kuroi-kumo
Member
I know this problem has been raised before, but after searching the forums for the better part of 2 days I could not find a definite cause to the problem, nor the results to this question posed by others. It might just be in my frustration, or lack of sleep due to this costly headache.
I have an '02 Mazda Protege 5. I just recently went over the 50k mark for miles (my commute used to be short). Recently the CEL is coming on, blinking at first then solid. Its happened twice in the generally the same spot in my commute. Its after I have to go over an incline and up a second that the car beings to rumble and there is a loss in acceleration. I cannot get the car to go past 55mph no matter how hard I push the gas. It will not shift, rather it sounds like rev'ing the engine with the wheels raised (yeah, a few friends did this to me while I slept for laughs and it was funny as heck). It still goes but it wont make it up a hill and the car just looses any drive to go.
I have taken the car to the Mazda dealer and they saw the error code P0300, which I also had checked previously from Autozone and got a bottle of fuel cleaner. I have already paid for all the sparkplugs to be replaced as they said this will fix the issue, (even tho from what I've read it usually is not the case) in the ballpark of $90. They even said that 1 rear brake pad was at 26% and that was another roughly $299. They said the coil packs (what I got from another post) were good. After the second instance they said the issue is really an intermittent problem from both catalytic converters. The price quote for a new set is $2289.55 or they could give me the name of a refurb place which should do it for $879.76.
Any suggestions? I am at the point of resignation and about to tell them put in the 2 new parts. Am I being bent over and if so then how do I know bad parts were removed and good ones put in?
I have an '02 Mazda Protege 5. I just recently went over the 50k mark for miles (my commute used to be short). Recently the CEL is coming on, blinking at first then solid. Its happened twice in the generally the same spot in my commute. Its after I have to go over an incline and up a second that the car beings to rumble and there is a loss in acceleration. I cannot get the car to go past 55mph no matter how hard I push the gas. It will not shift, rather it sounds like rev'ing the engine with the wheels raised (yeah, a few friends did this to me while I slept for laughs and it was funny as heck). It still goes but it wont make it up a hill and the car just looses any drive to go.
I have taken the car to the Mazda dealer and they saw the error code P0300, which I also had checked previously from Autozone and got a bottle of fuel cleaner. I have already paid for all the sparkplugs to be replaced as they said this will fix the issue, (even tho from what I've read it usually is not the case) in the ballpark of $90. They even said that 1 rear brake pad was at 26% and that was another roughly $299. They said the coil packs (what I got from another post) were good. After the second instance they said the issue is really an intermittent problem from both catalytic converters. The price quote for a new set is $2289.55 or they could give me the name of a refurb place which should do it for $879.76.
Any suggestions? I am at the point of resignation and about to tell them put in the 2 new parts. Am I being bent over and if so then how do I know bad parts were removed and good ones put in?
. It's a basic tune up issue, where are you located? Maybe a local member could lend a hand...no sense in paying the stealership to **** your wallet, at least do something fun with the money.
