Recent content by Fitzgerald

Change to Synthetic Oil Thanks for your advice. I have been using whatever filter my Mazda dealer usually supplies. I will discuss this with him when I bring my car in for the oil change.

I am planning to switch to synthetic engine oil. Are there any procedures which should be followed in making the switch - e.g., will I need a special filter?

Looks as though I will just have to put up with it. There are about 50 cars in my garage and mine is the only squealer. I suppose that I have owned a dozen or more cars with disc brakes but this is the only one with this problem There must be something different in my Mazda3's brakes - either...

When I reverse my 2008 Mazda3 out of my parking spot in the morning and if the car has been out in wet weather the previous day my brakes produce an ear-piercing squeal. After I have driven a few minutes and used my brakes, the next time I brake when reversing all is well. As I park in an indoor...

I was lining up one Sunday evening recently in my 2008 Mazda3, waiting to cross the USA/ Canadian border (bad timing!) and for an hour or more was inching my way forward, all the while trying not to doze off. I was in one of six parallel lanes. I noticed that the line to my right seemed to be...