Mazda 6 Saloon (2002 - 2007) 2.0d Sport (136ps) 4d (2004/04) Owner Review

What does this car say about you?

that I'm obviously abit daft for buying a car that costs so much to repir & has so much go wrong with it

What do your friends / family / neighbours think of the car?

Would you buy this car again and why?

Unfortunately NO which is a shame as when this car works it is a good car

What are you likely to buy next?

Anything that is NOT a Mazda

Type of dealer you bought from?

Franchise

Did you buy this car new?

No

What price did you pay?

£10,000

When did you buy the car?

September 2006

Did you get a good deal and why?

At the tiome I thought so yes, 10k for a 2yr old fully loaded car with only 20k miles

Is there any special reason why you bought this car?

Liked the look japanese reliability

What was the dealer like?

Fairly helpful had only been there 2wks so was new, but was not working there a week later when we picked the car up ( alarm bells should have started ringing)

What's it like to drive?

when this car is working its great to drive, fairly quick just pulls & pulls on motorway journeys, comfy driving position & corners fairly well for a large car unfortunately not been able to enjoy this due to the faults with this faults - the last 6-7 months have lost all confidence in the car & have only used it for nescessary work journeys

What's it like to park?

Fairly easy to park for a large car as it has built in parking sensors

Have you had any problems with the car?

Unfortunately yes - within a month of purchasing the car the 6cd changer was not working & took 2 months to fix & even then it was not a new unit - (but at least we got a free service out of it) - 6 months later this was followed by a Mazda recall as there was a problem with the paint on the wheel arches & doors were atarting to rust - this took over 5 months to sort out in which WE had to do all the running & were left with a hire car for 2 wks, then the gear linkage went (luckily this was fairly cheap to get fixed) - then with only 60k miles on the clock the clutch went Mazda quoted £1800 to repair (even the local garage quoted 1k for this work) - then 6 months ago the revs started to flutucate at idle & started to cut out when approaching junctions or coming to a stand still

What's most practical about your car?

Fairly economical large boot plenty of room

Favourite gadget, option or accessory?

in built sat-nav & cd changer (when working!)