Hello everyone,
Im new to the forums both in registration and visits as I recently bought a 2009 Mazda3 i Touring and it made me check out these forums. I must say that although I liked Mazda's before, after test driving this one (the only Mazda I test drove) I immediately fell in love and had to have it. Especially since the previous owner had taken such good care of the car.
Now I have a question in regards to the 09 version's brakes and since i have nothing else to compare it to, I thought the next best thing is to ask you guys as Mazda owners. When I drive the car, even at low-moderate ~40mph speeds I feel like I have to bury my foot pretty deep for the car to start losing momentum...in other words much longer pedal travel. This cant be normal for a Mazda known for pretty great braking. Now dont get me wrong, I dont want my car sensitive enough so that it starts stopping the second I place my foot on the pedal but this feels like I have dig in.
Please let me know of your experience, something wrong with my brakes? something I should be worried about and bring in? The car is at 31k miles which is about the same when I bought it (only had it for couple of days) so seems about the right time to change the brakes maybe?
Thank you in advance
Im new to the forums both in registration and visits as I recently bought a 2009 Mazda3 i Touring and it made me check out these forums. I must say that although I liked Mazda's before, after test driving this one (the only Mazda I test drove) I immediately fell in love and had to have it. Especially since the previous owner had taken such good care of the car.
Now I have a question in regards to the 09 version's brakes and since i have nothing else to compare it to, I thought the next best thing is to ask you guys as Mazda owners. When I drive the car, even at low-moderate ~40mph speeds I feel like I have to bury my foot pretty deep for the car to start losing momentum...in other words much longer pedal travel. This cant be normal for a Mazda known for pretty great braking. Now dont get me wrong, I dont want my car sensitive enough so that it starts stopping the second I place my foot on the pedal but this feels like I have dig in.
Please let me know of your experience, something wrong with my brakes? something I should be worried about and bring in? The car is at 31k miles which is about the same when I bought it (only had it for couple of days) so seems about the right time to change the brakes maybe?
Thank you in advance
