From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 19:49:11 -0000 (UTC), 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.   
      
      
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