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02-12-2009, 10:20 PM
I have 3 issues potentially related to brakes / ABS. Can anyone help as the dealership gives me the run around - they have no clue !
1- When the temperature gets below the freezing point, I get a squeaking sound around 20km/h. That happens everytime the car is cold and lasts less than 1 second. Whether I am in first or second gear it does that sound.
The dealership changed the ABS pump last spring. This winter is worse than last winter. It used to do this when it was very cold only, but now even after filling the car at a gas station it does it. Dealership now tells me that every Mazda3 does this sound.
2- When I brake on an icy road, or on a very snowy road, there is a squealing sound until I remove my foot from the brake pedal. It did this to me 4-5 times this winter. It happened also once on a sunny day where the road conditions were normal - I had to brake as the traffic jammed in front of me.
The dealership could not replicate this and therefore doesn't care.
3- Since the last 2 weeks, I noticed that the braking pedal gets stiff and I need to apply extra pressure on it as the car doesn't slow down. This happened 4-5 times under various conditions (under & above freezing point), but not in icy or very snowy conditions (and therefore doesn't appear to be 'normal' ABS interfering). It did this tonight as I left work. I had braked twice before, but lightly. At a stop light I braked normally, but nothing happened at first. I pressed harder and after a little delay, the brakes worked as if I had slammed them hard. (Not to mention that there was a cop car on the corner - I would have looked like a tool trying to explain that the brakes didn't work !). The car had not warmed up yet, as I had started probably 3 minutes before it happened. When it happened today and in the past, it did it only once, when the car was cold but not necessarily the first time I applied the brakes. Everything then goes back to normal.
I didn't tell my dealership yet, but this is pretty disturbing. I guess that they won't be able to replicate this and I will look like an idiot (again ...).
Are all three problems related ? What is wrong with that car ?
1- When the temperature gets below the freezing point, I get a squeaking sound around 20km/h. That happens everytime the car is cold and lasts less than 1 second. Whether I am in first or second gear it does that sound.
The dealership changed the ABS pump last spring. This winter is worse than last winter. It used to do this when it was very cold only, but now even after filling the car at a gas station it does it. Dealership now tells me that every Mazda3 does this sound.
2- When I brake on an icy road, or on a very snowy road, there is a squealing sound until I remove my foot from the brake pedal. It did this to me 4-5 times this winter. It happened also once on a sunny day where the road conditions were normal - I had to brake as the traffic jammed in front of me.
The dealership could not replicate this and therefore doesn't care.
3- Since the last 2 weeks, I noticed that the braking pedal gets stiff and I need to apply extra pressure on it as the car doesn't slow down. This happened 4-5 times under various conditions (under & above freezing point), but not in icy or very snowy conditions (and therefore doesn't appear to be 'normal' ABS interfering). It did this tonight as I left work. I had braked twice before, but lightly. At a stop light I braked normally, but nothing happened at first. I pressed harder and after a little delay, the brakes worked as if I had slammed them hard. (Not to mention that there was a cop car on the corner - I would have looked like a tool trying to explain that the brakes didn't work !). The car had not warmed up yet, as I had started probably 3 minutes before it happened. When it happened today and in the past, it did it only once, when the car was cold but not necessarily the first time I applied the brakes. Everything then goes back to normal.
I didn't tell my dealership yet, but this is pretty disturbing. I guess that they won't be able to replicate this and I will look like an idiot (again ...).
Are all three problems related ? What is wrong with that car ?