Hi everyone. First, i'll introduce myself. My name is Brent and I recently just bought a 2002 Mazda Protege ES 5-Speed with 40,000 miles on it.
Super clean car with everything appearing to be in great condition. Here she is:
Anyways, I took delivery of the car on 5/31/07 early evening and put 15 miles on driving back home. Keep in mind this is my third time driving a stick so it was still something new to me. Got the car home no problems, no stalling and parked it for the night.
Next day I drive 12 miles or so to the store with no problems. A minute after I leave the store I come to a red light. I slow and stop the car like normal, then engage the car into first gear so I will be able to drive like normal once the light turns. However once the light turned green I eased off the clutch and onto the gas and the car stalls. No biggie I'm thinking, since I has stalled the car a couple times including the test drive and it was less than a day old to me. I try again, starting the car then trying to accelerate while being the first car at the light, however it stalls again. This continues for a couple minutes while I try probably 7 or so times even trying to rev the engine up a bit before releasing the clutch. However the car still isn't going. By this point the cars behind me finally see my hazards and go around me and quit honking. I try the car in 2nd gear a couple times thinking that maybe I was just messing something up. However the car still wouldn't go. At this point I'm starting to get irritated and not know what to do. After all I was sitting at the light still, not moving, in the road in my lane, unable to go anywhere. Finally I try the car in third gear and am able to nurse the car immediately into a parking lot where I then call the salesman who sold and handed me the keys the day before. After an hour of finally him realizing that the car wouldn't go for me he decided to come and find out what was going on. He shows up (dealership 15 minutes from the incident) and walks over to the car thinking that because I hadn't driven a manual before that I might have just not driven it properly. Anyways he grabs the keys hops in, and points to the parking brake which I pulled up once I parked the car, thinking that he found why the car wouldn't drive. He starts the car, puts it in gear and tries to drive, it stalls. Tries it again, and it stalls again. Finally the third time he give the car some gas and gets the rpm's up before releasing the clutch, however the car stalls. Then he dumbfoundedly looks confused as to why the car wouldn't drive, gets out of the car, and goes into his new car he drove over.
We leave the car there to be towed by the dealership and take off to the dealer. Upon entering the dealership the sales manager comes up and asks "what did you do to the car?" I explain that it simply wouldn't drive and he walks away in disbelief. I get driven home and am without a car.
The car would not drive in first or second gears. I was able to move the car in third gear and did so to get it out of the road. Once in the parking lot I pulled to an empty side and parked, relaxed for a minute and tried again. The car would not move in either gear and I also tried reverse with no luck. Also something to note, normally you can start the car in neutral with the parking brake up and you can take your foot off the clutch after starting it up with no problems. However after this happened, in the parking lot when I would push the clutch in to start the car in neutral and with the parking break up the car would start fine with no lights going off on the dash, however once I lifted my foot off the clutch to let the car idle, it would immediately die and shut off.
The car was less than a day old when this problem occured, and had less that 30 miles put on it once I took delivery. The car currently has the Connecticut Used Car warranty of 60 days/3,000 miles that guarantees it mechanically sound for that period. I am waiting to hear back on what the problem with the car is. Hopefully they will cover the cost under the waranty as it states: "This used car warranty law does not appy to any mechanical defects of your vehicle white the dealer can prove resulted from an automobile accident which occurred after you took possesion of the vehicle or from your misuse of the vehicle." The car was not in an accident, and after 30 miles of driving I don't believe I could have possibly caused any misuse which caused this issue.
I'm just a bit irritated myself that the car had a problem after less than a day old. The Protege was great fun to drive for those 30 miles and I can't wait to get it back. (boom05)
Added: On 6/2/07 the service department said they have to "dig deeper" and aren't sure of what the problem is yet.
Super clean car with everything appearing to be in great condition. Here she is:
Anyways, I took delivery of the car on 5/31/07 early evening and put 15 miles on driving back home. Keep in mind this is my third time driving a stick so it was still something new to me. Got the car home no problems, no stalling and parked it for the night.
Next day I drive 12 miles or so to the store with no problems. A minute after I leave the store I come to a red light. I slow and stop the car like normal, then engage the car into first gear so I will be able to drive like normal once the light turns. However once the light turned green I eased off the clutch and onto the gas and the car stalls. No biggie I'm thinking, since I has stalled the car a couple times including the test drive and it was less than a day old to me. I try again, starting the car then trying to accelerate while being the first car at the light, however it stalls again. This continues for a couple minutes while I try probably 7 or so times even trying to rev the engine up a bit before releasing the clutch. However the car still isn't going. By this point the cars behind me finally see my hazards and go around me and quit honking. I try the car in 2nd gear a couple times thinking that maybe I was just messing something up. However the car still wouldn't go. At this point I'm starting to get irritated and not know what to do. After all I was sitting at the light still, not moving, in the road in my lane, unable to go anywhere. Finally I try the car in third gear and am able to nurse the car immediately into a parking lot where I then call the salesman who sold and handed me the keys the day before. After an hour of finally him realizing that the car wouldn't go for me he decided to come and find out what was going on. He shows up (dealership 15 minutes from the incident) and walks over to the car thinking that because I hadn't driven a manual before that I might have just not driven it properly. Anyways he grabs the keys hops in, and points to the parking brake which I pulled up once I parked the car, thinking that he found why the car wouldn't drive. He starts the car, puts it in gear and tries to drive, it stalls. Tries it again, and it stalls again. Finally the third time he give the car some gas and gets the rpm's up before releasing the clutch, however the car stalls. Then he dumbfoundedly looks confused as to why the car wouldn't drive, gets out of the car, and goes into his new car he drove over.
We leave the car there to be towed by the dealership and take off to the dealer. Upon entering the dealership the sales manager comes up and asks "what did you do to the car?" I explain that it simply wouldn't drive and he walks away in disbelief. I get driven home and am without a car.
The car would not drive in first or second gears. I was able to move the car in third gear and did so to get it out of the road. Once in the parking lot I pulled to an empty side and parked, relaxed for a minute and tried again. The car would not move in either gear and I also tried reverse with no luck. Also something to note, normally you can start the car in neutral with the parking brake up and you can take your foot off the clutch after starting it up with no problems. However after this happened, in the parking lot when I would push the clutch in to start the car in neutral and with the parking break up the car would start fine with no lights going off on the dash, however once I lifted my foot off the clutch to let the car idle, it would immediately die and shut off.
The car was less than a day old when this problem occured, and had less that 30 miles put on it once I took delivery. The car currently has the Connecticut Used Car warranty of 60 days/3,000 miles that guarantees it mechanically sound for that period. I am waiting to hear back on what the problem with the car is. Hopefully they will cover the cost under the waranty as it states: "This used car warranty law does not appy to any mechanical defects of your vehicle white the dealer can prove resulted from an automobile accident which occurred after you took possesion of the vehicle or from your misuse of the vehicle." The car was not in an accident, and after 30 miles of driving I don't believe I could have possibly caused any misuse which caused this issue.
I'm just a bit irritated myself that the car had a problem after less than a day old. The Protege was great fun to drive for those 30 miles and I can't wait to get it back. (boom05)
Added: On 6/2/07 the service department said they have to "dig deeper" and aren't sure of what the problem is yet.
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