Okay, so the ABS HU is $1,472.00 + labor and time for programming the unit. It is not covered under my extended warranty. I am going to inspect the unit this weekend with an electronics wizard friend of mine and see if by any chance he can fix the short in the ABS HU. If not, I will trade the car the way it is and take the hit.

Hopefully the short will be in the wiring and not in the unit itself. Did you try it with it unplugged...I can't rememeber? It's possible the short doesn't show up until you plug it in, this will usually means the unit is shorted, but not always.
Good luck! And I'm saddened by these troubles. :sad:

Yeah, when I plug the ABS HU in the 15A engine fuse shorts and the car does not start. I am not sure the short is in the unit itself because my drivers side power window doe snot work and all my blinkers are out. Does anyone know where the flasher relay for teh blinkers is? The car does start and run but with power steering, ABS, speedometer, cruise control, and traction control.

I have contacted and argued with my extended warranty company and they are going to give me an answer on Monday as to whether or not they will cover the work. I have already spend cose to $700.00 cash.

I have spent the day looking at cars (my cars of choice are 350Z, MSP3, MSP6, and G35) and I looked at a brand new (man I am ashamed to say it) Tiburon and I must say it was really nice. It was a 6 speed with a nice two tone leather and a brake upgrade package with bigger calipers and cross drilled rotors. I didn't drive it because it's a Hyundai but looked and felt great sitting in it. I had no luck on any slightly used Z's and Mazdaspeed cars but I will see what comes up.

I would make sure that the ABS unit is actually tested before it is ordered. It may not be the unit at all. With the issue you had with the alternator it could just be some melted wires shorting out in the ABS run.

yeah that's what I think too devil but one shop had it for three days and determined it wa steh unit but I don't buy that. I wish o bad that i would have followed my first instincts and gotten the alternator tested first instead of relying on the dealer. I don't think they tested it and I think that short drive after I picked it up from the dealer caused the damage.

+1

remember when that shit happen to me, swoope?

where you at? still in cc?

What happened to you Cody?

yep,

dont recall the cause. and yes in cc.

and 9k i know i have given you some shit about your bottle in the garage, but did you ever install it? as an error in that area could have been the damage to the wiring. best of luck.

beers :beer:

Yes the nitrous has been installed for a long time now and all the wiring was solid and I have not used the nitrous in a few months so I don't think it is an issue and the guys that checked it agreed. But I did remove the whole nitrous kit for teh trip to the dealer on Monday (I don't want to give them any excuses) I know the problem was caused by the alternator overcharging. It would just be too much of a coincidence otherwise.

Word to the wise:

If you have battery problems test the alternator right away. The guy at the alternator shop said this is a fairly common issue with Mazda alternators. Don't ask me how, but he knew the alternator was from a Mazda as soon as he saw me walking up to the counter with it.

Okay, so the dealer checked it and determined it was a short in the ABS HU so they called my extended warranty and they sent out an adjuster to inspect the car due to the cost of the repair and the adjuster agreed and so they are going to cover the part since it is integrated to the speed sensors in the car that control the odometer, speedometer, and steering.

They are also giving me a rental and repairing the drivers side windows and the blinkers that were damaged. I am so glad they are fixing it otherwise I would have taken a big hit on trade in a sthis repair was close to $2800 total.

The only sucky part is that I have to drive a KIA Rio until Friday and it does not have tinted windows so it's pretty embarrassing.

HaHa, but interesting story and thanks for sharing it.

wow what a good read, suspenseful, frighting, almost sad but with a happy ending, haha. Glad to see that everything worked out for you. Thank god you didn't have to trade it in and take the hit. When i saw your first post, i immediately thought, alternator. One simple test could have saved you a lot of headaches from the start :banghead: buts everything is 20/20 in hindsight

Yeah, I am kicking myself for not just taking it and getting the charging system tested. I cannot believe the first dealer did not test it. Word to the wise, stay away from World Car Mazda in San Antonio, Texas! And if you have any electrical problems get the charging system checked first.

Okay, so they replaced the ABS Unit and that was it. The car is running great. Man I missed her. Driing her makes me wanna keep her but damn this car is touchy.

What are you going to do about those other things that were damaged, for example the power window control?

Okay. the problem is back. I was driving home from dinner and my battery light. DSC off, Power Steering, Traction control, and ABS light all came on and my Scan Guage II was reading 7.4V so I turned the car off immediately fearing more damage like last time. Though after recharging my battery and running a alternator test it appears the alternator is not charging this rather than overcharging like last time.

When I had the problem with the alternator overcharging I had it rebuilt at a real good shop here so I will remove it tomorrow and take it back to them to see whats up. An alternator is an alternator so I guess we will see what ups after they check it out.

rebuilt alternator eh...that's a new one

wow this is a nightmare, hopefully you can get fixed quicker this time

yeah, I suspect the rebuilt alternator this time but rebuilt onw should be good as new. Alternators are not that complicated.

yep, you can buy parts from Mazda to rebuild Stock Alternator. and its not that hard to rebuild it.

Damn, lets hope nothing has been damaged this time. (other than the bad Alternator)

i have an extra one with ~ 6k miles on it, let me know if you need it.


beers :beer:

Thanks swoope, I guess I won't have a lazy Sunday afterall.

Damn...................just damn. Other than that......I am speechless.

Okay, so it was the regulator in the alternator and the alternator place replaced it for free. I installed everything else and my volts are where they should be but now my traction control light is on constantly and the dsc light is flashing. I did a pcm reset and its still on. Any ideas?