2002 MAZDA MPV — Complaint #816193
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS filed September 23, 2010
NHTSA complaint #816193 (ODI reference 10357234) concerns a 2002 MAZDA MPV and was filed on September 23, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 16, 2010. The vehicle had 110,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California 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
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH A PEDESTRIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE LEFT FRONT BUMPER WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE AND THEN TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY ALREADY PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING RECALL ON THE VEHICLE ; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V206000 COMPONENT: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS . THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 110000. UPDATED 12/29/10 *BF UPDATED 01/03/11
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 816193 |
| ODI Number | 10357234 |
| Date Filed | September 23, 2010 |
| Failure Date | September 16, 2010 |
| VIN | JM3LW28JX20 |
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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