davefzr

Well.. I am finally to the point where they are going to replace my PCM. They tried replacing my coils (at my expense) but that did not fix the problem. Mazda technical finally said to replace the PCM so they are just waiting on the part to come in. I hope this fixes it. If it does.. well regardless, I am going to try and get my money back for the coils.. that was 300 dollars and it didnt even fix the issue.. I dont pay for them to guess at what the problem is...

rx8cited

Why did you have to pay?

davefzr

It says later in my post

300.... parts, labor and tax.

rx8cited

I asked why you had to pay, not how much?

davefzr

oh how dumb...

They found out that I had installed an external device because the stock ECU was relaying this information back to the technician. All of the diagnosis work they had to do over the past few days I did not have to pay for, but since they found this they wanted me to pay for the coils.

I still have a warranty though and they are going to pay for the new PCM.

davefzr

Well.. I got my car back and guess what.. CEL again.. I knew it wasnt the PCM... This all started after I got my 30k service. Maybe now they will listen to me and focus in on that area.. dorks...

I am totally going to get my money back for the coils now. They are just guessing at what the problem is.. They will probably tell me tomorrow they are going to replace the engine...

This is starting to get frustrating... I hate not having a car.

davefzr

Well. their plan of attack is now to replace almost every part in the car back to stock and see if that fixes the problem. They are first going to start with my hi-flow cat and the cat-back system I have installed. How this relates to a misfire/injector malfunction I have no idea... They seem to have no clue where to begin so they are going to put my car back to stock.. uhhhhhhhhhh The saga continues....

davefzr

I am having fun with this thread all by myself.. haha.. I guess everyone elses problems have been resolved. My cars tales have not been as fortuante. Tomorrow I am finally going to pick up my car again. They decided to scrap the replacement of the exhaust system and go another direction. Install a 1 1/2 year old TSB for the oil pan in hopes of that fixing my problems...

I have zero faith that this is going to fix the problem, but we'll see....

Broke_Apex_Seal

Well, I have been going thru same ****(4 months). After new plugs, plugs wire, ignition coils and a motor the problem turned out to be a TSB for clearing the E-Shaft Mem. I would tell them to try that if you want my 2 cents.

davefzr

Damn.. it would have been cheaper for them to just give you a new car.. How much did all of that cost them? Maybe 16,000 in parts/labor?? crazy...

I'll definitely bring that up if it happens again....

Also, which dealership did this? If they want to contact them it might be a good idea if I knew which one it was.

davefzr

Hey.. I have done that procedure before and just did it again. So far no CEL and I have tried to make the light come on. It usually comes on in 4th around 6,000 rpm.. it hasnt happened yet we'll see.

davefzr

No CEL my *(@.... Came on again tonight. Whats it going to take for it to go out?? That procedure your talking about is just depressing the brake pedal 20 times and I have done that.. I have no idea what the problem could be now... Taking it in tomorrow morning...

magixpuma

Srry im still good. Sux to hear they havnt dropped in a new engine for u.

davefzr

I think their next step is to invite the engineer onsite to look at my car...

I am about to pick it up so I can at least have it for the weekend. They are trying to work out the specifics...

davefzr

Hey guys.. Get this. Mazda technical has given up and said that they are not sure where to go next so have the customer contact customer service and work it out. Can you believe that?? They also told me that my car has high mileage.. whatever that means.

I got off the phone with customer service and told them that technical has given up and that was just not acceptable to me obviously. They have since gotten the district manager involved for the irvine so cali area that will work with technical, my dealership and me to resolve the isssue...

That has got to be the worst.. how can technical give up??? crazy....