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Yay, more rust! All over the wheel well seam! The only connection between the outer fender panel and the inner structure was about 2" of intact wheel arch. Unfortunately, everything around that 2" was rotted, so the whole thing had to get cut out Plastic patch panel for the giant hole...

Ah, rust... the brown cancer, the slow death, the bane of 2000's Mazdas' existence. And of course the microvan has it. I haven't done much with the wheel wells yet (which are getting pretty bad), but last weekend I started to take on what I could find underneath. Most of it was just surface...

The cage looked like it was plastic press-fit onto a knurled shaft, maybe with some glue. Its definitely possible that something jammed in there, then got broken free or removed but by that point the damage was done. As far as tools, there was nothing special. Flat-head & Phillips-head...

The 2006 radios without navigation require pins 1 & 13 to be connected in the back for the "media" button to do anything, at which point it passes audio through from pins 3 & 4 (left channel) and 5 & 6 (right channel) to the amplifier. It may be possible that this connector is loose or...

Thanks everyone for the instructions on how to do this. I just attempted this weekend since the dash was apart to replace the blower motor, and it seems to be working well! I used the separate L- and R- connections (pins 4 & 6 instead of 7) for the left & right channel grounds, and it sounds...

Finally got it out today, and the motor itself was definitely the problem. It looks like it had possibly gotten stuck at one point and the shaft was spinning inside the squirrel cage, heating up until it partially melted through. After melting, the cage was no longer aligned and was hitting the...

I just bought a 2006 Mazda5, base model with manual climate control. The blower motor does not work on any speed. The fuse is fine, which leaves the options as the switch itself, the resistor pack, and the blower motor. However, getting to both the resistor pack & the blower motor to check for...

My wife & I just bought a 2006 Mazda5, 112k miles, manual transmission, & that's about it. $3800 + tax (about $230). It needs a couple things, but in general it's in good shape and drives well We also have an '88 RX-7 convertible (my project car, turbo swapped, megasquirt, & lots of other...