Recent content by Johann

That's my observation as well. Had the truck t-boned the Mazda's drivers side I don't think she would have walked away from the accident considering that the '07 models didn't have side impact air bags. I would just like some idea of how much damage has to occur for the air bags to decide when...

I'm wondering why the air bags didn't deploy. This is a Mazda 3i 2007. My daughter was stopped at a light and a drunk driver in a 1 ton older Ford pick-up smashed into her. The drunk was in the wrong lane going in the wrong direction. He would have broad-sided her but he swerved just in time...

I've searched the Net and have found no one else with this issue. Other than that the car has been trouble free. This is the wife's car and she never exceeds 2500 rpms. Gas mileage was 22mpg in the city. But Texas has completely converted to 10% methanol and now she gets only 20mpg.

It's been two years since I posted this thread and the car still experiences the noise. I'm 99% sure it's the fuel pump in the gas tank however this hasn't caused any ill effects. The noise isn't loud, it just buzzes like an electric motor running. Duration is 45 seconds or so...I haven't...

I have a new set of Yokohama's that I want the Mazda dealership to install. While scheduling the appt. the service mgr. said I should get an alignment as well ($90). It's a 2008 model with 28k mile. The original Turanza's actually held up fairly well with no abnormal thread wear that I can...

I just did my first oil change at 4989. I used Motorcraft 5-30 synthetic blend because that's probably what they used at the factory. Can't believe people are changing the oil within the first 1000 miles. Who started the myth that break-in oil had to be removed as soon as possible? And what's...

I'm almost positive it's the fuel pump. It only runs like for a minute and shuts off. Not really enough time to drain the battery. The last time it happened I was able to crawl under the gas tank and the noise was quite distinct. Besides that, the car has no other symptoms that I know of.

Midnight is about the time I retire and let the cat out. As far as I know, it may occur all through the night. But I don't plan on camping out in the garage to find out. BTW, I've asked the cat to keep an ear open and alert me the next time it happens.

The noise occurs when the vehicle has been turned off for several hours. Noise can be described as an electrical buzzing which originates from the rear of the vehicle. The duration lasts about a minute. This has been observed twice at one week intervals. Since it's an intermittent problem, I...