So I took my P5 to Caliber Mazda in Norco, California yesterday to have some stuff looked at
-Crappy lurching at low RPM (I think it's bunny-hopping?)
-Unsmooth shifts sometimes
-Weird piece of material under the back middle seat
The guy helped me and he was nice and stuff, but he seemed like he wsa kinda looking down on me for being a teenager or something...When i mentioned the really bad lurching, he was just like "Yeah youjust have to give it more gas, your RPM is too low" and stuff.
I kinda had low expectations and i was expecting them to say "We couldn't do anything about the piece of material and we couldn't reproduce the lurching."
I get a call like 20 hours later and the guy is like "Hey, we have the back seat in the upholstery shop and we ordered you a new clutch, because it looks like the cluthc pressure plate was partially collapsed. The car should be ready tomorrow around noon."
Although I had low expectations, i'm surprsied that the dealer could be so helpful and knowledgeable. If only every dealership experience was this dope :P
Now let's see how the car is when i get it back

 

Oh yeah, my car is at almost 7000 miles, and he is doing everything for free :P

 

I would certainly hope they would do the work for free. With only 7k on it, I'd be splitting skulls at the dealership if they charged me.

 

With regards to the title, I'd say that that's more than you can say for about 2/3 of the Mazda dealers in town!

 

i wish all dealers in the LA area were like this....
I called up all 6 dealers hear and asked each one if they've heard of the TSB for the clutch and cold engine rattle and only one said they have heard something about it.....
????...................

 

Got my car back today and the clutch feels awesome now and the back seat looks way better and feels better than befoer! Best service ever!