This price is 34.5 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $5327
Fair price: $6317
High price: $7306
MPG: 18 mpg city / 26 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: Action Auto Sales and Finance Inc.
Mileage: 129,966
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 Mazda MAZDASPEED3 (Grand Touring 5-Door)
Estimated: $41994 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2493
$1197
$1047
$947
$848
$6532
Insurance
$1691
$1750
$1812
$1875
$1941
$9069
Fuel
$1773
$1826
$1890
$1965
$2054
$9508
Maintenance
$2763
$1950
$1125
$1119
$2291
$9248
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$796
$796
$796
$796
$796
$1180
Total Ownership Costs
$10494
$7952
$7286
$7398
$8863
$41994
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 2300.0
Displacement CI: 140.35461141788
Displacement L: 2.3
Doors: 5
Engine HP: 263
Engine KW: 196.1191
Engine Model: L3T (2.3L) Turbo Federal
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: MAZDA
Manufacturer: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Manufacturer Id: 1041
Model: Mazda3
Model Year: 2008
Plant City: Hofu
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Yamaguchi
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Turbo: Yes
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2008
SEAT BELTS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA SPEED 3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. HE THEN IMMEDIATELY CRASHED INTO THE ROAD BARRIER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WEBBING WOULD NOT ADJUST SECURELY. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE WHEN ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000.
2008
COMMUNICATIONS:HORN ASSEMBLY
MOST CARS HAVE TWO HORN TONES, A "LOW" AND A "HIGH." FOR THE US MARKET, THE MAZDA3/SPEED3 DELETES THE "LOW" TONE. THE REMAINING "HIGH" TONE IS TOO WEAK TO BE HEARD BY SURROUNDING MOTORISTS. I HAVE ADDED AN AFTERMARKET LOW TONE AND HAVE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES THIS UPGRADE HAS PREVENTED A CRASH. WHICH MAKES ME WONDER HOW THE NHTSA ALLOWED MAZDA TO SELL CARS IN THE US WITH SUCH WORTHLESS HORNS? *TR
