MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
4.
5.
Whiletheengineisstillidling,pullout
thedipstickandwipeitclean,andthen
putitback.
CAUTION
ØUsethecoldscaleonlyasa
reference.
ØIfoutsidetemperatureislower
thanabout20°C(70°F),startthe
engineandinspectthefluidlevel
aftertheenginereachesoperating
temperature.
ChecktheATFlevel.IfthereisnoATF
adhering5mmfromtheendofthe
dipstick,addATF.
CAUTION
IfthereisnoATFadheringtothe
dipstickevenaftertheenginehas
beenwarmedup,donotdrivethe
vehicle.Otherwise,theautomatic
transaxlecouldbedamaged.
ØIfthevehiclehasbeendrivenfor
anextendedperiodathighspeeds
orincitytrafficinhotweather,
inspectthelevelonlyafter
stoppingtheengineandallowing
thefluidtocoolfor30minutes.
6.
Shifttheshiftlevertoeachrangeand
position,andmakesurethereisno
abnormality.
Fullyinsertthedipstick.Whenadding
fluid,inspectwiththedipsticktomake
sureitdoesnotpassfull.
7.
8.
9.
Drivethevehicleoncityroadsfor
5
km(3.1mile)ormore.
NOTE
Inspectthefluidonbothsidesofthedipstickin
awelllitareaforanaccuratereading.
Parkonalevelsurfaceandsetthe
parkingbrakefirmly.
Shifttheshiftlevertotheparkposition
(P),checktheATFlevelwhilethe
engineisidling,andmakesurethatthe
ATFleveliswithintheproperlevel.If
theATFlevelisnotwithintheproper
level,addATF.Theproperfluidlevel
ismarkedonthedipstickasfollows.
Full
OK
Low
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Product Specification
Categories | Mazda 3 Manuals |
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Model Year | 2010 |
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