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My experience causes me to feel that with it being in "excellent" condition you are getting an fine car. They are also offering a very good warranty, because the factory warranty expires at 3 years or 39000 miles. If you like it as well as I do mine, you can't go wrong. Be sure you do a good test drive though, because there are some here that complain the P is low on power. Personally I consider that rubbish, but you should decide for yourself.
Factory warranty is 3 years / 50K miles.
Make sure tires are in good condition and not underinflated (common mistake in this fairly heavy - solid! - vehicle) which can cause premature tire wear.
Tomek
You did not have the Hold (gear) button depressed, did you?
I can't say that my '01 MM S is a Porsche, but acceleration is not lacking and more than decent. It'll downshitf and GO when you mash the pedal on the right ... that's the one you pushed on, correct? :-) just kidding
Last weekend I had it up to 110 on Mass Pike (love those new tires - sooooo smooth).
tomekk
I have given a lot of thought to replacemant tires, although that is a long way into the future from the look of my OEM's.
What tire did you end up with that you seem so enthusiastic about? What speed rating on them?
Tomekk, do you have radar detector or something? or just some balls to be going 110. seems like you post 100+ speeds frequently. haha.
- VERY durable sidewalls comapred with Michelins, those Dunlps take the pothole licking and keep on ticking
- pretty good in snow
- quiet
- $109 @ tirerack, dealer quoted $267 per (!!!)
I used to have Nissan Stanza that came with Bridgestones, replaced them due to wear with Contitouring CH95. Theye were OK, but I liked the Bridgestones better. The Contis were good in the wet/snow, but had kind of strange, heavy feel and - despite being fairly quiet (on par with the Bridgestones) they made rather loud thumping noise over bumps.
The worst tires in the wet - by far - were Goodyear Eagle GAs on Passat GLX. Awful in the snow, in rain they felt "greasy". Not recommended.
And Michelines... well, one word: overpriced!
Hope this helps,
Tomek
Stay with me ... I'm almost to my point. As an afterthought, the Mazda tech says, oh by the way, your battery is weak at only 375 amps and Mazda recommends 575.
I did a little research and found that the Millenia can set an O2 code (or others) when there is low battery output. I hope this is true. I replaced the battery today. The check engine light is out. Mazda tech said if O2 sensor is bad it should reset the code in 'a few' starts.
Better to replace a battery than an O2 sensor and the catalytic converter. I'm betting that the O2 sensor is OK since I've seen quotes from some Mazda techs that a high percentage of the O2 sensors that they replace are actually good. Watch this space for results of my theory.
On an unrelated note, this thought popped into my head today. Everyone on here complains that the MM is not fast enough right? I assume most people use the auto climate control, which has the a/c on all the time. Could the a/c use be causing the dip in power from the engine? I know this happens in four cylinder cars, but with the MM with only 180hp and around 4100lbs, the engine has a hard enough time as it is. Any thoughts on this? I am going to try and keep the a/c off for the next week and see if it makes a difference. Could this also lower gas mileage a bit?
Curb weight for the vehicle is 3358 lbs. for the P and 3488 lbs. for the S. This is according to the 2002 Mill brochure. I am sure these weights do not include options.
Fairwood it is good to see that you are back with us. How has your car been since your last problems?
I went to a car show this weekend and was talking to the Mazda person there and he was saying that Mazda has no new cars coming in at least the next couple of years. He said that the Tribute and the MPV will be redesigned over the next year to year and half. He also said that Mazda will be bringing out a new SUV, such as the link that fwatson showed a month or two ago. But as of now there is no replacement for the Mill. He also said that a commercial was being made of someone that did have 300,000 miles on their Mill. When I asked if it was a S or P model he said that he did not know. I do not know if this is going to be a local or regional or national commercial or if it will even come to see the light.
The only problems that I have encountered on this car are:
1. The guy that had the car before me CUT the springs to lower the car. VERY IMPORTANT---DO NOT CUT THE SPRINGS TO THIS CAR TO LOWER THE HEIGHT. spend the $200 to get the lower springs. I had to replace the springs, struts, and bushings for the middle rod.
2. I have a very minor oil leak, not sure from where.
Otherwise everything is perfect (knock on wood).
I have noticed that there are not many performance parts for the millenia. I was told to get the engine code for the car and that would help me with getting compatible parts. Where can I get the engine code for my car? Is there anywhere to get performace parts?
The 2.5 is essentially the same that the Ford Probe used, and is discussed on other forums. Unfortunately Edmunds gets perturbed if anyone posts links to other forums, so I can't give you a link. But the name of one is ProbeTalk.com Forum. Try google to get you there. They can probably point you to other help for performance on the KLZE engine. It was also used in the MX6 and 626. You might also try the Probe/MX6/626 Edmunds forums. They might have some performance discussions.
If it is the S, the oil leak is probably coming from the supercharger. Otherwise most likely a gasket.
I'm glad I am rid of mine.
Quote cappetta: "It has 107K miles and drive incredibly smooth."
Looks to me like it's a little late to worry about a 60,000 mile service, it already has 107,000 miles on it. Maybe you are thinking about the 600,000 mile service.
My question is for Millenia owners, what are things to watch out for?
Here would be the recommend mileages for the 60,000 service:
60,0000
120,000
180,000
240,000
And so on. Just use a calculator and add 60,000 to the previous number.
From what I have seen, the big replacement item on '95 and '96 Millenia's was the spark plug wires which run about a hundred dollars plus labor to replace. The reason that knocks down the '95/'96 models in the CU reliability ratings, is because it happened to a lot of them. In other words "high frequency" of repair. Unfortunately CR doesn't take repair cost into enough consideration in their ratings.
Overall, CR rates the Millenia "Outstanding" in reliability.
$600 for timing belt, water pump and the rest. Call a dealer and ask their price - probably over $800. I only had mine serviced at “Mazda only” shops that used OEM parts. Another joke - $900 for a power steering pump! The list goes on. That was my gripe with my car - the parts were too expensive. A timing belt on my Toyota is $209.