Have my 06 5 Touring 5MT for 2 months now. Drove it almost daily. Has 72k miles now.
No real problems. Rare instances where I'm cruising and I sense a loss of power it almost jerks the vehicle. My knee-jerk reaction is step on the clutch to try to maintain speed/momentum and maybe prevent engine from stalling. It doesnt stall, but I slowly release the clutch and everything is back to normal. Well this is may be for another thread another time.
Yesterday, my family piled into the car so we can go the mall. I drive about a block and there's a strong gasoline odor. Defroster was on so it was pulling in outside air. Put on recirculate and odor dies down. Put fresh air back on, gas smell comes back. I turn around and go back home. Pop the hood and strong gas fumes wafted. Dont know where it's coming from. Going to take it to dealer tomorrow though it's out-of-warranty. Any ideas? Tried searching but didn't come across any relevant posts. Thanks. This is our first Mazda, and so far we like it, but didn't expect this kind of problem so soon.
No real problems. Rare instances where I'm cruising and I sense a loss of power it almost jerks the vehicle. My knee-jerk reaction is step on the clutch to try to maintain speed/momentum and maybe prevent engine from stalling. It doesnt stall, but I slowly release the clutch and everything is back to normal. Well this is may be for another thread another time.
Yesterday, my family piled into the car so we can go the mall. I drive about a block and there's a strong gasoline odor. Defroster was on so it was pulling in outside air. Put on recirculate and odor dies down. Put fresh air back on, gas smell comes back. I turn around and go back home. Pop the hood and strong gas fumes wafted. Dont know where it's coming from. Going to take it to dealer tomorrow though it's out-of-warranty. Any ideas? Tried searching but didn't come across any relevant posts. Thanks. This is our first Mazda, and so far we like it, but didn't expect this kind of problem so soon.