Quote Originally Posted by JohnO View Post
All I can say for driveline and seals is that you've got either a shit**** driver who's red lining it all the time and thrashed the fck outta the car in order to bust a seal. Poor shifting and driving breaks the shafts


Mazadas been around for atleast 70 years man making big bucks to fund r&d and top engineers, motors solid. Same goes for any other car Jap, euro company
No actually, these are known common faults in the Mazda 3 MPS, comb through any Mazda forum and you would know that.
Known issues include:
Poor/leaky turbo seals
Weak engine mounts (particularly the rear, there was a recall for some)
Shocks dying/blowing
Weak synchros in gearboxes (get notchy real quick)