2002 MAZDA MPV Complaints

EXTREMELY ROUGH UPSHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT WHICH THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO FIX FOR. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN THREE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS TO CORRECT THE TRANSMISSION AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. *LA

MPV FOG LIGHT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER WE HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE ON IT THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT FROM. THE FIRE OCCURRED ON 8/25/03 AND THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE BACK IN JUNE. MY FAMILY WAS IN THE VAN AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR 6 MONTHS, THE ENGINE LIGHT ON TWICE, DIDN'T FIX IT FIRST TIME, THE ADVISOR SAID THE GAS TANK CAP IS NOT CLOSE TIGHT ENOUGHT. COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ONE AGAIN, THIS TIME THEY FOUND CONTROL SYSTEM INCORRECT FLOW, SMALL LEAK, HOSE OFF OF PURGE VALVE AT AIR CLEANER HOUSING. CAR PULLS TO LEFT ON HIGHWAY AND RIGHT ON LOCAL STREET. BROUGHT IN 4 TIME, ADMIT ALIGNMENT ON THE 3RD TIME AND FIX IT, BUT STILL PULL. BROUGHT IN AGAIN THE FOURTH TIME, SAID FOUND NO PULLING PROBLEM. WE COMPLAINT THAT THE CAR OCCASIONALLY JERK WHEN PRESS GAS PADDLE, THE JERK FEELING SIMLIAR TO THE WAY THE CAR GOT HIT IN BEHIND. THEY FOUND NO CODE FOR IT. THE CAR BEEP, THEY CAN'T FIND ANY CODE FOR IT. THERE ARE MANY PROBLEM WE FOUND IN THE CAR, BUT THEY SAID THEY CAN'T FIND THE CODE. ONE ADVISOR THINK THAT THE CAR'S PULLING BECAUSE THE CAR IS TOO HIGH. ALSO, IT HAPPEN 3 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR THAT AFTER I PLACED THE GEAR TO REVERSE, THEN PLACE IT BACK TO DRIVE, THE CAR WON'T GO BUT THE ENGINE RUN. TO FIX IT, THEN I PLACE THE GEAR BACK TO PARK AND TO DRIVE, THEN THE CAR BACK TO NORMAL RUN. I'M VERY REGRETFUL TO HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR. IT HAS SO MANY PROBLEM AND THE DEALEAR DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. I'M, THE CONSUMER HAVE TO PAID FINANCIALLY, AND MENTALLY FOR THIS CAR. IT IS A DISASTER.

04/02 DRIVING VAN . ENGINE LIGHT/ TRANSMISSION STALL CAR WOULD NOT PULL COMPLETE LOST OF DRIVING A;SO CAME TO A SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN. 002/03 DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT / ODRIVE SYSTEM LIGHT / DOOR WONT OPEN OFF TRACK

VEHICLE SHIFTED VERY HARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM MOVED TO SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. MECHANIC INDICATED THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION ERROR WITH THE CHIP AND THE VEHICLE. DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED AND AS A RESULT A FOUL ODOR SEEPED THROUGH THE VENTS AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT. *AK THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE SMELL IS VERY FOUL AND HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR THE CONSUMER'S ASTHMATIC CHILD. *PH *NLM

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE MAZDA MPV TRANSMISSION OF MY CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002. THE TRANSMISSION HAS INTERMITTENT ROUGH SHIFTS/JOLTS. THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND ALSO CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AT 20,000 MILES (WHICH I WAS CHARGED FOR), BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THIS IS THE WORST-FEELING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION I HAVE EVER FELT, SO I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL LAST TO 100,000 MILES.*AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT ELECTRICAL DOOR PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WAS PUTTING HER CHILD IN VEHICLE AND HER WRIST HIT THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT CAUSED THE DOOR TO CLOSE PARTIALLY, AND IT GAVE HER AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHICH BRUISED HER WRIST. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND MECHANIC AT DEALER TOLD HER THAT IT WAS NORMAL ,THAT HE ALWAYS GETS A SHOCK WHEN USING ANY TYPE OF METAL TOOLS. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK

2002 MAZDA MPV LX CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FOG LIGHT ON 8/26/03. WE HAD RESPONDED TO A RECALL PUT OUT BY MAZDA AND TOOK OUR VAN TO FIRST TEAM MAZDA IN CHESAPEAKE, VA THIS PAST JUNE 2003. WE HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE AND ACTUALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FOG LIGHT BEING DISLODGED WHENEVER WE TOOK IT IN . AS FAR AS WE KNEW, THE PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED. AT ANY RATE, WE ARE NOW CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THESE FOG LIGHTS. WHEN WE CONTACTED MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY MPV ACTUALLY CATCHING ON FIRE AND HAVE PROCEEDED TO "CREATE A FILE" ON OUR ISSUE. WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON WHY WE WERE THE ONES WHO HAPPENED TO EXPERIENCE A FIRE. WE HAVE THE OLD PARTS AND HAVE A CLAIM GOING WITH USAA. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE RATHER LEARY ABOUT DRIVING A VAN THAT MAY CATCH ON FIRE AGAIN. PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS HAZARD. *NLM

EXHAUST SYSTEM: CATALYTIC CONVERTOR VEHICLE EMITTING STRONG SULFUR ODER FROM CATBACK SYSTEM. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY AT 20,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. NOTED THIS WAS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS VECHICLE ( MPV). DEALER SAID- "THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE COMMON IN NEW V6 AND V8 ENGINES.- SOMETHING IN THE DESIGN OF LOWER EMMISSIONS. AGAIN, UNRESOLVED- THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE (FOR ANY VEHICLE). *AK