2014 Mazda 3

[testament11]

Question mga fellow M3 owners, alam nyo ba ang headlight bulb ng 1.5v? Thanks sa sasagot!

I think its HB3. Nasa manual ito sa specification section.

Hi, newbie here. Just got my Mazda 3 1.5 HB. Just want to ask if your car have removable ashtrays when you bought it. I just saw it in the manual when I was browsing it. TIA

CMIIW pero matagal nang walang kasamang ashtray ang mga oto. Saan daw sya located?

Yup, walang kasamang ashtray ang units natin pero as per manual, meron kasama. Nakalagay naman ata doon sa manual na dealer dependent ang ashtray natin. For me, wala naman ibang gamit ang ashtray sa akin kundi lagayan ng barya.

Nga pala, meron kayang makukuhan ng rubber padding doon sa door handle natin? Nawawala yun sa akin kasi sa driver side.

[JohnM]

Nga pala, meron kayang makukuhan ng rubber padding doon sa door handle natin? Nawawala yun sa akin kasi sa driver side.

Naku bad trip yan. Gulat nga ako natatanggal pala yan. Nahigop kasi ng vacuum Casa. Or cut out a rubber mat to fit. I don't think it's readily available anywhere else.

[Geo_S]

Thanks *testament11. Na check ko nga manual kanina, HB3 for the high beam, H11 naman sa low.

[NewbDriver]

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Nga pala, meron kayang makukuhan ng rubber padding doon sa door handle natin? Nawawala yun sa akin kasi sa driver side.

Nawawala rin ung sakin! Rear driver side.

Sabihan kita / sabihan mo ko kapag nagtanong sa casa kung makakabili ng ganyan.

[Horsepower]

A friendly reminder to fellow tsikoteers with I-stop system. Apparently, Mazda sells the battery for 16K (?) but you can get it from Motolite for 5900 (1SM Excel) as reported by TopgearPH

https://www.facebook.com/topgearphil...66078336772569

Naturally, those who have already paid are beyond pissed for getting fleeced of 10K.

[aargh]

Accdg to the topgear article, this is a special battery developed for mazda kaya mahal. So this is just a regular 1SM battery?

[Horsepower]

According to one poster who allegedly deals Motolite battery, there's nothing special about it except the Mazda Sticker. People are waiting for Mazda to clear things up though.

[JohnM]

Enhanced Flooded Batteries were developed for use in stop-start vehicles. The reduced cost of manufacturing EFBs is attractive for manufacturers in order to help keep overall new vehicle production costs down. The EFB design incorporates a porous fibre material, sometimes called "scrim", along with plates that are thicker than a conventional flooded battery. The use of low pressure contact material on the plates of EFBs retains the active material and improves their cycle performance which is necessary for stop-start applications. Examples of vehicles using an EFB include the Mazda CX-5, Subaru XV and the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic.

Stop-start vehicles - battery techology | Car battery | NRMA batteries

Panasonic: Green Car Congress: Panasonic Providing Batteries for Mazda i-stop Stop/Start System; Moving to Mass Production

CMIIW: iStop checks the battery capacity among other parameters. If it isn't satisfied it will just stop working. Theoretically iStop owners CAN use ordinary batteries. The iStop specific battery just has a higher capacity and is more durable to support the more frequent starts.

[germs]

According to one poster who allegedly deals Motolite battery, there's nothing special about it except the Mazda Sticker. People are waiting for Mazda to clear things up though.

I don't get why there's so much backlash against Mazda when it comes to the i-Stop battery. It's as if this kind of technology is entirely new. Ask and european car owner who has start-stop tech and they'll tell you that their cars also use special batteries.

As for the motolite developed batteries, if they were indeed "ordinary" and not specially developed for start-stop, then they wouldn't even last a week because of the abuse that the batteries take from the constant on and off of the engine.

Minsan mga Pinoy talaga sasabat na, may masabi lang.

[victorevolution]

to make the story short just buy amaron batteries.

hahahaha

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to make the story short just buy amaron batteries.

hahahaha

[testament11]

Tsaka ito lang. Ginusto mo yun system, so you need to embrace all the necessary maintenance cost and consumables ng system na ito. So no big deal itong battery. Ang complain lang dito, why Motolite? Tsaka as per research, di lang Motolite ang merong ganitong battery. Yun lang, kung local market ang usapan, Motolite ang available agad.

[Horsepower]

I don't get why there's so much backlash against Mazda when it comes to the i-Stop battery. It's as if this kind of technology is entirely new. Ask and european car owner who has start-stop tech and they'll tell you that their cars also use special batteries.

As for the motolite developed batteries, if they were indeed "ordinary" and not specially developed for start-stop, then they wouldn't even last a week because of the abuse that the batteries take from the constant on and off of the engine.

Minsan mga Pinoy talaga sasabat na, may masabi lang.

