2000 MAZDA MPV Complaints

ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER BEING RESET 3 TIMES AND AFTER SENSOR WAS REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS STATED IN RECALL 99V170000 CONCERNING FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

THE DASHBOARD WAS SHAKING WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. REAR RIGHT TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRES WERE OEM TIRES CAME WITH MAZDA MPV 2000 PURCHASED 4/28/00. THE ODOMETER AT TIME OF THREAD SEPARATION WAS 35,000 MILES.*AK

CARBON MONOXIDE ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. HORRIFIC ODORS. DEALER STATES DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLE ON SHORT TRIPS AND REFUSES CORRECTION OF IDENTIFIED ISSUE.*AK

WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD WORN OUT ON ONE SIDE, AND HAD A BIG GROVE IN IT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL TIRE WITH THE SAME GRADE. A WEEK LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON THE REAR OF DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE, AND THE OTHER TWO TIRES HAD STARTED WEARING THE SAME WAY. THE OTHER TIRES WERE TAKEN TO A TIRE RETAIL STORE, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER PUT THE WRONG SIZE TIRES ON THE VAN, AND THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF IT . THESE TIRES WERE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE VAN. ALSO, DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND MANUFACTURER WAS REPLACING THESE 92S TIRES WITH 94SA. *AK *NM

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY DOWN MOUNTAIN PASS ACCELERATOR STUCK, CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. COULD NOT TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL. HAD TO USE BOTH FEET ON BRAKES AND USE TRUCK EMERGENCY TURNOUT TO STOP. ENGINE WAS RACING. *LA

AT ANY SPEED OR DRIVING CONDITIONS VEHICLE EMITS SULFUR ODOR, IE ROTTEN EGG SMELL, INTO CABIN. SMELLS LIKE SOMEBODY FARTED.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND A STRONG SULFUR ODOR WOULD ENTERED THE VEHICLE. A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *JB

ALTERNATOR FROZE, CAUSING THE BELT TO SLIP WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A FIRE. CONSUMER PULLED THE CAR OVER. LATER, HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK THE BURNED BELT COULD HAVE IGNITED IF CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE. *LA

FOIA REQUEST A FULL COPY OF NHTSA BULLETIN 0800102, NHTSA ITEM 634469 RE SEAT BELT COMFORT IN A 2000 MAZDA MPV. (NAR) *LA *CB *JB