I think your counting it out to soon. The people that had the problems seem to have the first set of 2004's. I believe mine had a Feb 04 build date and I haven't had a single problem. I got mine July 2 and have put about 5600 miles on it. It's been on several 300+trips and not had a single...
I wanted a hatch at first, but they didn't have what I wanted, so I looked at the sedan and fell in love with it. It is soo much hotter and sexier!
2004 Red Mica Mazda 3S