 owners.

Thanks to the community for all the support. I'm just looking forward to getting the 5 back.... I'm sick of this outback. (thumb)

Do you know if the letters were sent regular mail? Or were they sent Priority? I'm trying to figure out when to expect mine.

 

[WhitewaterPearl]

Do you know if the letters were sent regular mail? Or were they sent Priority? I'm trying to figure out when to expect mine.

They were sent via regular mail from Irvine, CA postmarked the 18th.
Should take 4-5 days cross country.

 

[rarefc3s]

I must say I have been happy with the way this whole situation has been handled. I am a Mazda loyalist and was happy my wife liked the car. We got the first one sold in Kentucky. We have two kids so I think with that in mind Mazda handled this very well. The $500 will offset the increased cost of filling up the damn Kia mini van we got as a rental.

 

[fam]

Go Big Blue!

 

[perfecto]

Mazda Canada is still saying they are giving no compensation on the 5... I am really pissed now. If you live in Canada and have been inconvenienced by the loss of your 5 I encourage you to write to mcicr@mazda.ca and explain your situation.