2000 MAZDA MPV Complaints

DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR CABLE BROKEN ON DRIVERS DOOR OF 2000 MAZDA MPV NOT ALLOWING DRIVER TO GET INTO OR OUR OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE USE OF BOTH HANDS. I FEEL THIS IS UNSAFE AND MAZDA CORPORATE IS UNWILLING TO REPAIR UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. POTENTIAL HAZARD IF CABLE IS BROKEN DURING A CRASH AND DRIVER IS UNABLE TO REACH HANDLE WITHOUT BOTH HANDS. *NM

WE HAVE A 2000 MAZDA MPV VAN. MY WIFE SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOUD ROARING NOISE. I FOUND A MAZDA MPV SITE THAT INDICATED AS "SUBJECT"-FOG HORN/MOANING NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT...WHICH MAY OCCUR WHEN ENGINE IS HALF-WARMED UP OR IN DECELERATION. SITE CALLS FOR IAC VALVE WITH A MODIFIED PART TO BE REPAIRED. I ASKED THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL. THEY WERE QUICK, AND I MEAN QUICK TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NONE. I MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER RECALLS DOCUMENTED ON THE CONSUMER REPORTS WEBSITE. ONE ABOUT A POSSIBLE FAILING CHILD-LOCK ON THE DOOR AND ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD RESULT IN A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. HOW CAN MAZDA BE SO QUICK TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS? THEY DID NOT EVEN ASK FOR MY VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. BELIEVE ME, THE SMALL COST FOR MAZDA TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM WILL PALE IN COMPARISON TO MY CHILD FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO FAILING CHILD LOCKS OR TO A FIRE CAUSED BY LEAKING FUEL. *JB

IN THE OPERATION OF MY 2000 MAZDA MPV THERE IS A LOUD HUMMING NOISE THAT EMITS FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WHEN MAKING TURNS ENGINE SHUTS DOWN PERIODICALLY THUS RESULTING IN FAILURE TO OPERATE. *JB

ON MY MAZDA MPV, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR EXTERIOR HANDLE DETACHED FROM THE BACK CONNECTION TO THE DOOR AND THEN COMPLETELY CAME OFF IN MY HAND ON THE FOLLOWING OPENING. NOW THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE IS MISSING. TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE, I WENT TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A PART THAT WAS NOT EVEN STOCKED AT THE DEALER AND WOULD NEED SPECIAL ORDER. IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME TO SEARCH FOR THE PART MYSELF. IN DOING SO, I HAVE FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE ALSO SEARCHING FOR EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES TO THE SLIDING DOORS ON THE MAZDA MPV VAN. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ERROR, NOT A CONSUMER ERROR. *NM

MY DRIVERS POWER WINDOW ON MY 2000 MAZDA MPV DIED FOR NO REASON. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHERS, WHO SAID THE SAME HAPPENED TO THEM. AFTER CALLING SEVERAL SALVAGE YARDS FOR A USED MOTOR, I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE MANY PASSENGER MOTORS BUT NOT ONE DRIVERS. IS THIS A FLAW IN THE VAN? WITH NEW PARTS THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. WINDOW MOTORS ON A SIX YEAR OLD CAR SHOULD NOT JUST DIE FOR NO REASON. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE LATCH SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE. HE TOOK THE CAR TO A CERTIFIED INSPECTION STATION IN HIS CITY ON 11-02-05 TO HAVE THE SAFETY SEAT INSPECTED AND TURNED TO FACE FORWARD. THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD NOT TURN THE SAFETY SEAT BECAUSE THE LATCH SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY WITH A FORWARD FACING CHILD SEAT. THE CLIP BETWEEN THE SEATS WAS FACING FORWARD, INSTEAD OF VERTICAL, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO GET TWISTED AND BUNCHED UP. THIS CAUSED THE SAFETY SEAT TO LURCH FORWARD WHEN INSTALLED IN A FORWARD FACING POSITION. THE LATCH SYSTEM WILL ALLOW PROPER INSTALLATION OF A REAR FACING INFANT SEAT.*AK 11/15/05. *JB

THE DRIVER SLIDING DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF IN MY HAND WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF MY VAN....THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, I ALREADY HAD TO PAY $300 TO FIX THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR HANDLE WHEN THE EXACT SAME THINGS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR AND THAT TIME I WAS HOLDING MY SON AND ALMOST FELL!!!! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT AND I HAD ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL COME UP TO ME WHEN THE OTHER SIDE WAS BROKEN W/THE SAME COLOR MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE AND TELL ME THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEIR VAN......THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE DOOR HANDLES NOT ONLY FOR THE SAFETY OF MANY FAMILIES BUT FOR THE COST ASSOCIATED W/SUCH A NECESSARY PART OF THE VEHICLE, THANKS!!! *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER'S SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND IT COMPLETELY BROKE OFF AND DAUGHTER FELL THROUGH THREE FEET BACK. THE HANDLE WAS MADE BY PLASTIC AND HELD ON BY TWO VERY THIN PIECES OF PLASTIC. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY NEVER SAW A HANDLE COME OFF LIKE THIS ONE DID. BUT THE MAZDA REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2005. *AK

MY 2000 MPS'S DRIVER DOOR WINDOW NO LONGER ROLLS DOWN. A NEIGHBOR WHO ALSO HAS A MPV VAN IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. COINCIDENCE, PROBABLY NOT FOR A 5 YEAR OLD CAR. OF COURSE IT HAPPENS AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *JB

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR BROKE IN 2004 NOW DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR BROKEN. AS A RESULT THE DOOR CAN BE STUCK OPEN (WHILE DRIVING) OR BE UNABLE TO BE UNLOCKED SO PEOPLE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. SEE THIS WEB SITE WITH SEVERAL OTHERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM: HTTP://WWW.MPVCLUB.COM/FORUM/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=7161&HIGHLIGHT=ACTUATOR. *NM