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The certified used car went to 7 years/100,000 and we're at almost 130,000 now.

Update: left front wheel bearing is bad now at 129,000 miles. The fronts are much more involved to replace so I'm probably going to have it done somewhere, just not a Mazda stealer.

Old thread, but same deal here. One of the posts was rusted/broken. We noticed water dripping inside while on vacation and I pulled the light to find that. New on order. I wouldn't buy used for this because it's obviously a design issue due to the frequency so any used one you buy may be...

As a followup to the previous, our full tanks from the vacation: 21.5 100% highway in hilly SE KY/TN 21.8 100% highway in hilly TN/NC/SC 22.0 50% highway in flat coastal SC, a lot of sitting in traffic getting onto the island, driving around doing stuff under 35mph, all flat 25.0 100% highway in...

Argh, we drove from Louisville, KY to Hilton Head, SC today. 21.5 and 21.8mpg for the 2 full tanks that were all highway on the way down. 3 fill-ups in one day, yuck. We're loaded down with the 5 of us, luggage for a week, and a 16 cu ft Yakima Rocketbox on the rack up top, running the a/c...

Our 2008 has not been kind to tires. I'm replacing the current set next week after only 28,000 miles. Cupping... However, I replaced the struts/shocks this year so maybe that will help the next set.

It's not a van! Anyway, my wife drives ours 90-95% of the time which means to/from work/school/playdates for the kids/stores/etc, very little highway, and Acar (android app) is reporting 21.2 for a 3 month average last time I looked. We (5 of us, probably around 600lbs) did a highway trip and...

You guys are over-thinking it. The damper for the rear air is positioned on the hvac housing *before* the heater core. They didn't redesign the entire hvac housing to add the rear air, they just added a damper and duct with a blower in the duct. And now back to the original topic.

Yep, that's what I was looking at. (nuke electrician on subs then industrial electrician then automation engineer)

Interesting, I never saw 12v. I have no blown fuses, and that actuator is probably powered off the hvac system anyway so the whole thing probably wouldn't work if that were the problem. I like your solution. I'll have to dig more into things to see if I can find out which controller handles...

I actually thought about that. You could probably get a string around it and have the panel keep it in position, though the damper is spring-assisted shut. With it open all the way, it doesn't appear the rear blower does a whole lot. Low speed on the rear doesn't change the airflow at all...

Old thread, but since I just worked on it, here goes. It's the rear vent actuator and it's behind the panel right beside the gas pedal on our '08. There is a small metal brace that has to come off with 2 nuts and 2 bolts (both 12mm) then you can remove 3 phillips head screws and it will slide...

One note about that panel that was suggested to be tossed out: it's a kick panel to keep you from cutting your feet/shoes on stuff inside the dash. Keep it. BTW, 20 minutes to change the filters, stubby screwdriver and some flexibility helps.

Rotated tires to verify one is a 'loud' one, changed rear shocks, oil/filter change. Next up is the front struts and isolate which pulley has a bad bearing and is causing all the whining.

From yesterday. You can barely make out the roof rack. Obviously this was right after driving it.