Throttle doesn't response this morning

[stevenlung]

This morning, I was driving out of my street to Steeles, suddenly my car bogged, I thought the stupid MAF sensor crapped out cuz it happened a few times 2 months ago, so I pressed on the gas abit more, and I found out it didn't give me any response, I was like WTF, I pulled over to the side and continued pressing on the gas, it still nothing, the RPM stayed at 1500, the car was on, everything seems fine, except no response from the gas pedal, so I restarted the car 3-4 times, it's still the same shit, then I popped up the hood to see is there any loose wires but there's none, at that time I gave up and let the car on (rpm stayed at 1500) while having a smoke, after 5 mins I turned the damn thing off and tried to start again, now the gas pedal gave me response, then I beated the crap out of my car and everything seems normal

Anyone experienced this before?

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

Nope, never had this happen with a manual transmission.

I assume your car is an automatic tranny? If so, is the car under warranty? I would make a point of taking it to the dealer and telling them what happened so they at least look at it and make a note in the file and on your receipt. That way you have a record of the complaint if this happens again down the road.

I have only seen this scenario happen in auto's where the transmission had an issue with gear engagement, or the tranny was on its way out. Hence, why if you're still under warranty, it would be a good idea to ensure you have this noted in a service record now...

[Noisy Crow]

The throttle on the 3 is controlled by the ECU... the gas pedal is connected to the computer by some wires. So... could be programming glitch, could be a faulty gas pedal, could be the wiring for either the throttle or the gas pedal. Or the throttle just got stuck --- which is what I would check first.

[CanSpeed 3]

Clean the throttle body? just a guess

[mazdas3sporte]

i had this happen to my dads GL in snow, but i think thats because when ur flooring the pedal in snow the engine cuts power to the wheels so ur wheels dont spin, iam not sure if mazda has this system? could this be it, did u floor the shit out of ur car

[GHANNAH86]

I would definitelly take it into a mechanic and especially the dealer if you still have warranty on the car.

[stevenlung]

Mine is 07 manual, the car suddenly bogged and cut gas, so I had to pull to the side, when the car was stopped on neutral, the rpm stayed at 1500 but I wasn't pressing the gas at all, I tried to repeat press and release the gas pedal, it didn't give me any response (feel like it got disconnected or something, but rpm still at 1500), then I put it in gear and try to release clutch and press on the gas, it didn't give me shit, I should've stalled it but I didn't, I also restart the car couple times but it didn't help, gas pedal still did nothing and rpm sticked to 1500, so I got out of the car to have a smoke and call ppl for help, after the smoke I tried to restart the car again and this time vroommmmm vroommmmmm, the fantastic MAZDA gas pedal were finally worked, I was in a hurry so I beated the crap out of the car while testing it, everything felt normal, I also went to a shop after, but the throttle body was working fine, MAF sensor were ok, we just won't be able to reproduce the issue which happened earlier.

Few months back, the fantastic Mazda bogged a couple times too, it cut gas (bogged) for half sec in low rpm area (usually in 1 or 2 gear) then back to normal.

I really don't know what to say about Mazda, this is my 2nd Mazda, my 1st one was RX-8, both quality are CRAP

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

i had this happen to my dads GL in snow, but i think thats because when ur flooring the pedal in snow the engine cuts power to the wheels so ur wheels dont spin, iam not sure if mazda has this system? could this be it, did u floor the shit out of ur car

Only the Speed3 has DSC.

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

Mine is 07 manual, the car suddenly bogged and cut gas, so I had to pull to the side, when the car was stopped on neutral, the rpm stayed at 1500 but I wasn't pressing the gas at all, I tried to repeat press and release the gas pedal, it didn't give me any response (feel like it got disconnected or something, but rpm still at 1500), then I put it in gear and try to release clutch and press on the gas, it didn't give me shit, I should've stalled it but I didn't, I also restart the car couple times but it didn't help, gas pedal still did nothing and rpm sticked to 1500, so I got out of the car to have a smoke and call ppl for help, after the smoke I tried to restart the car again and this time vroommmmm vroommmmmm, the fantastic MAZDA gas pedal were finally worked, I was in a hurry so I beated the crap out of the car while testing it, everything felt normal, I also went to a shop after, but the throttle body was working fine, MAF sensor were ok, we just won't be able to reproduce the issue which happened earlier.

Few months back, the fantastic Mazda bogged a couple times too, it cut gas (bogged) for half sec in low rpm area (usually in 1 or 2 gear) then back to normal.

I really don't know what to say about Mazda, this is my 2nd Mazda, my 1st one was RX-8, both quality are CRAP

I take it this was sarcasm. Did you buy your car new, or was it bought used? Since the car is a 2007 and should still be under warranty, have you taken it to an actual dealer to have them look at the fantastic MAZDA and see whether they can determine the source of this problem? Most shops, unless highly skilled or familiar with the 3, don't know jack shit about the fantastic mazda.

Incidentally, when a car exhibits a problem like you had and you don't know why, I doubt the best course of action is to beat the crap out of the car while testing it, but to each his own.

[stevenlung]

I was waiting for ppl to say something like this when I said Mazda is crap

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

I was waiting for ppl to say something like this when I said Mazda is crap

What exactly is it that you think I said?

Your opinions on Mazda are of no concern to me, but I don't understand your seeming reluctance to take your car into a dealer and have it looked at and noted as a problem so that if this does happen again, or something serious goes kaput down the road, you have a leg to stand on.

If you'd prefer to bury your head in the sand and complain about mazda quality on here instead, knock yourself out.

