This deal is profitable. The price is 2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $14722
Fair price: $15780
High price: $16837
MPG: 27 mpg city / 36 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Soul Red Metallic
Dealer: BMW Mountain View
Mileage: 43,675
Year: 2014
Ownership Cost for 2014 Mazda 3 (i Grand Touring)
Estimated: $37952 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3027
$1453
$1271
$1150
$1029
$7930
Insurance
$1951
$2019
$2090
$2163
$2239
$10462
Fuel
$1130
$1164
$1205
$1253
$1310
$6062
Maintenance
$1800
$1466
$1023
$1176
$1848
$7313
Repairs
$619
$809
$916
$1041
$1217
$4602
Taxes & Fees
$1067
$1067
$1067
$1067
$1067
$1580
Total Ownership Costs
$9595
$7033
$6660
$6883
$7781
$37952
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
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2014
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
2008
STEERING
I WAS DRIVING A 2008 MAZDA 3 WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. IT HAD ABOUT 25000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING AROUND A CURVE WHEN THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT. I CROSSED THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH SINCE I WASN'T PREPARED FOR SUCH A HARD TURN. I CONTACTED MAZDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DEFECT AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK FOR IT. I WAS GIVEN ANOTHER MAZDA 3 FOR A REPLACEMENT WHILE MINE WAS BEING FIXED. AFTER ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS OF DRIVING IT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I WAS ONCE AGAIN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THEY ONCE AGAIN SENT A TOW TRUCK AND GAVE ME A DIFFERENT CAR FOR A REPLACEMENT. WHILE TALKING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR THEY SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE ISSUE WAS DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING LINES. THESE LINES CORRODE FROM THE INSIDE AND THEN GET INTO THE POWER STEERING PUMP CAUSING IT TO FAIL. IT TOOK THEM SIX WEEKS TO GET MY CAR BACK TO ME. THEY SAID IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THAT MANY REPLACEMENT PARTS. *TR