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.

    • BLDLED@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      As someone with a Toyota that had a motor go out at 51k miles, Toyotas are not magic. Fwiw, I have had 47 vehicles, do all my own maintained, and have most of those over 100k, 6x over 200k and 1 over 300k, and use to be a tech, before engineering. But this Toyota, only engine failure I have ever had…

      • Karagga@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Even though you said you have a lot of cars, its still anecdotal. Statistically, Toyotas and Hondas are pretty much the most reliable cars out there.