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193 messages, Last post on Nov 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM
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| I have a 06 automatic, I looked threw the owners manual to find the service intervals for the trans and couldn't find them. I called the dealer and was told it was a flaw and it wasn't printed. I bet if I had any problems the dealer would say it either was from neglet or bad driving. I read other forum postings of people having problems with manual trans and cluthes and being blamed on poor driving habits or not knowing how to drive stick. If that where me I would have the dealer give me the keys to a new car and show him that I knew how to drive stick. I had the following problems with my car, A/C stopped woking at 18000 miles(live in fla.) took it to the dealer and was told it was because I had a clogged cabin air filter and they are not responsible for the repair, I purchased a oem filter and after 5 hours of disasemblind the center consol I finally changed the filter and it wasn't clogged and the A/C still didn't work. So I looked under the hood and found that the nut holdind the cluth to the compressor came off. I also hate the everytime you bring your car to the dealer for warrenty work the always try to sell you a mileage service package that is to expensive or not nessary | |
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Replying to: jujumaster (Dec 14, 2007 11:45 am)
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Replying to: tpulak (Dec 30, 2007 7:24 am) Browsing a few internet message boards is an extremely inaccurate way to ascertain the overall reliability of a particular make/model. The Consumer Reports reliability rankings are also flawed, but I have found them to be considerably more useful than reading than reading the rants of a few unhappy owners on a particular web forum. In my experience I would rank the reliability of the vehicles you mentioned as follows: 1. Corolla 2. Mazda 3 3. Jetta 4. Cobalt I'd also say that there is only a slight difference between the reliability of the Toyota and the Mazda. Also remember that a good dealer makes a big difference in your overall satisfaction with a vehicle. |
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Replying to: tpulak (Dec 30, 2007 7:24 am) |
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| I changed the oil today on a 2207 and now the tranny seems to drag shifting gears. i drained the pan on the drivers side and it could not have been the tranny pan because the engine oil went down. any one have any suggestions on what it is before it goes back to the dealer? | |
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Replying to: rienell (Mar 06, 2007 4:50 pm) I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS IN DEALING WITH FORD DEALERSHIPS & FORD CORPORATION WHO SEEM TO NOT CARE WHAT THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE DOING. AFTER TALKING TO VARIOUS PEOPLE, THE NEXT TIME I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EITHER OF THEM, I WILL LOOK REAL HARD INTO SUING THEM IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT OR POSSIBLY GETTING AN ATTORNEY ON IT. FORD SERVICE JUST FLAT OUT LIES TO ME & I TRY TO BE NICE BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO MATTER. EVEN IF THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT, BE PREPARED FOR WHAT LAME STORY THEY MAY TRY TO COME UP WITH OR HOW THEY CLAIM TO HAVE NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.
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Replying to: lightning3 (Jan 04, 2008 11:52 am) |
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| I am overall thrilled with this car, but after about a year it started making an occasional harsh brief grinding noise when going into 2nd gear - all other gears are fine. At about 24K miles I took the car into the Mazda dealer (where I bought it new) and had them check it out - initially they said they couldn't detect the problem. I wasn't too surprised because it happens only maybe 1 out of 10 shifts. Next day I went in and drove it with the tech person and the service mgr, and sure enough I could get it to grind after awhile, but they still weren't very convinced. Tech person's first idea was that I wasn't shifting correctly. Service mgr suggested they if they opened it up and found nothing, I would be liable for the labor charges. So we agreed to wait until it got worse, then I'd bring it back. Now it's 26K miles and it's only gotten slightly worse (grinds maybe twice a day), but I don't like having to flinch while shifting. I guess I will take it back in in a few weeks, and insist on the fix. PS I know how to drive stick, because previous 20 years of cars were Mazda 5-speeds ('86 626, 149K miles, perfect transmission; '98 Protege, 100K miles & counting, perfect transmission) This never ever happened with those cars. | |
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In 2004 I purchased the Universal extended service plan for up to 75k miles ($1295) when I got the car. Recently drove it out of town, started having problems with shifting into 4th gear... By the time I got it to dealership back home it was 75, 200 ... Does it not matter that I started having trouble before I hit 75K and had to drive it home over 200 miles to get it serviced??? I CAN"T AFFORD a new trans??? What do I need to do??
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Replying to: brunod (Apr 14, 2008 1:26 pm) Did you purchase this at the dealership? Is this a Mazda product?
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