2004 MAZDA MPV Complaints

ON MY MAZDA MPV IN TEMPERATURES BELOW 40 DEGREES THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER AND A WHIPLASH ACTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES. IN HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATIONS THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. *NM

2004 MAZDA MPV - TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND ENGINE COIL FAILURES. TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFT SHOCK, WHERE THE VEHICLE SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR AT 20 MPH. THE SHOCK SENDS THE VEHICLE DANGEROUSLY FORWARD. MAZDA HAD TWO SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS DEFECT WHICH INCLUDED REPLACING SENSORS AND SWITCHES. MAZDA ALSO SUPPLIED A DIAGRAM TO INSTRUCT DRIVERS TO "WIGGLE" THE GEAR SELECTOR BETWEEN GEARS. NONE OF THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEMS. ENGINE COILS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES AT 24,000 MILES, 32,000 MILES, AND 35,000 MILES. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING CORRECTLY WHILE DRIVING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE BLADDER SEPARATED IN THE FUEL TANK AND WAS GETTING INTO THE FUEL PUMP. THE GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

2004 MAZDA MPV. ENGINE WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE CRUISING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THE CAR HAD ONLY 3000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. GOT TOWED BY MAZDA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE CLOSEST DEALER, WHO HAD NO TIME TO WORK ON IT FOR MORE THAN A WEEK (!). THEREFORE THE CAR WAS TOWED AT MAZDA'S EXPENSE TO THE DEALERSHIP I HAD BOUGHT IT FROM. THERE THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND THEREFORE CONCLUDED THAT THE ECU MUST BE FAULTY. A NEW ECU WAS INSTALLED AND THE PROBLEM HAS SO FAR NOT RECURRED. THE CAR NOW HAS ABOUT 14000 MILES ON IT. *JB

PERSISTENT TICKING SOUND FROM ENGINE, WHICH HAS BECOME LOUDER WITH PASSING OF TIME. TSB RE TICKING SOUND HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY SHOWCASE MAZDA, AND ON FOLLOW-UP VISIT THEY ADVISED SITUATION IS NORMAL, THE TICKING SOUND NOTWITHSTANDING. A RESPECTED INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SERVICE, COMBS AUTOMOTIVE, ADVISED THE ENGINE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THE TICKING SOUND WITH ONLY 30K MILES ON IT. PLEASE NOTE THAT BELOW I SHOW INCIDENT DATE AS THIS MONTH, BUT IT HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCE OVER PAST FEW WEEKS. *JB

OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS, PASSENGER-SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON A 2004 MPV, INTERMITTENTLY WOULD: 1) NOT CLOSE. DOOR WILL ATTEMPT TO CLOSE, BUT BOUNCES OPEN AT THE END. DOOR POWER HAS TO BE TURNED OFF AT THE DRIVERS CONTROL, SO THAT THE DOOR CAN BE MANUALLY CLOSED. 2) DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. SEVERAL OCCASION, THE DOOR WOULD APPEAR TO BE STUCK AND CANNOT BE OPEN WITH ANY OF THE CONTROLS AND NOT MANUALLY EITHER. DOOR BUTTON WILL "BEEP" BUT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DOOR USUALLY "RECOVERS" AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT TRIP. 3) DOOR WILL MAKE MOTOR WHINNING SOUND...LIKE IT'S TRYING TO OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, AND ONCE IT DID OPEN ON ITS OWN WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED. REPORTED TO MAZDA OF ROSWELL DEALER, THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM AND CANNOT OFFER MUCH HELP. *NM

2004 MAZDA MPV - NORTH PARK MAZDA IS SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VAN IN 5 TIMES IN JULY. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE NOISE ON THE FIRST FEW ATTEMPTS. I FINALLY HAD TO TAKE THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR A RIDE IN IT. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD FIXED IT THE LAST 2 TIMES I TOOK IT IN BUT APPARENTLY DID NOT ACTUALLY LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I

WATER GETS IN THE DOOR PANEL EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR WE WASH THE CAR. THREE DIFFERENT MAZDA DEALERS TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FIVE TIMES, UNSUCCESSFULLY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE DOOR IS ELECTRIC AND IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ALSO MOLD COULD DEVELOP IN THERE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MAZDA CORPORATION. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY MAZDA. THEY PROMISED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY IGNORE MY PHONE CALLS AND LETTERS. WHAT SHOULD I DO? THANKS. *JB

PASSENGER SLIDING VAN DOOR;WHEN IT RAINS, ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER TRACK SPACE OF VEHICLE; OVER TIME MAY CAUSE RUST;ALREADY TOOK MPV IN ONCE, MAZDA DID NOT FIX CORRECTLY, MADE THE LEAK WORSE AND NOW THE WINDOW HAS PROBLEMS ROLLING UP AND DOWN; TAKING VEHICLE IN AGAIN TO MAZDA FOR A 2ND TIME???

I HAD A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 MAZDA MPV VAN WITH FRONT END SUSTAINING DAMAGE WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF FRONT OR SIDE AIRBAGS. I SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT HEAD AND FACIAL TRAUMA. *JB