Good morning everyone and happy 11 11 11 !!!

ya lor.. maybe that civic is also sprinting in lower gear.. if you want to zoom zoom aggresive.. can try using manual shift..

Surely there is improvement!

i going to test again ... damn it ...

Hi,

New M3 owner here I've been driving the car for 2 weeks now and trying to hit the first 1K mark service so that I can send in the car for checking for a very bad knocking sound coming from the rear right hand side. It just terrible for such a new car to develop this noise on the collection day. I collected the car from Bermaz Glenmarie showroom where the salesman explained the features and took the the road for the nearest gas station for petrol. The funny thing is that, there was no knocking sound during that whole time when I was in KL. The knocking sound was so loud and only developed after I enter the highway heading back towards my home city later that day. The knocking from the rear is more apparent when I apply the brakes or when doing a left turn. At other times, its just knocking even at low speed (25-50kmph) on normal road. Knocking is not heard during higher cruising speed.
So, two weeks have passed and I have done some googling...it seems this is a common problem for Mazda3's? Just wanna get some sharing and experience from Mazda 3 owners here bout this.

Other forums have suggested it could be the rear sway bar linkage that has come loose. Some say that its d rear suspension bushing and some say its the suspension itself that is faulty.

enchekere,

Yes, before the Jelapang roundabout. There is only one authorized Mazda service centre in Ipoh.
In terms of service:

1) Front desk customer service were friendly. Offered me wifi password while I was waiting at customer waiting area. One thing to improve is that they should not talk or gossip about another customer in front of other customers. Can do it when no customer is around if it is necessary to talk about it.

2) The tech guys are okay. When I arrive in the morning, a senior guy offered to take me out for a test drive to simulate the knocking straight after registering at the front desk. Once back at the SC, he instructed another to check the undercarriage bolts and stuff. After that, another guy took over and did the test drive with me for the second time. Waiting time wasn't too long. Very engaging with me during test drive and very confident but did not solve my issue in the end It's my first service...just some oil change and nothing much done. It was quick (the routine service part).

How bout you? Whats your experience with them like?

Datawraith,

I am also from Ipoh. The SC you sent your car was the one in Jelapang? In terms of service, how was it?

Bought mazda specialized HD CCD rear camera some time,just install yesterday by myself.
Bermaz Mazda free Caska DVD GPS does not include reversing camera av socket,and then call to mazda customer service,their ask me to call GS,they quote me a crazy price RM85 for reverse cam av socket.
I call Caska manufacturers ask for the av socket plus courier service only half price. 
I bought 2 av sockets,left 1 socket here ,who interested can pm me.

caska av socket




HD CCD rear cam with controller box,can tuning display distance


wake up power wire to activate screen display when put in reverse gear.

Haha I do agree with you. More n more Mazda in Ipoh now.

But so far I haven't yet spotted a black M3 in Ipoh.

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Added on February 15, 2012, 4:01 pm

Congratz bro. I guess we can say that SC Ipoh is competent then.

yup! u spotted my car in Ipoh?

i actually know and saw 3 black mazda3 in ipoh lol
a 1.6sdn
a 2.0sdn
a 2.0hb