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The car has 89K on it and that's the only reason I was looking into it. New appointment is on Friday 8am and I elected not to drive it until then.

As of right now the car is running fine due to the fact that the sensor is grounded out. This sensor is located in the timing chain area with the lead wires coming out of the top left of the valve cover. I am going to make an appointment for second opinion for the replacement of the sensor. I...

I'm in the same shoes as you thats for sure after being used to driving old Jeeps. There was only 3 three things that where required to make these things go. The correct term that I just found out was a variable timing phaser.

After renting a vehicle for the weekend not wanting to harm the motor any further, I have a possible route to the problem. The mechanic who has been doing the work tells me that there is an internal cam sensor that has gone bad. This is located in the timing chain area on the face of the...

After resetting the ECU it seemed to be worse meaning that it stalled at lights and now wouldn't hold an idle at all. After more reading on this forum told me that the ECU was taking it's time to re-adjust so yes after about 30 minutes it idles fine. When the tach drops to zero I don't feel the...

I had a mechanic also say something about the cold idle switch and he was going to look into it. Headed out now to reset the ECU... Is there a throttle position sensor on this? What do you think about that? Many thanks for the replies!

This is what we haul on the 05. It's been a wonderful car and a great piece of transportation. Maybe I ask too much from it :(

Let me start by introducing myself; my name is Todd and right now my beloved ride is named Lucifer. It is a 05 Mazda 6 with a 4cyl automatic/ac My son and I are in desperate need of assistance because have need to be in Wildwood NJ by Thursday night for a busy weekend. We are sponsored...