This price is 24.2 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $5522
Fair price: $6437
High price: $7351
MPG: 0 mpg city / 0 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Sky Blue
Dealer: Premiere Chevrolet
Mileage: 166,161
Year: 2012
Ownership Cost for 2012 Mazda 3 (i Touring)
Estimated: $36108 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2367
$1136
$994
$900
$805
$6202
Insurance
$1801
$1864
$1929
$1996
$2066
$9656
Fuel
$1182
$1217
$1260
$1310
$1369
$6338
Maintenance
$2182
$1478
$946
$889
$2024
$7519
Repairs
$755
$934
$1061
$1184
$1373
$5307
Taxes & Fees
$732
$732
$732
$732
$732
$1084
Total Ownership Costs
$9019
$6713
$6296
$6348
$7732
$36108
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: 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: Touring/GS
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
STEERING
2008 MAZDA 3 HAS ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORFICE IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM THE FUSE THAT CONTROLS THIS VALVE BLEW FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MAY 11TH, 2009. IT HAS BLOWN 2 ADDITIONAL TIMES, INCLUDING TODAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. UNLIKE OTHER MANUFACTURERS, WHEN THIS FUSE BLOWS, THE VALVE CLOSES, CUTTING OFF ALL FLOW TO THE RACK, DISABLING THE POWER ASSIST. WHEN THE FUSE BLEW TODAY, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, TURNING LEFT. I HAD TO STRUGGLE TO TURN SHARP ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING A CAR WAITING TO GO STRAIGHT. THE VALVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO STAY OPEN WHEN POWER IS REMOVED, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE ASSIST TO BE AT IS GREATEST AMOUNT, NOT LOSING ALL ASSIST BY CLOSING. *TR
2012
POWER TRAIN
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
