Hello Mazda Mates,

I am struggling to digest a high pitch ringing noise in the cabin of my 06 Mazda3 Maxx Sport that is 6mths old. Finally a Mazda engineer has assessed it today as an 'operational noise' from the gearbox when vehicle is in 5th gear. As this is a slight noise in their opinion, Mazda don't class this as a fault (even tho 3 other Mazda3's I've driven of family & friends don't have the operational noise & are same year models)

Mazda's solution to counteract my whinging is to custom make and fit 'Dampers' (hope that's correct) to the cables within the gearbox to minmise the vibration that is causing the noise to occur. I gladly agreed as there is no other alternative except to accept the that the noise is present and I don't think I should have to. I have 2 questions:

Has anyone else experienced this disturbing high pitched ringing noise whilst driving between 80kms - 120kms p/hr?

Should this extra work be covered under my Warranty? (I don't think I should be out of pocket)

I thank anyone in advance who is able to de-stress this young chicky!

Sassy07

 

If you can demonstrate to the dealer that other vehicles of the same make/model don't make this same noise, and you are within the warranty period, I would think the dealer has to take care of it under warranty.

Not sure how it works down there, but if you bring a vehicle back (3) times for the same concern and the dealer is unable to repair the problem, you can return the car under what called a Lemon Law and the dealer/company (probably the manufacturer) is required to buy the car back from you.

 

I would not pay a penny for it...Assk to test driver other cars and show them they dont have the same noise..

 

plain and simple. Do not pay. If any car has any problem that is under warranty if should be fixed free of charge. The only exceptions should be if the problem is due to lack of maintence and wear and tear. Do not settle for a bandaid fix. If a part is not working properly, the entire part should be replaced.