Car wash messed up my engine???

[cronuss]

Hey everyone,

I just went to the Mobil station with me 3 week old Mazda3 s Touring 5door manual.

I filled up the gas and my wife had her SLR camera with her and wanted to go take some pics of my car near the lake, so she wanted me to get a car wash.

I started out of the station and I noticed that I didn't have much power... but I thought it was just me.

So I get on to the highway and I am pushing the pedal to the floor and I'm barely accelerating at all.

I get into fifth gear finally and am at 70mph... I floor it as hard as I can and I'm BARELY making it to 75mph after about 10 seocnds of flooring it... I can't really get past 75mph.

I took it off the highway and again, I feel like I've lost all the power in my engine. First and second seem okay but I'm revving up to 4 and 5k RPMs and I'm barely accelerating at all.

My 0-60 is probably like 20 seconds now.


What could this be and what do I do??


Thanks for any help...

 

[mazda3zoom]

Hey everyone,

I just went to the Mobil station with me 3 week old Mazda3 s Touring 5door manual.

I filled up the gas and my wife had her SLR camera with her and wanted to go take some pics of my car near the lake, so she wanted me to get a car wash.

I started out of the station and I noticed that I didn't have much power... but I thought it was just me.

So I get on to the highway and I am pushing the pedal to the floor and I'm barely accelerating at all.

I get into fifth gear finally and am at 70mph... I floor it as hard as I can and I'm BARELY making it to 75mph after about 10 seocnds of flooring it... I can't really get past 75mph.

I took it off the highway and again, I feel like I've lost all the power in my engine. First and second seem okay but I'm revving up to 4 and 5k RPMs and I'm barely accelerating at all.

My 0-60 is probably like 20 seconds now.


What could this be and what do I do??


Thanks for any help...

did u open the hood and spray under there? i did that once on my old tbird and it did that till it dried all out. If not then i have no idea, at least ur still under warrenty.

 

[illusis]

ur still under warrenty just go to the dealer you got the car and have them take a look at it..or call them if you dont want to drive it there. but you shouldnt have to pay a cent. warrentys cover the car in whole for the first 12 months so go get it looked at...and let them fix it...other wise if you want like mazda3zoom said his car didnt work till it dried...let it run for a while and get nice and hot and see what happens after...id call the dealer you got the car from and ask them what they think first..good luck hope everything works out

 

[MightyMouse]

Sounds like you got a tank of bad gas with water in it. Warranty is not going to cover that.

 

[BlueMonsta]

are the revs smooth?
hows the idle?

 

[smo0f]

go to the dealership asap before anything bad actually happens

 

[nate0123]

I get into fifth gear finally and am at 70mph... I floor it as hard as I can and I'm BARELY making it to 75mph after about 10 seocnds of flooring it... I can't really get past 75mph.

this is a bad idea at any time

if you're gonna floor it, downshift

 

[Chilledboost]

that happend to another mazda 3. the underwash gets water in the air intake

 

[Matrix]

Well, it's been over 2 weeks. Has the problem been fixed? What was it?
I'm inclined to guess that it was either a bad tank of gas or water in the intake.