How are the MS3's Holding up?

[SSMS3]

21,000 miles and no issues. Great car in a straight line or in mild street driving. Not so great on a road course, as I discovered after purchasing it. For the average driver it's a phenomenal bargain.

Care to elaborate on the road course comment? I'd like to do some track days and have 'read' nothing but good things about the car on a track. Except for the guy who lost his brakes

Back to the OP
I have 21k and had a few issues in the first 10k miles, including being stranded twice and flatbedded to the dealership. Since then though it's been great, no problems

 

[///M Compact]

Care to elaborate on the road course comment? I'd like to do some track days and have 'read' nothing but good things about the car on a track. Except for the guy who lost his brakes

At my last HPDE I was able to stick with two other instructors who had modded Mini Coopers, but I felt like I was fighting the car almost the entire time. After twenty years of HPDEs(ten of them as an instructor) the MS3 was the first car that made me look forward to the white flag and the end of each session.

 

[dandydaniel]

500 miles. no glaring problems besides my right knee rubbing on the center console, a couple squeeks coming from the center dash, and the gear box feeling like utter crap. but besides that i'd rate the car 11/10

 

[Ghoust]

I have had one CEL due to a leak in my cold air intake, other then that, the car runs and drives great. It is my daily driver so it keeps me satisfied until the weekend when I drive my 500rwhp cobra.

 

[ivanhoe]

22k miles only cobb springs and injen intake...no problem at all! Love the car

 

[FrequentFlyer]

Bought the car May 27th and have about 6,000 miles on her already. No problems other than the Bose radio issue that seems to be common with the 08.5's, but I haven't had the time or patience to take it to the dealer for service.

 

[iredremix]

almost 23000 miles, 1 year and 1 month... i had to get 2 motor mounts replaced cuz they were cracked and bolts were stripped. o2 sensor had to be changed. bolts on sways had to be changed. other than that pretty good lmao

 

[714ms3]

09's are already out so. I got mine already.

Ummmm, are you sure about that home skillet??
Maybe you mean to say that you pre-ordered your 09, but none of the 09's have actually shipped yet to my knowledge.
Maybe you are referring to a 2008.5???

 

[mordant80]

Ummmm, are you sure about that home skillet??
Maybe you mean to say that you pre-ordered your 09, but none of the 09's have actually shipped yet to my knowledge.
Maybe you are referring to a 2008.5???

They're out, another member took a picture of a 2009 sticker for one he saw on a dealer lot.

As for my input on reliability, it's a great car, unfortunately I've been graced with an overheating problem at 7k miles. Probably thermostat, but the dealer is saying they think the head is cracked as well. My incident is the only one i've heard like this, so hopefully this is isolated to me.

 

[Kain]

Ummmm, are you sure about that home skillet??
Maybe you mean to say that you pre-ordered your 09, but none of the 09's have actually shipped yet to my knowledge.
Maybe you are referring to a 2008.5???

No, we're pretty sure on this one.

 

[F430TECH]

1098 Miles...holding up JUST FINE~!~!

LMAO

 

[number95]

2009's are out. There's several in the Seattle area I'm looking at.
Just my $.02

 

[Conso]

38k on mine and still going strong

 

[coololddude]

sweeeeeet! no problems. doesn't even burn any oil. (except when my hair catches on fire!)

 

[J-Rod76]

2008 with about 8500 miles on the clock with almost no issues at all other than the rock chips on the hood and front bumper. If I could go back I would have had a clear bra or something like that installed the day I drove it off the lot.

Off subject but... I thought the 2008.5s were going to be the last ones made?

 

[imac]

only 2100 miles on mine, but no issues whatsoever.

 

[Design]

I'm in the same boat and looking at the 09 CWP MS3 Sport. I've heard of several owners with 60K+ and minimal issues. It's rare that Mazdaspeed produces a model for more than 2 years, so that should say something about this version.

 

[viper117630]

I love this car and it is holding up well. 6k miles and no issues other than those freaking paint chips!

 

[Alexsered]

40,110 miles and no issues. Had a couple issues like cylander missfire, which was fixed with some octane booster. Got the engine mount replaced and has bee a great ride so far.

Most people have been very happy with the car, there have been a couple that just get a random lemon, but nothing consistant.

 

[DaleNixon]

890 miles and my right side view mirror glass fell out! Other than that she's still good!