RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5
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RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5 - 3/23/2007 4:26:31 PM
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DouglasH
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After telling you about the couple of new cars I saw last week fitted with Toyo and Goodyear Tyres as standard, I was in the dealers again today and spotted a brand new 5 just off the transporter, complete with plastic Alloy Wheel covers, guess what tyres were on it....DUNLOP SPORT .....................what on earth is going on.
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RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5 - 3/23/2007 4:27:52 PM
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Dads_Taxi
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I'm really frustrated now......
Had the car on a 4-wheel alignment jig today, at a tyre specialist I was sent to by the Mazda dealership in Bolton, and the verdict was that the front left wheel was TEN MINUTES out of specification. For the non-mathematicians out there, that's one-sixth of a degree.
The remaining 3 wheels were spot on (give or take a minute or two)
The technician is adamant that the front tyre wear is not a function of mis-aligned wheels (well, wheels that are aligned to the Mazda specifications) so I took this information back to the dealer, and the advice I received was to change the tyres at my own expense and wait to see what happens. Er, I think I know what will happen, they will wear on the inner edge, surely? The dealer has promised to let Mazda UK know the situation.
I attempted to contact Jon Smith at Mazda UK myself several times this afternoon, but he was never available.
I'll keep you all posted.
Dave.
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RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5 - 3/23/2007 4:54:20 PM
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mrsimbob
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Anyone that frustated that they are thinking of selling?. I am, but after looking at the opposition ie Ford S-max, new citroen picasso, it seems they have their own problems
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RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5 - 3/23/2007 5:31:11 PM
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Dads_Taxi
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ORIGINAL: Minty
This problem is totally unacceptable and I thought I would post on this forum to let other sufferers of this in the UK know that I am going to raise this with Which? (I am a member). I will also consider raising this with Watchdog as well. Anyone else interested doing the same?
Hi Minty, did you ever get in touch with BBC Watchdog? I have a couple of colleagues who work as technicians on the programme every week and I was going to ask them to get me contact details for any researcher that shows any inclination to investigate our problems. If you have already established contact with Watchdog, did you have any joy?
Dave.
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RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5 - 3/24/2007 7:59:46 PM
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bigiainw
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Hi folks,
Just found this forum, thread and problem on my own Sept '06 2.0 TD Sport. I have the standard Dunlop SP sport 205/50/17. My rears are wearing, approx 2mm left on the inner edge, but my fronts are goosed at 10k! Wearing in inner (slick) and outer (tread visible but only just) edges, but fine in the middle on the front, inner only at the rear. I took the car to my supplying dealer this am and the technician that I spoke to commented that this was a known fault and that he thought Mazda replaced the tyres and claimed the money back from the tyre company. A more senior tech then came out, gave me the customer service number for MMUK and said that, again, it was a known issue and that it was because the tyre's compound was too soft! I've never heard such rubbish. Looking at my own car, it's clear by the naked eye that the camber on all wheels is set to have the wheels away from vertical at rest. Wish me luck. I'll post again on Monday when I have called the lovely Nicole! 
< Message edited by bigiainw -- 3/25/2007 7:09:13 PM >
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Iain
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RE: Tyre wear on UK Mazda 5 - 3/25/2007 6:50:59 AM
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Warfield Royal
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Any chance of resizing the photo - it makes the thread very difficult to read due to the width.
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RE: DPF warning light - 3/25/2007 7:07:37 PM
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alpro6622
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I purchased a mazda 5 furano about six months ago. I was that quick at buying the car
that when i phoned mazda insurance on the friday to get a quote that i was told that as far as the computer was concerned the car did not exsist and that i was to phone back on the Monday so that they would have time to update the computers .Anyway my problem that i have got is that i have a diesel and the DPF warning light keeps on coming on well when this happens the turbo switches off and it feels like i am driving a tank. I was told by my dealer that this is a problem with newer diesels that people use for town driving only and they are really designed for motorway driving (no mention of this when they were taking £18,500 from me for car)and if the problem comes up i have to drive my car at a certain speed for about 30minsand if the problem will not cure itself i will have to pay them to remove warning light. I have also noticed my front tyres both sides are wearing down rather quickly on both outside edges has any one else had this problem please help
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