Going back to the Dealership again!!!
#1
Going back to the Dealership again!!!
Putting the RX8 back in the shop yet again. I have an '05 with 65,000 miles. I'm having the dreaded "hot start" issue again. Same thing as last summer when they told me the engine was fine and charged me $1800 for new ignition coils, spark plugs, wires, and some sort of vacuum resovoir (can't recall the part of hand). The car runs great when I can get it started. The problem is the car doesn't want to start when I take a trip and shut it off for a short time and then attempt to restart it. And yes the car is at operating temperature when I shut it off. Last time it was in the shop the compression was checked and came back low. The numbers averaged around high 5's low 6's. The head mechanic assured me the compression was within tolerance even though everything that I have read states that the compression should be 6.9 at 250RPM. A year prior I put it in the shop for the same problem and they told me I needed an ECU reflash. At this point its a re-occuring issue and the $1800 I spent 8 months ago accomplished nothing because as soon as the warm weather returned so did the issue. This time I am not taking no for an answer. They better give me a new engine. Low compression + hot start issues = new engine for me.
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When you take the car in, make sure that the engine has been well warmed. Then try starting the engine in front of the service writer. If it does start (like mine did when I was having this problem), have the service people drive it around. Even have the service manager take it home for the night to try to replicate the problem.
#5
When you take the car in, make sure that the engine has been well warmed. Then try starting the engine in front of the service writer. If it does start (like mine did when I was having this problem), have the service people drive it around. Even have the service manager take it home for the night to try to replicate the problem.
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Personally, I don't think I would go back to that dealership. I don't know where Turnersville is, but I would talk to Kevin (tekniks) at Wayne Mazda if you're at all close to them. He's a member here and can be trusted completely. Do you know what the rpm was with your old compression test last year? Your engine may not have qualified for replacement yet, and you may have needed plugs and coils, but your compression is down and that's really the fundamental problem.
#7
BTW, $300 for all the ignition parts is right. Also, they should charge you no more than 2 hours of labor for installing all of the ignition parts, although if you're lucky, a dealership may just charge you 1 hour labor. So if a dealership's labor was $85/hr, 2 hours of labor would be $170. Add that up and that's a total of $470.
I don't know what a vacuum reservoir is and I don't know what the labor might be for that, but there's no way it would add up to $1800 minus $470 (or $1330).
I don't know what a vacuum reservoir is and I don't know what the labor might be for that, but there's no way it would add up to $1800 minus $470 (or $1330).
#8
Personally, I don't think I would go back to that dealership. I don't know where Turnersville is, but I would talk to Kevin (tekniks) at Wayne Mazda if you're at all close to them. He's a member here and can be trusted completely. Do you know what the rpm was with your old compression test last year? Your engine may not have qualified for replacement yet, and you may have needed plugs and coils, but your compression is down and that's really the fundamental problem.
#9
BTW, $300 for all the ignition parts is right. Also, they should charge you no more than 2 hours of labor for installing all of the ignition parts, although if you're lucky, a dealership may just charge you 1 hour labor. So if a dealership's labor was $85/hr, 2 hours of labor would be $170. Add that up and that's a total of $470.
I don't know what a vacuum reservoir is and I don't know what the labor might be for that, but there's no way it would add up to $1800 minus $470 (or $1330).
I don't know what a vacuum reservoir is and I don't know what the labor might be for that, but there's no way it would add up to $1800 minus $470 (or $1330).
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