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I lucked out! Found someone with a very similar problem on another forum, and his post caused me to recheck the fuses. The ENGINE BAR 1 fuse had blown - don't know how I missed it when I was checking them them last night. I replaced the fuse, then the car would start and immediately die. I...

Hi all, Looking for a little help with my son's 2006 Mazda3s. In diagnosing a P0113 code (IAT sensor circuit input high), I inadvertently shorted pins A and B of the MAF connector instead of pins D and E (I did not notice the view drawing showing the orientation being from the harness side, not...

If only you could do the same with the average speed! I use fuelly.com to record my pathetic mileage, and knowing the average speed for each tankful would be a useful note to add for each entry.

And check your owner manual - the Info center allows you to set things like maintenance intervals (either by miles or calendar) for automatic reminders in your display.

Signed. The USB interface is HORRIBLE, and always starting at track 1 (even though it's Elvis) is about to make me go postal!

I'm 6'4", and this car has plenty of headroom for me. I'm all legs - you must be all torso :)

I would say the following: 1) Styling is great (interior and exterior). But that's obvious. 2) SkyActiv technology has not lived up to my expectation. 3) Go to fuelly.com and check out the 2014 Mazda 6 if you are buying this car for the mileage claims. My numbers are lower than my...

Worst part of USB music feature? The damn thing can't remember the last song you listened to! Really no excuse for that, Mazda... In general, IMO this infotainment system needs a lot of tweaking to be more user-friendly.

Show me data, and I just might. BTW, your post says Mazda 3, not Mazda 6.

I'm looking for a replacement for our 2007 Ford Freestyle (can't wait to get rid of it), and am thinking CX-5. This thread caught my eye, and I checked out the Forester, but as soon as I saw it was a CVT, I crossed it off the list. After the Ford CVT class action lawsuit, I'm pretty much deadset...

Got mine yesterday as well - too bad I'm at almost 80K. I head the turbo replaced early on due to the white smoke issue, and it is starting to reappear now.

These have about 4K miles on them, but 95% highway (I-10 from San Antonio to California and back). These were on my son's 2006 Mazda 3S. He wanted to go back to stock. $110, shipping included. Paypal only.

So why change? So you got 60K out of your stockers (I have 62K on mine right now)? I have to assume you were happy with their braking performance, based on my own experience. So why would you switch? I really have to advise you to stick with stock. Given how many miles you got out of your...

Not the diff whine - I'm very familiar with that sound. Watcha think - wheel bearing?

IIRC, Consumer Reports gave high ratings to the Sears Gold series and the Costo Kirkland brand.

My son's '06 3s hatchback with 115K miles did something really weird yesterday. He drove it up into the mountains of Cali to take his girlfriend snowboarding. There was a freak snowstorm starting, so everyone started heading down the mountain. People didn't have snow tires or chains, so they...

I think you're making a good decision. Brake dust is the only negative to the stockers, and I'll gladly live with it for better stopping performance.

I don't recall the price, but I bought them at the dealership. I get 15% off parts. Mind you, these were for a 3s, not a Speed. Maybe ceramics work better on the Speed, but they sucked big time on the 3s.

I installed Hawk HPS on my son's Mazda 3 with Centric premium rotors. I didn't care for the Hawks at all. It was like they really had to be heated up before they had any stopping power. I couldn't even get the ABS to come on from a hard stop until the car slowed to about 10MPH. Went back to...

Still not happy with the Hawk pads I'm still not getting good braking performance frmo the Hawks. I tried some fairly hard stops the other day, and it seemed like the more I did it, the better it got, but I'm still having to really stomp on the brakes to get a decent stop. Any idea what could...