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- '02 Mazda Protege5
Just bought a 2002 Mazda Protege5. I wanted this car when it first came out 15 years ago lol.
It will serve as a second car/winter daily driver for me (my other car is a 2016 Dodge Challenger R/T)
Car has only 67,000 miles, runs great. I love it already
Only has a few issues which I'm going to start to try to figure out:
A/C appears to work, but only sometimes. It was working more when it was warmer out the other day (60s) but it hasn't been that hot yet so it's hard to test it. But, the A/C compressor does come on for a few seconds at a time, then shuts off for like 10 seconds, then comes on again for a few seconds ( the fan comes on too). when it comes on for long enough it does get cold. Do I have a bad compressor, or is it just low on refrigerant, or is it something else?
After driving around for a while it develops a sputtering at idle and sometimes I feel it when I'm on light acceleration (like cruise control)
Appears to be a misfire condition? but i'm not getting any check engine codes. It does it more when the engine is hot, and only at low RPMs and idle. First thing I'm gonna do which is a good idea anyway is to change spark plugs, wires, and coil packs, as well as run some fuel system cleaner through it.
yea so that's literally it. hopefully I won't need to keep coming to the forum with questions, rather have answers for others. lol