2003 MAZDA MPV Complaints

2003 MAZDA MPV. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD. YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND THEN IT WILL SLAM INTO 3RD GEAR. IT FEELS AS IF YOU ARE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. VERY DANGEROUS! THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. *NM

AT SPEEDS OF 25 - 35 MILES PER HOUR, OUR 2003 MAZDA MPV LX STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON IN TRAFFIC. ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST WHEN IT STALLED, LUCKILY, WE WERE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS AND IN A LANE THAT NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, HOWEVER, IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT A DEALER LOCAL TO WHERE WE WERE VACATIONING. THE DEALERSHIP, HOLMAN MAZDA IN EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ, REPLACED AN AIR BYPASS VALVE, WHICH THEY STATED WAS THE REASON FOR STALLING AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 RPM. WHEN ASKED IF THIS WAS A NORMAL FAILURE, THE DEALER DID NOT BELIEVE SO. *NM

2003 MAZDA MPV DEVELOPING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE VAN WOULD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, THEN THERE WAS A HARD JERK/SHIFT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A SHIFT SHOCK RECALL AT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO BE SERVICED. ALTHOUGH THE REFLASH WAS UPDATED THE PROBLEM WAS NOT ALLIEVIATED. THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO PINPOINT AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HIS WIFE WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BOTH TIMES. THE LAST TIME CAR WAS IN DRIVE WHILE SHE WAS PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUT IT IN DRIVE SHE NEVER TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR. THE SAME THING HAD BOTH TIMES. THE FIRST TIME SHE HIT A CAR AND A TREE AND THE SECOND TIME SHE HIT A TREE IN THE SAME PARKING LOT. THE SECOND ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON APRIL 30, 2005. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEARS WELL. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT MAZDA CLAIMS THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE OR FIX. HOWEVER, ALL THE VANS APPEAR TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I OWNED MINE SINCE JULY 2003, AND ONLY TOOK IT IN ONCE, SINCE THEY SAY THEY STILL CAN'T FIX IT. VEHICLE DOES THIS EVEN AT SLOW SPEEDS . IT FEELS AS IF I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, AND PUT PEOPLE AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT WHEN SURGING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC! PLEASE GET THIS FIXED, I"M NOT ALONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

IN MARCH 2005, I NOTICED THAT THE REAR BUMPER HAD CRACKS IN IT APPROXIMATELY 6 - 8 INCHES IN LENGTH ON BOTH SIDES, DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE TIRES. THE CRACKS WERE NOT PUSHED IN AS WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF AN IMPACT BUT THE TOP OF THEM CAME OUT OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE CRACK. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MAINLINE MAZDA IN SASKATOON, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CAUSE WAS ROCKS ON GRAVEL ROADS POUNDING THE INSIDE OF THE BUMPER. THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN AREA ON INSIDE OF BUMPER WHICH ALLOWED THE ROCKS TO GET IN. THEY SAID THAT SOME VEHICLES THEY HAD PUT A PIECE OF FOAM INSIDE TO PROTECT THE BUMPER. THEY WOULD NOT FIX UNDER WARRANTY AS THEY SAID WHEN YOU GET ROCK CHIPS ON YOUR WINDSHIELD, THAT'S NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I TOLD THE SERVICE MAN THAT THE MPV SHOULD COME WITH A WARNING - VAN NOT SUITABLE FOR GRAVEL ROAD DRIVING. WE LIVE ON A FARM AND CAN NOT GET AWAY FROM DRIVING ON GRAVEL. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS LED TO THE VEHICLE BEING UNDRIVABLE. TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 65,000 MILES AT A COST OF $3500 AT HAMILTON MAZDA IN NJ. MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OP REFUSED TO COVER REPLACE/REPAIR. SERVICE MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR MPV THIS YEAR. THIS WAS THE FIFTH TIME VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION COMPUTER MODULE FAILED ON JAN 19, 2005. *AK

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT REGARDING MY MINI VAN. I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN THE RIM ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED. THE RIM COMPLETELY CAME APART, AND THE TWISTED METAL CUT MY TIRE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RIM COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED THE VAN LIFTED OFF THE GROUND. I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND SKIDDED ACROSS TWO LANES OF THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY, THE INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR DURING A BUSY TIME. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT, AND THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIM, TIRE, AND HUBCAP. WE DID NOT HIT A POT HOLE OR ANY OTHER OBJECT IN THE ROAD. I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH FAULTY RIMS. I HAD MY 16 MONTH OLD CHILD IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. THE FAULTY RIM COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT, IF IT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED DURING A BUSY TIME OF DAY. THE VEHICLE HAS 18,500 MILES, AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THE TIRES WERE CHECKED AND ROTATED TWO MONTHS AGO. ALSO, I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE RECALLS REPAIRED IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS. NEITHER OF RECALL NOTICES WERE RELATED TO THE WHEELS NOR THE AXLES. THE MAN WITH THE TOWING SERVICE SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN A RIM DAMAGED LIKE THIS ONE WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF ACCIDENT. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER.*AK *TC

1) TRANSMISSION HAS VERY HARD SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. 2) OCCURRED AT LEAST ONCE A DAY AND MOSTLY IN LOCAL TRAFFIC. 3) TOOK IT TO THE LONG BEACH MAZDA DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE TCM BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING.*AK

FOR OVER 6 MONTHS, MY 2003 MAZDA MPV'S DRIVER'S SIDE BACK SEAT PASSENGER DOOR HAS BEEN OPENING SPONTANEOUSLY AND HAS NOT BEEN CLOSING CORRECTLY. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO BE REPAIRED TWICE, AND THE SAME PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE LOCKING MECHANISM, BUT THAT HAS NOT CORRECTED IT. WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT, THIS POSSES A GREAT DANGER AS IT HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME THAT DOOR IS OPENED.*AK