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Its possible (actually likely) the dealership charges you $2-300 more for a brake job then they get from Mazda (for doing the same work under warranty) Glad you got it solved - but it sounds like a bad dealership to me. The extra money is more important than a happy customer.
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Replying to: z71bill (May 26, 2006 6:07 am) The addresses and names I mailed to are: Mr. Don Romano, President, Mazda Canada 55 Vogell Road, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3K5 Mr. James J. O'Sullivan, CEO, North American Operations 7755 Irvine Center Dr. Irvine, CA 92618, United States |
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Replying to: yu203964 (May 25, 2006 2:41 pm)
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Replying to: david82 (Jun 27, 2006 7:01 am) |
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I have gotten quoted 21000 for a 2006 Mazda 3 GS power Package, A/C, Auto for 21000 evern with taxes and all the silly freights and such. I have a Olds as my trade in, valued at 2200. I guess after reading everything on this site, I am seeing that my quote was pretty darn good?? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. 
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Replying to: wdream (Jun 28, 2006 5:49 am)
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Replying to: pat (Jun 28, 2006 6:44 am) |
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Replying to: david82 (Jun 27, 2006 7:01 am) http://www.finishlineperformance.com/mazda3/bulletins_index.html If your car is under that TSB, why not try to claim it with Mazda Canada. But be prepared to be persistent and fight to the highest level. You can see from my past postings. I sent out letters & faxes to their President and CEO in the States. After the customer representative and supervisor both rejected my claim, their manager finally gave it a pass. I think if your condition is under the TSB, you will win if you have to go to CAMVAP for arbitration. Check out their website: http://camvap.ca/eng/consumers_guide.htm#Top%20of%20Page Good Luck!
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Replying to: yu203964 (Jun 29, 2006 6:16 pm) I will keep you posted. thanks again. |
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Yes, the Mazda 3 comes with rear disks on the rear as opposed to drums as on most other run of the mill econo boxes. What seems to be unusual in its design is that unlike most other econo-cars, one must go easy on the parking brake use. While most rear drum brake pads ease up on the drum after the parking brake handle is released, it seems that on the Mazda 3, the disk brakes tend to hold their bite on the disks and this leads to premature pad and disk wear. Of course never using the parking brake handle will lead to another problem - too much slack in the braking system (the brake pedal will have too much travel). The best solution I found for people who have an automatic transmission like me is to simply pull the parking brake lever once every time you fill up for gas. At other times, leave the lever alone and your rear brakes will last a LOT longer. I guess one can also use the tiptronic transmission feature instead of the brakes in order to slow the car down, but I wonder about the harmfull effects on the transmission that this would have and I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Thanks and have a good day. 
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