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Re: Transmission fluid change [igozoomzoom] by roadburner
May 16, 2009 (8:43 pm)
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Replying to: igozoomzoom (May 15, 2009 8:22 am)

But the Mazda manual transmission requires 80-90W Gear Oil...I'm not sure why the difference?
 
It depends on the design of the transaxle. I change the transaxle oil in my MS3 every 30K because it sees the track every now and then.The cars that are street driven only get an oil change every 60K.
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Re: Transmission fluid change [roadburner] by igozoomzoom
May 16, 2009 (10:29 pm)
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Replying to: roadburner (May 16, 2009 8:43 pm)

For the first 20-months and 48k miles, I commuted 70 miles daily in Atlanta gridlock. One day, I counted the number of shifts I made one-way to work- 217 shifts in 35 miles!
 
I try to follow the "Schedule 2 (extreme conditions)" maintenance schedule whenever possible. Thankfully, the car (and the driver) have a much easier commute now!
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My Latest Used Oil Analysis by roadburner
May 25, 2009 (8:08 am)
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All is well...
 
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Re: floormats and carpet [igozoomzoom] by ahightower
May 26, 2009 (3:54 pm)
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Replying to: igozoomzoom (May 15, 2009 7:30 am)

Ditto on the crappy floor mats and carpet. I've got a hole in the floor mat after 22K and there would probably be one in the carpet as well if I hadn't moved the mats back a couple inches. I'm planning to get some Weathertech Floor Liners one of these days. And a set for all three rows in the Suburban too. I keep seeing them advertised in the print mags and like the idea of the coverage all the way up the sides of the footwells. I did finally get one for the rear cargo area and it's great. Spilled half a jug of laundry detergent last week. Still got a few lbs of sand to vacuum out from the carpet from the beach trip.
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Re: floormats and carpet [ahightower] by igozoomzoom
May 29, 2009 (2:58 am)
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Replying to: ahightower (May 26, 2009 3:54 pm)

I love the WeatherTech mats! I bought my dad a set for his Accord and my mom a cargo liner for her Explorer. Both fit perfectly and hold up very well.
 
They have the regular all-weather rubber mats for the Mazda3, but they also have the "Floorliner- Digitalfit". It covers more area than the mats, which I like. The Floorliner is $99 for front-only, which is all I'd need. I thinking about ordering it....
 
I currently have the "Premium Carpet Floormats" which are a Mazda Accessory. It looks like '06 was the last year they offered them (coordinated to the Blue/Black or Red/Black interior). They were only $10 more than buying another set of the crappy standard mats and these are like heavy-duty berber carpeting.
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2010 Mazda 3 Lemon? by gamerguy73
May 31, 2009 (7:50 pm)
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Hi,
 
I've posted before and was so happy with my 2010 3 s sedan until now. There was a recall you probably have heard of; my car was one of those under the program. No big deal right? In the dealer shop a few days and got a rental car. was serviced. Anyway, I can live with that happening but now I'm concerned that this Mazda could possibly be a lemon. The car was immobilized, all lights, keyless entry, push button ignition not working. Is this a security/anti theft problem? Called Mazda roadside assist and will be towing to dealer shop tomorrow.
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Re: Mazda 3 Fails to Start [mkelly7] by bamc288
Jun 06, 2009 (3:39 pm)
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Replying to: mkelly7 (Jan 18, 2008 8:11 pm)

mkelly 7,
 
Have you found a solution to these problems? I drive a 2007 mazda3 sport GT and have experienced almost the same sequence of events. I first noticed that my radio would reset by itself. This has happened both when I am driving and when I am idling in a parking spot. For example, while idling in a spot, I am pretty sure I heard the engine kind of skip a beat, and then the radio would reset. And more recently, when I was turning right, the steering wheel locks (power steering loses power?) completely (engine stays on though).
 
Hopefully someone has a potential solution to this, the sudden loss of power steering can be quite dangerous.
 
thanks to anyone who responds
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Re: My Latest Used Oil Analysis [roadburner] by sonnyrocker
Jun 12, 2009 (10:02 am)
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Replying to: roadburner (May 25, 2009 8:08 am)

Roadburner,
How did you post a picture in a post?
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Loss of power when AC is on by sonnyrocker
Jun 12, 2009 (10:05 am)
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Anyone experiences that?
When AC is on, there is a noticeable loss of power in 1st and 2nd gears. The car just won't pick up. That's one of my complaint with 2.0L. How about 2.3? do you have that problem too?
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Re: My Latest Used Oil Analysis [sonnyrocker] by roadburner
Jun 12, 2009 (11:02 am)
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Replying to: sonnyrocker (Jun 12, 2009 10:02 am)

I uploaded the picture to my CarSpace page and then I linked to it using the IMG button.

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