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Its been a good run, but with all the upcoming repairs it was time to move on. Already spent over $2500 this year in repairs and still have 4 new tires to buy, after market kit to finally fix the reacamber issue, right front wheel bearing to do, Clutch to replace, rear wheel-well rust to...

I'm getting ready to change the gear oil. I figure I should as the car now has 168,000km on it...it's' finally broken in!! I want to switch out the OEM oil for some Royal Purple but I cant find any references as to the type of oil or how much!! any help?

I've noticed a few times (and it's really scared me each time) that you can occasionally go straight from 5th into reverse on the manual transmission, I've had this happen 3 times in the last week during downshifts from 5th to 4th on the highway to get past someone. I'll drop down from 5th...

Anyone know where the drain and fill plugs are on the 5spd Manual transmission are on the Mazda 5 . I'm getting to 115,000 km and thinking it's time for a fluid change.

Just went in for my 106,000 km service. I was absolutely sure that by now I'd need new pads (given what I've been hearing about people needing to change pads at 35,000 km) just got the word that I have 3.5mm of material left. the pads apparently start out with 10mm. Man talk about long...

I've seen someone in the hitch thread mention that they installed a class II hitch on their 5. Does anyone know who that was, and what hitch it was. I've been trying to find a hitch mount bike rack for my mountain bike, but finding one that fits a class 1 hitch is proving to be difficult...

I went in for my 24k service on Saturday, oil change belt adjustement, and all the other bots that go with that service interval. an hour and 20 minutes later ( I had them change in my Summer rims) I'm out the door with new lower control arms, replaced under warranty!!! No questions asked...

OK, I bought hub centric steelies and Pirellies for the winter. They've been great and now it's getting warm enough to switch back to my summer tires. Problem is I can't get the rims off the car now!!!!! Yes I've removed the nuts!!!! but therims just won't budge!! Any Ideas short of a sledge!

Since the 5 is available in other markets with AWD ( Asian Markets Only I beleive) I wonder how hard it would be to convert the 5 to AWd. I imaging you'd need a pile of parts but Would it be possible? I've seen threads on the Protege 5 (older gen) being converted over

just got my Pirelli Winter carvings (with steelies) and 2 things jumpsed out at me almost immediately 1) Steelies and winter tires are ugly! (almost wish I'd bought a cheap set of ALU rims! 2) they're LOUD! Tire noise is significant. I hope this is just a side-effect of the legendary grip...

long story but drove down to Detroit to pick up a friend fomr the airport. and someone dented my fron fender!! ( it's been really windy this weekend) Anyone know of a good place in Toronto that can masage the dent out??

Happy Thanks Giving to you all. I hope Turkey day is good to you all, but not too hard on your 5's suspensions ;-)

I scheduled my oil change today, I asked the service writer about putting in synthetic and she said that it was a waste as they used semi-syn anyway. I trust these guys as they have never steered me wrong in the past. Is this standard for Mazda? (Canada) I'm going to ask about the brand...

A while ago someone posted links to tech pages for removing the rear interior mouldings (specifically where the rear speakers are) does anyone have instructions for accessing the speakers in the front doors? Does the whole interior door panel need to be removed or can the speaker grills be...

Those of you who are on this forum and the mazda 5 forum on mpvclub.com (it's down at the moment!) know that the stock stereo is seriously lacking in audio quality. Following Kid Red's lead I've started building a custom sub enclosure. It fits in the storage compartment on the right side of...

Does anyone know how to get the OBD codes out of a Mazda without going to a dealer? My previous car had a procedure where you switched the ignition on and off 4 times quickly. The car would then go into diagnostic mode and flash the codes using the CEL light. Is there a procedure like this...

Over the last day, Every time I come to the forum strange things are happening. 3 times I've come to the forum (same PC) and The forum layout is different. Sometimes when I get here the foprums are displayed in compressed listings, other times they show up with thread branches expanded, other...

Got the Sirius Satelite radio connected today, It's a sportster R. Got it all hooked up to the center of the dash on the windshield (using the included suction cup base). It's a pretty good quality unit, but when I fired it up and got it subsribed (I have a free year as part of an incentive...

Hello all!! I found an alternative to the over head monitors (no digging into the head liner!) It's a headrest monitor from pyle, It comes with mounts to put it in the headrest, and mounts that allow you to attach it to the headrest support pillars! Now all I have to do is figure out how...

Does anyone know if there is a way to turn on the feature that locks the doors when you start driving? Or even if this exists? The 5 is the first car I've driven that doesn't lock the doors when you either start the car or start driving. very unusual!