2002 MAZDA MPV — Complaint #427101
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS filed August 26, 2003
NHTSA complaint #427101 (ODI reference 10036640) concerns a 2002 MAZDA MPV and was filed on August 26, 2003. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 25, 2003. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:fog lights, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MAZDA MPV cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:fog lights failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2002 MAZDA MPV shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2002 MAZDA MPV LX CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FOG LIGHT ON 8/26/03. WE HAD RESPONDED TO A RECALL PUT OUT BY MAZDA AND TOOK OUR VAN TO FIRST TEAM MAZDA IN CHESAPEAKE, VA THIS PAST JUNE 2003. WE HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE AND ACTUALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FOG LIGHT BEING DISLODGED WHENEVER WE TOOK IT IN . AS FAR AS WE KNEW, THE PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED. AT ANY RATE, WE ARE NOW CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THESE FOG LIGHTS. WHEN WE CONTACTED MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY MPV ACTUALLY CATCHING ON FIRE AND HAVE PROCEEDED TO "CREATE A FILE" ON OUR ISSUE. WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON WHY WE WERE THE ONES WHO HAPPENED TO EXPERIENCE A FIRE. WE HAVE THE OLD PARTS AND HAVE A CLAIM GOING WITH USAA. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE RATHER LEARY ABOUT DRIVING A VAN THAT MAY CATCH ON FIRE AGAIN. PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS HAZARD. *NLM
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 427101 |
| ODI Number | 10036640 |
| Date Filed | August 26, 2003 |
| Failure Date | August 25, 2003 |
| VIN | JM3LW28J620 |
Similar EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS Complaints for 2002 MAZDA MPV
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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