Mazda 3 MPS Gen I problems you have had, warranty fixes

[MEL321]

Engine bolts - under the recall (gotta love that HUGE recall sticker inside the door)
Water Pump - but they wouldn't tell me why

and I have a pain-in-the-arse rattle in my door......drives me insane....which is why the stereo is up so loud all the time!

I'm up for my 50,000km service next month....so will wait to see what happens then!

[2000MNLESS]

well i'm pi$$ed the clutch has gone again has anyone else had probs with it going very prem like under 10000ks. i dont think it is stong enough.... after i had the last replaced i thought it felt snatchy took back and they said it was fine farkers... going to sell itnew i should have bought the fg xr6t back when i was looking 4 a new cargod dam i'm MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clutch is slipping??

Have them inspect the flywheel for excessive back/forth movement between the two plates. Some rotational play is fine, back and forth movement like grabbing one end of a clothes peg will cause your clutch to slip under heavy load.

Failing that buy a HD clutch from the U.S.

The Spec Performance Stage 2+ clutch is the way to go, but expect it to cost you a pretty penny if you import one...... crappy dollar..

[Wayne]

Cracked 2nd gear bearing (gear box replaced)
Rear shocks replaced
Nasty rattling noise underneath the windscreen wipers (took Mazda x3 times of pulling out dash to figure out the noise is from the outisde)

All these within the 2000ks.

20,000kms later, middle console and driver side seat belt restrain creaks!

HAVING GREAT FUN WITH THE CAR.... NOT! lol


Wayne

[MISSMPS]

Drivers side window not doing the auto up and down thing...got a service due soon!!!

[AD07]

^^^^the owners manual is your friend..........

[remotegt]

im starting to get clunks from rear and middle underneath car.
must be swaybars losening up. ill get em fixed up asap

[kblume]

One of my mate's suggested that maybe they just didn't recalibrate whatever needs doing when they put the bigger wheels on them from the factory?
If this is such a common problem with them, maybe we should get a petition together to forward to Mazda Australia - or straight to Mazda Japan themselves.

The wheels are bigger on the MPS's, but the rolling circumference remains the same as normal 3's due to the lower profile rubber - so stock wheel / tyre fitment is not the cause. It is actually a cluster calibration issue AFAIK (my ScanGauge reads 93km/h when the cluster says bang on 100). If the cluster indicated the same as the ScanGauge (read: ECU), then there would not be a problem.

edit: The tacho is also the same (when bang on 3000rpm for instance, the ScanGauge (actual) rpm is ~2700).

Cheers.

Karl.

[Nexus]

If this is such a common problem with them, maybe we should get a petition together to forward to Mazda Australia - or straight to Mazda Japan themselves.

The speedo error is almost standard feature; rarely people report theirs shows correct speed. I am going to look into what electronic trickery would be needed for a speedo-corrector. I'll be looking to adjust the signal as sent to the gauage itself.

I may also look into a digital speedo.

Mazda know all about it - it's a quirk, but it doesn't need to be fixed for any ADR engineering reasons or roadworthy.

[TD]

The speedo error is almost standard feature; rarely people report theirs shows correct speed. I am going to look into what electronic trickery would be needed for a speedo-corrector. I'll be looking to adjust the signal as sent to the gauage itself.

I may also look into a digital speedo.

Mazda know all about it - it's a quirk, but it doesn't need to be fixed for any ADR engineering reasons or roadworthy.

I use a Scangauge II pretty much just for the speedo function, all the rest is a nice to have for me. The speed displayed by the Scangauge on my factory tyres at 5000km was +/- 1km/h off a proper survey standard Differential GPS receiver (work for an aerial photo survey/mapping/navigation company so borrowed a work one to compare).

The speedo markings up to 100km/h are so difficult to read anyway due to the small interval that a digital speedometer of some kind is very handy.

Might be worth seeing if there is already an existing digital speedo that plugs into the OBDII port, will save stuffing around with senders and manipulating the signal that goes into the dash. If not, an OBDII speedo might be a handy thing to make up if you're good with electronics...could find a bit of a market for it if cheap enough.

[Nexus]

...
Now, apparently the ADR regs state that speedos can be out by up to 14% UNDER what they read on the guage - Mazda say that 8-10% is what they are happy to accept.
They have offered me a "gesture" to try and fix the problem. This involves the car going in, having the cluster removed and then sent off to a government approved mob that will re-calibrate it under full supervision (so there's no dicky work with the odometer).
This will be about 7-10 days.
...kept saying that it was within the ADR regs, and that 8-10% out was better than some cars that are over the 14%. This went back and forth and I relaized I was not going to get any better than what they had offered....
Watch this space...

Hope you get a result you're happy with.

I'm a bit suss on some of the info they've provided you re: ADR regs. ADR regs are 10% max. I don't know who's told them or you 14%, but 14% is unroadworthy here in QLD. QLD transport max = 10% variation. I am confident ADR is 10% too.

It would be utterly ridiculous to have ADRs that produce illegal vehicles in some states. I suspect that 14% may have been concocted out of thin air to try and make you feel better. Very poor show if so.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

"Some vehicles with 14%" = speaking sh*t. There aren't any. I've never driven one. The 10% error we have to put up with is as bad as it gets. 1 or 2k more more and the vehicle becomes unroadworthy. That's the real reason mazda say their tolerance is 10% max. 10% is the tolerance the entire industry must meet. 14% my a**.