Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihnss.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!ihnss!warren From: warren@ihnss.UUCP (Warren Montgomery) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Questions on Minor Quirks in a Mazda GLC Message-ID: <2239@ihnss.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 14:00:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnss.2239 Posted: Thu Sep 20 14:00:46 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 19:44:32 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 58 A while back I asked for opinions on a good substitute for a VW rabbit, given I could not get one with the features I wanted in the 84 model year and did not want to wait for 85. After a lot of looking and an early death for the car we were replacing, we bought a Mazda GLC. On the whole we are extremely pleased with the car, which handles well, gets good mileage, and provides an impressive set of features for the money. This is our first new car in 5 years, and the first with a "modern" emissions system, and I have some questions about it's operation that other GLC owners may be able to answer. 1) The car operates with the engine temperature 1/3 of the way between Cold and Hot most of the time, but when idling on a warm day quickly rises to 1/2 way and smells hot. It doesn't overheat. Is this just normal, or should I look for something wrong? 2) After driving in traffic for some time on a warm day I ocasionally hear a periodic muffled tone (somewhat like someone playing high C on an organ very quietly behind a thick blanket of insulation) that cycles on and off in about 10 second cycles. I haven't been able to localize it, but it seems to be coming from the right rear of the car. It's not dependent on running accessories or engine speed. Nothing operates abnormally and all of the guages are normal, but I am puzzled about what causes it. Any ideas? 3) The car sometimes hesitates during acceleration when partially warmed up. It starts well and runs well either completely cold or fully warm, and I have experienced this with just about every recent make car I have rented except for fuel inject models. Is this just inevitable, or can/should it be adjusted away? 4) Much of my driving is in weak signal areas for FM radio reception. The radio (a Clarion 4 speaker model that Mazda apparently sells as factory equipment) performs quite well on the whole, but sometimes gets into a pulsating mode, where the signal comes and goes, or the tone periodically changes, or the balance between left and right keeps changing. I'm not complaining, since under similar circumstances the radio on my other car picks up static, switches stations, and does other undesirable things, but I would like to know if there is some kind of stability adjustment that may be misadjusted. Again, my overall impression with this car has been very favorable. I have been very favorably impressed by the obvious attention to details in the design, and general sound feeling of the car. The engine compartment seems well laid out for servicing, and what I can see of the engine components seem well designed for durability. -- Warren Montgomery ihnss!warren IH (8-367) x2494