Gulf Coast Repair Shops
01-07-2021, 10:54 AM
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I'm in Mobile, AL and am in need of a mechanic who can both find and install the radiator fans for my 2009 R3. The local dealership was no help with parts and just held on to the car for 3 months before they said they couldn't help. Does anyone have any trustworthy or previously used mechanics? Price should not be much of an issue as I have been trying to do this on my own for six months with no luck.
If I can't find anything, I'll end up considering selling but it's not what I'd like to do.
Thanks!
If I can't find anything, I'll end up considering selling but it's not what I'd like to do.
Thanks!
01-07-2021, 12:23 PM
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I'm in Mobile, AL and am in need of a mechanic who can both find and install the radiator fans for my 2009 R3. The local dealership was no help with parts and just held on to the car for 3 months before they said they couldn't help. Does anyone have any trustworthy or previously used mechanics? Price should not be much of an issue as I have been trying to do this on my own for six months with no luck.
If I can't find anything, I'll end up considering selling but it's not what I'd like to do.
Thanks!
If I can't find anything, I'll end up considering selling but it's not what I'd like to do.
Thanks!
Get online and find a local shop with good reviews.
You should be able to source the fans on your own.
01-07-2021, 12:25 PM
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If it was a Mazda dealership, you should report them to MNAO.
That sounds extremely negligent, and terrible customer service.
That sounds extremely negligent, and terrible customer service.
01-07-2021, 12:32 PM
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you let them keep your car for 3 months?
sorry to hear your troubles OP but surely there's more to this story.
do you have the car back in your possession ? Did they ever give you an estimate (cost / time)
Did the radiator fans break? fail?
sorry to hear your troubles OP but surely there's more to this story.
do you have the car back in your possession ? Did they ever give you an estimate (cost / time)
Did the radiator fans break? fail?
01-08-2021, 11:07 AM
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Thanks for the replies.
I'm in residency right now so I don't have lots of time to keep track of life things. It took me about a week and half to determine that the fans themselves were the problem after applying direct current to them without hearing them turn on. It took the dealership 2 weeks to determine that I was correct. Then, they just sat on the car saying that they were "looking for replacement parts" but could not find any specific radiator fans for my car? I assumed they would find them and install them but they could "never find the parts". So after the 3rd month and letting my car sit out in a hurricane or two we had this fall, I just drove it back to my house and haven't driven it much for fear of the temp spiking. If I had a closed garage, I'd be able to take things apart and tinker but not willing to do that in a car port.
I've looked online but having some difficulty finding the exact replacement part myself since its a dual fan system.
I'm in residency right now so I don't have lots of time to keep track of life things. It took me about a week and half to determine that the fans themselves were the problem after applying direct current to them without hearing them turn on. It took the dealership 2 weeks to determine that I was correct. Then, they just sat on the car saying that they were "looking for replacement parts" but could not find any specific radiator fans for my car? I assumed they would find them and install them but they could "never find the parts". So after the 3rd month and letting my car sit out in a hurricane or two we had this fall, I just drove it back to my house and haven't driven it much for fear of the temp spiking. If I had a closed garage, I'd be able to take things apart and tinker but not willing to do that in a car port.
I've looked online but having some difficulty finding the exact replacement part myself since its a dual fan system.
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