Recall work & other news

[BlueAdept]

I have already comitted to instructing Mazda not to perform a software upgrade under ANY circumstances... the latest ECU changes remove the cruise control function from the software and since I went to great lengths to identify what was required to retro-fit same, I will be livid if they update my software.

[Ianmcurtis]

Update on my warranty work.

At approx 08.45 this morning left the 8 at Milcars, Watford & left in courtesy car (bad back & all). At 12.41 this afternoon received the call that my 8 was ready!! . FAST service or what?

With the new alloys fitted, rusty hubs newly painted silver and the new seat backs & belts fitted, washed & a valet, the winning blue glistening in the September sun................................................... oop\'s, getting carried away a bit there.

Just want to say that Milcars have provided excellent service - for me at least.

Here\'s a few pics..............

Ian.

[zevans]

I am a new owner (and new to this forum) and with only 5k on the clock had the recall work done last week. Dealer confirmed the heatshielding on the exhaust and the software upgrade on the management system as being done. Couldnt tell me what or why the software was being upgraded. Car too new to see if the front arms have been done.

I now note that performance at the top end is noticably reduced with slower acceleration to the red line above 6k - still fast but not so eager to rev. Tick over is smoother but I wish they had left it as it was!

I should think the PCM learning mode has been reset and it will take a number of miles of spirited driving to put it back into attack mode, unfortunately. At the weekend mine didn\'t switch from motorway mode until well into second session on track, so that\'s probably 50 miles of booting it before it realised.

[esey1]

Took car back to Magna Mazda after poor performance, heavy fuel consumption was then accompanied by burning smells, very hot transmission tunnel and feeling that car was about to melt under me.
Diagnosed as having cat problems which on inspection was so melted it rattled on shaking - new cat fitted and ECU reprogramme and everything is back on track!
Explanation for what went wrong was a bit woolly - "it must have missed the second installment of the software and when we put the latest upgrade on it must have caused overfuelling and the cat failure" - not the most convincing arguement - I vote for having put the wrong software install in - say for the 190 rather than the 230 - or maybe they just buggered it up when they were doing the other recall work.

Still - all sorted now and no harm done? - appart from my image as I drove one of those Mazda 2 things around for 2 days and the cost of all the fuel used to superheat the cat over 500 miles.

[Ianmcurtis]

esey1 thanks for the info, it all goes in the melting pot, so\'s to speak. My cat was changed too, there\'s a thread in here some where! Not the same prob as yours tho\' mate.

[zevans]

Esey - do you make lots of short (<5 miles) trips?

[BlueAdept]

I don\'t care what they say about it... they are not touching my ECU software!