flip703

I just got my car back and guess what chicken butts.. all my tires were f'd up! I have a 99 Protege and my 2 front struts broke down on me at 28K! Mazda replaced both struts but for some reason didn't align my wheels. I just replaced all of 'em and have it aligned. Cost me roughly $700! There goes my $!

Does anyone had a problem like this before? Bad struts and not aligned wheels.

Life's a biatch isn't?

protetype

a 99 and a brand new 02? shouldnt that be covered under warranty? the dealer shouldve known this needed to be done... have you tried to have them reimburse you or something? :/ That just sounds strange, 28k and replacing that already and them not aligning it after doing susp work.

Brubeck

Just to confirm, they will do a full re-align when they replace the 2 rear struts that got bent when my car took a ghost ride last thursday.

We had a pretty good discussion about re-alignment, as I wanted it done and the guy said I'd definately have to redo it after the struts anyway.

nightowl

ghost ride....whats the story behind that?

Brubeck

Read my post in General... "Wrecked my p5"

flip703

P5 is doing okay. I talked to the Mazda and told me that the 1999's warranty on anything under the chasis was 12 months from the date of purchase (is this standard?). I was actually lucky that they covered my struts 3 years after It brokedown on 28K. They replaced both front struts (of course I assumed they re-aligned my wheels since I had it fix right there!). At 36K now I noticed my tires were f'ud. So I had it check and replaced right away. I'm going down to the dealer today, got all my old worn out tires. They shoulda aligned and I should get re-imburse by all means!