2000 MAZDA MPV Complaints

TIE ROD END IS NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WHICH HAS CAUSED THE TIRES TO PREMATURELY WEAR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DUE POSSIBLY TO POOR ALIGNMENT, INCORRECT COIL SPRINGS, ALL FOUR TIRES WORN DANGEROUSLY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MAZDA ISSUED "BULLETINS" ON THESE PROBLEMS TO DEALER BUT DID NOT NOTIFY OWNERS. THERE WAS ALSO A "BULLETIN" ON A BRAKE PROBLEM, NOT REPORTED TO OWNER.*AK (DOT NUMBER: FD9L TIRESIZE: 65R15)

ALL FOUR YOKOHAMA Y376 TIRES WERE COMPLETELY BALD, ABSOLUTELY NO TREAD WAS LEFT ALTHOUGH THE TIRE HAD BEEN ROTATED AS DESCRIBED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, THE TIRES WERE EXPECTED TO LAST ONLY 25000, HAD A TREAD RATING OF ONLY 200 AND A SIDEWALL RATING OF ONLY 92S, THE CONSUMER IS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD EQUIP THIS VEHICLE WITH INFERIOR TIRES, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL COVERED BY THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WARRANTY BUT SINCE THEY PURCHASED A DIFFERENT BRAND TIRE THE WARRANTY WAS NOT HONORED, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AND HESITATES WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER SHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO HAVING REPAIRS COMPLETE FOR SPECIAL SERVICE PROGRAM SSP43, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SLC

TIRES ARE WEARING BADLY ON OUTSIDE EDGE. I HAVE KEPT TIRES INFLATED TO 35 PSI (THEIR MAXIMUM LIMIT). I FIRST NOTICED THIS WHEN I HAD THE TIRE ROTATED-THE REAR TIRES WERE WORN, THE FRONT ONES WERE NOT. NOW THAT FOUR MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE LAST ROTATION, I SEE THE SAME WEAR PATTERN ON THE REAR TIRES (WHICH WERE THE FRONT TIRES PRIOR TO ROTATION). THESE SAME TIRES HAD NORMAL WEAR PRIOR TO ROTATION. I HAD TO ALIGNMENT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD BY AN INDEPENDENT TIRE SHOP THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS WELL WITHIN TOLERANCES-THIS WAS DONE JULY 28, 2001. FAIRWAY MAZDA DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE A WARRANTY OR DEFECT ISSUE SINCE THE BRUNT IS ON ME TO PROVE THAT I HAVE FAITHFULLY KEPT TIRE PRESSURE AT 35 PSI. I HAVE A 1984 HONDA PRELUDE THAT HAS THREE YEAR OLD TIRES, HAS ITS TIRES ROTATED ALOT LESS FREQUENTLY, AND IS ALIGNED LESS FREQUENTLY AND ITS TIRES ARE WEARING NORMALLY AND EVENLY AND I CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURE AS OFTEN OR LESS THAN I DO THE MAZDA. BASED ON THIS, I BELIEVE THERE TO BE A DEFECT EITHER IN THE TIRES OR THE VAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.*AK (DOT NUMBER: FD9LNHL229 TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)

TREAD SEPARATION AND EXCESSIVE TREAD WEAR DISCOVERED ON BOTH FRONT TIRES DURING ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION MAINTENANCE. THE RUBBER HAD PARTED IN A COUPLE OF PLACES ON BOTH TIRES REVEALING THE TIRES' STEEL BELTS UNDERNEATH. TIRES WERE IMMEDIATELY REPLACED - WE ARE STILL IN POSSESSION OF THE FAULTY TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: FD9LNHL289 TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)

THE NEW VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT, AND WAS CORRECTED BY ALIGNMENT REPAIR. HOWEVER,THE PROBLEM REOCCURED THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES,BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE CORRECTED. *YH

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE MOTOR OFF OR TAKE THE KEY OUT, DEALER FOUND A WIRE WHICH HAD GOTTEN HUNG UP IN THE SHIFT MECHANISM, 5000 MILES LATER, DEALER FOUND THE CABLE AND SHIFT LINKAGE HANGING UP UNDER THE DASH, REPAIRS WERE MADE AND ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO PARK AGAIN, CONSUMER FEELS THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 55MPH IN RAIN IT HYDROPLANED. MANAGED TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD AFTER VEHICLE LANDED. NOTICED ALL 4 TIRES HAD VERY LITTLE TREAD. MAZDA INDICATED NOTHING TO DO WITH TIRES AFTER BEING CONTACTED. INFORMED BY MECHANIC TIRES SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT 20,000 MILES. P215/60R16 ON A 2000, MAZDA, MPV WITH 20,000 MILES. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.*AK *SLC