ND battery under-spec'd?

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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby RBH58 » Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:54 pm

Red_Bullet wrote:Good, I'm pleased that it has turned out ok then. Go forth and drive the car and enjoy it.

Never stopped doing that.
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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby RBH58 » Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:40 pm

Car left for 3 weeks with the cruise “on” and it started no problems. So the software fix clearly worked because 14 days would have been the limit before.

It seems however, that Mazda are only installing the software patch on vehicles where the customer has complained. Despite acknowledging that all Pre-Mid-May-17 build RFs have the problem, they don’t seem to have made it a automatic “next service” item.
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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby TieNN89 » Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:42 pm

Good to hear the software fix worked, I"ll be sure to tell them to fix it when mines in for a service.

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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby project.r.racing » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:22 pm

RBH58 wrote:It seems however, that Mazda are only installing the software patch on vehicles where the customer has complained. Despite acknowledging that all Pre-Mid-May-17 build RFs have the problem, they don’t seem to have made it a automatic “next service” item.
Please explain how you came past this info?

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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby RBH58 » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:50 pm

project.r.racing wrote:
RBH58 wrote:It seems however, that Mazda are only installing the software patch on vehicles where the customer has complained. Despite acknowledging that all Pre-Mid-May-17 build RFs have the problem, they don’t seem to have made it a automatic “next service” item.
Please explain how you came past this info?

Mazda acknowledged all Pre-May-17 build RFs have the problem in their Worldwide TSB (published Dec 17). But people are still having to fight with their dealers (here and in the US) to get them to install the software fix.
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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby RBH58 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:51 pm

Mazda USA have started sending letters to affected RF owners asking them to bring in their cars for a software upgrade. So in the USA they are actually alerting customers to the problem. I wonder if Mazda Australia will?
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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby project.r.racing » Fri Apr 20, 2018 3:08 pm

By comsumer law they have to.

I know I have got a letter in the mail from Mazda for one of my Mazdas two years ago.

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Re: ND battery under-spec'd?

Postby YeahYeahYeah » Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:36 am

My battery is still going well after 5yrs+ (10/15) in a 1.5L.


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