Quote Originally Posted by lulu View Post
Hi,

The TSB's link has been very useful, even though it's a US link. Has anyone brought their Mazda3 to the dealer, and asked for the following fixed at no cost (listed in TSB's)?

WIPER ARM HINGES CORRODED
1 - 2 SHIFT SHOCK
A/C POOR PERFORMANCE
FRONT WIPERS DO NOT WIPE WELL
UNUSUAL NOISE FROM FRONT WIPER LINK

Cheers.
Without knowing how old your car is I'm going to have to guess.

WIPER ARM HINGES CORRODED

Never been a problem for me but then again my car is only 1.5 yrs old.

1 - 2 SHIFT SHOCK

First oil change the reflashed my ecu software no charge. Fixed it

A/C POOR PERFORMANCE

There are plenty of discussions about this. Most of it has to do with how people feel about how the a/c performs. Some like me say it's adequate. Others say it's perfect while others say it's lacking. It's subjective and rarely related to a mechanical flaw in the A/C unit so Mazda may say no to this. However, there would be the chance that your does have a problem with the A/C unit in which case depending on how old it is would be covered.

FRONT WIPERS DO NOT WIPE WELL

Biggest complaint is that there is not enough pressure. There are ways around this including getting better wipers. I doubt you'll get far with this.

UNUSUAL NOISE FROM FRONT WIPER LINK

Never heard of this one.