OFFICIAL Warranty Extension Program on turbo and VVT Actuator Thread.

[travis9935]

Originally Posted by Siniztr Your loyalty to these cars is amazing. Mazda doesn't give a fuck about you or your car. if they did, they would step up and cover the VVT and leaking Turbo problems. They've sold another unit. That's the bottom line. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

No offense but its not just Mazda! I owned a 2005 F-150 FX4 and both my lower balljoints were shot at 26000 miles, my shop guy says he gets them all the time. Apparently Ford made some shitty ones pared with aluminium control arms & steel balljoints not a good combo, most of the time you have to replace the control arms as a whole! Lucky me he was able to get them impressed out and new ones pressed in without boogering the aluminium. Only cost me $475, versus another guys $1100 for the complete arms! They changed them for 09' Ford new about them. There's other manufacturers out there that do the same thing, seems every vehicle I've owned has had some mass manufacturers issue or another.

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[Tokay444]

Holy quadruple fucking post brownie.

[travis9935]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 Holy quadruple fucking post brownie.

What I just woke up :-P

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[Tokay444]

You know the "multi" button at the bottom of each post is for quoting multiple posts, rite?

[travis9935]

Originally Posted by Tokay444 You know the "multi" button at the bottom of each post is for quoting multiple posts, rite?

Blah blah blah, "right" I surely know that. :-P

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[Mizzle]

lol did you really just blah blah blah @Tokay444?
What a faggot.

[travis9935]

Originally Posted by Mizzle lol did you really just blah blah blah @Tokay444? What a faggot.

Awe thanks BTW I give, not receive!

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[Raider]

T-Dawg is more of a pitcher than a catcher, is what he is saying. Essentially a top, not a bottom.

[Tokay444]

You're only ghey if you push back anyway.

[karl-hungus]

lightly smoking at idle in under 1 minute despite all the fixes (bnoon bolt, occ, ptp pill, occ, 5w40 & raised idle). have 36k miles and the build date was 5/08.

i'm near an oil change and hoping the thinned out oil is the smoking culprit. will change the oil this weekend but will take the car in if it's still smoking.

my dealer is cool, but i plan to put the stock tune, tmic, tip, airbox back on and take off the ptp pill and bnoon bolt to help it smoke better.

i hope they fix this. it will break my heart to stock out and sell this car even though i'll get a new 5.0 with lower payments.

[VRM_MS6]

For those who have had the VVT fix done, did it quiet down the startup noise? I had mine done a week ago and it was good at first. Now I have the startup noise again. Not as loud as before, but it's still there. They replaced the actuator and chain on mine so I'm not sure why it would still be making that noise.

[Raider]

If it is the quick rattle that is there, then goes away after a few seconds, take it back.

[metalmatt]

Quick update for you guys:

I had the VVT and Vent Kit sintalled. Within a day or two, the (what I believe is) camshaft position sensor right next to the fuel pump right next to cylinder 4's coil pack was leaking oil on the head pretty bad. The mechanic said the instructions didn't call for the O-ring to be replaced on that particular sensor, but immediately fixed it. Keep an eye on your heads after the fix!!

[SRTie4k]

Good news for me - brought my car in today to get my wiper motor replacement checked (so I can get refunded the $250 I spent on a new one 2 months before the recall), and they reported a loud timing chain on their own.

Free VVT fix for me! And not a moment too soon...just about to roll over 65,000 miles.

[bryanstime]

ok so i bought my car used at over 70,000 miles and still received the letters.. i got a 48,000 mile extended warranty when i bought the car. its now at 86,000. Am i covered for this due to the extended warranty i bought?

[Tokay444]

Talk to the warranty provider.
Not us.

[bryanstime]

good advice

[All2envyMS3]

Well this is bs...
Took the speed 3 to groove mazda friday morning, even emailed the service guy a video of my turbo smoking
No such luck, he said they had to duplicate the smoke in order to do anything. I'm fucking pissed. 500 mile round trip for nothing
FUCK YOU MAZDA

[Raider]

Sounds like dealer sucks.

Should take the o2 sensor off, pump in a quart of oil into downpipe.

If you let it sit 30 minutes and it smokes, drive to dealer and idle it out front with the GM and service manager.

Fwiw, video worked for me.

[Coaststarlight]

Well this week my car started making the dreaded VVT Chain/acuator noise

Also Im at 100k fml.. Im looking to go with the DRC, I am in NO way what so ever going to let this slide or procrastinate fixing this but at the same time, I'll need to pull some money together, and I drive this car daily, Any idea how long it is until I should stop driving it?

Will driving lightly help, stay outta boost ect..

dam, track day at Big Willow canceled.

[tddvrrn]

Originally Posted by SRTie4k Good news for me - brought my car in today to get my wiper motor replacement checked (so I can get refunded the $250 I spent on a new one 2 months before the recall), and they reported a loud timing chain on their own. Free VVT fix for me! And not a moment too soon...just about to roll over 65,000 miles.

what did they say about your mods? i'm sure you didn't take them off to go talk about a wiper motor..

[SIC]

I had to make a stop to the dealership last week for something with the suspension, and when he went to test drive it, my car smoked (1st time ever) they saw it and said that i should be covered, so they looked it up and i am. they just said its gonna take a couple weeks between getting the parts in and there are 5 cars in front of me for the same reason.

Guess it was good timing for me..haha

[SRTie4k]

Originally Posted by tddvrrn what did they say about your mods? i'm sure you didn't take them off to go talk about a wiper motor..

