2003 MAZDA MPV Complaints

2003 MAZDA MPV. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD. YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND THEN IT WILL SLAM INTO 3RD GEAR. IT FEELS AS IF YOU ARE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. VERY DANGEROUS! THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE MORE APPARENT WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMP IS MILD AND THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR MORE THAN 15-20 MINUTES. PROBLEM MUST BE DUPLICATED IN ORDER FOR MAZDA TO REPAIR. MY VAN HAS 6500 MILES ON IT. *AK

2003 MAZDA MPV - TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY ROUGH FROM 2ND TO 3RD. YOU CAN FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING THEN IT SLAMS INTO 3RD GEAR. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. DEALER SAYS THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED AND FIXED UNLESS IT CAN BE DUPLICATED IN THE REPAIR SHOP. I PRINTED 30 PAGES FROM THE EDMUNDS.COM BOARD AND MAZDAUSA.COM BOARD AND HANDED IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER TO SHOW THAT YES THIS IS A PROBLEM. THE VAN ONLY HAS 4100 MILES ON IT AND HAS DONE THIS SINCE PURCHASED. I WILL NOW KEEP A RECORD OF THE INCIDENTS. **RIVERSIDE, CA. *LA

MAZDA MPV 2003 PURCHASED IN FEB 03. SINCE THEN, HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES FOR REPAIR. EACH TIME, DEALER CLAIMS IT'S "FIXED." SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: DOOR WILL NOT SHUT PROPERLY, WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL OR DOES NOT CLOSE FLUSH WITH VAN. INITIATED STEPS TO CLAIM VA LEMON LAW ON NOV 21, 2003. *LA

THERE IS A SULFUR SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, DEALER SAID ITS THE ETHANOL GAS THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS SEASONAL; DEALER SAID TO TRY OTHER GAS; DEALER HAS SAID THEY HAVE RECEIVED OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME SMELL AND THAT AT LEAST ONE (PREGNANT) OWNER CANNOT DRIVE HER CAR WITHOUT BECOMING SICK. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE GEARS IN THE VEHICLE SEEM TO BE SLIPPING. THE GEARS DIDN'T CHANGE AT THE PROPER INTERVALS. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE CONSUMER WOULD BE AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD , AS IF STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPROGRAMMED THE PCM MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE REPROGRAMMING DID NOT STOP THE ENGINE FROM SLIPPING, BUT IT DID CAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO GO OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE ENGINE SLIPPING THREE TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. *PH

VEHICLE HAS CLUNKING WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 3RD ESPECIALLY AT SLOWER SPEEDS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER INSTALLED 2 NEW SOFTWARE UPDATES. DEALER THAT HAS TRIED FIXING PROBLEM IS NEW COUNTRY- MAZDA SARATOGA SPRINGS NY. *AK

2003 MAZDA MPV - TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY ROUGH FROM 2ND TO 3RD. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. DEALER SAYS THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED AND FIXED UNLESS IT CAN BE DUPLICATED IN THE REPAIR SHOP. *LA

THE REAR BRAKES SQUEAKED VERY LOUDLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE CONSUMER HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED BY THE DEALER THREE TIMES BUT THE DEALER HAS NOYT BEEN ABLE TO FIND OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *NLM

THERE IS A SULFUR SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE EXHAUST, DEALER SAID TO TRY DIFFERENT GAS, AND IT SHOULD GO AWAY, I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL BRANDS OF GAS AND THE SMELL IS STILL THERE. *JB

BRAKES REAR- SQUEAK FREQUENTLY WHEN STOPPING. ALREADY SERVICED ONCE, SQUEEKED ON THE WAY HOME. DUE FOR 2ND SERVICE. OCCURS ON MOST EVERY STOP, NEAR THE END OF THE STOP.