I have more then the 5 gallon pale but that's the only one with a date (with they require it... I only had did the oil changes on the record I kept the rest the dealer did them

 

That's my point excatly... Hopefully this posts will help anyone else that has the same problem...

 

Correct on the claim... Receipt of material are the only prove anyone that does self work will have unless is video taped like 9krpm said... One thing I have on my favor if they try to claim I not certified to do it is my uncle is an aircraft craft mechanic

 

So you have the receipt for the 5 gal jug + filters and then you have receipts where the dealer did oil changes between yours every now and then, right?

Also the person who said they recommend every 7,500 miles is right, in the manual it says to change every 5k if any of the following apply:

otherwise change every 7500. So if you changed it every 3k and (hopefully) wrote the mileage and date of each change down somewhere then you should have a good argument. Even without writing it down it seems like you should still have a chance I guess if you can somehow prove it.

 

That's my point I have all those things so why the fuzz, I bought most of it through ebay (thank god) other wise I would have no receipt. Paypal keeps receipts for you

 

I think you and your attorney are going to have to take this to court. It could be small claims or district court, depending on the value of the claim you're bringing...most likely the value you're going to seek will be above the small claims level. Once in court you show your written log of oil changes and receipts for the materials, I think you'd get a favorable judgement. You can also recover court costs and attorney fees and possibly consequential damages related to the rental etc.

 

I think Judge Judy would enjoy this issue

 

Just file suit already. Once they get served, expect them to settle.

 

Did anyone else read this and go update their mymazda.com accounts????

 

That's what I'm hoping for

 

That sounds like a good idea, Mazda will probably pay without going for trial. I'm sure they would not like the bad publicity....

 

If that were the case they wouldn't have produced the car/engine to begin with.

 

Well at least they extended the warranty here in the U.S. , I think all the people in the other markets really got screwed. Thank god I bought an extended warranty on this car in addition to the Mazda one.

 

they don't give a crap about publicity. if they think it will go to trial they will try to settle to cut their losses. If someone bothering to take them to court there's a good chance they will beat mazda, especially in small claims where the bar is quite low. The will settle upon being served, or right before the trial. it would cost them nearly as much to prepare and send a rep or lawyer to a trial as it would to cover the engine. I highly doubt they'd take it into court unless they knew for sure they would win because the owner previously had done or said something that was on record with them.

 

Yeah, we have ONE year warranty.

After that the owner have to pay for it himself.

think about it, if your engine go out after 1,5 year you have to pay for it.

You need to be a real entusiast buying an rotary in Europe. =( specially as the car costs $57 163,53 and one tank of fuel $120 in Sweden.

BTW Im thinking of buying an second rx-8 as DD here, I must be out of my mind. ;-)

 

Either way I'm going for it

 

I was in this situation. Had a car spin a rod bearing while under an extended warranty. I do my own oil changes and had no reciepts. My wife hoever, took hers to get it done on occasion(I wasnt touching that ford more than I had too!). I ended up altering her reciepts with MSpaint(yea really) to make the ones I needed for my warranty.

 

Claim has been send to judge JUDY and judge Mathis lets see what happens

 

I didn't think that claims not involving ex gf/bf/wife/husbands, roommates, or landlord/tenants were heard on those shows. I can't ever recall seeing a business case on either.

 

That $9,300 you've got in the rental would have bought you a nice new engine. But, fight on. Hope you make out OK.

 

I got my engine replaced under warranty in June. I wasn't asked to produce one single receipt. I, however, did have all maintenance records from the time at which I took ownership of the car. As others have stated its your responsibility to keep all records of maintenance. If I was you I would travel to another dealer and give them a shot. Unfortunatley all dealers don't follow the same protocol when honoring warranties. It almost appears that Mazda USA leaves it up to the dealer to decide whether to submit a claim to Mazda USA or not. I don't quite understand why a dealer would turn you away when you have all your records. Its not like they do the work for free. The dealer is getting paid for the warranty work by Mazda USA.

 

Nobody ask me for receipts.

Either :

- They know Im a freak, talk mad crap about how much oil I changed every 5 weeks and stuff, they know who am I, so never bothered.
- I was still under bumper to bumper warranty (42K miles when it failed)
- I entered all oil change record online into their system.

I have a whole box of receipt in my basement, anytime they need it.

 

Hopefully I'll be the first I bet most businesses don't want to be on tv

 

Ask Mazda for the policy and see if there is a loop hole. If there is make up written records. Unfortunately you may just be SOL on this one.

 

Link in my sig. from royal purple claiming their oil is perfect for rotary powered toys. You may want that incase they pull the no synthetic b.s.