Mazda introduces capped price servicing

rjastra2 · Postby **rjastra2** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:10 pm

http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/m ... 313l2.html

And the 6 month interval seems to have been dropped. 10000km seems to be the only interval.

project.r.racing · Postby **project.r.racing** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:27 am

Read about this in another article.

Seems to be the 10K lube prices are still the same costings (still way overpriced - $283 for a lube service and check chassis bolts lol). Just the bigs ones (40/80/120K etc) will be discounted.

Still has nothing on the discounted $149/$159/$179 other manufactures offer.

But the calender removal interval is an interesting approach. Should see owners that drive less than 20K a year save some coin.

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:15 pm

A good move by Mazda as they're way behind the competition on servicing costs. But it does worry me that some owners might now go a few years or more between brake fluid changes. :frown:

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:03 pm

And just wait till you see the new 3!

rjastra2 · Postby **rjastra2** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:26 pm

davekmoore wrote:And just wait till you see the new 3!

Just wait to you see the price of it! Cheaper servicing is offset by higher purchase prices.

davekmoore · Postby **davekmoore** » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:37 pm

Yup, won't be cheap. Will be good value for money compared with others in the same market though, which is a different thing.

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 8:06 am

Looks like there will be a time limit between services of 12 months. Much better than the current 6 months.
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor. ... 650081B4C2