2000 MAZDA MPV Complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE AN ODOR SMELL. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, MY MAZDA MPV LOST POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS, AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A SULFUR SMELL IN THE CAB OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC STATES THAT THE WAY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS BURNING THE GAS IS CAUSING THE SMELL. MECHANIC IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH *TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT REAR PASSANGERS DOOR. ALSO STATED THAT THE DOOR OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON OPERATION ON THE ROAD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL BUT HER VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE RECALL. TS

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS PUT IT IN REVERSE IT MAKES A NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE BRAKE SYSTEM MAY BE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE PULLEY FELL OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. BOLT THAT HELD IT IN PLACE BROKE OFF. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

BOTH FRONT TIRES (INSIDE EDGE) WORN OUT AROUND HALF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. THE FRONT TIRES WORN OUT PREMATURELY WITH THE TREADS SHOWING SEPARATIONS ABOUT AN INCH LONG FROM EDGES WHERE TREADS MEET THE SIDEWALL. THE STEEL BELTS COULD BE SEEN FROM THE ONE-INCH SEPARATION. CAR DEALER SERVICE MANAGER COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE PREMATURE WEAR.. THE VEHICLE TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED AND BALANCED ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. CONTACTED TIRE MANUFACTURER AND REFERRED TO A LOCAL DUNLOP DEALER. TIRE DEALER CONCLUDED THAT TIRES WERE NOT ROTATED. MY BROTHER- IN- LAWS MPV 2000 WITH 25K MILES EXPERIENCED THE SAME TIRE WEAR (THE BRAND OF TIRES HE HAD WAS YOKOHAMA), BUT MUCH MORE SEVERE DAMAGE WITH LONGER TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING THE TIRES TO LOSE MOST OF THE AIR. MY COMMENT IS, COULD THIS BE A CAR PROBLEM (SUSPENSION), AND NOT THE TIRE? I AM THANKFUL THAT THESE TIRES DID NOT BLOW UP AT HIGH SPEEDS. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY MORE OUT THERE ARE NOT BEING REPORTED. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ ABOUT MY PROBLEM AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM THE NHTSA SOON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE VAN SUDDENLY LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS, EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. HAD IT TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER WHO REPORTED THAT THE THRUST BEARING IN THE CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN. THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

SLIDING DOOR OPENED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, ON ONE OCCASION THE DOOR WAS STUCK OPEN AND COULD ONLY BE CLOSED BY LIFTING AND PULLING THE DOOR, THE DEALER REPLACED MISSING SCREWS IN THE DOOR LATCH BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT, AND TIRES WEAR EXCESSIVELY DUE TO THE SUSPENSION.*JB