On 9/22/2011 4:02 PM, XS11E wrote:
> ... starting a day ago. I was also getting the dreaded driveshaft
> squeak so I called Mike's Place<http://www.mikes-place.biz/> and made
> an appointment for this AM.
>
> They replaced the drive shaft for $100, they'd replaced it four years
> earlier with a used one and it was long out of warranty but I'd only
> driven 6,262 miles since so they gave me a deal.
>
> The running like crap was plugs and wires, I'd suspected as much. I
> believe the plugs and wires they replaced were installed by Mazda
> 150,000+ miles ago, if so, I can't complain about the life of them!
>
> So all is well and it's running as it should, now if they could only
> install a used left knee so I could shift it......<sigh>
>
>

I believe they recalled all the used left knee joints and hip replacements.