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Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Mazda3 and Mazdaspeed3 vehicles manufactured November 18, 2008, to June 8, 2013, 2012-2015 Mazda5 vehicles manufactured October 26, 2010, to June 22, 2015, 2016 CX-3 vehicles manufactured June 1, 2015, to December 26, 2015, and 2013-2016 CX-5 vehicles manufactured December 15, 2011, to December 26, 2015. On the affected vehicles, the lift gate support struts may corrode, possibly causing the struts to break and/or the lift gate to drop unexpectedly.
Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2011 Mazda2 and 2010-2011 Mazda3 and Mazdaspeed3 vehicles equipped with a manual seat lifter. In the affected vehicles, the seat height adjustment lifter links may break or detach from the seat frame and the seat angle may incline causing the driver to not be able to maintain an appropriate driving position.
Title | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total for 5 years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depreciation |
Year 1 $1,115 |
Year 2 $1,029 |
Year 3 $943 |
Year 4 $858 |
Year 5 $772 |
Total for 5 years: $4,717 |
Insurance |
Year 1 $1,589 |
Year 2 $1,645 |
Year 3 $1,703 |
Year 4 $1,762 |
Year 5 $1,824 |
Total for 5 years: $8,523 |
Fuel |
Year 1 $1,814 |
Year 2 $1,868 |
Year 3 $1,934 |
Year 4 $2,011 |
Year 5 $2,102 |
Total for 5 years: $9,729 |
Maintenance |
Year 1 $2,763 |
Year 2 $1,973 |
Year 3 $1,080 |
Year 4 $960 |
Year 5 $2,291 |
Total for 5 years: $9,067 |
Repair |
Year 1 $1,252 |
Year 2 $1,290 |
Year 3 $1,473 |
Year 4 $1,590 |
Year 5 $1,816 |
Total for 5 years: $7,421 |
Taxes & Fees |
Year 1 $625 |
Year 2 $71 |
Year 3 $91 |
Year 4 $58 |
Year 5 $81 |
Total for 5 years: $926 |
Total for 5 years: $40,383
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