u/DrogenDwijl — reddlx

My dealership is a complete scam

So a couple of weeks ago my car became very sluggish and the symptoms got worse the longer the drive/trip.

I had an old Bluedriver scanner available and tried to search online for the symptoms and how to read the live data.

I knew that my obd2 scanner was too basic and i went ahead and ordered a more professional that supported Mazda specific codes.

The symptoms it displayed was that of a flooded canister (short trims dive into -25% and purge 100% every time i want to accelerate and purge on idle was all time 30% once warmed up)

Fuel tank was under immense pressure like my fuel was almost boiling after driving 1 hour.

Then i started monitoring catalyst temps that went up to almost 2300F and this is probably why my fuel got so heated and creating immense pressure.

I also went ahead and brought the car in and explained my symptoms before my new scanner arrived, they said they had to replace the battery (which was already renewed by them last oil change) and also fuel lines and fuel cap of the tank which makes no sense as the seal is working...

I got the car back 3 days later and surprise still the same issues, and no check engine light just like before.

They also charged me $150 USD for their diagnostic scanner (note i live in Colombia and quality or standards are not like in the USA)

They charged me like $1000 USD in parts which did not fix the issue, but a day after i got the car back from Mazda my scanner arrived an XTool A30M, i really did not expect too much of it and after setting it up and downloading all the updates the scanner performed an automatic scan and oh boy what a surprise...

My car was in limp mode because they probably left the lights on and charged me a new battery, because of the voltage drop it caused all sorts or fault codes that stayed active:

https://imgur.com/a/eWL9yXa

My other scanner like i said was outdated and could not see those codes, upon searching those codes some of them are related to limp mode and a voltage drop of a drained battery would cause them.

After deleting the codes my car ran normal again and no more issues with my cat overheating and heating up the fuel, no more negative trims, no more stalling when driving uphill etc... i scanned several times after to be sure no pending codes would appear i did several short trips then longer trips and all ok...

Then i got really suspicious and checked the battery they installed had a fabrication date order then my last one they replaced and i dug up my logs of my other obd2 scanner where i checked the battery voltage with engine of and surface tension removed had a higher voltage vs the one that is installed right now.

Nonetheless the battery is ok but not in new condition.

So basically i cannot service my car anywhere else perhaps another city with another Mazda dealership. Unless it is just changing oil, filters, tires i can go other places but if anything breaks that requires Mazda involvement im pretty much screwed.

u/DrogenDwijl — 5 days ago

▲ 2 r/Bogota

Airbnb en Fontibon

Reservé una Airbnb en Bogotá por Booking(punto)com y cancelé a último minuto por miedo, porque el taxista me dijo que la zona era peligrosa y no quiso seguir avanzando hacia la dirección que le di. Por un lado, me da pesar con el dueño del Airbnb porque se veía legal con las indicaciones para llegar y tratando de convencerme de que era un buen lugar para quedarme. Yo sé que los taxistas a veces hablan mucha paja y tratan de tumbarlo a uno con tarifas más caras o meterle por los ojos otro hotel (cosa que no acepté) en vez de eso, cancelé la reserva a último minuto y le dije que me llevara a otro lugar donde ya me había quedado antes, que conozco y me da confianza.

Vivo en Manizales desde hace 20 años y viajo seguido a Bogotá, a la zona de Fontibón, para quedarme una noche o hacer vueltas de la embajada. Normalmente no soy tan miedoso, pero ya tenía la ansiedad por las nubes por culpa del estrés. Además, tuve una mala experiencia en Chapinero (es una larga historia) donde el tipo de la recepción del hotel me intentó tumbar con más plata por una habitación que ya estaba completamente paga; eso me obligó a buscar otro hotel cerca a pie y a oscuras porque no pasaba ningún taxi. Por eso mismo, esta vez no me quise quedar a esperar a que oscureciera ni a arriesgarme a pasar por la misma situación otra vez.

Además, el dueño me mandó un mensaje desde un número de WhatsApp sin foto de perfil ni nombre, y ni siquiera salía en TrueCaller, eso me hizo dar desconfianza. Fuera de eso, las reseñas de la propiedad estaban 'demasiado bonitas'. Siento un pesar real con el dueño que se quedó esperando mi llegada, ya le pedí disculpas pero todavía tengo mis dudas. Hice bien en cancelar? Aquí está el link de la propiedad:

https://www.booking.com/Share-mplKn8A

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u/DrogenDwijl — 5 days ago

▲ 1 r/CX5

For some time now i feel my car is sluggish, i have a diagnostic scanner (BlueDriver) i know more or less to read the values and what i should be looking for.

I actually haven't bothered to hook up the scanner but this Sunday i went on a trip and drove around 150km to hotter climate and 125m above sealevel and returned to my city colder climate 2.300m above sealevel.

Half way on the trip back i smelled fuel in the cabin and the car was really struggling uphill i had to press the pedal to the metal to activate that button.

When i got home i popped off the fuel cap and it was so pressurised that is flew off out of my hands.

After a google search of the symptoms i hooked up my scanner set for live data on the short term fuel trim and purge command, the purge was almost 100% all the time and short fuel trim dived to -20% at the same time. According to this reading and the issues i have experienced this should be an EVAP issue ? Charcoal canister flooded ?

I dropped of my car now at Mazda for diagnostics explained my issues but the seem to lack the knowledge or experience to diagnose my issue let alone they don't know how to read live data or what an EVAP system is...

They don't seem to understand also that my issue is not lighting up the check engine light.

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u/DrogenDwijl — 18 days ago