Complaint Review: Mazda

I bought a Mazda RX8 years ago. They come with a key fob that must be present in the car in order for the car to start. Sounds like a great security feature right? Well here's the kicker.

These keys barely last a year. I've had to buy several keys. Every time one dies, my car is stranded.

I have to get it towed to a Mazda dealer which costs $100 on average. Then they sell you a new key. The price? Over $500! For a piece of plastic with a chip in it.

Then...they charge you $125 for some monkey to "program" it. It takes them about 10 minutes.

I know a mechanic that has worked for Mazda. Even he admits that they GOUGE their customers.

In this day an age, you can't make an electronic device that lasts longer than a year?

They also make it nearly impossible for you to program your own key. You need two of them in order to program a third.

So it costs at a minimum, $625 to get a f* KEY to start this $30k + car. If you want a back up so you don't get stuck...that's going to run you at least $1,250 total.

Really Mazda? That kind of money for a piece of plastic to start the car.

Not only is that a major RIP OFF, but I don't want to deal at all with an unethical company that GOUGES and takes advantage of its customers so eggregiously.

F* YOU MAZDA!!!