2002 MAZDA MPV Complaints

COMPLETE AND IMMEDIATE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION ON HIGHWAY GOING 65 MPH OF 2002 MAZDA MPV WITH 39167 MILES FOLLOWED BY FAILURE OF FAILURE OF IGNITION COIL. MAZDA DID OFFER TO GO IN WITH HALF OF THE CHARGE AT $1624.27. IGNITION COIL WAS A 396.03 CHARGE *JB

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 MAZDA MPV FAILED. THE MINIVAN AS LESS THAN 65000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND IT'S CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE LEFT ME AND MY WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8 IN THE MIDDLE OF A 3 LANE HIGHWAY. STRANDED, I NEEDED A TOW TRUCK TO GET THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE MINIVAN AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT AN ENGINE WILL FAIL SO EARLY. *JB

2002 MAZDA MPV ES HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING ON INTERSTATE. WE DID MAKE IT TO A EXIT RAMP, BUT COULD NOT PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. WITH THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8 WAS WORRIED ABOUT THERE SAFETY. MAZDA HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE INTERNAL PUMP IN TRANSMISSION GOES WITHOUT WARNING, STRIPING OUT GEARS. MY COST FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS 2800.00. UPON RESEARCHING THIS I AM FINDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG MPV OWNERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WHEN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. UNABLE TO MOVE A VEHICLE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR ROAD IS DANGEROUS. SECOND I HYPOTHESIZE THAT A DEFECT MAY EXIST WITH THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE TRANSMISSION IN FINDING SO MANY OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM THROUGH MAZDA CLUBS, AND COMPLIANT WEBSITES. *JB

I'M EXPERIENCING MISFIRE WITH THE 2002 MAZDA MPV. THE ENGINE COILS ARE THE CULPRIT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY MPV OWNERS AND IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. IT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO JERK AND LOSE POWER AND CONSUME MORE GAS. SOME REPORTED THIS ISSUE WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES AND MINE IS AROUND 47,000. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *JB

ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND MISFIRED. ONE DEALER SAID THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION MODULE. AFTER KEEPING IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND SAID THE SPARKS NEEDED ADJUSTING, WAITED ON THE TRANSMISSION MODULE BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING FINE. THEN IT STOPPED SUDDENLY IN SNOWY WEATHER, TOWED, I WAS LEFT STRANDED FOR 2 HOURS IN COLD WEATHER, BATTERY REPLACED, 2 MONTHS LATER IT WAS RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH AND MISFIRED. A NEW DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT THE TRANSMISSION MODULE BUT THE COILS AND ALL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR A $1,000. THEY SAID 3 WERE BAD, BUT IF THEY REPLACED THOSE THEY WOULD BE BACK REDOING THE OTHERS WITH IN A FEW WEEKS. CAR HAD 56,000 MILES ,BUT WAS PAST WARRANTY DATE NOT WARRANTY MILEAGE. THIS SEEMED TO BE WHAT WAS WRONG ALL ALONG. I UNDERSTAND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MIGHT GO DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD THAT COILS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT THIS POINT.*AK

(2) OF THE BACK (3) IGNITION COILS FAILED, CAUSING THE MINIVAN TO MISFIRE AND RUN POORLY. THE MINIVAN HAS 24,000 MILES ON IT. THE COILS HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED, SINCE THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW. MY MINIVAN IS ALMOST (5) YEARS, SO IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. MANY OTHER MAZDA MPVS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RECENTLY. *TR

THE LIFTGATE DAMPER PIVOT BOLT BROKE, CAUSING THE LIFTGATE TO FALL ON MY HEAD. IT ONLY FELL A COUPLE OF INCHES BECAUSE OF MY HEIGHT. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL IN CANADA FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. I CALLED MAZDA - THEY STATED MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. I SAVED THE OLD PART. I REPLACED THE 2 DAMPERS AND BOLTS - ABOUT 160.00 IN PARTS. BELOW IS THE CANADIAN RECALL NO: 2905L, DATE : 04/2005, MODEL: MAZDA MPV 2000-2004. SUBJECT: LIFTGATE STAY DAMPERS AND STUD BOLT REPLACEMENT. SUMMARY: NOTE: THIS RECALL IS APPLICABLE TO CANADIAN VEHICLES ONLY. ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE LIFTGATE STAY DAMPERS AND STUD BOLTS MAY RUST AND STICK TOGETHER, CAUSING THE STUD BOLTS TO BREAK OFF. IN THE WORST CASE, THIS CONDITION MAY ALLOW THE LIFTGATE TO SUDDENLY DROP DURING OPENING OR CLOSING, INJURING THE OPERATOR. CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT DAMPERS AND STUD BOLTS. *AK

