20 Most Recent 1998 Mazda MPV - Page 8 Questions & Answers

my vehicle hold light flashes and the vehicle does not respond to accellerating. What could be the problem? Please help me

It all depends.
I’m not at the shop to be able to look up your vehicle at the moment for specific details, but if you look at the drive belts and see how they are routed, you should be able to see if the A/C compressor has a dedicated belt. If the belt to the A/C is by itself, you can buy yourself a little time by removing, or cutting off the belt to it.

If it’s making noise, you probably have a bad bearing and you do not want to be driving it unless you can remove the belt.

If you leave it as it is and the bearing goes completely out, it could make a pretty serious costly mess. For example, it could take out several expensive parts with it such as the radiator, cooling fan, fan shroud, alternator, etc... hopefully you get the idea.

Please note, with the belt removed from it you will not have A/C.

hopefully you find this info useful.

When was the last time you change your thermostat?

sounds like the radiator is blocked either coolant flow or ext air flow through the matrix the thermostat can get ruined when the system overheats so allways change the stat after a overheat problem GET THE RAD CHECKED FIRST if ok check the coolant pump

On this website, you find fuse box diagram and description for Mazda 3 (2006) Mazda 3 2006 fuse box diagram Auto Genius

I am led to believe that from 2000 the ecm of the mazda cars could be programmed for better performance with the use of a laptop with a special mazda program try talking to performance shops as they are most likely to have the programs or can advise if it is possible to reprogram