This deal is profitable. The price is 14.5 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $6171
Fair price: $7000
High price: $7828
MPG: 22 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black Cloth
Color: Silver
Dealer: 1AND2 Automotive
Mileage: 110,134
Year: 2011
Ownership Cost for 2011 Mazda 3 i Sport
Estimated: $37115 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2237
$1074
$939
$850
$760
$5860
Insurance
$1748
$1810
$1873
$1938
$2006
$9375
Fuel
$1368
$1409
$1459
$1517
$1585
$7338
Maintenance
$2395
$1532
$944
$838
$2122
$7831
Repairs
$835
$1007
$1146
$1268
$1464
$5720
Taxes & Fees
$668
$668
$668
$668
$668
$989
Total Ownership Costs
$9251
$6908
$6458
$6473
$8024
$37115
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: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 4
Engine Model: LFX Federal / Canada
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2011
Plant City: Hofu, Yamaguchi
Plant Country: Japan
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Sport/GX
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
TIRES
12/26/12, TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OFF HIGHWAY IMMEDIATELY, TIRE FLAT, NUT HOLDING PRESSURE STEM HAD DISINTEGRATED AND STEM WENT INSIDE TIRE. 1/2/13, ANOTHER TIRE WENT FLAT IN PARKING AREA, NEIGHBOR CAME OVER TO PUT AIR IN TIRE, NUT HOLDING PRESSURE STEM HAD DISINTEGRATED AND STEM WENT INSIDE TIRE. MAZDA DEALERSHIP MADE REPAIR AND SAID THE OTHER TWO TIRE STEM NUTS WOULD GO IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. ALL FOUR TIRE STEM NUTS WERE REPLACED. RESEARCH ON INTERNET SHOWS THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURED TO MANY PEOPLE OWNING DIFFERENT MAKE/MODEL/YEAR VEHICLES. APPARENTLY A DEFECTIVE NUT AND STEM SYSTEM WITH ONE OF THREE SERIAL NUMBERS WERE ON ALL THE VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. I BELIEVE THESE NUT AND STEM SYSTEMS WITH THESE SERIAL NUMBERS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS TO AVOID ANYONE EXPERIENCING A DANGEROUS BLOWOUT. A NUT ON THE WHEEL SHOULD NOT BE MADE OF A MATERIAL THAT DISINTEGRATES IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS EVEN IF IT IS IN CONTACT WITH ROAD SALT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE FACT THAT TWO NUTS DISINTEGRATED IN 8 DAYS AND PROBABILITY OF NEXT TWO IN TWO WEEKS SHOULD RAISE RED FLAGS IMMEDIATELY. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE! I AM SUBMITTING THIS INFORMATION FOR MY DAUGHTER AS SHE IS STILL VERY UPSET OVER THIS HAVING HAPPENED AND HAVING INCURRED GREAT EXPENSE ON HER PART. *TR
2011
SUSPENSION
I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF A KNOWN REAR CAMBER ISSUE ON THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE MAZDA 3. THE REAR WHEELS ON MAZDA 3 TILT INWARD AT THE TOP. REAR CAMBER ALIGNMENT MATCHED TO "FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS" DOES NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE, AND TILT IS STILL PRESENT - CAUSING UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. MAZDA RECOMMENDS ROTATING THE TIRES TO AVOID UNEVEN WEAR, BUT THIS DOES NOT CORRECT THE TILT. ROTATING THE TIRES ACCORDING TO MAZDA'S RECOMMENDATION WITH REAR WORN TIRES BEING PLACED ON THE FRONT CAUSES ROAD NOISE ISSUES. I JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD, "THIS IS HOW THE MAZDA3 WAS BUILT TO ASSIST IN ROAD HANDLING." THE REAR CAMBERS OF THE VEHICLE ARE NON-ADJUSTABLE. IF THEY WERE ADJUSTABLE FROM THE FACTORY, MAZDA COULD RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE TIRES MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY NOW THAT WHAT IS CONSIDERED STANDARD - ON VEHICLES THAT ARE ABLE TO BE ADJUSTED SO THAT THE CAMBER IS AT 0В°. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, AND MAZDA IS AWARE OF IT, BUT WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I DISCOVERED HUNDREDS OF OTHER MAZDA CUSTOMERS DEALING WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR
