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Postby geo2maz » Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:14

DJ wrote:Car is still at mcdonald gone undiagnosed. They have yet to figure it out


did they give you a hot loaner?
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Postby DJ » Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:14

Hahaha no im driving the subaru for now
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Postby DJ » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:14

Car is getting a new ecm.... So 4500 ill see you later
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JMF intake manifold
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2008 Mazdaspeed 3 Cosmic Blue
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Postby SecondGenPAt » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:14

wait, $4500 dollar fix?????????
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Postby GR-8 » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:14

DJ wrote:Car is getting a new ecm.... So 4500 ill see you later


Ouch! Go online to the Junkyards and find a Used ECM. Do the work yourself!

A search on Car-Part.com comes up with a bunch of ECMs. Just need the right ID number for yours. There were like 6 variants for the Speed3. Price ranges from $75-$400.

This is the number for one in CO. Engin computer "ID L34C-18881-D thru G". Need to confirm that ID I assume. Call and make sure they still have it. If you search Nationally they will probably ship it to you.

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Postby DJ » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:14

I have been getting the run around and alot of excuses from the dealer. So today i called mcdonald Mazda asked for chase at Mazda service. Chase at volvo answers the phone. I ask for chase at Mazda he says sure puts me on hold some other guy from Hyundai answers the phone i again ask for chase at Mazda they proceed to put me on hold for another 10 minutes. Finally chase from Mazda answers the phone and i ask him did i just talk to you 15 minutes ago and ask you for chase at Mazda and you put me on hold for you to answer 15 minutes later. He says yes. I exploded on him. I asked why my car wasnt done. He says parts werent ordered yet they werent ordered even though i had authorized repairs on the vehicle. I explicitly told him last week i Didnt care what they problems were i just wanted it fixed quickly. Knowing what the problem was on Friday of last week and failing to order parts is unacceptable. My friend who is a tech there explained the car had been sitting and not been touched since Friday. Even though Saturday the rep told me it was still being diagnosed. So after i had asked chase when my car was to be completed he hung up on me. Upon calling his direct extension twice and getting his voice mail. I called the regular service department and a women promptly answered and said David we Will have your car Friday parts are ordered theyre out of state we assure it Will be done Friday needless to say i wont return to mcdonald
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PTE 5858
JMF intake manifold
Overspeed motorsports built engine
Cpe exhaust manifold
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Postby DJ » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:14

Jimmy the ecm must be programmed via the scantool/programmer that Mazda has
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Cpe exhaust manifold
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Postby GR-8 » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:14

After how McDonald treated me with the 8 a few years back I swore to never set foot in there again.
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Postby geo2maz » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14

that sucks! sorry you're going through this...
McDonald was my go-to-place, but the last few times they've pissed me off,
+ them renovating the building or whatever they are doing isn't helping anything...
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Postby DJ » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14

Im quiet pissed to say the least
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Postby geo2maz » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14

have you contacted/informed mazda corporate?
seems like a problem no car should have, and that they should fix it for free...
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Postby Learjet45 » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14

I second what Alain said. Seems like such an isolated problem that wouldn't be caused by anything other than a faulty part from Mazda.
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Postby Brigdh » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14

Yeah, modern ECMs should be one of the most reliable parts in the entire car. 62k seems to be way too early for one to fail, if at all. I second talking to Mazda.
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Postby tbot » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:14

I had my ECM fail on my 6 at around 45k miles...it may or may not have had something to do with the AP crashing during a flash, but after Cobb couldn't fix it, took it to the dealer...in the car mind you, and they replaced it no questions.
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Postby whobeyou » Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:14

Any news on this? Did they end up replacing it for you?
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