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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: WARNING: 1987 Mazda 323 Defect
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.044442.15682@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Jul17.151604.28689@hemlock.cray.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:44:42 GMT
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- sga@cray.com (Steven G. Anderson) writes:
- :
- : We recently had a bad experience with my wife's 1987 Mazda 323,
- : and from our conversation with the service people, this is
- : sounding like a generic problem with 1987 Mazda 323's. Read,
- : they have seen this problem before. The problem is that a
- : "key" which holds the timing gear in sync with the crankshaft
- : breaks. This also causes damage to the crankshaft itself.
- : Total repair bill is around $2000. Worse yet, my wife had
- : gotten an extended warranty (before I met her) and they
- : refuse to cover it. We are appealing to the State Insurance
- : Commission. The problem appears to occur around 50,000
- : miles. I will also be writing to Mazda and the Consumer Products
- : Safety Commission.
-
- Damage to the crankshaft? I can understand damage to the pistons
- or valves or lifters or push rods. I don't know of any way that
- the crankshaft could be damaged.
-
- You can get a complete new engine for less than $2000.
-
- Forget the CSP. Writing to Mazda was a good idea. You might also
- contact your State Attorney General's Office - fraud division.
- They might have some insight into the matter.
-
- Bill
-