1995 Mazda Millenia from North America - Comments

10/20/08 Jonny Rotten from S.J.

I got my 95 Millenia for $500 with 95k on it, from a friend who thought the ABS was going out.

The Miller cycle engine is very high performance! The compression ratio is 10:5 to 1, hence the high octane fuel.

After 25 years of stock car racing, I believe the lurching is a fuel starvation problem. Shut it off for 10 minutes and it almost always goes away!

The Miller cycle is a cool thing and helps the car pull from 80 mph to well millenia! It leaves the intake valve hanging open longer during the start of the compression cycle, at this point the super charger adds to the overall compression. Hence the growl of torque. Who knows how high it climbs? Maybe 12:1 or so. This can only work at high rpm's. Afterward the compression may still be up a bit.

This car should be driven as smooth as possible. Any jerking around in traffic, especially in hot weather and you may have race car problems, gaskets hoses.

If you want to beat on something, get a Chevy 350 cid in anything, the most reliable ever.

I have over 115k on the Mazda. Never left me stuck.

Get the K&N filter from Kragens for $50 and let it breath.

Oil change; use Castrol GTX synthetic, and change often.

Must use platinum spark plugs!!!

Seem to get bad gas once in a while, no good! A little octane booster may help a lot, I never tried... yet! Maybe some Sunoco 115 octane with a timing bump, yahoo.

I have no stereo and the sun roof stuck. Other than that, watch out 5 Series BMWs, Acuras and so on. I do it at the race track, but on occasion have to embarrass these cars with my $500 dollar rocket.

Have fun and google miller cycle. This is a serious motor, not a toy!

I got a 95 Millenia about 5 months ago from a car lot for 1200 bucks. It is a mystery mile car because the speedo cable doesn't work. The miles stopped at 108xxx. I drive a lot so I'm sure it has a lot of miles.

The car is awesome. Since I bought it the tranny "hold" light has been flashing, but it seems to be okay.

The major problems I have had have been a radiator leak (I put the stop leak stuff in the antifreeze fluid and it stopped the leak) and the radiator hoses busted. Also the CV joints and halfshaft things needed to be replaced, I was driving down the road and my tire nearly fell off.

But I don't know why people are on here complaining about hoses and such, that is regular maintenance on old cars. The car is reliable, pretty, and practical. Great on gas.

Well I have a 95 Millenia (not the S). Bought it new and 176k miles later I've had nothing wrong with the car. Nothing beyond regular repairs, like brakes yadda yadda.

From my experience people who don't know a lot about cars own Millenia's because to be honest, it's a beautiful car for a low price. Probably a 1st car for a lot of people.

The motor runs the same as it did when I pulled off the lot the first time.

So from my experience, it's the person, not the car :p.

Also thinking about getting an RX-8 sometime soon, love the rotary engine.

I still have my 1995 Mazda Millenia and absolutely love it. The car is gorgeous inside and outside. Got it in 1998 with 30,000 miles ($15,000) and now it has almost 230,000. Never took it to the dealer, no check engine lights, no problems. Everything is still original (engine, transmission, exhaust) and everything in the car is working (AC, power windows, stereo). The only repairs - replaced ECM myself (got it for $39.99 from eBay), replaced radiator and thermostat in the shop, timing belt twice (plus the usual - tires and breaks). Otherwise it was running year after year, mile after mile without any issues.