As posted on the other major Mazda 3 forum, my motor mount bolt backed out, and failed, even after the dealer previously checked that the bolt was torqued to spec according to prior service records. The dealership is putting the car back to the same configuration as it was before the failure, so who's to say it won't happen again, even if I were to put the stock rear mount back into place. There is no TSB or recall in the US reguarding this issue. I have 15,000 miles on the car right now, and who knows if the car will ever be 100% like it was pre-failure. What if I am out of warranty a year from now, and some other problem occurs with the vehicle as a result of the engine falling. The last thing I want to happen is driving down the highway at 70mph, having the mount fail, and end up in a fatal accident. Not saying this will happen, but its possible.
I think we have enough people on this board that the bolt has either backed out, or engine has dropped to start something, and hopefully make Mazda recognize the severity of this problem. I will be contacting several lawyers in the next few days. It erks me when I talk to the NHTSA and they tell me Mazda doesn't want to issue a recall in the us.
I think we have enough people on this board that the bolt has either backed out, or engine has dropped to start something, and hopefully make Mazda recognize the severity of this problem. I will be contacting several lawyers in the next few days. It erks me when I talk to the NHTSA and they tell me Mazda doesn't want to issue a recall in the us.
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