My feel is that there's a reserve of 5L from when the range reaches 0.
This is how I estimate: [ Avg consumption (L/100km) x Range/100 ] +5L
Should tell you how much fuel you have left in your tank.
So far it has been quite accurate for both my M3 and MX-5.

That is your a/c being in fresh air intake mode and not recirculate. It draws air from the outside. Try it behind a garbage truck

Whether the air is hot or cold depends on your temperature setting. If turned to hot, I think it just draws the heat from your engine.

my AC is on which is set to 28c, but the fan knob is off which will turn off AC and the fan, by right it should not have any air coming out of the vent

If you're on recirculate (left mode), no air will come out of the vent. If you fart in the car, it'll go on stinking.

If you're on fresh (right mode), air will come out of the vent, drawn from outside.

Don't count on a reserve of 5L. In a tank there may be some liquid which cannot drain out due to the position of the pipe. So treat 0 range as really 0 and if you are still running, you are running on luck.

so even if i turn the fan to OFF position it will still draw air into the cabin? not to mention the air is cold

i'm on full auto mode, it will switch between recirculate and external, i only off fan (which turn off AC as well) before i off the car

and how do we turn off passenger airbag? is it auto off when the load on passenger seat is less than 40kg?

If you turn your fan to OFF but leave in Fresh mode, yes it'll still draw air in. Switch to Recirculate if you don't want this to happen.
Whether the air is hot or cold depends on the outside temperature and also on your a/c temperature setting.

Should say in your owner's manual.

out of curiosity, why do you want to do that?

ic....will try switch to recirculate see if the same will happen again

the airbag specify in the manual is use the key in keyfob to turn the lock under glovebox there to off the passenger airbag but CKD model doesn't have the lock, not sure about CBU

usually need to turn off if you place rear-facing child seat at the front, i dont have kids/babies though but is always good to know the functionality of your car beside just driving it, you will never know it might come in handy one day

Yeah my first fuel-up so I didn't want to cut things too close. Would be comfortable leaving it to the last bar now.

I wouldn't say it's not accurate but rather conservative to avoid people running out of gas on the road. My old City had 8 litres in the tank when the lights come on. Hmm.... so in both the Mazda 3 and City, the gas light comes on at about 20% capacity.

i see, didnt think of that. i thought u wanted to murder someone when i first read

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The Mazda guy told me there is still 2L of fuel (bout 20km) when the range estimator shows 0km.

Thanks. Probably not going to leave it so late.

hi,

my M3 2.0 year 2012 is currently at 100k KM mileage. i am servicing the car at the 3rd party workshop since the car no longer have warranty.

i need to change the brake pads (front & rear), spark plugs & air filter. do you guys know which brand/model that is suitable for our car? if possible together with the price range

thank you in advance

spark plugs go for denso iridium or HKS, air filter go for stainless steel mesh filter brake pad i not so sure lar

wanna know is your car giving a lot of problems @ 100k km? and how much is your service cost every time?

if you need a workshop in PJ area i can recommend you

no problem at the moment, just loud engine sounds. last week i have done 100k service around rm350, changed the engine oil and ATF. the mazda ATF cost me rm170.

sure, where is the workshop located?

Omg that's very cheap for the atf, any major part that you replaced that cost you a fortune?

I'll PM you the workshop

This kind of aftermarket filter element not suitable for malaysian conditions la....their filtration capability is actually lower than the good old OEM paper filter. Our environment too dusty and performance mesh will let in more debris into the engine.

If u want buy M3, I can recommend my dealer to u. I just my car 2 weeks only

Thought other accessories shop will void warranty if not panel to Mazda?