Mazda 3 low washer fluid light

[PeteyBoy3K]

It seems like the mazda 3 has one of the "low washer fluid" idiot lights that tells you when your washer fluid is almost empty. At least I remember reading about such a light in the manual... however yesterday I managed to get the tank bone dry and nothing came on...

have any of you seen the light come on? perhaps it is a package deal, or the manual just got it wrong... Or I get to have them replace something the first time I take it in :-D

thanks in advance.

Pete

 

[ExtremeMz3]

how did you dry the tank???? Did you just hold down the lever to spray???

 

[Da 6]

yeah seriously doubhted it existed....till i picked up my manual and it exists in the 6...all I got to say is take a flashlight to it and see if it exists in the cluster? That bulb didn't light up on initial cluster test?

 

[PeteyBoy3K]

how did you dry the tank???? Did you just hold down the lever to spray???

For about a month since I bought the car I was always washing pollen off the front and rear windshield (yay, rear windshield wiper ^_^ ). Thus, it was getting low

I was taking the car on it's first long car trip. It was spring and my car was becoming a bug morgue, thus, I was spraying off all the hardened protein goodness about once every two hours... and eventually, it sprayed no more.

so I guess it wasn't bone dry, but it was empty

not that I mind if I have to check the tank myself, but if something needs to be fixed, I wanna get it fixed. At least it's better than VW where if you run low it makes a really loud "oh my god you're car is on fire" type beep

 

[04mazda3s]

actually i had a problem, my washers are not spraying anymore, i thought first it was just dry so I looked and it was half way full. I have to take it to a dealer to get it checked, but what can be wrong?

 

[PeteyBoy3K]

ah, I failed to see the *

Welp, it looks like the low washer fluid light only comes with some models (I failed to notice the asterisk (*) next to the light description in the manual)

oh well. I wonder what sort of package you need to have to get that light.

 

[wongpres]

Welp, it looks like the low washer fluid light only comes with some models (I failed to notice the asterisk (*) next to the light description in the manual)

oh well. I wonder what sort of package you need to have to get that light.

For the N. American-spec Mazda6, and the Mazda 626 before it, the low windshield-washer light was only put into Canadian-spec models. I'm not sure if this is a Canadian-law requirement, or just something manufacturers do given our climate (e.g. many manufacturers make 'cold-weather' packages standard for Canada, including heated mirrors on the Mazda3).

So although it doesn't specifically say 'Canada-only' in the manual (like some other features), I'm pretty sure this is the situation with the Mazda3.

 

[PeteyBoy3K]

For the N. American-spec Mazda6, and the Mazda 626 before it, the low windshield-washer light was only put into Canadian-spec models. I'm not sure if this is a Canadian-law requirement, or just something manufacturers do given our climate (e.g. many manufacturers make 'cold-weather' packages standard for Canada, including heated mirrors on the Mazda3).

So although it doesn't specifically say 'Canada-only' in the manual (like some other features), I'm pretty sure this is the situation with the Mazda3.

*gasp* heated mirrors...
I miss heated mirrors. Oh well, that's what extra storage for kleenex is for.

 

[canada3]

*gasp* heated mirrors...
I miss heated mirrors. Oh well, that's what extra storage for kleenex is for.

+1 for the canuck...my 626 had the light too....heated mirrors rock

 

[JohnGalt]

Hi y'all,

I'm the proud owner of new 2004 titanium hatch exactly 217.5 hours old. Could any one please guide me as to how the heated side mirrors work? I've found nothing explicitly mentioned in the owner's manual so I'm wondering. Thanks.

 

[jflo]

the miata has a low washer fluid light...my thing is empty

 

[PeteyBoy3K]

Hi y'all,

I'm the proud owner of new 2004 titanium hatch exactly 217.5 hours old. Could any one please guide me as to how the heated side mirrors work? I've found nothing explicitly mentioned in the owner's manual so I'm wondering. Thanks.

don't they turn on with the rear defroster? I think they are all on the same switch

 

[wongpres]

Yes, turns on with rear defroster

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

At least it's better than VW where if you run low it makes a really loud "oh my god you're car is on fire" type beep

Yes, I hate that ******* noise on the VW's, I was driving a golf TDI, and going off the highway on an offramp, and that noise came on, and I was like, WTF? kinda scared cause it's not my car, then I saw the light and, relaxed a bit, and left it empty, as I didn't use any washer fluid.

 

[JohnGalt]

Heated mirrors:Thanks

Yes, turns on with rear defroster

Yes, I should be ashaned. I found the answer today after carefully reading the manual. Thank you for answering anyway.

 

[PeteyBoy3K]

Then again, canadians need that a lot more...

Hmmm, there must be some sort of regulations difference as to what lights are needed and what features governments smile upon.... in Atlanta, the need for defrosting the mirrors and spraying large amounts of accumulated road salt off of the windows (which is why you'd want the low washer fluid light) will probably occur... two days in each year... or never. And really, if there is snow on the ground in a southern city, you don't wanna drive.

but what about the northern states? making a trip through Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and the like in winter will make those features rather handy.

 

[ashutoshsm]

The washer fluid level light DOES NOT work in the 6. People have, though, figured out a way to install a sensor in the fluid reservoir and hook it up the the existing, but unconnected light in the dash (mazda6tech)

 

[Brian MP5T]

It seems like the mazda 3 has one of the "low washer fluid" idiot lights that tells you when your washer fluid is almost empty. At least I remember reading about such a light in the manual... however yesterday I managed to get the tank bone dry and nothing came on...

have any of you seen the light come on? perhaps it is a package deal, or the manual just got it wrong... Or I get to have them replace something the first time I take it in :-D

thanks in advance.

Pete

Sucks

 

[Mazda3ofKent]

Hmmm, there must be some sort of regulations difference as to what lights are needed and what features governments smile upon.... in Atlanta, the need for defrosting the mirrors and spraying large amounts of accumulated road salt off of the windows (which is why you'd want the low washer fluid light) will probably occur... two days in each year... or never. And really, if there is snow on the ground in a southern city, you don't wanna drive.

but what about the northern states? making a trip through Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and the like in winter will make those features rather handy.

Try living in one of them

 

[Da 6]

The washer fluid level light DOES NOT work in the 6. People have, though, figured out a way to install a sensor in the fluid reservoir and hook it up the the existing, but unconnected light in the dash (mazda6tech)

Yep when I pulled my front bumper to get the clear side markers on I noticed there was nothing in the resivior... (notcool) so far I have tcs, abs, and a washer fluid light that doesn't work...