here is a list of the stuff that has gone wrong with my mazda 3. If you have been having some of the same problems that haven't been addressed please email me and let me know. (I wanna know i'm not the only one with these problems)
Basic Info: 2004Mazda 3 4-door, 2.3L. Automatic One of the first Models out.
From Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1. Brake Dust (not much you can do about that every car gets it)
2. Air Bag Sensor Stayed On (problem was with some seal around the airbag or something they switched it to a gold one. free of charge from dealer)
3. Hissing noise from the front (saw the post gonna go have the alternator belt replaced I hope it works)
4. Clunk popping into reverse leaving my driveway (Even with a warm up) (if anyone has this problem too please let me know)
5. Sloppy shifting under cold starts or cold conditions (the gears jump hard from 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th)
6. Glove box wouldnt close without holding the handle open (mazda replaced entire glove box for free
7. Window altenator problem (dunno what happened but my window didnt work mazda fixed free)
8. check engine light comes on once in a blue moon (usually restarting my car fixs the problem doesnt happen frequntly enough for me to care)
9. Wipers can come loose. (if you keep it on auto wipers and there is a lot of snow on your windshield or ice freezing them...the wipers have a special nut that loosens if there is too much tension on the wipers to not burn out the motor. To bad it happened to me in the winter when it decided to be freezing rain. Had to hold my hand out the window and make sure the wiper only went so far. Mazda will fix it the first time for free but give you a warning)
10. Had the jumps too. if i gun it from a stop i get bad traction and the whole car shakes for a few seconds until i regain traction. Also recently if i brake hard i get a huge thud throught the car. I had to look behind me to make sure someone didnt rear-end me because that is what it felt like (no idea no solution)
So if you have any of the problems that I have not gotten fixed yet I would love to hear from you. or if you got any of them fixed. I guess having the first of something isnt always the best seeing is I seem to have had everyones problems so far. Oh and as a side note some bastard keyed the entire driver side of my M3 i think because I was partially blocking the sidewalk at my friends house :'(
And also if you dont already have tints GET THEM! They make the car trust me and they are not very expensive at all.
Thanks,
David James