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Old May 16, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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Oh well hopefully its something small and the dealer will get it fixed no problem. Thanks for all your quick replys and help! its nice to be able to ask questions and not be treated like im a dumb girl lol
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Old May 16, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Oh shoot. I didn't even notice the "chic" in your name....








No problem at all. Watch out for the leghumpers here!
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Old May 16, 2011 | 12:37 PM
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Oh shoot. I didn't even notice the "chic" in your name....








No problem at all. Watch out for the leghumpers here!
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Old May 16, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Oh hey I heard this thread had a chic in it?
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Old May 16, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
Oh shoot. I didn't even notice the "chic" in your name....








No problem at all. Watch out for the leghumpers here!

haha leghumpers. kinda hard to hump anything through the internet but ill be on the look out now that you warned me haha
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Old May 16, 2011 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Emzloh
Oh hey I heard this thread had a chic in it?
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Old May 16, 2011 | 10:52 PM
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Oh hey I heard this thread had a chic in it?
Are there not many girls on here or something? lo l
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Old May 17, 2011 | 04:43 AM
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wow there a girl here!?
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Old May 17, 2011 | 05:40 AM
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leghumpers get in here!

You called?


Well hello Hockeychic



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Old May 17, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Hockeychic187
Are there not many girls on here or something? lo l
See what I mean?


There are actually quite a few, but still a small percentage, and maybe there is just something REALLY attractive about rotorhead chicks.

Enough of the women in our lives don't care for or understand our passion, so when a chick shows up, the single (and loosely married) guys often pounce. Regardless of if you are either single or married



Hoping this doesn't cripple my thread....
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Old May 17, 2011 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
See what I mean?


There are actually quite a few, but still a small percentage, and maybe there is just something REALLY attractive about rotorhead chicks.

Enough of the women in our lives don't care for or understand our passion, so when a chick shows up, the single (and loosely married) guys often pounce. Regardless of if you are either single or married



Hoping this doesn't cripple my thread....
I will refrain from further leg humping in this thread in order to keep it on track pearl















maybe.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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Well this chic is seriously pissed right now. I was driving to work and I push in the clutch and the car won't go into any gear and now I'm stranded half way to work in a car I've had less then 4 days! Very sad right now. I love this car, it apparently doesn't love me.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Actually, I'd bet that the previous owner didn't love the car the way the car needed, and dumped it rather than pay attention to it.

Is it automatic or manual?

If manual, I'd guess that it's your clutch pedal assembly welds coming loose. After a NHTSB investigation, Mazda extended the clutch warranty to 100,000 miles.

If it's an automatic, it's going to be a harder answer.

Any further description of symptoms?

I assume you are posting from your phone. If you have a chat app, I am on Google and AIM (both) right now if it would help for immediate responses.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Hockeychic187
Well this chic is seriously pissed right now. I was driving to work and I push in the clutch and the car won't go into any gear and now I'm stranded half way to work in a car I've had less then 4 days! Very sad right now. I love this car, it apparently doesn't love me.

That's actually kinda happened to me before. It always went into gear though after a couple tries and wasn't frequent at all. Do keep us posted...gosh i miss my car!!!
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Old May 17, 2011 | 06:07 PM
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Flood!!!!

I'm getting an engine swap for the 04 cuz my engine is flooded. I bought it like a month ago and I was fixing it up. Would an engine swap stop it from having the rough start and a rough idle as well with newer engine mounts as well?
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Old May 17, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Hold on. More info needed. If your engine was just flooded, you just needed to empty it through a deflood procedure. Probably occurred due to weak ignition.

A weak ignition can also cause the rough start and rough idle.

Motor mounts have no bearing on starting, but can make the idle feel rough, but not actually affect the engine.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
See what I mean?


There are actually quite a few, but still a small percentage, and maybe there is just something REALLY attractive about rotorhead chicks.

Enough of the women in our lives don't care for or understand our passion, so when a chick shows up, the single (and loosely married) guys often pounce. Regardless of if you are either single or married



Hoping this doesn't cripple my thread....
im sure your thread will be fine..

no news on my car, the dealer is fixing it and they gave me a nice loaner... i want my car though! hopefully it wont take long
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Old May 18, 2011 | 05:39 AM
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Good to hear. Probably a really good thing it all happened so close after you bought the car.

I see that you have a MT from the pics you posted, so your shifting problem is probably your clutch pedal assembly. When you go to pick it up, take a flash light or something and take a good look at it in the foot well. If it doesn't look brand new, then grill them for exactly what was wrong and what they did to fix it.


And yeah, after the pics you posted, my suspicions were very confirmed on what this thread would turn into

The guys leg hump any girl here, but being quite good looking, you are in for quite a bit of it

Guys, just go hit on her in other threads, not here please
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Old May 18, 2011 | 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
Guys, just go hit on her in other threads, not here please
Done!.


Serious part: Glad the dealership is taking care of you. Like RIWWP said, check that they replaced the clutch pedal assembly. It's a recall an shouldn't cost you a dime. Not sure what the dealer told you, but don't let them try to screw you with a bill if that's what it was.


smegma: You aren't getting a new engine because it was flooded. It must have failed a compression test. While it's good they're replacing it, make sure you're getting new coils, plugs and wires. If they aren't doing it, do it yourself when you get it back. Also have them check that you have the latest flash for the ecu and the updated starter so you don't run the risk of future problems.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
Good to hear. Probably a really good thing it all happened so close after you bought the car.

I see that you have a MT from the pics you posted, so your shifting problem is probably your clutch pedal assembly. When you go to pick it up, take a flash light or something and take a good look at it in the foot well. If it doesn't look brand new, then grill them for exactly what was wrong and what they did to fix it.


And yeah, after the pics you posted, my suspicions were very confirmed on what this thread would turn into

The guys leg hump any girl here, but being quite good looking, you are in for quite a bit of it

Guys, just go hit on her in other threads, not here please
awesome, thanks for the tip.... i dk what im looking for exactly but ill look at it either way! lol
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Old May 18, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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I wish I had this thread when I first joined. Great job RIWWP!
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Old May 18, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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awesome, thanks for the tip.... i dk what im looking for exactly but ill look at it either way! lol
A brand new clutch is shiny, clean metal, the joints are greased, no dirty particles or such in the nooks and crannies, etc... You know, new looking

If the pedal and assembly is new, then it confirms I was right that your prior one broke as they are known to do (and why Mazda put a warranty on them after the NHTSA investigation).

If the pedal and assembly is NOT new, then you need to get them to tell you what the problem was, and how they fixed it. If they don't make mention of it, they may have just ignored the problem and it's going to happen again, and that is what I'm trying to help you avoid.

Don't let them just hand you paperwork and keys and say "it's all fixed. Here you go" and you walk out.


Too many, way too many, stories of the dealers not really addressing the problem(s).
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Old May 18, 2011 | 11:32 AM
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I wish I had this thread when I first joined. Great job RIWWP!
I wish I did too

Thanks, it's a common comment.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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I talked to the dealer today and they are putting in a brand new clutch and gas cap! Yay! I'm picking it up tomorrow and I'll be sure and ask questions and look it over!
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Old May 18, 2011 | 05:28 PM
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Gratz! Sounds great.
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