From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com
On 10/01/2025 15:49, Boris wrote:
> badgolferman wrote in
> news:10bjogj$gldq$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 09/29/2025 18:36, Boris wrote:
>>> My daughter has a 2020 Mazda 3, with about 75k miles. Back on July 2,
>>> I wrote about acceleration issues the car was having:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A software update seems to have fixed the problem. A new battery was
>>> also installed.
>>>
>>> My daughter is now having more problems with her 2020 Mazda 3.
>>>
>>> The problem is that every few days the car won't start, and she has to
>>> use a charger for about 15 minutes to get it started. She carries the
>>> charger with her. Then, it will be fine for a few more days, only to
>>> have to repeat the procedure in another few days. Luckily, she's
>>> always been at her house or my house where she can plug in the charger.
>>>
>>> She dropped the car off at the dealer's today. I ususally go with her,
>>> but I couldn't today. She said the service rep seemed very
>>> knowledgeable, but some of the things he told her seemed very odd to
>>> me.
>>>
>>> 1) He said this is a common problem with newer cars when the owner
>>> takes a lot of short trips, and these short trips don't allow the
>>> battery time to charge. She does take a lot of short trips, but this
>>> seems nuts to me. He sees this a lot with elderly owners who only
>>> drive to their nearby store every day, and that it takes about 40
>>> minutes of driving to keep a battery charged. Also, on newer cars with
>>> all the computerization and 'features', the battery is always being
>>> drained by something, even when unoccupied. He says this is especially
>>> common with Mazdas and Subarus. He suggested using a trickle charger
>>> to keep the battery charged.
>>>
>>> The dealer gave her a loaner, the same model but a 2025. If the above
>>> is true, this loaner will also at some point die on her. She's still
>>> carrying the charger.
>>>
>>> 2) Something else he said about newer cars (which has nothing to do
>>> with my daughter's car), is that the newer cars get used to how a
>>> driver drives, and when another driver gets behind the wheel, the car
>>> wants to drive like the first driver is in control. He says a husband
>>> and wife will come in saying that the car has a mind of it's own. I
>>> can understand a car automatically saving and applying things like seat
>>> and mirror positions, and maybe climate control, but...
>>>
>>> Anyone ever heard of any of the above?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10218723-0001.pdf
>>
>
> Thank you. When my daughter comes home with the dealer invoice, I'll
> check to see if they referred to that bulletin. But, usually the invoices
> are not very informative.
My 2002 Honda Goldwing motorcycle was having a problem where sometimes
it just wouldn't start. The starter would crank and the battery was
fine. Sometimes after repeated cranking for long periods it would
finally begrudgingly fire up.
I took it to the local authorized Honda Powersports service repair shop
where I get all my maintenance done. They told me they couldn't find
anything wrong and that it started up just fine for them. No ECU codes.
Bring it back when it's broken. The problem is it breaks down when I'm
away from home.
I called the authorized Honda Powersports service repair shop in the
next city over and talked to the service guy who's been there for 40
years. He said he knows exactly what it is and has fixed many of them.
The crankshaft position sensor, aka pulse generator. Apparently it's
used for timing of the spark plugs and fuel injectors. I took it there
and a few days later he called me back and said come get it. It was a
$50 part and $800 labor to tear the bike apart and put it back together.
So far there has been no issue. I'm hoping it stays that way since I'm
going on a six day trip with my gang next week.
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