![]() ![]() I checked my car this evening => turned ignition expecting same throaty unhappy grumble => purrs in sweetness at me. I think you can imagine the expletives emanating from my mouth as I re-parked the car and took the bus for the day. Turned it off, started it again => same problem. Pumping the gas pedal did nothing to solve my problem. It's been about 6 weeks since that last repair and today I start up the engine, back it up a few feet, put it in 1st gear and before I even bring the clutch in it starts revving in a very peculiar way sounds different from before, but same basic idea - throaty growl with loss of power. The "old" problem hasn't recurred, but now it seems to have a new (but similar) one. Ok, so that MUST have fixed it, right? Well. Took it to another garage, they read the code, and changed the 2 spark plug coils. Got harder to bring it back to its senses by pumping the gas pedal. About 3 weeks later it returned - same problem - and became more and more frequent, to the point where it would occur when I was idling at stop signs to the point of almost stalling, as well as when in motion. The problem disappeared and I naively assumed it was fixed. They changed the spark plugs and the wires, did an oil change to boot, and off I went. They read the code and assured me a tune-up would do the trick. Ultimately the engine light came on (and stayed on), so I took it to a garage. Sometime in August, the engine would suddenly start running very roughly (groBack into gear and off I'd go. ![]() It has about 140,000 km's on it (give or take). Ok I bought my 2002 Mazda Protege 5 second hand six months ago. ![]()
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