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that is true on older cars, I wasn't trying to correct you by any means, so in the end I guess we were both worng sinc all he had to do is replace the main fuse. I hope i didn't burn any bridges. take care!

if the alt. is bad and not charging even if the vehicle does start it will eventually die once the battery is drained, modern or not.

thanks man i will check there!

thanks man! Yeah ebay doesn't have s*** right now, i'm watching autotrader daily, and i'm going to look at one saturday that I found on craigslist. Let me know if you stumble across anything in my area.

sorry man, the mazda computers aren't capable and will only allow you to do updates, as far as changing it to the mp3 specs the only way would be with an aftermarket programmer. Let me know if you got any other questions, one of my guys is a 15yr veteran and always willing to help!

majority of the time your battery light should come on it the alt. fails but not always. If a bearing went bad in the alt. the light may not come on. I priced an alt through my parts dept. and for an 02-03 p5 it runs about $285. Thats for a mazda one you can always go aftermarket for cheaper...

so talked to one of my master techs, check your battery cables first for corrison, he siad you more than likely have a bad ground some where but it may also be a bad alternator. give me an update and if you have any more questions let me know.

this is very true, but most shops will probably charge you about 1 hour to replace both. Honestly it really isn't very hard, the advice above is great.

you see this a lot this time of year, check your alt belt for signs of wear, if it looks cracked or worn go ahead and replace it and if this is the case go ahead and replace the ac belt too since you have to remove it to replace the alt belt. As far as tightening and making any adjustments, if...

can't make any promises, but hey, you never know! Thanks for the welcome.

the only problem you will have with this is A. you can't get your car there and B. when you disconnected the battery the codes that may have been stored for the ABS light coming on are now gone. Before towing it get back to me in the morning, I'm a service advisor at a mazda dealer, let me ask...

yeah if noticed about 5 thread down from this one i had posted pretty much the same damn thread but i change the title and now some attention. Is it that obvious that i'm totally a rookie at this. oh well, gotta learn sometime

thank man, appreciate the help

hey guys, I'm looking for a 2003 P5 in the dallas - ft. worth area to buy. Also I am a service advisor for Classic Mazda in Denton, TX and we have 2 mazda senior master techs who are awesome guys and an abundance of knowledge and always willing to answer off the wall questions. I'm new to the...

possibly not that you would feel it through the steering wheel but a warble noise could possibly be a wheel bearing type noise, espicially if it gets louder with speed. just a thought

hey guys, I'm looking for a 2003 P5 in the dallas - ft. worth area to buy. Also I am a service advisor for Classic Mazda in Denton, TX and we have 2 mazda master techs, so if anyone needs assistance with anything techinical maybe I can help! (guitar)