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204,000 miles- replaced another wheel bearing. Sometimes the infotainment system acts up and "play album" commands turn off the screen. That always goes away when I shut the car off got bit and restart. I'm getting my oil changed every 4000 miles or so and I'm finding I'm about a quart low...

195,000 miles- no transmission issues yet... Replaced both non-drive side wheel bearings as they had become deafeningly loud. Drive side bearings are good still... oddly. Replaced the switch unit this afternoon because I couldn't get my accessories to turn off after 30 minutes of wiggling the...

We replaced the front-right wheel bearing on my car the other day... we were able to remove the hub/bearing assembly without taking the knuckle out of the car. -the abs sensor bolt snapped off IMMEDIATELY... but no worries for now as the sensor is firmly froze in the knuckle. I'll have to drill...

At around 190,000 I replaced my tires in an attempt to remedy some extreme road noise. Tires didn't help... noise developed into a roar at almost any speed. Noise goes away when turning to the right- me and a local shop think it's the front right wheel bearing. Bearings are in the mail and...

dizzamn... 250k... siccccc ... After 1000 miles on my newly acquired 186k 2014 GT no issues to report other than a squeaky belt on start-ups. I was worried the alternator bearings were going... but the alternator spins smoothly so I guess maybe the belt's just a little old. Engine is great...

Hold off on the congratulations until I actually drive the thing around a little bit ;) Someone else did the driving; I just picked it up because I could only afford one with a hilarious amount of miles on it. I bought the car from a buy-here-pay-here for $7999 after taxes and other fees...

Yea.... that was early on close to when I got my protege. I was excited about the 2.0ES badge... and I was also hungry. Right now the trans feels just as good as our 100000 mile 3 and 5 and much better than my 200000 mile protege- a fluid change is in the back of my mind though. I'm planning...

too late... picked it up a couple days ago. 2014 cx-5 GT awd with 185,000. It's pretty clean and everything feels just as good as our other mazdas so we decided to go for it. I figure it's nice enough where if it randomly crapped out I could at least live in it... the heated seats will prevent...

I've had my 2001 protege ES 2.0L for around 7 years now- it's at somewhere over 207,000 miles now. Engine is loosing a little more oil these days which I attribute to a very bad valve cover gasket and probably leaky cam seals. No notable engine maintenance needed to be done... still on the...

Yep- It's an automatic. We changed the transmission fluid once at around 130,000 when we bought the car- no issues since. It's going through oil a little faster now though... I've attributed that to a leaky valve cover gasket and probably bad camshaft seals.

My protege turned over 200,000 the other day and I'm starting to look for another car- My dream is to pick up a cx-5, drive down to Florida, and become Florida man. Bein' Florida man is easy; gettin' the cx-5 is what I'm working on now. Scattered around Ohio I see every now and then a...

one of my proudest achievements... adjustable intermittent wipers for my car. I used the wiper switch from like a 2005 or 2006 mazda6 hatch on my protege sedan. I have the switch for the rear wiper, it just doesn't do anything. Sometimes i think it's my light switch though... then i wonder why...

There's a pink one at a dealership near me that i see often. If you get one... get the pink one man.

as an automatic sedan owner, i would suggest hanging on to the auto because it's still working. No sense replacing it if it still works eh? Boredom aside... At least, that's how i look at it. I have plenty of reasonable fun in my car despite the auto. We have lots of roundabouts and some...

mods can close thread- sold some stuff and no one wants the rest of that junk so i'll just keep it