Faults:

Well, nothing serious has gone wrong with this car, and I have to admit I am fairly hard on it... but I have had a bunch of smaller issues.

1) Trunk latch and key entry both don't work, so I have to go through my backseat to get into the trunk

2) Driver window control (controls passenger window) button broke, but mechanics still work; just the button is broken.

3) Sun roof only cracks up... not all the way back

4) Some of the roof carpeting is peeling and sagging around the edges.. due to water?

General Comments:

I really do like this car. I am a faster driver, and this car has the pick up and maintains good speed. I find this car wants to run at around 130-140 kph, and find it is always creeping up to this speed. It handles very well at high speeds, and does drift, but in a controlled manner.

The front seats are very comfortable, but being 6"4', the back seats are nearly impossible to sit in.

Pretty good on gas, and there is a very small oil leak in the engine somewhere (don't have to worry about it at all, but there is often small amounts of oil on the engine if you lift the hood), but I hear it is always going to happen after having a car that is running on 14 years of age...

Also I've never had to fix or replace, but I've heard some of the parts on that car would be a huge pain to replace; the starter, alternator... and you may even need to take the engine out to replace them. I'm not sure, but I've just been told.

Also drove 15 hours straight with a U-haul trailer packed right to the max when I moved through the mountains of B.C. and not once did this car shudder or stress, hauling a heavy load up the mountain roads.

All in all, I have driven this car already 45,000+ KM, and all I've had to replace are the headlights, and that is it. I WOULD recommend this car to other buyers.

Faults:

Hi, I just bought an MX-6 Mazda 4 cylinder engine, with just over 100K miles.

The paint sucks, but I'm gonna paint it.

I had the transmission oil filter changed because the transmission light kept turning on. It's stopped, but now there are problems with the transmission. Once I get it over 90mph, the speedometer goes to 0mph, and the infamous HOLD button on the display blinks. It also neutralizes when going up a hill or a gentle rise on the road. I quickly shift into neutral and then back to Drive and it grabs gears,... Any help pps?

Faults:

The car is dead sexy to look at, and it draws comments everywhere it goes. That is, when it goes! Entry and egress are a bit difficult, but not too imposing, and once inside the leather seats are supportive and comfortable.

Those are the good points. The bad points are many!

The leather seats wore out fairly early. The leather door insert was soon to follow. The brakes squeal constantly, sometimes louder than other times. For a sporty car it takes a long time to stop. The trans is nothing, but a quagmire; it requires way too much maintenance and rebuilding at an early age. The shifter is a hunk of crap and will get caught between gears. It eats batteries. The paint's clearcoat flakes off all over, requiring annual repaints. And worst of all, the thirsty V6 barfs out gaskets at the drop of a hat! It is expensive getting them replaced all the time.

So why did I keep this car so long? I've got so much time and money in it that I have to keep it in order to recoup my investment. I wish I had never seen this car!

General Comments:

Good to look at, but I wish I'd never seen this car!