[stevenlung]

I just notice I can take it to the dealer.....duh, I think a 16yrs knows that smartass.

From the OP, I was asking if anyone had actually experienced this, if the answer is yes, please let me know so I'll be able to tell the dealer on the next visit, not like wasting my time on every visit if the issue won't be able to reproduce anytime I want cuz it only happens like once every 2 months, so it makes me and the dealer much easier to track down the problem so I don't look like an idiot.

Anyways, thanks Noisy Crow for your comment, I was thinking it was a sticky sensor.

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

I just notice I can take it to the dealer.....duh, I think a 16yrs knows that smartass.

From the OP, I was asking if anyone had actually experienced this, if the answer is yes, please let me know so I'll be able to tell the dealer on the next visit, not like wasting my time on every visit if the issue won't be able to reproduce anytime I want cuz it only happens like once every 2 months, so it makes me and the dealer much easier to track down the problem so I don't look like an idiot.

Anyways, thanks Noisy Crow for your comment, I was thinking it was a sticky sensor.


In my original post I was trying to help you...:bang

I just notice I can take it to the dealer.....duh, I think a 16yrs knows that smartass.
So if you know this, why did you take it to a "shop" to look at the throttle body instead of the dealer??

Even if the dealer cannot reproduce the scenario, if you can explain to them clearly what happened there is still a good chance they might be able to find the problem. If not, my whole point was that it is still noted in your service record that you came in and noted this problem and if say, something really bad does go defective later, you have the safeguard of having this record as evidence. This would be especially true if it happens out of warranty and that way you wouldn't look like an idiot who didn't take their car in at the time while it was still under warranty.

Asking whether people have encountered the same problem as you and waiting for feedback is one thing. Posting about a problem and then suddenly complaining about Mazda quality without even knowing if and what the problem might be, if any, is entirely another.

And no worries, I will refrain from trying to help you moving forward. Good luck.

[stevenlung]

Very good

[mazdas3sporte]

this is turning to another case of the toronto mazda 3 argument thread

[stevenlung]

:bana2:lock:bana

[McGuyver_3]

I just notice I can take it to the dealer.....duh, I think a 16yrs knows that smartass.

From the OP, I was asking if anyone had actually experienced this, if the answer is yes, please let me know so I'll be able to tell the dealer on the next visit, not like wasting my time on every visit if the issue won't be able to reproduce anytime I want cuz it only happens like once every 2 months, so it makes me and the dealer much easier to track down the problem so I don't look like an idiot.

Anyways, thanks Noisy Crow for your comment, I was thinking it was a sticky sensor.


So why dont you take the car to the dealer and requesrt they keep it until they can reproduce the problem and they give you a loaner car or something. That is how we do it at my work. Weve had a couple of cases where the CX didnt want to take his car until we were able to reproduce the issue the car was there for 2 months. Somebody drove it every day and we were unable to reproduce the issue and the car was also out of warranty. So you can imagine what it cost the owner .

[rcd001]

Wow....

[Joe Lin]

It was basically in limp in mode. The computer would have logged the event which can be checked after by a scanner.

[Notorious MS3]

This morning, I was driving out of my street to Steeles, suddenly my car bogged, I thought the stupid MAF sensor crapped out cuz it happened a few times 2 months ago, so I pressed on the gas abit more, and I found out it didn't give me any response, I was like WTF, I pulled over to the side and continued pressing on the gas, it still nothing, the RPM stayed at 1500, the car was on, everything seems fine, except no response from the gas pedal, so I restarted the car 3-4 times, it's still the same shit, then I popped up the hood to see is there any loose wires but there's none, at that time I gave up and let the car on (rpm stayed at 1500) while having a smoke, after 5 mins I turned the damn thing off and tried to start again, now the gas pedal gave me response, then I beated the crap out of my car and everything seems normal

Anyone experienced this before?


Same kind of think happened to me after school today. I made a left turn, and I got no power in second, third, or fourth gear. It was like the rpm's were just limited to under 3000k no matter how hard i depressed the peddle. They only thing different was that I would hear a strange back firing noise coming from the exhaust. The exhaust and bumper was was covered with a black soot. Once I restarted the car It seemed to work perfectly. My car is a bone stock speed3 with like 18k on it. I'm gonna take it to the dealer tomorrow too. I'll post what mazda thinks the problem is.

[MSMitch]

Same kind of think happened to me after school today. I made a left turn, and I got no power in second, third, or fourth gear. It was like the rpm's were just limited to under 3000k no matter how hard i depressed the peddle. They only thing different was that I would hear a strange back firing noise coming from the exhaust. The exhaust and bumper was was covered with a black soot. Once I restarted the car It seemed to work perfectly. My car is a bone stock speed3 with like 18k on it. I'm gonna take it to the dealer tomorrow too. I'll post what mazda thinks the problem is.

To bring this thread back from the dead - Notorious, did they ever find the problem? (My speed 3 did that same thing on start up this afternoon)...

[mazda lover]

Same kind of think happened to me after school today. I made a left turn, and I got no power in second, third, or fourth gear. It was like the rpm's were just limited to under 3000k no matter how hard i depressed the peddle. They only thing different was that I would hear a strange back firing noise coming from the exhaust. The exhaust and bumper was was covered with a black soot. Once I restarted the car It seemed to work perfectly. My car is a bone stock speed3 with like 18k on it. I'm gonna take it to the dealer tomorrow too. I'll post what mazda thinks the problem is.

not flaming but a post with a solution to the problem would be appreciated, don't leave us hanging...just saying...
thanks