My wife loved her 2013 Mazda3. But then a deer sacrificed himself on the front of her nice red coupe back in AUG 17. We ended up getting her a silver 2013 to replace it. Same hatchback style. Really the only thing different was she decided to go from a stick to an automatic. And it has been a great car. Except it does have this one quirk that baffles me...
During day time driving, totally normal. No quirks at all. But at night you put on the headlights... everything is fine... then you start to apply the brakes... the headlights visibly "pulse" as long as you are braking. Like supplying the electricity to the brake lights plus everything else plus the headlights is overloading the system and causing them to cycle up and down? First time I drove it at night, I thought I was imagining it. Then a friend drove it at night and asked about it. And it's the sort of thing, once you really notice... you really notice it!
I tried to tell myself this was actually some kind of "feature" that Mazda added to alert drivers you were braking... but the other 2013 didn't do it and it really seems more like a bug.
If I take it to my dealer and ask them to check "something..." what should that "something" be?
Thanks!!
Gregg Greenwood
Vinita, OK
During day time driving, totally normal. No quirks at all. But at night you put on the headlights... everything is fine... then you start to apply the brakes... the headlights visibly "pulse" as long as you are braking. Like supplying the electricity to the brake lights plus everything else plus the headlights is overloading the system and causing them to cycle up and down? First time I drove it at night, I thought I was imagining it. Then a friend drove it at night and asked about it. And it's the sort of thing, once you really notice... you really notice it!
I tried to tell myself this was actually some kind of "feature" that Mazda added to alert drivers you were braking... but the other 2013 didn't do it and it really seems more like a bug.
If I take it to my dealer and ask them to check "something..." what should that "something" be?
Thanks!!
Gregg Greenwood
Vinita, OK