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I bought a 2017 Mazda3 back in 2019 and I decided it was going to be the first car that I really stay on top of the maintenance for. Now, every 5-6K miles I take it to the dealership and let them do whatever they say is necessary. I feel a little bit like a sucker doing this, but OTOH the car has never refused to start or suffered a failure of any kind while I was driving it, and I've put about 60K miles on it. Also, the dealership often just does the maintenance schedule stuff and doesn't find some surprising extra thing that needs fixing, so I figure they're not going out of their way to charge me for extra stuff, at least not every time. Today, they said the CV boots are leaking, and while they're fixing it, they might as well replace the axle. This is not because moisture/dirt has gotten into the CV joint, but because an axle just needs replacing every so often. The car is at 111k miles, and they want to charge $1100 to do this. I tried looking up how frequently an axle needs to be replaced, but Google is giving me a bunch of cv boot, cv joint, cv axle stuff and I can't sort it out. I'm also curious whether this is a fix that could be done cheaper by an independent mechanic. I'm a little worried about stepping out of the Mazda ecosystem, but if I could save $200+ for a straightforward repair, I'd probably do it.
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opengl posted:You are indeed a sucker if you are blindly letting the dealer sell you whatever they want. Do what it says in your schedule and nothing more. What should someone who doesn't want to be a sucker do in the following scenario? I go in for the 110,000 mile service and they perform that service, but they also say that the brake fluid needs to be changed. Do I say "that's somewhere on the service schedule, and I'll get it done when the Mazda service schedule says I'm due"? That seems easy enough if that's the solution. But what about when they send me the video that the mechanic records of the undercarriage, and he points to the CV boots and says they're leaking, and I can see from the video that this appears to be the case. Are you saying that this isn't on the service schedule, therefore I should get it done somewhere else? I'm not trying to poke holes in your advice, but sometimes something that isn't on the schedule does actually need to be fixed. What should I do in that situation? Kia Soul Enthusias posted:CV boots do go bad and sometimes it's just easier to replace the axle than hope your boot repair job is good, but I would ask that too in the stupid questions thread (it should just be called small questions thread!), as their advice is going to be more current than mine. The axle itself is gonna be fine though, so that part is just a lie. Okay, thanks. I don't know much about cars, but "the axle wears out and needs periodic replacement" sure doesn't sound right. I'll ask over in the stupid questions thread for more info.
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Feb 7, 2024 14:52
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Okay, thanks. I'm going to be more careful about knowing, when I walk in the door, exactly which scheduled maintenance I'm due for and I'll only get that stuff done.
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