Purge Valve Stuck Again

[fraz_bb]

I've owned my MS6 for just under two years and have 19,000 miles on it.

This weekend, I experienced my 4th CEL. One of the CELs was the variable swirl shutter valve issue. The rest have been purge valve failures.

I know the original purge valve had a design flaw that caused it to fail. However, to resolve my first purge valve CEL, the dealership installed one of the newly design purge valves. When this one failed, the dealership claimed that the purge valve most likely had a manufacturing defect and failed prematurely.

Now, after replacing the purge valve for the third time, the dealership claims the Mazda has again released another newly designed purge valve because the first redesign didn't fix the problem.

Is the dealership giving me correct information? According to the invoice, they performed TSB 01-56/06 and replaced my purge valve with L3K9-18-740B.

Has anyone else had this many purge valve CELs?

 

[kalte]

wow..that's alot of times.

I had my valve replaced twice...first replacement failed within 2 weeks...second one lasted till now

but winter's coming now, I'm crossing my fingers i won't see the valve fail again.

 

[B-Raz]

yeah i have had my purge solenoid replaced twice already with only 10000 miles. I have also heard that they have redesigned the solenoid several times and it still keeps having the same issue.

 

[Funkycoldg]

Hey Guys,

I have a 07 MS3 and this is the second time it has happened to me and now I'm out of warranty. The first time it happened my car was in warranty so I was lucky. Now my dealer wants to charge me $440 to replace the valve and said to drive it for alittle and if the engine light comes on again it is my fuel pump going bad. I have had my car 2 years exactly and can't believe its a problem still. Any suggestions?