Modern Mazda vehicles have all kinds of advanced electrical components designed to enhance your driving experience. And the engine itself requires a steady flow of voltage to keep the spark plugs sparking. But electronics can occasionally glitch and falter. If you experience any of the following electrical problems, visit your nearest Mazda dealership to have it repaired.
Is Your Mazda Having Electrical Problems?
Starter Trouble
Perhaps the most important electrical component of your vehicle is the starter. The starter needs a ready power supply from the battery or your car won’t start. If you ever find you can’t start your engine in the morning, then either the starter itself isn’t working or your battery is dead.
A drained battery might resolve itself when you jump-start your car. But if the battery problems persist, then you might need to replace it. Either that or the alternator isn’t doing its job in recharging the battery while the engine’s running.
Engine Misfiring
Your ignition coils serve the impressive function of turning a small voltage of power from the battery into a staggering 40,000 volts, which is delivered to the spark plugs in hundreds of pulses every second. These pulses of electricity ignite the fuel-air mixture inside the combustion chambers, powering your car.
Any failure of electrical voltage to the ignition coils, or fault with a coil itself, will cause the spark plugs to start misfiring. Your engine will sputter and struggle to generate power. Your acceleration will drop, and you might even stall when you slow down. A faulty ignition coil can be cleaned, repaired, or refurbished, but it’s often more cost-effective to buy a new one.
Failing Accessories
The various electrical accessories throughout your vehicle can sometimes run into trouble. This includes the headlights, dashboard, stereo, power windows, power seating, onboard computer, relays, sensors, and more.
If one component stops working, you can safely assume there’s a problem with that particular part or its wiring. But when multiple electrical accessories fail at once, you probably have a bigger underlying problem. In the case of a failing electrical supply, most Mazda vehicles will cleverly prioritize which accessories are starved of power first. The parts that keep you safe, such as the headlights, will be the last to stop working.
Faulty Wiring
There are dozens of yards of wiring throughout your vehicle. If any connections or stretches of wiring come loose, something or other will stop functioning.
If not caught in time by the fuse box, electrical surges can sometimes melt the plastic insulation around the wiring. In this case, you’ll often smell the plastic burning at about the same time that the affected accessory stops working.
How Your Mazda Dealer Diagnoses Electrical Faults
Technicians have tools that can interface with your onboard computers and narrow down the source of an electrical problem. Unlike mechanical problems, which are typically quick to diagnose and then take a longer time to fix, electrical issues often take a few hours to pin down and then can be quickly repaired.
Visit Tom Bush Mazda today to have your electronics examined and repaired by experienced professionals. We’ve been helping the area’s local drivers since 1974.
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