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Help please
Hi everyone I have a Mazda rx8 2004 manual speed the car went crazy last night first it move by it self and all the lights went on crazy so I have to diconecr the negative border of the battery but every time I try to reconnected the car it feels like it's going back to do the same thing i dont know what to do please anyone. So I took it to the mechanic he not even could tell me what's up he just told me the Clutch was no good anymore i dont know if is true bc I didn't c any sings of the clutch wearing down , also I got the fans replace again I replace them a year a go and then went out again is this normal? I'm going back to the mechanic any suggestions about to make sure there telling me the true about the clutch ? How do I know bc so far I didn't get any problems with it until they said so
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Hi everyone I have a Mazda rx8 2004 manual speed the car went crazy last night first it move by it self and all the lights went on crazy so I have to diconecr the negative border of the battery but every time I try to reconnected the car it feels like it's going back to do the same thing i dont know what to do please anyone
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The car was totally in off mode with no key inserted all by it self move and went in panic mode the car I mean I had to disconnect the battery until I jumped and after 5 mts of the car been on the panic mode shut of i didn't know what really happen
#6
thanks for the input the battery cables were right in order i dont know what electric problem the car had I changed the relays and everything i dont know why it could happen
#7
Crazy meant the car was in panic mode with all the lights going off and the alarm witch it doest have
#9
Well the car doesn't have a alarm there is no control remote so I didn't know what to do just the obvious disconnect the battery ore the relays so I did and the hand brake was on to so only god know what happen
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So let me get this straight. The engine was off and the handbrake was engaged, you were OUTSIDE the car, and the car started to MOVE ON IT'S OWN?
I'm gonna have nightmares again
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I'm gonna have nightmares again
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Well diet it again the car was park with the hand real on and in first gear and I found it move toward from the place I left it the battery was dead but then I try jumping the car but the panic horn goes off and all the lights with in the control panel 2 here I have 2little videos but i dont know how to post them here how do I do it ?
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Well diet it again the car was park with the hand real on and in first gear and I found it move toward from the place I left it the battery was dead but then I try jumping the car but the panic horn goes off and all the lights with in the control panel 2 here I have 2little videos but i dont know how to post them here how do I do it ?
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This is sooooo confusing. Did you try pushing it when the handbrake is on? I'm trying to rule out if the handbrake works. Does the car START and move? Or does it just roll without starting?
You gotta give us more details man. Your ignorance is making us avoid your thread.
You gotta give us more details man. Your ignorance is making us avoid your thread.
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Had a friend whose dad's TR7 killed itself.
A short triggered the starter while it was in gear, next to a building. It slammed itself into the building until it broke a fuel line, then burned itself to the ground.
I am not sure if hotwiring the starter would trip the alarm, but that is likely. I would disconnect the 2 wires going to the starter, make sure they do not touch anything, and then reconnect the battery. Then check for voltage on the smaller starter wire. If it is hot, you need to figure out why.
A short triggered the starter while it was in gear, next to a building. It slammed itself into the building until it broke a fuel line, then burned itself to the ground.
I am not sure if hotwiring the starter would trip the alarm, but that is likely. I would disconnect the 2 wires going to the starter, make sure they do not touch anything, and then reconnect the battery. Then check for voltage on the smaller starter wire. If it is hot, you need to figure out why.
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[QUOTE=Nisaja;4747671]This is sooooo confusing. Did you try pushing it when the handbrake is on? I'm trying to rule out if the handbrake works. Does the car START and move? Or does it just roll without starting?
You gotta give us more details man. Your ignorance is making us avoid your thread.[/QUOT. When I found the car the 2 times this has happen the car it's. its just move forward and hit my fence, when I run to the car the battery it's dead but when I Jump start it the panic factory alarm goes of just as the lights in the inside panel , even when I get to start it keeps going eventually shuts of but I'm afraid this could happen somewhere else, so i dont know if the car starts him self ore what and to sensed your question I try to push it with the hang brake and the car wouldn't move, so I'm taking it to Mazda next Monday
You gotta give us more details man. Your ignorance is making us avoid your thread.[/QUOT. When I found the car the 2 times this has happen the car it's. its just move forward and hit my fence, when I run to the car the battery it's dead but when I Jump start it the panic factory alarm goes of just as the lights in the inside panel , even when I get to start it keeps going eventually shuts of but I'm afraid this could happen somewhere else, so i dont know if the car starts him self ore what and to sensed your question I try to push it with the hang brake and the car wouldn't move, so I'm taking it to Mazda next Monday
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, thanks man I did check the relay I put a new one the first time that the episode happen bc I notice if I touched the starter relay the car move foward, but I think you are the one closest to the problem in my opinion I'm not a mechanic so i dont know how to check the grounds but the ground wire of the battery looks good to me I even clean it , So who knows what's going on I'm taking the car to Mazda next Monday for the airbag recall and they will check it the only problem it's like the car only has done 2 times and it hasn't happen when it's use in the regular just when I let the car stand still for a day ore so
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