Noticed my Mazda 3 2020 has been running cold lately. Is this an issue? Outside temps will be 40° F - 50° F.

Picture shown was taken on highway after driving for 1.3 hours.

  • Loud-Impact-3105@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    My Mazda was running cold when the thermostat was slowly failing. You can probably expect a check engine light pretty soon, but i wouldn’t wait on it, especially if you live in an extremely cold area. A cold engine is very bad for the duration of its life because of accelerated wear and whatnot.

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      1 year ago

      Brought it to the shop and they said they were literally “unable to look at it without the engine light”. I straight up asked for them to take a look at it directly and I would pay for all labor out of pocket but they said they couldn’t take my money without an engine light per Mazda’s Mx rules.