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///M
12-09-2005, 07:58 PM
Of all of the cars that I have driven, my 3 has had the heaviest clutch. Other people that have driven my car have also thought the same. I thought it was normal (albeit weird), and accepted it until today, when I took my car in for service and sat in another 3 in the dealership. Wow...what a difference! The clutch is so smooth, so much lighter, and most importantly, doesn\'t feel mushy.

Any ideas as to what the problem is? Back in August during the day everywhere was flooded I drove through about 1.5ft of water and the clutch felt weird for a couple of days - after it dried up it returned back to its (somewhat) normal state and I forgot about it, until today.

Perthguy
12-10-2005, 02:41 AM
I bet the clutch return spring is broken in your car. It happens quite often in Mazda3s. It\'s the spring at the top of the pedal in this diagram:

http://www.midwestcarclub.com/mazda/manual/esicont/en/srvc/html/images/B3E0510W001.png

See also
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=28599
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=17313.0