Coolant reservoir failure
#1
Coolant reservoir failure
Hello guys, I have a pretty serious issue with the coolant reservoir of my car, I have had this coolant smell in my car for the past few days which I did not really paid attention to, so I drove my car to work today as usual, and again had this coolant smell so I got curious, after I arrived at the work place, I opened the hood to check on it, saw the coolant has prayed out from the up of the reservoir into the engine bay, while the radiator cap is still secured, so I immediately checked for leaks but there were none, after removed the radiator cap I found out the lip of the reservoir neck(where you put on the radiator cap and fasten it) is melted and deformed by heat, cause the coolant to pray out from a small gap. I am very much sure it has to do with Mazda's quality control of their parts, and I should not be responsible to this issue since I am not a heavy tuner(with no major modifications at all), but my warranty has expired, do you guys think should I still contact Mazda for this problem? Will that be any use at all to solve this issue? Thanks.
#2
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Mazda is responsible for their parts for the warranty period. That's set out in writing when you buy from them. Stuff happens, cars don't last forever. The tank is about a $100 part.
If you can find more instances and make it into a safety issue, you could take a run at the same process that turned the clutch pedal bracket problem into extended warranty. But that group worked long and hard. I wouldn't mind if that happened with the sunvisor problem, but when mine broke out of warranty I just paid for a new one.
Ken
If you can find more instances and make it into a safety issue, you could take a run at the same process that turned the clutch pedal bracket problem into extended warranty. But that group worked long and hard. I wouldn't mind if that happened with the sunvisor problem, but when mine broke out of warranty I just paid for a new one.
Ken
#6
Thank you all for the response and god bless, I will call Mazda for assistance in this instance.
Surely it's not a big deal, but since I am not the cause of this problem, I simply just don't want to pay for the bill, and simple as that. It has nothing to against Mazda nor you, so what's the big deal?
Surely it's not a big deal, but since I am not the cause of this problem, I simply just don't want to pay for the bill, and simple as that. It has nothing to against Mazda nor you, so what's the big deal?
#8
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Next time buy a car with a longer warranty.
Ken
#9
The sole purpose of this thread was simply to ask for helps to solve the problem, and was not intended to denigrate Mazda's reputation and their company policies, or insulting any forum members in anyway, in fact, I like Mazda cars, I am planning to buy a CX-9 in the future, with extended warranty of course, but I just don't understand why are these what I considered hateful comments keep coming towards me? If you were really bothered by my thread, why would not you just ignore it anyway, because comment like yours above does more harm than good.
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