Dealerships plus diagnostic time equals wasted money for me. I had a mazda that just didn't start one day, no starter noise, and barely a few electrical wurrs. I didn't have time to mess with it, so I got it towed to the dealer. It was there for over a week, first they said there was a problem but hadn't located it yet. Then a few days later they said it was done, working fine now. I asked what did they have to do to it? They said it was working fine all the time and all they did was the diagnostic. $65 for the tow and $135 for the diagnostic later I had the same car back with nothing fixed. Every once in a while the car wouldn't start, but after cycling a few times it would always evenually get going. F' dealerships.
By the way, that particular dealership went out of business when they were successfully sued by a customer that went on a test drive and was encouraged to push a mercedes to the limit which ended up in a nasty crash. And, when they first picked up mercedes and ditched mazda, they said they still worked on mazdas, so bring my car on down. I was quoted over the phone over $900 for a timing belt and water pump job. Yeah I hung that phone up quick on them. Damn dealerships!! :evil: