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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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DONT touch the trans fluid. The brake, if the color is good and level I’d fine leave alone. The coolant is the only thing I’d play with.