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#108 of 191 Mazda 3 Tranmission by carrieb5 Sep 20, 2008 (10:33 am)
I have a 2008 Mazda 3 I touring VE. I love the car, and purchased it after owning a 1997 Mazda Protege for nearly 12 years that gave me no problems at all. My 3 is great , but I am concerned when I place the car in Park, it rolls forward about an inch or two. In addition to that sometimes when I put the car in reverse it is rough shifting. Sometimes it shifts so hard into reverse it sounds like I hit something. The car was purchased in May and only has 2400 miles on it? Is this normal? Does anyone else have this same problem? Replies to this message: ahightower (Sep 24, 2008 10:13 am)
#109 of 191 Re: mazda 3 clutch problem [jujumaster] by carrieb5 Sep 20, 2008 (10:43 am)
Replying to: jujumaster (Dec 14, 2007 11:45 am) I do understand that Mazda is owned by Ford now and merged in 1992, but I think your above statements are untrue. I had a 1997 Mazda Protege and put a 140,000 miles on it and other than normal maintenance I only replaced a thermostat. In addition Mazda 3's and Miatas are still made and manufactured in Japan. I would agree with your statements above if I were dealing with a Mazda 6 or Tribute. As they are made at a Ford Plant in Michigan. Replies to this message: autonomous (Sep 20, 2008 4:23 pm)
#110 of 191 Re: mazda 3 clutch problem [carrieb5] by autonomous Sep 20, 2008 (4:23 pm)
Replying to: carrieb5 (Sep 20, 2008 10:43 am) Mazda is owned by Ford Not quite true, Ford owns a controlling share of Mazda, I believe its 33%.
#111 of 191 Re: mazda 3 transmission prob - manual mode [autonomous] by dreamobics Sep 21, 2008 (1:54 pm)
Replying to: autonomous (Sep 15, 2008 1:34 pm) No. I use the automatic all the time and eventually it struggles through the gears.
#112 of 191 Re: Mazda 3 Tranmission [carrieb5] by ahightower Sep 24, 2008 (10:13 am)
Replying to: carrieb5 (Sep 20, 2008 10:33 am) Is the issue worse when parking/backing out on a hill? Do you use the parking brake? Set the parking brake before you put it in Park, and when backing out, put it in Reverse before you release the parking brake.
#113 of 191 Re: Hesitation in first gear [brted] by swhy30 Sep 28, 2008 (3:29 pm)
Replying to: brted (Jun 08, 2008 2:22 pm) I have had a similar problem when starting up the car. I has happened to me twice already and the car only has 10,800 miles on it. I will turn the car on and let off the clutch then the engine starts to shake and stall out. I have to repeat a few times to get the car started. I have yet to take it to a dealer yet b/c i'm sure they'll tell me they can't find anything wrong with it. But it is a bit frustrating Replies to this message: autonomous (Sep 29, 2008 1:46 pm) ahightower (Oct 01, 2008 3:00 am)
#114 of 191 Re: Hesitation in first gear [swhy30] by autonomous Sep 29, 2008 (1:46 pm)
Replying to: swhy30 (Sep 28, 2008 3:29 pm) has happened to me twice already and the car only has 10,800 miles on it. I will turn the car on and let off the clutch then the engine starts to shake and stall out. I have to repeat a few times to get the car started.   Twice in 11K miles does not sound too bad to me. If you are concerned, you might want to document each time it happens with as much detailed information as you can get. For example, was the car cold or wet? Were there any squealing or other sounds coming from the engine? When it is finally running does the problem go away? Ideally, you want the mechanic to be able to reproduce the problem and if that's not possible to give enough of an idea of the symptoms of the problem to narrow down the search. You could also ask for a diagnostic test to see if it turns anything up. Replies to this message: ahightower (Oct 01, 2008 3:00 am)
#115 of 191 Re: Hesitation in first gear [autonomous] by ahightower Oct 01, 2008 (3:00 am)
Replying to: autonomous (Sep 29, 2008 1:46 pm) Ditto. Not to insult your skillz, but I'm sure I stalled out more than twice in every car I've had with a manual transmission (three so far). It took me a while to get the feel for my Mazda3 which I've had for a year now. It's not bad, but it's just not as forgiving perhaps as some of the Hondas I test drove. Even still sometimes I have a little bit of a rough start and feel like a dumb teenager.
#116 of 191 manual transmission mazda 3 by dtownbarb Oct 31, 2008 (5:21 am)
I have an 06 and over the past couple months there have been issues of totally not being able to get the car into gear. First it was reverse now recently it was 1st&2nd then even 3rd. It has been to the dealer twice with no findings or repair. I was advised if it happens again have it immediately towed to them without even tryin to get it into that gear myself so they could see what is happening.   anyone else having these issues or any ideas?? I have driven manual transmissions for many years and have never had this happen!!

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