This price is 7.6 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $3902
Fair price: $4643
High price: $5383
MPG: 0 mpg city / 0 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Information Unavailable
Color: Charcoal
Dealer: Susie's Auto Center
Mileage: 173,769
Year: 2009
Ownership Cost for 2009 Mazda 3 i Sport
Estimated: $37743 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1988
$954
$835
$755
$676
$5208
Insurance
$1651
$1708
$1768
$1830
$1894
$8851
Fuel
$1500
$1545
$1599
$1663
$1738
$8045
Maintenance
$2763
$1623
$936
$740
$2291
$8353
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1297
$1417
$1627
$6456
Taxes & Fees
$560
$560
$560
$560
$560
$829
Total Ownership Costs
$9438
$7032
$6517
$6457
$8298
$37743
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2000
Displacement CI: 122.0474881894
Displacement L: 2
Doors: 4
Engine Model: LFX (2.0L) Federal
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2009
Plant City: Hofu
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Yamaguchi
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I HAVE HAD THE DEALER REPLACE FRONT END PARTS 2 TIMES. FIRST THE FRONT HUB BEARINGS. THEN THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ALSO PART OF THE FRONT END. THE CAR IS 2007 WITH 37,000 MILES. I HAVE OTHER CARS WITH OVER 100,000 MILES AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ANY OF THESE PARTS. *TR
2009
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR MOUNTED IN THE RIM FAILED AND THE TIRE LOST AIR PRESSURE WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY UNTIL IT WAS FLAT AND THE SPARE TIRE NEEDED TO BE MOUNTED. THE FLAT TIRE WAS LATER TAKEN TO A TIRE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FLAT WAS CAUSED BY CORROSION OF THE THREADED ALUMINUM STEM ON THE TPMS CAUSING THE PLASTIC RETAINING NUT TO CRACK AND FALL OFF RESULTING IN A LEAK AROUND THE RIM AND STEM. THE CORROSION WAS SO SEVERE THAT THE TPMS COULD NOT BE USED, AND A RUBBER VALVE STEM INSERTED. THE CORROSION WAS NOT OBVIOUS AS THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ROUTINELY INFLATES THE TIRES, THE NUT CONCEALED THE CORROSION. CORROSION THIS SEVERE WAS NOT ANTICIPATED AT 25K MILES OF DRIVING, THE TIRES WERE NOT YET WORN TO THE POINT OF REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THE DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF THE TPMS USED FOR THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS AS RAPID DEFLATION OF THE TIRE COULD HAVE RESULTED, THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE VALVE STEM DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY INDICATION OF PENDING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, THE EXPOSURE OF THE TIRE AND VALVE STEM TO DE-ICING MATERIALS IN THE NORTHEASTERN USA IS A NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE THAT WOULD WARRANT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER CORROSION PROTECTION THAN THE OEM TPMS THAT IS INSTALLED PROVIDES. A FULL RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TPMS'S INSTALLED IN THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR NEEDS TO BE MADE. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE HAS NEVER BEEN EXPERIENCED BY THE OWNER WHEN RUBBER VALVE STEMS WERE USED IN THE PAST, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT A NEW SAFETY DEVICE - TPMS - PRESENTS A HIGHER RISK FOR CATASTROPHIC RAPID DEFLATION OF A TIRE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THAN WOULD EVER BE EXPECTED. *TR
