Reliability?

[cindy]

My MSP has it's own bay in the service departments. The rear sway bar has been through 7 sets of bushings. The front has been through 2 sets. I had a recurring exhaust leak which took 3 visits to end up with a new exhaust manifold. Two coolant leaks, most recently near the turbo. I now am waiting on an ABS sensor that is on backorder for a week, a new AC compressor, new motor mounts and the rear sway bar is at it again. It has been to the dealer 5 times in the last 2 months. My printout of warranty claims is almost 2 pages long. At 33,000 miles, I really think this is excessive.

Anyone else have this much trouble?

 

[silverspeed03]

NO, Mine runs great!!!, Sorry to hear that though, I know what that feels like my Chevy Blazer was the same way.

 

[FrozenMazda]

If it's any consolation, I'm on my third turbo manifold after the first two warped. Other than that, it's great.

 

[Brad]

Lemon law anyone?

 

[girth]

Yeah Cindy, I've had about that much trouble.....

Lets see....
4 sets of rear bushings
2 sets of front bushings
3 different wheel bearings for passenger front
2 different wheel hubs for passenger front
3 different coolant leaks that I had to take it to a "special" dealer to get fixed *eye roll*
1 loose clunking end-link that made it sound like the car was about to literally fall apart
1 flat bed tow to the dealer due to a retarded alarm from hell that made the car inoperable.
1 Radio that has flipped out and said "yeah, I'm going to take a break for a while" multiple times...never bothered to get that replaced since Kenwood sucks hairy asshole
1 leaky-ass trunk that fills up with water
....and hell that's all that comes to mind right now...I'm sure I'm leaving something out.

 

[ZenProtege]

3 broken windshields
2 coolant leaks
the rear lip started pealing off, the dealer pulled it off completely and tried to give it back to me as being fixed
Front lip is falling off
broken intercooler pipe
rear brake pad just fell apart destroying rotor w/ it, no warr.coverage
rear bushings replaced, did no good

 

[MazdaDryvr]

I dont even remember how many problems I had, not quite so many as some but it was enough. I traded in on a 2004 WRX last December because of the lack of reliability. Too bad really, I loved my MSP at one point but I saw the future and it looked expensive once the warranty was up.