Tech section

[Mspeed3]

Is anybody interested in a tech/maintainence section of the 3/Speed3/Axela?
It would be a great place to talk about common problems, solutions, and troubleshooting. I recently had a shifter problem with my speed 3 and there was no where to post it. Hopefully our experiences fixing our cars will help others with similar problems.

thanks,

Sean

[Kansei]

any tech stuff should just be posted right in this section. Stuff that's just like "yay I love my Mazda3" or a "what have you done to your Mazda3 today?" thread if you guys have one of those, that belongs in the "lounge and welcome area" subforum. Any how-tos, the how-to section, etc. Trust me, the last thing this forum needs is more subforums :P

[jbiird317]

interesting idea, mods are discussing it... i think kansei is right tho, already a ton of sub-forums, anything that falls through the cracks of those should probably be posted right here

[turbofever]

Is anybody interested in a tech/maintainence section of the 3/Speed3/Axela?
It would be a great place to talk about common problems, solutions, and troubleshooting. I recently had a shifter problem with my speed 3 and there was no where to post it. Hopefully our experiences fixing our cars will help others with similar problems.

thanks,

Sean
Details on the shifter problem please.

[tsunami]

i agree i think we have enough subforums to surf through... something like a shifter problem i would have slid into the engine/performance section as its one of those things that is hard to find a place for... if the members feel strongly about this maybe we can give it a trial run in the 3 section so keep your input coming guys just cause me and jbiird both feel another subforum isn't a good idea doesn't mean it can't happen and turn into another good section... so keep the debate goin

[Mspeed3]

it turns out that my shift linkage was tangled? They disassembled and put it back together. Maybe things weren't tightened right from factory? I don't drive it hard and these cars shouldn't run into many problems, especially with 2,000 miles. I read up on the the gearbox and it's new so maybe there will be some issues luckily it was under warranty

[turbofever]

Interesting. I'll ask the dealer about it when I go in for the CEL.