yea i heard about the mazda engines being not reliable but i say it depends on regular maintaince
my engine blew at 87000 i do my regular oil changes at the dealer at prima mazda
it was weird cus i checked my lvl of my oil it was fine i asked the dealer y do u suggest on doing the oil
change at 8000k even though the manual says it 8k interval but if u see low lvl on ur dipstick you say (dealer) it fine.
so 3 months later i hear a knocking noise of my engine and scheduled maintaince was at 90000k but i only reached 87000k
i go to them telling them the problem they say i would have to pay a diagnostic fee of $98 im like wtf
i should have the powertrain warranty up to 5yrs or 100000k so im like ok let me talk to ur manager
so they end up checking their records and they find out i do have my warranty intact and then the mechanic
tells the receptionist that #2 connecting rod bearing has fully deteriorated and also found bearing material through out
engine. the dealer said a new engine assembly is needed so they replace a new engine under the warranty.
so i asked them what caused the problem and how may i prevent this problem from ever occuring again
they said just keep doing your regular interval check ups im like yeaaa okkkk . and i snapeed cus if 8k intervals were
bad enough what makes u think ill ever come bak to your services. they apologized and said we will change ur intervals from 8k- 6k
so im like wuteva i dont really care i told my dad lets do our intervals at 4k if anything.
Soo basically to sum upp i never went to prima mazda dealer ship sincee thennn lousyyy serviceeee but good ohnestyy cus
the recptionist always gave me a heads up of wut needs to be done and i take that into consideration and i do it .