2003 MAZDA MPV Complaints

BROWSING THE COMPLAINTS 2002 - 2006 FOR THE MAZDA MPV, I THINK YOU WILL FIND MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE IGNITION COILS. I HAVE A 2003 MPV AND HAD 3 COILS AND ALL 6 PLUGS REPLACED IN THE SPRING AT A COST OF $700. I NOW HAVE ONE OR MORE COILS FAILING AGAIN AND AM FACED WITH A SIMILAR CHARGE. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ISSUE AS IT IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MAZDA MPV. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERYTIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN 2004 AND THE REPAIR WAS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAD REOCCURED. HE WAS UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE EXACT MILEAGE ON HIS VEHICLE.

TL* - THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING A MAZDA MPV WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 75000 MILES, IN FOGGY CONDITIONS ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY, HER VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND CAUSING HER TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED, AND SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN. AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE SECOND VEHICLE BEHIND HER DID NOT STOP AND STRUCK HER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT FAILED AND THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS INJURED. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF THREE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE PASSENGERS WERE BELTED AND ALL SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED BOTH FRONT & REAR END DAMAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. THE CONTACT HAS A POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE WAS VERY LOW AND SEEMED TO BE FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AND THE TIRE WAS INFLATED. IN JULY, ONE OF THE OTHER TIRES WERE VERY LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE TIRE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE TREAD WAS WORN OUT AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE TIRE DEALER ALSO DETERMINED THAT ALL THE TREAD ON ALL TIRES WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ONLY ONE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION WHO AGREED THAT THE TREAD OF THE TIRES WERE WORN AND RECOMMENDED NEW TIRES. THE OTHER THREE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT THE TIRE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOR AN ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN FOR 14,500 MILES BEFORE THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD WEAR. THE TIRES HAD BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY FOR TIRE PRESSURE AND TIRE ROTATION. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE FOR THE TIRES. *AK

1 MONTH AGO (4/10/06) I EXPERIENCED THE FIRST OF MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING AT ONLY 30 MPH MY VEHICLE'S RPM GAUGE WENT UP TO 4.5 ON THE SCALE AND STAYED THAT WAY FOR 15 MINUTES. PRODUCING THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER OR METAL. CARS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS WERE APPROACHING ME FASTER THAN I COULD MOVE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. MANY TIMES I CAN SIT IDLE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKES STICK SO MUCH THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO APPLY THEM IN ORDER TO STOP. THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPS WHEN I RELEASE PRESSURE FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY A CERTIFIED MAZDA TECHNICIAN THAT I MUST HAVE MY CALIPERS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LOCKING. AND SO I DID ON 5/8. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ONE WEEK, THE VERY SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. ON 5/16 MY CAR WAS REPAIRED BY THE SAME TECHNICIAN WHO SAID THAT WE MUST REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE COLLAPSED. AND SO I DID ON 5/22. BEFORE DRIVING OFF, I TEST DROVE THE CAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED. LITTLE TO MY SURPRISE TWO SHORT DAYS LATER ON 5/24 AT 11:00 PM ON BLADENSBURG ROAD AND NEW YORK AVENUE IN WASHINGTON, DC MY CARS' SPEED WAS REDUCED TO 15 MPH WITH AN RPM READING OF 5! THIS SCARED ME AS IT WAS LATE AND I WAS IN A NOT SO DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH MY MOTHER WHO WALKS WITH A CANE AND I AM 3 MONTHS PREGNANT. DRIVERS WERE BLOWING THEIR HORNS AND YELLING OBSCENITIES TO US TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. FINALLY I REACHED AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ON. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR EMERGENCY ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND IT TOOK 1 1/2 HOURS & $125.00 CASH FOR AN EMERGENCY TOW VEHICLE TO COME PICK US UP. IN SUMMARY, I HAVE RECEIVED NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN SERVICED. I'VE HAD MULTIPLE DAYS OFF OF WORK AND A TREMENDOUS DENT IN MY PURSE. I WAS TOLD MY CAR DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS RECALL. I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE. IS THERE ANYTHING NHTSA CAN DO??*JB

BAD VIBRATION CAUSED BY THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS BEING OUT OF ROUND. DEALER RESURFACED ROTORS TWO TIMES AND NOW NEEDS RESURFACING A THIRD TIME. THE MPV ONLY HAS 31,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10,000 MILES. IT IS A 2003 PURCHASED NEW IN 2004. THE TIRES ARE WEARING IN THE FRONT DUE TO THE ALIGNMENT TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACED. THE ALIGNMENT SHOULD NOT OF GONE BAD IN THIS SHORT OF TIME. *JB

I WAS GOING 55 MPH, SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEELED PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED IT BACK TO THE LEFT. ONCE AGAIN, THE WHEEL PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT. I TRIED TO PULL IT BACK TO THE LEFT BUT COULDN'T. IT FELT LIKE A 500 POUND GORILLA WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME TUGGING THE WHEEL. I GOT SCARED AND SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. THE CAR WENT ROUND IN CIRCLES AND SPUN OUT INTO THE JERSEY BARRIER. *NM

2003 MAZDA MPV BEGAN TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE WHILE ENTERING MY DRIVEWAY. EVEN THOUGH APPLYING BRAKES AT FULL FORCE, MY VEHICLE CRASHED INTO MY GARAGE DOOR. WHILE TRYING TO PUT GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, I ACCIDENTALLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE AGAIN ACCELERATED, THE WHOLE WHILE I HAD BOTH FEET PUSHING ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I WAS ABLE. THE MINIVAN THEN SHOT OUT IN REVERSE AND HIT MY NEIGHBORS' CAR PARKED ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. *NM

MY 2003 MAZDA MPV, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. YOU CAN FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND THEN IT HITS HARD INTO THIRD GEAR. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE THREE TIMES TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. FIRST TIME THEY UPDATED COMPUTER INFO, SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE TCM, AND THIRD TIME THEY REPLACED THE TRANNY FLUID WHICH I PAID FOR AND THE PROBLEM STILL HASN'T BEEN SOLVED. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THIS RESULTED IN A CRASH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT PROPERLY. THE LAP PORTION OF THE BELT SEEMED TO WORK FINE, BUT THE SHOULDER STRAP DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK UPDATED 01/19/06. *JB