Warranties start on the day the car is registered.

Suggesting it starts on the day a car is ordered is a nonsense and sounds like Mazda lawyers playing games and clutching at straws to avoid an expensive payout.

Med's car failed before 1st first service was due and under the mileage, !

Hi Bonzo dog, thanks for your replies aswell as the rest of you .

As injection doc said, my car failed before the 1st service was due, being 12,500 miles or 1 year. But!! they have come back with this...after all the nonsense of me being over-due a service:

They specifically told me to read this part of the handbook.

Section – Maintenance & Care
Sub-Section – Scheduled Maintenance

“If the vehicle is operated primarily under any of the following conditions, replace the engine oil and oil filter at every 10,000km (6,250) or shorter

a) Driving in dusty conditions

b) Extended periods of idling or low speed operation

c) Driving for long period in cold temperatures or driving regularly at short distance only

d) Driving in extremely hot conditions

e) Driving in mountainous conditions continually

What do you think!? They told me i had an engine run-away because i didnt follow the requirements of the handbook which "clearly" states what you need to do....How would a normal/average driver know what regular short driving is or isn't?? Even if Mazda warned the customer of this and they bought the car because they were going to carry out 30 miles per day, motorways are a PAIN, if they decided to do MAJOR roadworks on one of them for 2 years and 25 out of those 30 miles were heavy traffic then in theory & practice it means your carrying out a regular short distance driving style?? but you bought the car in good faith for the long journeys.

Edited by Med on 13/06/2011 at 16:31