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.

  • chonkycatsbestcats@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Unless I see a receipt with those prices I don’t buy that anyone will do it for that cheap. Don’t know where OP is either because in a high cost of living area I don’t think that price is unheard of.

    • turboinline6@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You’re right that it’s a bit low, but I know Euro shops can do an engine swap on a turbo BMW for around $2k. Can’t imagine an NA Mazda would be any more than that, probably less.