Year/Make/Model: 2011 Mazdaspeed3 Base
Mileage: ~128,900
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Concern: Issue began as radio instantaneously power cycling/resetting for seemingly no reason while driving around. Has since progressed to sometimes prolonged headlight flickering, loss of electronic power...
Figured it was finally time to listen to everyone telling me to make a build thread.
My car is a 2011 Mazdaspeed3 base model that I have owned since March 22, 2020. I bought the car with 76,600 miles and as of the start of this thread on 02/20/24 it has 119,292 miles. I daily drive it, and have...
On to the issues: I've been noticing for the past while that the oil pan shows a mostly-dry stain of oil and the area around the oil filter shows wet stain/dirt. The source of this oil seems to be from the spin-on filter seal, though I am not 100% sure of this. I lubricate the filter o-ring with...
So... my rear passenger shock has started leaking. This has been all too expected, as in the past year or so my oem suspension has really started to show its age. Now, as I look for replacement options, I realize that most coilovers are well outside my current broke-boi budget. I want an upgrade...
The Issue: Car drives fine until about 80 mph, however at that point the steering wheel begins to vibrate much harder than is normal for my full Damond MM. The vibration heightens in intensity as speed increases, to the point where it is full on shaking in my hands by 90. I don't experience it...