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Replying to: energyzer8 (Jun 19, 2008 3:04 pm) |
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I'm being told I have a unique problem. I bought a brandy dandy new mazda 3s 2.3 4 door in April '08. Car ran like a dream. Fun to drive. Finally found a car whose drivers seat fits me and doesn't make me feel like I've logged a 1000 miles just to get to work. Mileage could be better, but oh well. This June, we had an actually heat wave here in VT. We usually get our week of summer in July. At 4,700 miles, my car started having this long crank slow to start issue. It only did it when it was warm and the car had sat for longer than 1 hr. After it got running and the rough idle smoothed out, it would run fine. Leave it sit again in temps over 65+F, it would happen again. I brought it down to my dealer. Luckily they were able to replicate the problem. Unluckily, they had no idea what was going on. The car does not code for anything, no lights, nothing. 'It' thinks everything is fine. They thought it might be the throttle body. Ordered the part, replaced it, same problem later that very same day. I bring it back to the dealer after the weekend, June 26th. They still have it. They have been referring with the engineers at the regional office. They have taken a bunch of parts off of my car and swapped them out on another 3 to see if they could get that car to do it to. They were even told to remove my cars computer and put it in the fridge for a while and then install it and try again. They have no idea. They have been through all of the electronics in the car. I was told Tuesday when I called, July 8th, that they have now been ordered to replace the motor. The service mgr said they are just guessing and mentioned that maybe I would want to look into the lemmon law. This car has only 5000 miles on it. I am uncomfortable with owning a brand new car that has been repeatedly torn apart and now will have a (hopefully) new motor. I talked with the dealer manager and told him, I want a new car. He's talking with his regional rep. Has anybody else had this issue with the 2008 mazda 3s? I like the car, but I'm just not sure I want this one back.
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Replying to: 2freespirits (Jul 10, 2008 1:45 pm) |
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Replying to: 2freespirits (Jul 10, 2008 1:45 pm)
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Replying to: idol767 (Jul 11, 2008 1:27 pm)
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I bough a 2007 Mazda3 4dr about 15 months ago. I’m not having any engine problems as of yet. I currently have 40,000 mile on my car. With the first set of tires I was having pressure problems, but not on my second set. I only got 30,000 mile on my original Toyo tires. Unfortunately I am on my second set of tires. My concern is that after about 6-8,000 miles I was getting tire noise. I proceeded to get the alignment checked by different places and also rotating tires every 5,000 mile. I currently have BF Goodrich tires on my Mazda3 and after 5,000 miles I am getting the same noise. Originally I thought it might be the Toyo tires. Obviously it is not the tires but some other issue I don’t know about. Is there anyone that is having the same problem? P.S. The car before the Mazda was a 2004 Toyota Corolla. On my Toyota I was able to get 55-60,000 miles out of each set of tires. That car right now has 145,000 miles and still is running great with the 3rd set of tires put on about 20,000 mile ago. The Toyota is a great car just not sporty enough for me. |
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What is the proper way to read the dipstick on an 07 Mazda3? Is it to hold the dipstick horizontally and let the oil that has collected in the "catch" at the bottom of the dipstick work its way up toward the "FULL" line...or hold it vertically?
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Replying to: asd (Jan 11, 2007 1:25 pm)
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Replying to: coosamtn (Jan 11, 2007 3:31 pm) Just trying to figure it out. |
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