[Quazar]

I know the noise, hear it all the time now, mainly because its summer and my windows are down. Didn't even notice it when I first got the car. Its the ABS for sue.

 

[Quazar]

Its interesting what people notice and when. I always get nervous when I just notice something.

 

[Quazar]

My Civic didn't make that kind of sound, My Accord didn't make that kind of sound.

It's not normal.It's very loud especially when it cold.

Maybe it depends on the cars people drived before. For me, It's annoying.

What years were your Civic's and Accord's?

It is completely possible that they didn't have the technology installed to do the check, thus you never heard the noise. I owned a 79 buick regal, guess what, it didn't have a ABS check or injector knock.

 

[Quazar]

My girlfriend is Japanese....

FYI I asked her, since she has had Mazda's most her life, all the new ones since (as she remembered.) 2002 have made that noise.