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Originally Posted by lewdog
General maintenance question. Overall question is can dealership see if I’ve had work done by independent mechanic?
We have a 2016 Mazda CX-9 with 37k miles. The regular maintenance recommendations see very limited and that concerns me.
1. Lifetime transmission fluid in Skyactiv engines. Only change if car is submerged or needs transmission repair.
2. No mention of changing brake fluid at all.
3. Coolant replacement at 120k miles or 10 years.
Thoughts on these concerns? I feel like cheap preventative maintenance such as these is just smart to do. We want the car to last 5+ more years.
If I was to avoid the dealership to have the brake fluid and coolant changed by my independent mechanic, could the dealership find that out easily and void the remaining warranty we have on the car?
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To answer your question, no.
But I wouldn't **** with it. I had an 06 pontiac that had a sealed transmission. That's like literally not a thing, unless you're operating outside of the engineered parameters.
I've never, ever heard of anyone wanting to drain and replace brake fluid, sure add more if they leak or you have to replace a cylinder, but that isn't a thing.
We talked about my position on coolant.
Machines and materials are better these days. They just are.