Who has the most miles/problems on their Milly?

[taka.japan117@gmail.com]

Model: 2001, 2.5L V6
Mileage: 186,442 miles (300,050km)

[Millime]

2002 Milennia
137,000 miles
Owned for a few days now.
No major problems
So far So good.

[themechanic84@gmail.com]

95 mazda millenia S

car owned for 3 years by GF

135k

3 starters

1 water pump

Gutted Catylic converter

New radiator

New Timing belt

New heater core hoses

New Alternator

New Head Gaskets

Spun Bearing

New Used Motor

oh and 2 accidents

[2002 Mazda Millenia]

Update: I did this maybe a year ago or maybe not.

2002 Mazda Millenia 2.5L

171,000 miles

No major problems.

Tilt motor is gone

Replaced the timing belt technically twice, because when the timing belt broke the first time it messed up the pulley so I had a mazda OEM belt put on.

Catalytic converter

Recently within the past month, it has went in for a major tune up. Spark plugs and wires, valve cover gaskets, head gaskets, air intake system.

[mflovesmf@gmail.com]

1995 Millenia 2.5L 137,000 miles

Replaced:
Radiator : cracked and spewed everywhere while driving on a highway
valve cover gaskets -replaced due to huge leak
Power steering pump - leaked everywhere
timing belt - dont know if it was actually bad, mechanic replaced it before asking me when he replaced the valve cover gaskets and power steering pump, then added another $360 to my bill. It probably was bad though!
air intake hose - HUGE crack previous owner had taped over

and of course: spark plugs, spark plug wires, pvc valve

Just fixed a vacuum leak (thanks to members on this board!) that was causing car to misfire


I think now my problems are cosmetic - my paint has peeled off in HUGE chunks! It is almost embarrasing to go places. damaged bumper

Previous millenia was a 1998 2.5L 187,000 miles

Replaced:
cracked air intake hose
distributor

sunroofed leaked soaking my floors - sold it

[junk@jpstephens.net]

UPDATE

282,649 miles. 1998 Mazda Millenia 2.5L

Replaced:

Tranny at 175K
O2 Sensor
Speed Sensor
Knock Sensor
VIRS2 Solenoid Valve
Intake Boot
Timing Belt Tensioner & Pulley
Both Front Axels
Engine Mounts
Water Pump
Windshield
Catalytic Converter
Both Front Seats (cosmetic reason)
Steering Wheel (cosmetic reason)
(2) Windshield Wiper Pump Motors
Upper Control Arm Links
(5) Timing Belts

Not to mentions tires, batteries, oil changes around every 4K.

A lot of credit goes to MazdOnly in Chamblee, Georgia for doing most of the maintenace and repairs on the car.

The Goal: 300,000 miles (on original engine).

[Xedosman]

I'm now at 195k km.

Issues so far:
retract mirror (47k km) changed under 3 year factory warranty
Driver seat heating gone out for the third time- fixed two times myself for free
Timing belt with tensioner and pulleys (90 k km, epic fail $2600 dealer maintenance)
Front pads (90k km)
Rear shocks (110k km) KYB GR2
Rear discs (about 130k km I think)
Knock sensor (150k km)
Rear valve cover gasket (150k km, preventive maintenance)
Thermostat (150k km, preventive maintenance)
Battery (9 years 170k km)
Front discs (170k km)
Rust in the rear left wheelarch though I keep up with preventive work
Dealt with. Our roads are salted during winter.

Issues waiting to be fixed: retract antenna, front right lateral link, rear left swaybar endlink, swaybar subframe bushes. I've also been having an occasional whirring sound from what I believe is the torque converter. I change the Castrol oil every 15k km and tranny is flushed every 60k km except now I'm 15k km beyond. I've done all the work mentioned myself part from the epic fail maintenance and the two tranny flushes. Oh and the stupid mirror.

All in all not too bad for a ten year old car

[T2T]

We have a 2002 (non-S model) that we purchased new in July 2002. The car now has 144,400 miles on it.

So far, it's been pretty good from a reliability standpoint.

Items corrected under warranty:
- Knock sensor
- Gas filler cover (had to be adjusted, greased)
- New batteries, reprogrammed remotes every 2 years. This seems to be an issue with the Milly. My Taurus had the same batteries for 10 years, no problems, no battery replacements.

Items outside of warranty:
- Timing belt, water pump, etc. (Maintenance item)
- Spark plugs (Maint. item)
- One bad plug wire
- Headlight bulb
- 2 batteries were replaced. Seems like 4 years is about average for this vehicle.
- A few other misc. bulbs
- Sqeaking sound in the front right side of the suspension. A lil' white lithium seems to have resolved the issue.
- The tilt wheel mechanism went bonkers on me about a month ago.
- The dreaded P0400 EGR code has plagued my vehicle for some time. I'm now in the process of swapping out some EGR sensors and have pulled the intake manifold to fully clean it out. I've had the throttle body off twice and cleaned the "snake eyes", but that didn't clear the code for me.
- Finally, brake pads. I've replaced them once before and will be doing the work once again in a few weeks.

So far, so good. About my biggest disappointment is the low value of this vehicle. A 2002 Camry with similar miles seems to be fetching about $7,000 - or more. Whereas, I'd be happy to see $4,000 for my 2002 Millenia. At this point, my only intention is to keep the maintenance items up to date on the car. Fortunately, I can do 90% of the work myself and save on the labor.

[Wodzu]

1999Y Xedos 9 170k km
In my hands for 10k km
Replaced:
Brake pads rear
Front brake discs
Rear upper arms
Knock sensor
Repaired drivers seat :]
Oxygene sensors
Engine temperature sensor
Radiator cap
Oil
Spark plugs
Wires

[michaelmalani@aol.com]

Help from anyone out there...I have a 02 Milliena there is a pumping sound coming from the passenger side of the engine? The motor is a 2.5 with 98,000 miles...Timing Belt?