<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mazdaspeed - Electrical Issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hey All,</p>
<p dir="auto">So recently I have been having some issues with with my Electrical System, I've known Ive had a bad battery for a few months and I finally got around to replacing it, but I know there is another issue that I should probably address at the same time since it probably has something to do with the dead battery. Over the summer I got caught out driving durring a severe down pour the flooded out the streets completely. Fearing the worst I just stopped and waited for the streets to clear out.</p>
<p dir="auto">I would assume that night some water got in contact with my electrical unit, and I'm hoping I don't have to replace the ECU at some point. The car has some unusal symptoms that occur sparatically it seems like:</p>
<p dir="auto">Occasionally when you turn the ignition nothing happens - even when the battery is fully charged - play with the pedals a little bit, release the e-brake, and put it in first gear, the car resets it self - (who the hell knows why) turn the key and the car fires right up</p>
<p dir="auto">Occasionally the car will litterally "turn off" - everything except for the engine, while I'm out driving, if you do something that requires immediate power: i.e. turn the lights on, or lock the doors, or roll down the windows - it's strange.</p>
<p dir="auto">Recently which has lead me to replace the battery.. when you start the car, the engine will turn over, some weird ass clicking noise comes from the dash somewhere - like a relay is trying to work - then the battery dies becuase it is still trying to start the car.. usually a set of leads will get the car going.. but this is only necessary if the car isn't started for a while</p>
<p dir="auto">The engine works fine still, and everything on the car works most of the time.. it just seems it dosn't all synchronize all at once.. which leads me to believe it is the ECM</p>
<p dir="auto">This will probably turn into an interesting project to get these gremlins beat out.. but just looking for some input, i probably have a nice journey ahead of me to take care of this one.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks</p>
]]></description><link>https://fargostreet.com/topic/20139/mazdaspeed-electrical-issues</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:48:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://fargostreet.com/topic/20139.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:19:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Mazdaspeed - Electrical Issues on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:58:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Yes I did, when I swapped the Battery.. I think it's going to just have to be guess and check on this one, there isn't much I can do to induce any of the symptoms, they are all just so random, we''ll see how it goes</p>
]]></description><link>https://fargostreet.com/post/308034</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://fargostreet.com/post/308034</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazdaboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:58:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Mazdaspeed - Electrical Issues on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:09:10 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Did you clean the terminals/cables?</p>
]]></description><link>https://fargostreet.com/post/307978</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://fargostreet.com/post/307978</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[PSiedTSi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:09:10 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>