CarlM2 said:As of today, Millenium Mazda in Durham, NC claims that the update is not available to them. They claim to have tried to find it but, it wasn't where they looked. Oh well. Maybe one day.
boostisgood said:
Hi Craig!
I'm not copying anyone else on this message, because I saw how you got
scooped on the forum last time! It probably doesn't matter though,
because you have likely heard already that we have the reflash
available at dealerships. We e-mailed instructions to all our dealers
Wednesday (Sept. 10) to enable them to download the new calibration and
begin reflashing PCMs to address your concern. Knowing how fast the
word gets around, I would be surprised if you don't already have an
appointment to get yours done by now. But don't be surprised if not
everyone at every dealership knows all about this right away. It
sometimes takes a while for the info to filter down to every Service
Advisor and Technician in the country. Hope you like the enhancement.
Regarding your question about the "clunk" issue, I can tell you that we
have developed a countermeasure bushing that is currently being tested
for durability, and we hope to have new parts available by year-end.
Take care, and thanks again for your support and enthusiasm for Mazda.
Scott Slade
Manager, Customer Assistance Center
Mazda North American Operations
yashooa said:I hate this ******* flash so far...
I never really had the hesitation but I wanted to get some more around town type of power out of it so far it just plain sucks.
My car feels about 1/2 as fast as it was at 12 PSI pre flash.
I HATE IT!
And get this I went in with my Joe MBC and not a word was said at all about it or my boost gauge. However, my car is running 8PSI now hmmm I wonder how that happened.
On the ticket it says verified hesitation through test drive. No TSB was found called tech line and was given new PCM update. Updated PCM and then drove to verify fix.
So he actually lowered my boost on one of the drives.
Which all in all was a damn cool thing to do but man I was used to VRRRROOOM SLAM 2CND VRRROOOM SLAM 3RD VRRRROOOM SLAM 4TH etc.
Now it's smooth as silk I mean smoooth but man it is boring.
10PSI here I come. I guess I will have to readjust my MBC some and maybe this PCM will learn.
122 Vega said:I thought that at first too, like where's the turbo? But it is just so much smoother that it doesn't have that big surge at 5000. That wasn't boost anyways, since the turbo was already spooled up.
Britt
krillin said:anyone know how long it takes the dealer to flash the ecu? i'm saying that if i were to drop it off, how long would the entire process take. would i be asked to leave my car there for the day?
also, my dealer keeps insisting that i can't just get this ecu flash without them diagnosing my car. is there any way i can just tell them, "i want my ecu flashed." and that's it? i've been to 2 dealerships already and they're both giving me crap. i left my car a whole afternoon at a smaller mazda dealership because they said it'd get done that day but ended up telling me that they didn't find any hesitation/stumbling with the car so they didn't do anything, but wash it. i was so....blah!@#
exactly. a ball bearing turbo this small should spool up really quickly to 6psi or even 8, so you shouldn't really notice the surge. also the fairly high compression ratio should make decent power off boost, so you will not notice the switch much. if you want the lag, get a bigger turbo, just make sure your engine is ready for it.122 Vega said:I thought that at first too, like where's the turbo? But it is just so much smoother that it doesn't have that big surge at 5000. That wasn't boost anyways, since the turbo was already spooled up.
Britt