This deal is profitable. The price is 12.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $9203
Fair price: $10196
High price: $11188
MPG: 28 mpg city / 39 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Dune Leather
Color: Indigo Ink Pearl
Dealer: Down Under Auto Sales
Mileage: 81,381
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Mazda 3 (i Grand Touring)
Estimated: $38693 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2775
$1332
$1165
$1054
$943
$7269
Insurance
$1850
$1914
$1981
$2051
$2122
$9918
Fuel
$1164
$1199
$1241
$1291
$1349
$6244
Maintenance
$2324
$1640
$1055
$1130
$2089
$8238
Repairs
$817
$991
$1127
$1249
$1444
$5628
Taxes & Fees
$941
$941
$941
$941
$941
$1394
Total Ownership Costs
$9871
$7184
$6707
$6862
$8070
$38693
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 5
Engine Model: PE Federal/Canada
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2012
Plant City: Hofu
Plant Company Name: Mazda Motor Corporation
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Yamaguchi
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Grand Touring/GT
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE BATTERY APPEARS TO BE DEAD. AFTER JUMP START, THE CAR WORKS FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START IF LEFT TO SIT OVER NIGHT WITHOUT DRIVING. THE BATTERY WILL NOT POWER THE VEHICLE AND WILL NOT ALLOW FUEL TO EXCHANGE FOR A PUSH START (MANUAL 5 SPEED). THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO BEAVERTON MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN BEAVERTON OREGON. THEY TESTED FOR ELECTRICAL LEAKS AND FOUND NONE. DID NOT REPLACE BATTERY. DEALERSHIP GAVE BATTERY A SLOW CHARGE OVERNIGHT. THE BATTERY WAS TESTED AND THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED BATTERY WAS IN LIKE NEW CONDITION. THE CAR DIES 6 DAYS LATER AFTER NOT BEING DRIVEN FOR 1 DAY. TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND MORE TESTS ARE DONE, WAS CHARGED FOR AN INSPECTION BILL THAT SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. ALMOST 1 YEAR LATER, CAR NOT DRIVEN FOR 1 DAY AND BATTERY IS DEAD. SEEMS TO LEAK ELECTRICITY SOMEWHERE THAT CANNOT BE FOUND. *TR
2012
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR SOMETIMES SURGES DURING DOWNSHIFTING. I WILL BE DRIVING IN MODERATE TRAFFIC IN THIRD GEAR. THE TRAFFIC SLOWS, AND I LET IN THE CLUTCH AND APPLY THE BRAKE. WHEN THE TRAFFIC STARTS TO PICK UP AGAIN, I AM GOING TOO SLOW FOR THIRD, SO I SHIFT INTO SECOND AND LET THE CLUTCH OUT. MY RIGHT FOOT IS JUST RESTING LIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IDLING FAST, BUT AS SOON AS THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ROARS AND THE CAR LEAPS FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT PRESSED THE GAS AT ALL. I LET IN THE CLUTCH AGAIN TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I LET IT OUT AGAIN, IT WORKS NORMALLY. THIS HAPPENS ONCE, TWICE, OR NOT AT ALL IN A 40-MILE ROUND TRIP OUT OF TOWN AND BACK. IT ALSO HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN I MAKE A LEFT TURN WITHOUT STOPPING, BUT WHERE I NEED TO SLOW AND DOWNSHIFT. I COAST INTO THE TURN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL IN, SHIFT DOWN, AND ATTEMPT TO LET THE CLUTCH OUT WHEN COMING OUT OF THE TURN. I WOULD EXPECT THE CAR TO SLOW WHEN I SHIFT DOWN UNLESS I AM PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, BUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN ME IS GIVING IT GAS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, AND IT NEVER HAPPENS TWICE IN A ROW. I HAVE MADE IT HAPPEN ON PURPOSE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS PURE LUCK. IT HAPPENS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC IN OUR AREA, IT ENDS UP USUALLY BEING THIRD TO SECOND. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN DOWNSHIFTING INTO THIRD OR FOURTH ALSO. *TR
