recall notice problems

[Emz]

oookkk... heres the deal. i took my car in 4 an oil change this past friday and to make sur eeverything was workin good b4 i headed on a road trip. i asked them to take a look at my transmission cuz it felt like it was slipping... it wasnt the 1st tim ei had asked them to look at it but thats another story... n e ways...they heard a knocking in my engine which i hadnt heard b4, come to find out the screws had come loose of the intake and fallen in.

according to them there had been a recall back in 2006 on the intakes because the screws came loose and caused engine damage. at the time of the notice i took it my local mazda dealer where they looked at the intake did i think what she described as a pressure (air) test and everything looked ok but they didnt replace anything.

well i have since moved from that area ( not too far just not close enough to go to that dealer). the new dealer said that they replaced all the custmers intakes, even if they saw nothing wrong just because it was prone to happen.

well, here i am having my screws fall out. mazda then told me i was not covered by the recall anymore because the dealership had closed the notice. but the new dealership said they would cover the parts but i had to pay labor, and the rental car since they deemed my car not drivable...

i called corporate and they told me that since the district manager had authorized them to pay for the parts there is nothing else they could do... and now, as we speak, the district manager is at the dealership looking into things.

has this ever happened to anyone else?? what do u think i should do??

[DubbyDoo]

i think i have the same problem with my car so i called my dealer to see if any service had ever been done on my car, they said no. so next i asked them if they would look up any recalls . they told me there was nothing out there and i made the comment about the screw's and they said, they you do it but i had to pay for it

[Emz]

i have a copy of the recall notice

[FSCatalyst]

Is there a website where we can put our VIN in and find all TSB's and Recalls???

[Emz]

um... ill see if i can find the site but the recall i had wasn't on the web site. its best just to ask a dealership

[escobar73]

I have an issue with my Mazda dealer. I went in for an oil change and the next day the engine failed. I want to know where I can find any official postings on this defect and what VIN #s are affected. Did anyone find a site?

[escobar73]

i have a copy of the recall notice
Can I get a copy of this recall notice?

[D-rock240]

Heres the VICS screw thread:
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123619298

And my post from a week ago:


I had this happen recently. I just called Mazda and they said no such recall exists. I have to take my car to a Mazda dealer and pay $120 for them to look at it. I am very pissed at Mazda right now, although I kind of expected it in a way.


It was a sporadic rattling ( a little rattle, then nothing, then a rattling again) and my car also felt and sounded like it was running on 3 cylinders because the screw had pushed the spark plug up. I will contact Mazda NA about this, thanks Dis. I'm also going to contact my dads attorney and get his advice on how to proceed legally. Technically my car was built a couple months before the official recall range, thats why when they pulled up my vin info they said they had no record.


For an update on my situation:

I decided to put the money towards an engine rebuild and turbo kit instead of trying to fight Mazda for a new intake manifold and if i'm lucky a new engine. If I hadn't gotten a parts car a couple weeks ago I wouldn't have an extra engine to build up, so I see it as time to join the darkside (laugh)


Good luck fighting it, I'm going a different route myself.