1992 MAZDA MX3 Complaints

RECALL WORK PERFORMED ON THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS (97V-211), HOWEVER FAILED AFTER REPAIR, ADDITIONAL COMPONENT REQUIRED TO FIX FAILURE. MJS

RECALL # 97V211000 MAZDA/AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RAIL; CAR HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR OVER ONE WEEK, AND DEALER HAS NOT CORRECTED SHOULDER BELT SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT MAKE APPOINTMENTS. OWNER WAS TOLD TO JUST DROP VEHICLE OFF. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 97V211000 & CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE IN. MECHANIC CLAIMED TO REPAIR SHOULDER BELT. RECEIVED VEHICLE AND SENSORS WERE NOT REPLACED AFTER 3 HOURS. TOLD PART BROKEN & NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. WILL NOTIFY OWNER. BEEN OVER MONTH & HALF. WOULD PREFER ANOTHER DEALER INSTEAD OF LUJACK. *AK

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SHOULDER BELTS GOT STUCK IN THE "L" SHAPE," CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO BE INOPERATIVE. WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT MODULE NOT FOR THE RECALL. *AK MOTORBELTS WERE COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. *SLC

I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SEVERAL CHECK UPS AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE IDLE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I WOULD JUST HAVE TO GET USE TO IT. CAR IDLE WILL DROP SO LOW THAT THE WHOLE CAR WILL SHUDDER AND THEN THE IDLE WILL PICK PACK UP. THIS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS SITTING STILL AT A INTERSECTION OR TRAFFIC LIGHT. ONCE CAR IS IN MOTION THERE IS NO IDLE PROBLEM.

SEAT BELT FUEL CELL IS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSES THE HARNESS NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER MODEL MAZDAS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MAZDA MANUFACTURER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM OR ADD ADDITIONAL MODELS, AND MAZDA INSISTS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE CUTS OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OTHER VEHICLE COMPONENTS. DEALER STATED POSSIBLE COMPUTER MALFUNCTION. *AK

GOT INTO VEHICLE; DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD NOT RELEASE. CABLE CAME OUT OF TRACK AREA & WILL NOT RETRACT BACK IN PLACE. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. *AK

THE CENTER RETRACTOR UNIT OF THE DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE. *AK

RETRACTORS WONT STAY LOCKED. WARNING LIGHT ON DASH READS, SEAT BELTS ARE LOOSE. *AK