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MazdaLoyal He told me that Mazda quoted him $2700 for a transmisson. He said the Mazda dealer will only replace it, won't rebuild / recondition it like him. I probably should have called the dealer. The car sounds different now, but it is shifting gears properly.

I have never checked the fluid level. The place I have it is specific to transmissions. He claims he does 300 transmissions a week. He's quoting me $1900 to fix it. He said the main problem is a broken servo, but because of the labor for opening it up, and the technical service bulletin on...

I have 2006 Mazda 3 with 92,000 miles that I bought new in January 2006. Over the past month, I've noticed that sometimes the AT light goes on, and it won't shift from 3rd gear to 4th gear, despite accelerating. I think sometimes on the interstate, it shifts from 4th to 3rd, and it feels like a...

OK, well thanks for letting me know. I have to take my wife's 2009 Mazda 5 in for one her checkups too, so I'll make sure to remember for that. I think they were probably legit on the brakes and the motor mount, but this emissions thing not so. He claimed on the phone that would increase my...

I have a 2006 Mazda 3. I took it in today for my 60,000 mile checkup. They said the front brakes needed work (at 30k, 4 years ago, they said back brakes needed work), so I agreed to it ($310). They said the #3 engine mount had broken, so I agreed to that ($313). But then they said I needed an...