Warranty issues

[kipper88]

I am having a wheel bearing replaced on my car this weekend and i was wondering if the warranty would cover it. The car only has 19,000 miles on it and everything is completely stock. I haven't hit any curbs or big pot holes or anything.

[MazdaSpeedTurbo]

yes covered

[girth]

Absolutely it should be covered. I've already had 1 of my wheel bearings replaced TWICE...both times under warranty. Pretty sad when you consider I'm still under 40k miles and I'm on my 3rd bearing for 1 wheel.

[kipper88]

Thanks for the replies guys....I asked the question because the dealership I brought it to said that it wasn't covered and that i owed the $400 dollars or some crap like that. I refused to pay and refused to give their free loner car back until it gets settled....these new mazda 3's are pretty nice, needs boost, but still nice.

I hope things are cleared up today because I need my spicy back for a wedding this weekend.

FYI-I couldn't take it to the dealer i bought it from because they are now over 200 miles away, so i am forced to deal with aholes because they are the only mazda dealership in the area.

[MSPownage55]

I know what you mean kip, same issues with aholes at the dealership by my house, something went wrong in the engine so the car ended up going in and out of the shop 5 or 6 times, each time they would claim that they fixed it, but i think they just shut the engine light off for awhile haha..but eventually they fixed it, now I am listed as a VIP on their computer, and i got a free 100,000 warranty tacked on to the 50,000 i already had, all because we threatned to lemon law the car. funny shitttt but good luck with everything

[kipper88]

Here is an update for those who are interested. The ahole dealership agreed to pick up the charges for the wheel bearing because of the warrantly on the car, but they tried to charge me for the FREE rental car for the day. They said that since I had it overnight they would have to charge me 40 something for it. I threw a fit on the showroom floor until they had me sit down with the service manager where I got to express my side of the story. I walked out w/o paying a dime and I also got free oil changes for the life of the car. The only problem is there service dept. sucks and I don't want them touching my car ever again.

[king air]

Use the free oil changes and think of it as a small pay back every time you go in.

[PharmacyMSP]

I have never let anyone/body do my oil changes. I've heard too many horror stories. The first time I changed the oil on my gf's Celica GTS, I noticed that her oil filter had been "wiped clean w/ a rag." It was a white filter and you could see the "wipe" marks. When I asked here where she had been getting it changed, she replied at the Toyota/Lexus dealership every couple of months! Go out, buy the good shit and do it your damn self.