I was driving to work the other day, engine started smoking up bad, had to get the car towed.

Turns out the I cracked cylinder head on my cx5, and even better it’s a known issue, a design flaw and one they have corrected. Yet the people with this problem are left to fit the bill. I have it sitting in the shop with a quote of almost 7 grand to fix.

I can’t afford this fix and I don’t know what to do, I wish I could just total the car at this point.

I love my car, she has been a great car and I have kept up on the services and everything, but now I’m left to deal with their flaw.

I’m out of warranty of course and I’m going to argue with the dealership and Mazda because this is utterly unacceptable and should have been a recall!

And plenty of other people had to deal with it too, thankfully nobody has been left stranded somewhere because of it.

  • Mr_ZEDs@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    In Canada we get 5 years unlimited mileage warranty on a powertrain . Not sure about the US though.

        • joeislandstranded@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          My Mazda is a 2015 3 HB with 2.5L and manual that I bought new with a 65k mile warranty. It currently has 132k miles on it and it’s been very reliable.

          I’ve only had to swap out some wear items over the years: shocks/struts, tires, engine mounts, spark plugs, brakes, etc.