This deal is profitable. The price is 27 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $6085
Fair price: $7125
High price: $8164
MPG: 0 mpg city / 0 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black Cloth Seats
Color: Tungsten Gray Metallic
Dealer: Car Country
Mileage: 75,644
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Mazda 6 (s Sport Value Edition)
Estimated: $41109 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2291
$1100
$962
$871
$779
$6003
Insurance
$1664
$1723
$1783
$1845
$1910
$8925
Fuel
$1814
$1868
$1934
$2011
$2102
$9729
Maintenance
$2763
$1861
$1065
$987
$2291
$8967
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$695
$695
$695
$695
$695
$1030
Total Ownership Costs
$10204
$7769
$7142
$7196
$8799
$41109
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3000.0
Displacement CI: 183.07123228419
Displacement L: 3.0
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 212
Engine KW: 158.0884
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: AUTO ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, USA
Manufacturer Id: 978
Model: Mazda6
Model Year: 2008
Plant City: Flat Rock
Plant Company Name: AAI
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Core grade (Canada only)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
POWER TRAIN
I HADN'T HAD THE CAR TOO LONG AND WAS TAKING OFF FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE HARD SHIFT FIRST OCCURRED. I REALLY THOUGHT I'D BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN FOR AWHILE, THEN IT STARTED HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY SO I TOOK IT IN. I TOOK IT TO MULTIPLE MAZDA DEALERS, WHERE I WOULD LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT FOR THEM TO TRY AND REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THEY ALWAYS INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT SO I GAVE UP FOR AWHILE. IT GOT WORSE AND THEN I SAW A TSB ONLINE ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE SUPPOSED FIX IS TO FLASH THE COMPUTER CHIP. EVERY DEALER I CONTACTED ABOUT IT SAID THEY'D CHARGE AN HOUR LABOR TO DO THIS, AND MY PRIVATE MECHANIC COULDN'T DO IT AS IT'S SOME MAGICAL THING ONLY THE DEALERS CAN DO. ANYWAY I HAVE NOT HAD IT FLASHED YET, THE CAR IS COMING UP ON 147K AND THE PROBLEM IS NOW SO BAD THAT IT'S DANGEROUS. I WILL HAVE THE FLASH DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL HELP. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED A YEAR AGO AS I WAS NEARLY HIT BY A BIG RIG WHEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN IN THE FAST LANE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS AND SIMILAR REALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEMS, THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO. *TR
2008
POWER TRAIN
I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED THE 'AT' LIGHT COME ON AND A JOLTING IN SHIFTING GEARS AND A REAL " DRAG" WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE FOLLOWING FAULT CODES "'TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID INTERMITTENT" AND "TRANSMISSION FLUID PRESSURE SENSOR/SWITCH" INDICATE THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE I WAS SHOCKED THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR A 5 YEAR OLD CAR. I ONLY AVERAGE 12,500 MILES PER YEAR, HAVE HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE, HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A TRANSMISSION BREAKING DOWN ON SUCH A " YOUNG" CAR. I BELIEVE THEY BUILT THE CAR WITH A POOR QUALITY PRODUCT AND NOW THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. EVEN PRIOR TO THE CURRENT MILEAGE I HAD NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS JERKY AND "BUCKS" AND NOT POWERFUL WHEN ACCELERATING BUT I CHALKED IT UP TO IT BEING A 4 CYLINDER CAR-- PRIOR TO THIS VEHICLE I HAD OWNED 6 CYLINDER VEHICLES-- SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PERHAPS THESE THINGS WERE AN INDICATION OF A FAILING TRANSMISSION. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I FELT THAT MAZDA MAY HAVE A FAULTY/ CHEAP TRANSMISSION AND I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT THEY WOULD NOT HEAR ME OUT. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BREAK DOWN AFTER ONLY 5 YEARS. MY PREVIOUS CARS LASTED UNTIL 120,000 -150,000 WITHOUT MAJOR BREAKDOWNS. I AM LIVID AND I FEEL I HAVE NO RECOURSE. I HOPE SOMEONE INVESTIGATES THIS MATTER. WHAT A HUGE LET DOWN!!! THERE IS NO " ZOOM ZOOM" IN THIS CAR. WHAT A FARCE!!!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW I WILL PAY FOR THIS. I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING OF THIS ISSUE. *TR
