Having just picked up the new ND I was not on the whole unhappy with the dealers. After all they met me half way on quick delivery and dealt with the paperwork efficiently. But if you have recently taken delivery make sure you check your tyre pressures. Mine were more than 6 psi higher than they should have been. Not surprising that the road surface felt even worse than usual!
Yes, good advice with any car, my ND tyres were also all over the place.
Not just Mazda, my Seat had very over inflated tyres. Also after services I have checked the pressures and they are way too high. What do these dealers use, guesswork?
Crap PDI more like they will be high for shipping and transport but as part of pdi everything should be reviewed - it also is worth checking for the rubber bungs that go on the underside to see if they have been fitted.
Re dealer antics ,why not name and shame them if spending considerable money on a new car or outrages dealer labour costs as above I would have some body by the throat shacking vigourously . I was in the trade for many years and tried to give top service but pressures some times were to much and short cuts were made which turn round and bite . You would be better using a good independant once out of warranty . No its not an advert I’m enjoying retirement
I’ve also found that some “car drivers” seem to think that the TPMS will automatically adjust the tyre pressures to to right one. It doesn’t of course, it only warns you when the pressure varies from that in the tyres at the time the system was initiated. And “Yes”, when I got my ND home from the dealer I checked the tyre pressures and found them at 32psi, not the recommended 29psi.
I cannot speak on tyre pressures on the MK4 but a friend who bought a brand new MK3.75
a few years ago found the tyre pressures to be dramatically different on all 4 wheels.
Even after inflating to 29 psi all round the car still was not “right” The answer, proper
4 wheel alignment. I wonder if the wheel alignment on the MK4’s is correctly set at
the factory & how many Mazda main dealers have the facility to check 4 wheel alignment?
And, headlight levels are in variably set too low at the factory!
Yes, me too. 36psi all round, must be delivery pressure obviously not checked. Would you trust these people to service your car? Dave.
Checked my 4 week-old ND today. 2.2 bar all round against recommended 2.0 bar. I set them right and reset the TPMS and will see if I can feel the difference tomorrow.
Just come across this post… Picked up my ND last weekand have done 200 miles in it thinking it was very rough. Yesterday I checked and all 4 tyres were at 48psi!
I’ll never buy a brand new car - but…
What is so difficult about checking the pressures of four tyres PDI?!! Is it just laziness? Lack of time as ‘targets’ are chased?
Unbelievable.
It’s just the same fetching back from a service, high tyre pressures. I’ve lost count how many time sI’ve had to readjust the pressures after servicing (on my daily driver) it doesn’t matter whether it’s a manufacturers recommended dealer or independant or back street Joe, they all seem to get it wrong and usually way to high in pressure.
I’ve become so used to it being wrong after a service that when I pick up the car (unless it is raining) I go round the tyres with my trusty little pressure gauge before driving off. In the days of hub caps I also removed them before the service so I could count the wheel nuts. Once the Vauxhall mechanic came out and asked if I trusted them. I said “No” and pointed to the excess pressure reading.
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Yes, that’s exactly what we are talking about!
On my previous car when picked the Golf up the ride was horrendous! Tyre pressures were higher than 60PSI (off my gauge scale)!When adjusted it was still terrible so used a forum and checked for transportation pucks on front suspension struts and WTF there were two plastic pucks on each front strut! Dealer embarrassed and gave me John Lewis vouchers and I bought an expensive Jack Wolfskin parka plus two free services!
Golf gone and just got a ND so will be checking the tyre pressures ASAP!
It seems easier to let air out than in.
Like a few people I know.
My dad had a new C class years ago which rode super rough. We just thought it was due to the fact it had the sport suspension on it. In the end it had 50 PSI in the tyres!!
My new A class came with perfect tyre pressures, but there is a pressure monitoring system now so they can’t really hide not checking them.
I think you’ll find that the TPMS will only tell you when a tyre’s pressure has altered from that at which it had been SET. It will not tell you that the pressure in the tyres was TOO HIGH when the system was set in the first place.
Hi,
My friend just got a new Seat from a Seat dealership in Derby and the PDI obviously hadn’t been done. The car wasn’t cleaned properly covered in swirl makes and the ride was terrible, they had left three suspension pucks in each side of the front suspension. After a lot of hassle they sent him a cheque for a hundred quid. Just not good enough!
Really poor response from the main dealer.