Alright....
First off, I don't drive a MSP, don't get mad... I have a very important question for our new Mazda tech. visitor. With that said... Welcome to the Site Dealerpersonel!
Alright, I've owned a 2003 Mazda B4000 4X4 pickup for 5 months... Since the 2nd day I've owned it, I've been on a mission to have the speed limiter either removed or raised to something that won't get me killed merging onto the interstate. There are aftermarket solutions to this, but I want the dealer to correct the problem. I've talked on the phone a total of 11 times with Mazda North America, and every time they mention something about how I won't need to go faster than the limiter is set at. Well, unfortunately, being a reserve deputy, I have to exceed the limit pretty damned often. Anyways, on to my story.
When I bought the car, I asked the service manager, who was there talking with me as they prepped the car for me, what the limiter was set at on the truck. He replied, "It doesn't have one that I know of... (He looked at the tires...) These are S-rated, so it should go 110 MPH without any trouble, and the speedometer goes to 120, you should never have any problems, that 4.0L is a strong motor." Ok, I thought, good enough for me, it came from the head guy, I should never have a problem with it. Anyways, I bought the car out of state, and on my way home with it, I had to pass a car on a 2-lane road... I downshift, get into it, and WHAM!!!! It cuts out to an idle at an indicated 90mph. WTF??? Hmm, well, that was fun...
When I get back home... I call my dealer, who has always been helpful in the past, about this problem. He replies that it isn't a problem, and he'd have no way to test it. Ok, fair enough. I get my trusty GPS, Sony Handi-cam, and two officers from the State Highway Patrol and we go and film the damn thing making 4 passes on our academy driving course, posting 4 identical top speeds of 87.7 MPH. Back at the dealer, video camera in hand, I show the service manager the video, all 5 minutes of it. He says, the truck is doing exactly like it is designed, there's nothing we can do. I explain that when I bought the truck, I was told by the salesman and the service manager there, that there was no such limiter. I've talked to a lawyer about the problem, and gotten the preliminary steps taken to take a case to Mazda North America about the situation. Due to this, I can't tell which dealer I've been to, or bought the truck from. It probably seems petty, but s***, I figure them not fixing a damn problem they lied to me about in the beginning is even worse... bleh.
At any rate, my whole point from all this gibberish is this, have you ever removed or raised the limiter in a mazda vehicle? A tech friend of mine said he thought that the values for the limiter can be reset without a full blown PCM reflash, and since aftermarket chips can change the value, I would imagine that would be correct. Anyways, is there any insight you can give me on the problem? Who I can contact other than the Customer reps at Mazda North America? At any rate, thanks for your time, and help with everyone here on the site. We appreciate it!!!
(Sorry to jack the thread guys, but I've tried talking to everyone in the damn state and then some, with no avail. )
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