Please help? I've got a 2001 Mazda MP3
I have 2 problems:
1. I love her, but she gets me stuck in the worst of places during a New England snow storm! I can't take another winter like this! I called for snow tires and they were $210 each! I see you guys talking about smaller sized wheels for winter, so I called around tire places and even the MAZDA DEALERSHIP, but everyone tells me the only size tire is the stock 205/45/17 and that I'm not supposed to put a smaller size wheel on. I can't find anyone to help me figure out the size I need or how to do this. Please tell me so I'm not stuck spinning my tires! Thank you, thank you!
2. Yesterday (after getting stuck and spinning wheels) I finally got pushed out and my steering locked up while driving down the road! I was able to make one final (very hard to turn the wheel) into a lot, and then after it was parked I couldn't move the steering wheel at all. I checked the steering fluid and it was just below the line, but still, I lost steering instanaously! I had to leave the car in the lot, went back to it a few hours later, filled up the steering fluid and it was fine, except my whole dashboard lights are out now and it's making a funny noise. Wha do you think happened?
Sorry for making such a huge post, but all the guys seem to understand the car lingo and I'm just a girl with no mechanical skills or help, and I love my car (even though she's all banged up from a slip and slide last winter!)(bump)
Thank you!!
-Mary
I have 2 problems:
1. I love her, but she gets me stuck in the worst of places during a New England snow storm! I can't take another winter like this! I called for snow tires and they were $210 each! I see you guys talking about smaller sized wheels for winter, so I called around tire places and even the MAZDA DEALERSHIP, but everyone tells me the only size tire is the stock 205/45/17 and that I'm not supposed to put a smaller size wheel on. I can't find anyone to help me figure out the size I need or how to do this. Please tell me so I'm not stuck spinning my tires! Thank you, thank you!
2. Yesterday (after getting stuck and spinning wheels) I finally got pushed out and my steering locked up while driving down the road! I was able to make one final (very hard to turn the wheel) into a lot, and then after it was parked I couldn't move the steering wheel at all. I checked the steering fluid and it was just below the line, but still, I lost steering instanaously! I had to leave the car in the lot, went back to it a few hours later, filled up the steering fluid and it was fine, except my whole dashboard lights are out now and it's making a funny noise. Wha do you think happened?
Sorry for making such a huge post, but all the guys seem to understand the car lingo and I'm just a girl with no mechanical skills or help, and I love my car (even though she's all banged up from a slip and slide last winter!)(bump)
Thank you!!
-Mary
