I would be interested in joining the lawsuit. I bought my well maintained used 2010 Mazda6 S GT V6 with all service records at $80K with a recent coolant flush and tune-up. Immediately had minor expense issues of Bose amplifier burnt out, gasket seals, O2 sensor, plastic overhead storage broke and other wear and tear items over the proud period year of ownership. Now, I'm getting ready for preventative maintenance and I find out something that cost me $300 on my previous Honda, costs $3,000 on my Mazda to replace is ridiculous. Most of the labor should be covered by the manufacturer Ford/Mazda via a rebate to the dealers because of a poor design, quality and falsely informing customer of it's a "lifetime" water pump. Per the history of the car, the water pump needs to be replaced every 100K miles minimum compared to other designed cars that last way longer, cheaper to replace and they mention in the recommended maintenance it must be replaced.
While sitting and waiting in the car during a very windy cold night of 20 below F, the car started to overheat, burning oil and coolant. The cause is a water pump going bad and needs immediate attention. No where in the Mazda recommendation maintenance does it state I should replace the water pump, only to do coolant flushes. All my other cars I own manufactures recommend replacing he water pump and those cars didn't brake down.
I really enjoyed the car for the year and wasn't expecting this big of a cost for preventative maintenance that was never told to the customers. If they simply put in the maintenance recommendations to replace water pump at XXX miles, it would be my fault for not reading it or understand the possible costs. The "lifetime" water pump needing replacement early and often with a extremely high expense is not wear and tear, but a poor designed product, hiding information from the customer to lower advertising cost maintenance and causing very early car damage/loses. I expect my cars to last many more miles than 100K, Otherwise, I would have not purchased this lovely car. The water pump should be under the recall notice and replace at a minimum three times up to 350,000 miles (one replacement at 100K, 200K and 300K).
Well, I am wishful thinking of Mazda being a responsible manufacturer and taking car of its customers. This my first and last Mazda after this unexpected experience.
While sitting and waiting in the car during a very windy cold night of 20 below F, the car started to overheat, burning oil and coolant. The cause is a water pump going bad and needs immediate attention. No where in the Mazda recommendation maintenance does it state I should replace the water pump, only to do coolant flushes. All my other cars I own manufactures recommend replacing he water pump and those cars didn't brake down.
I really enjoyed the car for the year and wasn't expecting this big of a cost for preventative maintenance that was never told to the customers. If they simply put in the maintenance recommendations to replace water pump at XXX miles, it would be my fault for not reading it or understand the possible costs. The "lifetime" water pump needing replacement early and often with a extremely high expense is not wear and tear, but a poor designed product, hiding information from the customer to lower advertising cost maintenance and causing very early car damage/loses. I expect my cars to last many more miles than 100K, Otherwise, I would have not purchased this lovely car. The water pump should be under the recall notice and replace at a minimum three times up to 350,000 miles (one replacement at 100K, 200K and 300K).
Well, I am wishful thinking of Mazda being a responsible manufacturer and taking car of its customers. This my first and last Mazda after this unexpected experience.
