by "SlickMcRick" (slickmcrick)
Published 03/17/2017 at 10:56
by "SlickMcRick" (slickmcrick)
Published 03/17/2017 at 10:56
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"CB" (jrcb)
03/17/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0
Alleged torque steer for days.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
03/17/2017 at 11:00, STARS: 1
FOR DAAAAYYYYSSSSSS.
"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
03/17/2017 at 11:10, STARS: 1
“Hey, what’s the white smoke from?”
That one appears to be pretty unmolested. All of the ones around here were owned by 20-somethings and were tuned to the edge until they finally blew up. Then after blowing up turbos, the youngsters moved on to blowing up Subarus. I think after that, they went on to used S4s and started blowing those up. Poor cars.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/17/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 0
Turbos eat seals, trans mounts break (there was a recall for that on the early cars), timing chains stretch (there’s a TSB for that), and then there’s your typical Mazda3 rust and suspension issues, the major one being rear shocks that blow out and mounts that break.
"Nerd-Vol" (Nerd-Vol)
03/17/2017 at 11:46, STARS: 0
I had one for 5 years and loved it. I traded it with 109000 because I was starting to get concerned about reliability. Fun car, probably would not own another because of how rough the car feels.
Very fun car though.
"briannutter1" (briannutter1)
03/17/2017 at 19:34, STARS: 0
Bought one new. 2nd gear synchro bad from day one. Weird roll steer effect from back axle that never gave me confidence to in a 80mph sweeper. Electronic throttle lacked aftermarket controls in those days and started to close up. Traded for my C5z when my young son called it a racecar and my ex took pity. Good ex. Never looked back. Later ms3's had shit gearing. Both ms3 and wrx similar rust issues, but trusted the wrx more even with a worse engine.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
03/17/2017 at 22:41, STARS: 0
Well... is it that 09 you are looking at? By 09 rust issues were much better and engine mounts were better. Still had rear shock issues, (just like all Mazda 3 5drs.) I believe there is a power steering pump recall on that year.