1993 MAZDA MX3 Complaints

RECALL 97V211000. DEALER JOHN MAZDA, 105 NE 78TH VACOUVER, WA 98665, 360-574-1131, FIXED THE RECALL. WHILE WEARING THE SHOULDER BELT IT LOCKED UP, CAUSES DISCOMFORT TO THE DRIVER WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR AFTER PURCHASE. THE CAR WAS TRADED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEN PURCHASED BY A WHOLESALER WHO THEN SOLD IT TO US. AFTER TWO WEEKS OWNING THE CAR IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIRS, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DONE AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS MECHANIC FIXED IT FREE OF CHARGE UNDER THE WARRANTY, BUT TOOK OVER A MONTH TO FIX IT, AND SAYING HE WAS ONLY OBLIGATED TO GET IT RUNNING LIKE THE FIRST GUY ASKED HIM TO DO IN THE BEGINNING. WITHIN TWO WEEKS THE TRANSMISSION WAS OUT AGAIN. WE THEN TOOK IT TO THE MAZDA PLACE LOCALLY IN TOWN WHO INFORMED US THEY DID NOT REBUILD TRANSMISSION, BUT SENT US TO A REPUTUABLE TRANSMISSION MECHANIC. WE SPENT $1700 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS BACK IN THE SHOP ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITH THEM ALWAYS REPAIRING IT, BUT WITHIN TWO MONTHS THE CAR WOULD BE BACK IN THE SHOP AGAIN. I TRIED CONTACTING MAZDA CORPORATION FOR SOME HELP ON THIS PROBLEM; MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING THIS GUY WAS MISSING, BUT TO NO AVAIL, NOBODY WOULD HELP ME. THEN IN DECEMBER OF 1999 WE TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION DEALERSHIP TO SOLVE MORE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THAT WAS ANOTHER $2000 EXPENDED FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. IT IS NOW MAY 2000 AND THE CAR IS BACK IN THE SAME SHOP WITH MORE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE NOW SAYING IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I AM OF COURSE QUESTIONING THEM ABOUT THIS, WHY?? HOW CAN THIS BE?? THIS GUY WITH TRANSPRO TRANSMISSION IS TELLING ME THAT MAZDA SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL ON THIS CAR; THAT THE TRANSMISSION THEY INSTALLED IN THIS CAR WAS WAY TOO SMALL FOR IT; THAT IT WAS THE SIZE THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN A ESCORT TYPE VEHICLE; AND THAT IS WHY MAZDA QUIT MAKING THE CAR TO BEGIN WITH. HE FEELS WE HAVE SOME KIND OF CLASS ACTION SUIT ON THIS. PLEASE HELP WITH ANY KNOWLEDGE YOU MIGHT HAVE IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU !

THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT RESTRAINT IS STUCK MIDWAY ON THE RAIL WHICH IS A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION IF A WRECK WERE TO OCCUR. THE POWER SUNROOF OPENS ALL THE WAY BUT WILL NOT CLOSE. IT REQUIRES A MANUAL CRANK IN ORDER TO CLOSE IT. *AK

FUEL INJECTION DISTRIBUTOR STOPPED WORKING. ALSO, CV BOOTS BROKE OFF. A CONSUMER HAD THE PARTS REPLACED THREE OR FOUR TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CAR STALLS FOR NO REASON, IN ORDER TO RESTART YOU NEED TO PUT IN PARK TURN THE KEY OFF AND BACK ON. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT CAUSED INJURY TO PASSENGERS. SAFETY HARNESS FOR THE SHOULDER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR CAUSING PASSENGER TO BE THROWN AROUND THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

THE CABLE WHICH RETRACTS THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY HAS JAMMED IN THE RAIL, CAUSING THE SHOULDER BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. RECALL REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER 97V211000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MY CAR WAS WANTING TO STALL AT STOP LIGHTS. I BROGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC, HE ORDERED A PART FOR THE VEHICLE (I BELIEVE IT WAS AN INTAKE VALVE) AND ASKED ME TO COME BACK IN A COUPLE DAYS. WHEN I BROGHT THE VEHICLE BACK, HE CALLED TO TELL ME THE INTAKE VALVE WAS THE LEAST OF MY PROBLEMS. I HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, WHICH HAD MELTED THE FUSE BOX! LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF FIRE. MY MECHANIC STATED THE CAUSE OF THIS ELECTRICAL FIRE TO BE THE COOLING FAN. I HAD THE COOLING FAN, WIRING, WIRING HARNESS, INTAKE VALVE AND A WATER PUMP REPLACED. WHEN I GOT THE CAR OUT OF THE SHOP, A WEEK LATER THE HOLD BUTTON STARTED TO FLASH ON AND OFF. THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SWITH, WHICH A HAD REPLACED. APPROX. 2 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO AAMCO AND THERE WE FOUND METAL IN THE PAN. I TOLD HIM I WOULD BRING THE CAR BACK IN A FEW DAYS FOR REPAIRS, A QUARTER MILE FROM AAMCO THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT MOVE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD CEASED TO WORK. I HAD THE CAR IN TO MAZDA DEALER 7/98 FOR TRANSMISSION FLUSH.

RECALL 97V211000, AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RAIL. CONTACTED THE DEALER IN OCT. 23, 1998. AS OF NOW THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. THE SHOUDLER BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER IS HIXSON AUTO PLACE, 2506 MACARTHER DRIVE, ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301, PHONE # 3184480871. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

LEFT REAR CALIPER WAS REPLACED 7/98, RIGHT REAR CALIPER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED 2/99. I HEARD THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME RECALL ON THE REAR CALIPER'S FOR MAZDA'S PRE '95. *AK