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2011 Mazda 6 2.2

  • 12-08-2020 8:19am
    #1
    Skuxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭


    Looking at upgrading my 2007 Audi A4 1.9.
    It killing me on tax and insurance. I'm looking to come up a few years and get inside the lower tax bracket without spending a fortune on a car.
    I was looking at a 2011 Mazda 6 ( https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/mazda/mazda6/fpa/202008062177046?journey=Search)

    Has anyone good or bad experiences? Anything to especially look out for to avoid buying a lemon?
    There's no price on the one linked so I'll give the dealer a ring, but any guesses to its worth?


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Avoid. They’re a ball.


  • #3
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,449 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Only ever had 1 problem with my 2011 Mazda and thats the DPF, which i had removed.

    I love it, despite what colm_mcm says :D


  • #4
    mk7r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 839 ✭✭✭mk7r


    They are absolute dirt, avoid at all costs


  • #5
    Shiny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    Have a Mazda 6 Estate, haven't had any major problems. DPF light is on regularly but I don't believe its anything other than a service indicator at this stage.

    Have replaced parts like brake discs and control arm but that is due to age (198K) and previous owner living beside the sea (rust issues).

    I have read numerous threads with people having seroius engine trouble with the 2.2L diesels. I have not been unlucky in that respect but their horror stories are bad enough to nearly put me off rolling the dice on another one.


  • #6
    Mad_Mike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭Mad_Mike


    DPF issues, sump/oil pickup blockages, sump/engine contamination with diesel, timing chain issues are all very common on the 2.2 diesel Mazda
    Like all problematic cars, and as Shiny & Vicaxs have posted above, not all cars suffer from these problems, but definitely a car well worth educating yourself about before purchasing and probably better off avoiding, hence Colm and mk7r's posts.


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