So I had some time today and I decided to pop over to the dealer with my 10 month old, 5700 mile 2017 Mazda CX-5 to have them look over my "wrench" issue. Long story short, the dealer told me that they would not look at the car without a diagnostic charge unless I could provide receipts for the oil....for the oil change I did myself. I have receipts for the filters....but not with me at the time. He then proceeded to change the Oil life monitor from Flexible to Fixed .....perform a reset....then put it back to flexible. Lets see if this helps. He pretty much minimized the whole issue saying the maintenance reminder is nothing more than alarm clock...and that my car requires an oil change every 6000 miles....not the 7500 I had my fixed interval set at. What a load of crap. Firstly Im sure if I was going there for service, he would have been telling me that "alarm clock" needed to be followed as if the warnings it flashed were from the mouth of God! Not so much if I do my own oil changes. THIS is precisely why I try and avoid the dealer at all costs. Most are nothing more that charlatans, grifters and snake oil salesmen. FWIW...I did oil analysis on my first change at 5566 miles and the analysis showed I could easily have gone to 7500....Im willing to bet more!
