this is kind of long but its a rant on the crappy Mazda 3 I bought.
I wanted to save money by having a lower car and insurance payment, get better mileage and only pay for reg gas, so I sold my 2 yr old WRX wagon and bought a Mazda 3. I had a WRX sedan for two years before that. I wanted to save money so I could buy a second summer "fun" car.
I dont know if they are ALL like this, but the car I bought is a major POS!
It goes down the road ok with decent power, and it actually handles better than a stock WRX, but the overall quality of the car is a huge dissapointment. I cant believe I ever complained about a rattle here and there in my WRX's. My Mazda 3 has 6 to 8 different rattles, some are always there and some come and go with the temp. Actually I would be happy if it was just a few rattles but the car has a lot of other things that you would not expect in a $20,000 new car.T
he brakes squeal constantly I am afraid I am going to wake my neighbors every morning its so bad. Also Mazda sent out all the Mazda 3s with crappy rear pads that have excessive dusting. After 3-4 days of normal driving the rear wheels are almost black.
The wiper mechanism squeaks with every movement of the arms, and after buying 35.00 worth of new wiper blades for a 1 month old car, it turns out the wipers dont have enough pressure and dont fully clear the windsheild and thats real fun during a Metro Minnesota daily commute in the winter.
The car has a major clunking in the back even with all the privacy covers and trays out of the back of the car.
The doors have a tendency for something heavy in the door to be loose and of course mine has it on the passenger side.
All of these problems showed up in less than a month. Whats funny is that a lot of this stuff is covered by TSB's that the dealer has known about for a year but they sell the cars without fixing the TSB's ( brakes, loose thing in door wipers etc)
In four years I never took my WRX to the dealer for anything except the crusie control TSB.
I am sure I will get some "HaHa's, too bad" for this, but I wrote this post to help educate people about this lousy car and so you can persuade any freinds or family members from buying it.
When I complained about the quality on the Mazda3 forum, one guy said that he has taken his 3 to the dealer 13 times for problems but would still buy another!!!
The Mazda 3 is crap! I am hoping the dealer can fix the 3-4 major things so I can sell this POS, and either buy a 4 grand beater (and then I wont care if its rattley and old), or maybe buy an Impreza 2.5 wagon.
Does the Impreza 2.5 have the same suspension as the WRX?
