Faults:

The brakes have been replaced twice.

The clutch has been replaced twice.

The water pump has been replaced.

The driver's side window motor and grips went bad, and were replaced.

The rotors have been replaced.

The ball-joint broke.

The front springs cracked and broke.

The automatic seat belt motor is going bad.

General Comments:

This car is a very sporty car and gets 30 miles to the gallon, 40 on freeway.

However, the MX3 is very expensive to repair and is time to retire only at age 10.

Faults:

I bought the car at around 140K miles, so I replaced all for struts as a safety precaution. New tires were also needed.

So far my intake hose has cracked, but that was an easy fix. Watch out for cracks in the lines, because it will mess with your sensor.

The next to go was my thermostat, which was a cheap fix, but took forever to find and was a major pain to change. Simply getting to parts in this car is difficult.

Besides that nothing really major has happened wrong to it.

General Comments:

Ya, now for the good stuff!

The V6 model of the MX3 is the only one to get, in styling and performance. It has 130hp, which compared to the 4cyl's 88hp, it is a necessity. Honda's will look at you and say "what? v6?" and then get smoked.

In my opinion, it is worth every penny I spent, and will eventually spend fixing it up! With the option to swap a Japanese MX6 2.5L 200hp engine in as a "bolt on mod," you can't pass this car up! (literally!)

Off the line, this car will beat most of the competition in its class. Lots of cargo room in the back, sunroof, and full power features make this also a luxury vehicle! Check it out! I'm sure it will make you smile when you take those mountain roads!

(Did I mention the speedometer goes up to 150mph?)

Faults:

When I first got the car I had to replace the Drive Axel, which cost $150.57, which got down about a month after I purchased the car.

After that I had to replace the Clutch, which cost about $600, and that was after I have had it for about 3 months.

Then, the last and current repair, is the rear drive differential.

All above parts are high performance which explains the high prices.

General Comments:

This car has the smoothest handling and ride performance in any other car I've ever test driven.

It has great acceleration and a very smooth turning.

It's low to the ground, so if you're a big guy, it's sometimes hard to get out of the first couple of times.

Faults:

Broken CV joint had to be replaced at around 60k.

Engine oil had to be replenished even everything was checked to be OK!

General Comments:

This car is the perfect cop bait (mine is a red one), even when driven non-aggressively.

Nice look, nice exhaust sound, nice engine - too bad Mazda doesn't make it anymore.

I owned both 4-cyl and V6 model - get the V6 by all means, it's well worth the money.

The roof held in place exceptionally well even my MX-3 rolled over. (Yes, I crawled out from the rear hatch unhurt!)