Actually I did take 2 mods off - TMIC and intake. It only takes about 30 minutes to swap them out and reflash back to stock, so I figured it wasn't worth the possibility for future headaches if they decided to take pics.

[karl-hungus]

called the dealer about bringing the car in for the smokey turbo. service manager told me to have my oil change records with me. i have them, but i'm hoping he was just being stern over the phone. can't imagine these guys going 15 rounds over a vent kit.

service manager than put me on the phone with one of his reps. this guy said their sop is to install the vent kit and see how it does for 50 miles before moving onto the turbo.

i will stock out under the hood and leave the dp so the stock cats can't mask the smoke. if they give me a hard time about the dp, i will stock out, sell her, and go get a new base 5.0 with lower payments and a warranty. it would be a shame since i love this car.

[Mizzle]

Originally Posted by karl-hungus ... it would be a shame since cops fear this car.

fixed.

[karl-hungus]

national park service popo for sure.

[All2envyMS3]

Not sure how to straight up post a vid so just click the pic and u will see what my car did today.


Then I sent this vid to the dealership that i drove 500 miles round trip to, and this is the email I got back


Hello Mr. Epping,

I’m sorry on your trip we could not duplicate the smoking concern. The technician tried several times, as well as myself. I rechecked with the technician and he is positive your turbo is ok. It’s not making any noise and if it were in need of a turbo, the smoke symptom would be constant. We appreciate your video. The problem with video, is we can’t monitor the vehicle. We can’t tell if the temperature is cold, if the vehicle is at operating temp, if the vehicle is dumping fuel, or is it an oil burn? These are all possibilities on the Speed3. If we can prove that the vent kit is needed, we also have another issue. We would need the factory intake parts to install the vent kit. We have been able to modify the vent kit to work with some cold air intake kits, but need the factory parts to be sure.

I am sorry there is not a closer Mazda dealer to you. I will be happy to provide another free loaner if you have another trip to Denver coming up. Please let me know.

Thank you,



Kenny Berndt
Service Manager
Groove Mazda


What do I do guys?

[Mizzle]

show them the video lol

[Raider]

Remove top O2 sensor, use a pump and squirt in a quart of used oil, aimed up to the top. Then drive the smoking shitbox to the dealer, idle it in front of showroom until someone comes out or then drive up to the door to service department and smoke them out.

[karl-hungus]

mine doesn't smoke after being on the interstate so I'll wait till it gets worse. I don't want to trouble with stocking out if the cocksucking villains can't replicate the smoke.

[All2envyMS3]

Originally Posted by Mizzle show them the video lol

That is the vid i sent to the service manager. Via email

And the smoking issue is random. I can go days without it smoking, then in certain situations it will just smoke like it did in the video

[mazdapunk87]

i had same issue where it would smoke then other times it wouldnt , but one day i was driving it and it was smoking bad so i drove it straight to dealer and left it running in service bay and at first didnt smoke but after 5 min was bellowing out crap ton of smoke and told the service guy who few days prior said they couldnt do anything unless it smoked ,came out and said to turn the car off and i said i want to make sure you see this , then service manager comes all pissy telling me to shut off my car and pull it to side of building ( turbo got replaced )

hope you get it coverd tho , sucks sometimes when its hit or miss

[tjamison]

My local service manager told me that 'only turbos making noise are being replaced.' Funny, that's not what the notifications from Mazda said. Also, I got the vent kit installed (after riding their asses for three days) with no mention of the CAI that was on the car. It's a MS CAI - Maybe 'some cold air intakes' specifically references the MS intake. Because, you know, Mazda planned for this issue and designed their CAI to work with the not-yet-designed modified vent kit.

Originally Posted by All2envyMS3 ...It’s not making any noise and if it were in need of a turbo, the smoke symptom would be constant. We appreciate your video. The problem with video, is we can’t monitor the vehicle. We can’t tell if the temperature is cold, if the vehicle is at operating temp, if the vehicle is dumping fuel, or is it an oil burn? These are all possibilities on the Speed3. If we can prove that the vent kit is needed, we also have another issue. We would need the factory intake parts to install the vent kit. We have been able to modify the vent kit to work with some cold air intake kits, but need the factory parts to be sure...

[Raider]

Never go back to that dealer-ever.

Post that info in the nationwide Dealer Shit List, post their name too so everyone can know they are fucking retarded.

[Tokay444]

Short ram, cai, makes no difference.
It's the TIP that gets replaced with the vent kit.
All you need is a plug for the intake arm.

[SRTie4k]

I just called the dealer and asked when they were expecting the parts in. They told me that the parts for the VVT fix are on national back-order because Mazda is working on a new revision for the parts to prevent it from happening again.

Maybe they're filling me full of crap, but according to them the new parts are going to be ready next month.

[Tokay444]

They're on back order because every single person who got the letters is having their's replaced because they come pre broken.

[timjs]

The only parts we haven't been able to get are the crank sprocket diamond washers.

[Tokay444]

That's what I'm waiting on.
Bought the ptp vvt the other day.

[Tappen]

Originally Posted by All2envyMS3 Well this is bs... Took the speed 3 to groove mazda friday morning, even emailed the service guy a video of my turbo smoking No such luck, he said they had to duplicate the smoke in order to do anything. I'm fucking pissed. 500 mile round trip for nothing FUCK YOU MAZDA

What is your email address? I want to help you.