No, its not ‘sick’ in the way the younger generation use the word; to mean cool, great and fantastic. I mean its gone to our local Mazda garage, Alan Gibson, broke, go directly to garage, sick!.
Kirsty was driving the car home from Basingstoke and noticed a new light on the dash. Eager to find out if this was some other feature she looked it up the extensive manual to find its the ‘Engine Warning’ light!
Yep, we’ve had it four days with less the 250 miles on the clock. It can’t be anything too awful.
First thing this morning I called Hugh’s Mazda, from where we bought the car. I tried to speak to the sales assistant but I was too early and was directed through to the maintenance department. They gasp upon hearing my post code and suggest I phone another garage or wait three weeks for them to collect!
I decided to phone a garage in Guildford first as Alan Gibson had failed to deliver us a car in Blue. They told me to call Mazda Assist – of course! I called them and within 20 minutes Simon from the RAC was at my door. In less than ten minutes his computer was plugged in to the car and the cars diagnostics were telling him that the second CO2 sensor was not working. Simon booked the car into Alan Gibson and I drove the car over to them in pursuit by the RAC van should the issue escalate and to bring me back. In that short drive I noticed that the car wouldn’t go above 3,000 RPM or engage cruise control. I figure this must be what has been referred to as limp mode.
Simon informed the gentleman at Alan Gibson what the issue was and they told me that they had no stock of the CO2 sensor but said that new stock was due in on Tuesday, four days away. Simon in the mean time had called in and arranged for a hire car for that time from Enterprise so at least we wouldn’t be without a car.
Upon returning home with Simon I assured the wife that this was a minor issue, our new baby would be back with us in no time. Shortly after Enterprise called me and explained that they didn’t have any Mazda 6 size cars. I said that was OK as it was only going to be for a couple of days. Enterprise were unable to deliver the car, as they only had two people in the office. So one came out and collected Kirsty who returned home an hour or so later with a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4
I must admit that I was quite surprised by the Corsa’s level of equipment – it too has automatic headlamps, electric dimming mirror, and stereo controls on the steering wheel. The boot is tiny so its a good job we are not going away this weekend.
