2002 MAZDA MPV Complaints

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2002 MAZDA MPV (ONLY 49,000 MILES! ON IT) ON A BUSY CALIFORNIA FREE AND I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T INJURED. I HAD NO WARNING, JUST COMPLETE FAILURE WHILE ON A BUSY INCLINE. WAS 250 MILES AWAY FROM HOME TOO, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO NEAREST MAZDA DEALER. FOUND OUT THE WARRANTY IS ONLY FOR 3 YEARS ON TRANS, BUT IF I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2003, THE WARRANTY WOULD HAVE BEEN 4 YEARS AND I WOULDN'T BE STUCK WITH A $3500 BILL. ALSO RECEIVED SHODDY SERVICE BY SALESMAN AT DEALERSHIP BECAUSE SERVICE WASN'T OPEN AND I HAD TO FIND MY OWN WAY TO GET RENTAL CAR AND ENDED UP SPENDING 3 DAYS IN THIS TOWN. WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER MAZDA EVER! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH ON NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LURCH AS IF BRAKING VERY HARD, AND NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO 3 DIFFERENT SERVICE DEALER MECHANICS, WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE REPLACED. *NM

(1) 2002 MAZDA MPV REQUIRED TWO TRANSMISSION REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY: ONE MODULE, THEN A SECOND MODULE INSTALLED AS PART OF RECALL, THEN THIRD MODULE MISTAKENLY INSTALLED WHEN A BURNED-OUT COIL WAS THE ACTUAL PROBLEM. (2) AT 68,490 MILES AND AGE OF 41 MONTHS, WITH WARRANTY EXPIRED, TRANSMISSION FAILED DEC. 13, 2005. DIAGNOSIS WAS FAILED SEALS. (3) LEE MYLES TRANSMISSIONS INSTALLED REBUILT TRANSMISSION WITH UPDATED PARTS DESIGNED TO FIX WEAKNESSES IN ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION AT COST OF $4632.10. *NM

2002 MAZDA MPV STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS. *JB

CONSUMER SUPPORT OF THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS ON THE 2002 MAZDA MPV. *MR *SC

2002 MAZDA MPV TIRES WEAR OUT PREMATURELY.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED, BALANCED AND ALIGNED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. *TT

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE A HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS. THE ROUGH SHIFTING BEGAN VERY INTERMITTENTLY AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES. AT 51,000 THE SHIFTING WAS SO HARD THAT THE TIRES ACTUALLY SCREECHED WHEN THE VAN SHIFTED GEARS. PROBLEM CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE SOLENOIDS. 2 OF THE 8 SOLENOIDS PLUS THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR SINCE WE DID NOT GET THE VAN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRIOR THE 50,000 MILE MARK. THE TORQUE WAS AVAILABLE AS 'REBUILT". *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON RT. 95 FROM NJ TO BALTIMORE AT 65 MPH, TIRE LOCATED AT REAR DRIVER SIDE EXPLODED. VEHICLE STARTED QUAKERING AFFECTING VEHICLE'S DIRECTION AND CONTROL. THE BROKEN TIRE WAS REPLACED BY AN EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE. TIRE'S INFORMATION: DUNLOP SP 40 205/65 R15 94S M+S

ENGINE WAS HESITATING DURING ACCELERATION CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. PROBLEM GOT WORSE AS ENGINE HEATED UP. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A BAD COIL BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH OF THE 6 COILS WERE FAULTING. DEALER FINALLY GAVE IN AND REPLACED THEM FOR NO CHARGE AFTER I COMPLAINED TO CORPORATE. POSSIBLE RECALL ITEM?

THE DRIVER WAS PULLING INSIDE OF THE GARAGE AND WITHOUT WARNING THE DRIVER'S LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE,BUT NOTICED THAT THE LUG NUTS WOULD NOT COME OFF ON THEIR OWN. THE DRIVER CHANGED THE TIRE WITH A STRUGGLE AND DROVE TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. PLEASE FILL IN FURTHER INFORMATION.