Potential future MPS owner - Common faults?
Hi ladies and gentlemen,
I have recently sold my BRZ with the intention of downsizing to something cheaper and more practical and found the 07-08 model Mazda 3 MPS Sport to be a great looking daily drive whilst retaining some fun factor.
After a little research I soon saw about the second gear issue with the selector fork and a friend of mine whom works as a service manager at Mazda said they do a lot of warranty work on the gearboxes for these cars in relation to this problem (says they always find metal in the boxes when the oils are changed over).
I was hoping some people here could chime in on the severity of this issue and if it is large enough to consider another option? Seeing as though most of these cars will be out of warranty I would not really want to have to rebuild a gearbox for an Inherent design fault.
Would appreciate any help regarding this and and anything else to look for, thanks in advance
Stevan