I don't really see any backlash except that they supposedly charged a customer (a TopgearPH staff) 16K for a battery that can be had for just 5k+

I read somewhere that the i-stop system has a high rate capacitor (I wonder then how much that is) which takes care of the need for frequent start/stop. Is this correct?

Been thinking of getting a second hand Mz6 (current model) and previous Accord V6 VCM so I am a bit thankful I knew of this info.

[Walter]

According to one poster who allegedly deals Motolite battery, there's nothing special about it except the Mazda Sticker. People are waiting for Mazda to clear things up though.

That person probably doesn't know what he's talking about. Maybe he'll also say iPhones are just the same as other China made phones except they have the Apple logo.

[Ry_Tower]

Na-compute na dati nang isang tsikoteer cost-benefit analysis nang expensive vs gas savings. In 2 years mas makakatipid ka pa din sa istop system. So hindi dapat concern yan.

Also tama si testa, bibili-bili ka nang kotse na may iStop tapos 'di mo gagamitin or imaximize!

[c_cube]

Hindi kasi nagtanong muna yun ibang owners ng may istop bago binili unit nila kaya gulat na gulat

When i was scouting for a cx5, one of my first question was regarding the battery and did some research about it, found out special battery nga and will cost more,13-16k yata canvass ko dati sa 3 dealers and that was 22 months ago but decided to still get the cx5.

Sa akin almost 2 yrs and 13k odo pero di pa ako nagpapalit ng battery. Last january was the last PMS and sabi ng casa, okay pa naman battery ng sa akin.




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[testament11]

I don't really see any backlash except that they supposedly charged a customer (a TopgearPH staff) 16K for a battery that can be had for just 5k+

I read somewhere that the i-stop system has a high rate capacitor (I wonder then how much that is) which takes care of the need for frequent start/stop. Is this correct?

Been thinking of getting a second hand Mz6 (current model) and previous Accord V6 VCM so I am a bit thankful I knew of this info.

No, imposible may mabibili kang 5k+ na battery specifically designed para sa i-Stop system. Uulitin ko, this is a special battery designed para sa start-stop system. So why complain? Maybe in near future baka umabot nalang sa ganung price yun battery or kung halos lahat ng sasakyan dito sa atin ay may start-stop feature. And oh, I doubt 5k+ lang yun battery na ilalabas ni Motolite para sa i-stop system ng Mazda, It could be less than the OEM battery, pero not that cheap.

Tsaka yun sinasabi mong capacitor, i-eloop system yan, aka regenerative braking system. Ang CX-5 for example has i-stop pero walang i-eloop feature, so hindi ito kasama sa i-stop system.

[c_cube]

I don't really see any backlash except that they supposedly charged a customer (a TopgearPH staff) 16K for a battery that can be had for just 5k+

I read somewhere that the i-stop system has a high rate capacitor (I wonder then how much that is) which takes care of the need for frequent start/stop. Is this correct?

Been thinking of getting a second hand Mz6 (current model) and previous Accord V6 VCM so I am a bit thankful I knew of this info.

Different battery 100% and will cost more than the typical battery. Mali yun nagsabi ng 5k lang, unless may kilala siguro sa motolite at yun ang cost ng pag gawa ng battery. And we know naman na mahal lagi presyo ng casa, i think kung 15k sa casa baka 8k lang yan pag sa market na.

Pero sa totoo lang pwede gamitin yun ordinary battery di lang gagana istop or ma-lowbatt agad


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[RandMcnally]

I dont know why the battery is a huge deal breaker or why there's even a big fuss about it. I know you can buy a lot of things with 16k but for someone buying a 1.2m car that is said to be more fuel efficient than other cars, 16k every 3 years (optimistically) is not really that much. It's not a consumable we replace every 6 months.

To put it in perspective, 16k for a 1.295M car is 1.2%. A 1km/L saving granting you drive 30km a day for six days is around 4.5k a year. If the car itself is as fuel efficient as they say, then I am guessing the price difference is essentially non existent. Realistically, if a mazda 6 is nearly 2km/L more efficient than any 3.5L V6 competitor, it's still cheaper to buy a 16k battery on a fuel efficient car than a cheaper 4.5k battery for a gas guzzler. Sometimes, we get blinded by the big numbers that we forget the smaller ones.

Thirdly, last year they said the price was 25k. This year, it's down to 16k. It's realistic to say that it would get cheaper in the next few years.

I know, 16k is still big money but I am not sure if we are putting all things into perspective. Of course we want to penny pinch (or should I say peso pinch) in every way we can but for a 1.2M car, 16k is not really a big number.

[jcal68]

It may be possible to use Motolite as replacement but maybe not the automotive series. Motolite also produces batteries for special uses like the Amptech and Solarmaster. Motolite Amptech seems to satisfy the i-stop requirement. Hmm. . .

[OMNS19]

New here and looking into the Mazda 3. Been wondering about the battery, great to read feedback