I thought it was generally accepted that since the 3 1.6 D used the PSA 1.6 and an Eolys system (like the 1.6 D Focus it is based on) it did not suffer the dilution issues like the bigger Mazda diesels.

Oil level was fine.

The light was on rather than flashing.

I'm less than impressed this fault has occured 5k miles after a service and barely 12 months old.

I was even less impressed with the reacrion at Mazda this morning when I called in 1st thing, as its only about 5 miles away.

I was told there was no Mazda technician in today and they were fully booked tomorrow. Even If I brought the car back tomorrow, I was told there would be no gaurentee of it being looked at.

I was somewhat gobsmacked by this stonewalling to say the least. I was given the number of 2 dealerships, one 15 miles away, other 20. Not evn an offer to ring them for me !

I enquired if it was sensible to drive the car and told, "not really". I asked to speak to someone senior and was told there were not in until 9am.

I took a deep breath and handed them the keys and suggested they let me know if and when they have addressed the issue.

The car was being booked in when I politely enquired if there was a spare courtesy car , the immediate answer was "no"..but guess what, when she checked there was !

So my impressions of Mazda customer service are not exactly high at present...I mean, surely the first thing they should have done was check to see if they had a spare car, and then any delay in seeing to the issue would have been somewhat smoothed.

I await a phone call tomorrow, we will see. I wander if they will carry this work out under warranty ?