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2002 Protege, 160K miles. The other day the upper radiator hose split at the engine side clamp, ran hot but I think it was shut down before any damage. I fixed the hose, refilled with coolant but then had a CEL. Pulled the following codes: P0117 - Coolant temp circuit low input P1250 - Fuel...

My youngest's 2002 Protege washer sprayers don't work. I pulled the bumper and found that the wiring is disconnected (pretty sure this car has been wrecked and repaired before). The connector to the pump is connected, but the wires lead to a gray connector near the top of the reservoir that...

My daughter's 2003 Protege has had 3 LF wheel bearing replacements by 2 different mechanics since summer of 2019 and it appears to have failed again. First failure was June 2019, second was December 2019 and the last one was October 2020 (no posts here on that one). The first failure (Video)...

My daughter is 2003 Protege is making a humming or grinding sound that is dependent on road speed, not engine speed. Sound is constant in gear or in neutral, forward or reverse. Does not change when turning. I put the car on jack stands and ran it in drive and reverse and the sound was still...

My daughter's 2002 Protege is showing an ATF level at the top notch on the hot side of the dipstick when the transmission is cold, indicating that it is overfilled. Is this anything to be concerned about?

My daughter's 2003 Protege LX is making a grinding noise, like a plastic fender liner rubbing on a tire, but there's no evidence of that. It happens at pretty much any speed and gets louder the faster you go. It doesn't make the noise when turning right or going straight, but any slight turn of...

I just purchased a 2003 Protege LX for my daughter and it looks like the sunroof isn't closing all the way. It works fine, but the back edge is below the roof by about 3/16" - 1/4" when it's closed. It doesn't leak, or doesn't appear to anyway, but I assume it should close flush. How can I...

My 2005 Mazda 3, 2.3, 5 speed, 175K miles is throwing multiple codes. From Torque: Current Faults: P0128 P0138 P2195 Pending Faults: P0126 P0455 P2187 Torque also lists all those codes again plus P2503. The car generally drives well, but occasionally has a fluctuating idle (sometimes...

My daughter got into a minor accident with my 2005 5 door. She hit an SUV so the bumper went over the top of the Mazda bumper and took out a headlight. I've got a new headlight, but the connector on the end of the wiring harness is broken. Autozone has a replacement connector with a short...

When we bought my daughter's 2003 Protege LX, the prior owner said she lost the key fob remote. I looked up remotes on eBay and they want to know the FCC ID of my existing remote. Since I don't have one, how can I get the FCC ID?

The 2003 Protege I just bought my daughter has power locks, but the seller lost the remote. Can I get an eBay remote and program it to the car? Also, turning the key in the passenger door lock unlocks and locks all the doors, but doing so in driver's door doesn't. Only the driver's door...

My daughter's new to us 2003 LX has the factory 6 disc changer. It seems to work Ok (haven't tried the CD player) but the LCD is messed up. Displays random segments. Is there a fix besides changing out the radio?

Working through the loose rear suspension on my daughter's new to us 2003 LX. The problem was excessive play at the lateral link to knuckle joint. The bolt that goes through the two links and the knuckle was worn at the knuckle and there was a lot of R-L movement effectively giving the car 3...

I just bought my daughter a 2003 LX, haven't even got the title switched over. Seemed like a good car, a bit of rust and a few scrapes, 127K, $2K. However, the woman had no plates, so my test drive was shorter than I wanted and didn't get over probably 30-35. Bringing the car home I noticed...

Been a member here for a while, but haven't posted much. It seems my '05 hatch with 105K is needing front struts. It's feeling a bit rubbery over bumps these days like I'm getting multiple bounces instead of just one when I hit a sharp bump. It feels like the RF, so I'm thinking at least the...

Found on an Impreza forum via Autoblog. A guy with an RX-7 FD project car gets Lou Gehrig's disease and can't finish it. His online buddies 'steal' his car, OverHaulin' style, and revamp it wiht $13K of their own cash. Very cool. Before and after pics at the link.

Howdy all. It's been a while since I've been here. I was wondering if anyone else had trouble witht he outside mirrors not moving correctly? What I mean is, if I push the switch to move the mirror left, it moves left and down. Then I've got to stop, move it up, them continue moving it out...

I know that I read somewhere on some Mazda3 board about the fact that the AC comes on when you turn the heat on & how to disable it. I found the thread but it was just commentary on how the system works (buried in a discussion about MPG), no mod instructions. Basically the system works like...

OK, I've only had my 2005 3s for 2.5 days and I'm looking to improve it. It hasn't even rained yet and lamenting the lack of variable intermittent wipers. I understand that the 2006 has said feature. Anyone know how hard it would be to add / replace the necessary 2006 bits to my '05 to get...

Howdy. I'm pretty new here and I'm settled on a Mazda to replace my now dead Escort LX, so I'll be sticking around I think. I was all settled on a used Protege5, when I see some pretty good deals on a few leftover 2005 Mazda3 5 doors. Looking at dealer inventories, they don't always tell if...