DRIVING ALONG WITH MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ON THE FREEWAY IN VERY FAST AND VERY BUSY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THE VAN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST ALL POWER TRANSFER TO THE WHEELS. THE RED LINES RACED UP INTO THE RED, BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT BE PROPELLED ANY FURTHER BY ENGINE POWER. I HAD TO COAST NEARLY A MILE OR MORE ON SHOULDER LESS RUSH HOUR HIGHWAY, ALL THE WHILE TRANSITIONED LANES TO THE FIRST EXIT I COULD ACCESS, THEN AS MOMENTUM DECREASED I HAD TO STEP OUT OF THE CAR INTO EXTREMELY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND PUSH A FURTHER 30 YARDS TO THE FIRST TURN-OFF, DRIVERS DOOR OPEN, BABY SCREAMING WITH 55 MILE AN HOUR TRAFFIC SCREECHING AND SWERVING AROUND ME AND THE BLIND CORNER I WAS HIDDEN BEHIND. THE VAN HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL LOOKED AFTER MAY I ADD. NOW MAZDA SAYS "NOT THEIR PROBLEM" BUT LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE ON HERE WITH THE EXACT SAME STORY! LOW MILEAGE 2002 MAZDA MPV DROPS TRANSMISSION WITH NO WARNING IN BUSY TRAFFIC. ITS A WONDER NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED OR INJURED. I FEEL LUCKY FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER. THEY ARE NOW ATTEMPTING TO CHARGE ME WITH $4000.00 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION, 1/4 OF WHAT I PAID FOR THE CAR USED 10 MONTHS AGO. YES THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT EVERY MANUFACTURER WORTH THEIR SALT OFFERS "GOOD WILL" PROGRAMS FOR THINGS LIKE THIS, NOT MAZDA. LAST MAZDA I BUY, NOT ONLY IS MY MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSION, MY FAMILY, LEFT IN HARMS WAY BUT THEN THEY TRY TO SOAK YOU AFTERWARDS. DON'T BUY A MAZDA THAT'S MY ADVICE. WHY NO RECALL BY THE WAY? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO NOT TRANSFER POWER WHEN AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND COMING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY (ZERO POWER TRANSFER) NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN THE INTERSECTION AS THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" DID NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL AFTER THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 57K MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND ALL SERVICE HAD BEEN DONE BY THE DEALER UP TO THAT POINT. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE MAZDA DEALER AND DIAGNOSED AS TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE FAULT CODE WAS P0752, SHIFT SOLENOID CIRCUIT STUCK ON. DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING PAST THE 3 YEAR/50K MILE WARRANTY PERIOD, MAZDA OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A FACTORY REBUILT UNIT. WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR COSTS AND SPLIT THOSE COSTS WITH THE LOCAL DEALER. JUDGING BY THE ALREADY LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REGISTERED ON THE NHTSA SITE, THIS IS A KNOWN, COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS TRANSMISSION DEFECT SHOULD BE STARTED. *TR

2002 MPV AT ABOUT 7000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DROP OUT SUDDENLY. WE DRIVE A LOTON COUNTRY ROADS AND THERE IS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OVER ON. WE WERE VERY LUCKY NOT TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPEND TWICE, THEN WE TOOK THE VAN INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, BUT CHANGED THE FLUID. DRIVING HOME FROM THE DEALER, WITHIN 10 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AGAIN. AT A STOP LIGHT IT FAILED COMPLETELY, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE. MY WIFE WAS IN THE CAR WITH OUR TWO KIDS, STRANDED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABOUT A MILE AHEAD OF HER, AND CAME BACK FOR HER AND THE KIDS. THE VECHILE ENDED UP BEING TOWED BACK TO THE DELERSHIP, AND THEY ARE NOW REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. *AK