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    Weird radio issue - won't work, won't turn off (without key!)

    Other than it being hot and humid today, I don't know what could cause this. Our 1.5 year old Pioneer radio stopped working properly the fourth time we drove the car today. It turns on, but nothing works except we can change between source. Now, the weird part is that when we turn the car...
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    Bump steer and road crown pulling on steering wheel?

    Our 2010 Mazda5 has around 93K miles on it and it exhibits some decent bump-steer and the road crown can pull on the wheel quite a bit in some cases. I recently bought a new car and gave the van to my wife, but driving the Mazda5 last night tells me that something needs repaired. Is this...
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    Idle-2500 RPM vibration

    Like plugging holes in a dam, every time I fix an issue, another pops up. During the last year: I have had a passenger motor mount leak fluid, so I replaced it. Then my battery needed replaced. Next I cleaned my throttle body, which helped smooth out my vibration at idle and occasional RPM...
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    Fender Flares - Anyone make them yet?

    Does anyone produce these arch flares like Mazda showed on their modified examples a few years back?
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    Radio Power Cycles on it's own - may be tied to turning steering wheel?

    My (Pioneer) radio has been restarting on it's own the last two days and I can't really find a reason why. Last fall I installed the radio, along with a module that allows use of the steering wheel controls. A few weeks later the radio reset (power cycled) on me twice while cruising down a...
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    Oil leak from back of 2.3 - Up high, but not the valve cover gasket

    Has anyone else seen an oil leak/seep from the engine around the passenger & firewall side of the cylinder head? Both my Mazda5 and my wifes Mazda3 leak in the same spot, but I can't figure out where it is. I can tell that it's not the valve cover gasket. I will try to poke around with a...
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    Oil leak from back of engine - Up high, but not the valve cover gasket

    Has anyone else seen an oil leak/seep from the engine around the passenger & firewall side of the cylinder head? Both my Mazda5 and my wifes Mazda3 leak in the same spot, but I can't figure out where it is. I can tell that it's not the valve cover gasket. I will try to poke around with a...
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    Disappointed with WeatherTech All Weather Mats

    We've had good experience with WeatherTech mats in the past, but they were all the DigitalFit stuff. For Christmas, my wife got a set of their rubber All Weather mats. Today I got around to putting them in and the fitment is horrible, I'm quite disappointed in WeatherTech. I have verified...
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    New Deck Ordered + Sat radio

    Today I should be receiving the Pioneer 5500BHS from Crutchfield. I also bought the add-on for keeping steering wheel controls and also satellite radio. Does anyone have any install advice/tips/tricks? For those of you who have added satellite radio, how did you run the wire/antenna for that...
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    Rear Koni Sport shocks - which ones to order?

    Tire Rack shows Koni Sports (yellow) for the front, but not for the back. Do I just order rear shocks for a Mazda3?
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    Picked up a 2010 Grand Touring

    I picked up a 2010 Grand Touring yesterday, 47k miles. It has everything except navigation, which I didn't want anyway. It does have the DVD player in the back, but I haven't verified that it works. What is the best way to hook up an iPod? Does anyone use this iSimple adapter? Or, should I...
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    Changes from 2012 to 2013

    Hello guys, I don't think me and the dealer are going to reach an amicable price on a new Mazda5 GT (I'm asking for $24k out the door, they are at $26,400 otd). But, they have a used 2012 exactly like the 2013 I'm looking at. Are there any differences between a 2012 and 2013 Grand Touring...
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    Asheville NC - Blue Ridge Parkway and Biltmore

    Last weekend me and the wife made one last trip before the holidays and the little dude arrives. I just wanted to share a couple of pictures and recommend that this little trip, in our opinion, was a good time. On our way down we jumped off Interstate 40 at the Waynesville exit, took a right...
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