determining which washer bottle fits a Mazda 3

Asked by Oitabeppu Jan 03, 2017 at 12:06 PM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

As I said a ufo broke the bumper cover on our 2014 Mazda 3i touring and
cracked the washer bottle. When I go online there are about ten washer
bottles advertised for prices from thirty to over a hundred dollars. What I see
for 2014 mazdas looks like a large square bottle. What I see in the car is a
molded bottle with a long filler neck. Shouldn't this be easier? How many
different bottles are there? The car didn't change that much. I am trying to
avoid buying it from the dealer for several thousand dollars.

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KenF answered 7 years ago

Does your washer bottle have a part number molded on it? If it does hunt down that part number. You can also try local salvage yards, at least that way you can do a side-by-side comparison.

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Oitabeppu answered 7 years ago

The dealer gave me the oe part number. If you look, softer marker there must be twenty of these in slightly different shapes. I liken it to Mazdas desire to mold different parts for all models of the exact same car. Slight differences for no reason except to make junkyard shopping impossible. I wish I had them here, there is something I would like to tell them.

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F_O_R answered 7 years ago

If the dealer runs your VIN they should get the right part. If it is wrong then they will take it back, no charge, no worries.

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