Wifey's car is a 2005 Mazda 6 Sport. Has been relatively trouble and maintenance free since purchase, although at 137,000 it's beginning to get balky.
Current issue is an oil leak at what appears to be the crank seal. Dealer says it's the oil pan, but I've traced the leak and it sure looks like it's coming from behind the crank pulley. Drips enough to hit a heat shield and stink regularly. Ignition misses with some frequency, but never enough to throw a code or light the CEL. Have put several coil packs in the car but there are still a few original ones. Other issue is the torque strut, or "dog bone" on the rear of the engine. Hers is all torn up and the soft bits of it are failing. I see that they are all over the different FLAPS, so I pick one up to replace hers. Hmmm. Looks very similar, but things like bolt hole centers are slightly different. Interesting. I take it back and we go through the various applications. All say it fits her car. So now I go to the dealer. No stock. No projected delivery date. Picture looks identical to the FLAPS version. A parts manual line drawing, so I'm not too concerned at this point. Dealer is getting one for me and when it comes in we're going to play "match the part". If I could afford to I would replace the car at this point, but it's not budgeted for replacement until this summer. She is due for an increase at work shortly, so that might move things up a little. We will probably buy another Mazda 6, as she likes the car and the current one has been good. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 7, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I'd have a Korean car before a Toyota or Honda. You look at who fights > recalls and who doesn't. > Actually my top five favorite rental cars go from most favorite down:#1. > Mazda 6 - would have been a 2004 or 2005, had it in Halifax, NS. Fun car in a > fun place to drive#2. Hyundai Elantra - 2009ish - fun little car weighted > down slightly by the Microsoft entertainment system#3. Nissan Altima - > everything I liked about the Mazda almost.#4. Dodge Challenger - mine had a > v6 and highway gears but it was comfortable and fun to thrash through the > Angeles National Forest#5. Kia Soul - this one shocked me but I have had 2 of > them now, they're spacious, zippy, have good sight lines, easy to park, easy > to reverse and well designed ergonomically. > Least favorite was the Dodge PT Cruiser, what a crappy little car. Close > runner up is the boring as sin Camry. I actually lost one in a parking lot. > Couldn't be bothered to remember what it looked like. > -Curt > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
