1997 MAZDA MPV

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA MPV. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A CAR WASH, SMOKE FUMES APPEARED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V674000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HEAVY FUMES OF SMOKE WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT STALLED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT BE REACHED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MAZDA MPV. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A CAR WASH, SMOKE FUMES APPEARED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V674000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HEAVY FUMES OF SMOKE WERE SEEN COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT STALLED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT BE REACHED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

Mileage: 160,000

I HAVE A SET OF AMERICAN PROSPECTOR SUV RADIAL TIRES ON MY 1997 MAZDA MPV THAT HAVE HAD SUDDEN BLOWOUTS. SO FAR 2 TIRES HAVE BLOWN IN THE PAST MONTH, AND AT THE TIME I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN A PAVED STREET. THESE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN OFF ROAD, I CHECK THE INFLATION ONCE A MONTH, SO I CAN SEE NO REASON WHY THE TIRE BEAD AND SIDE WALL WOULD SUDDENLY GIVE AWAY. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND OTHERS WITH THE EXACT SAME TIRES HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. ONE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD PROBLEMS, HAD 15000 MILES ON HIS TIRESWHEN SUDDENLY HE HAD THREE TIRES BLOW OVER A 6 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. MY TIRES HAVE 20000 MILES ON THEM, AND I HAVE LOST 2 TIRES IN TIRES IN THE PAST MONTH. THE TIRE DEALER REPLACED THE FIRST ONE AS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE SECOND TIRE IN YET. IN THIS LAST TIRE I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH, AFTER GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE AND SUDDENLY A LOUD BOOM WAS HEARD, AND THEN THE VEHICLE BECAME UNSTABLE AND WITH IN 1/4 MILE I GOT IT TO A SAFE PLACE TO CHANGE

Mileage: 20,000

I AM FILING A COMPLAINT IN REGARD TO MY VEHICLE'S EQUIPMENT THAT FAILED AND WAS FAULTY IN A RECENT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LANE WHEN A VEHICLE QUICKLY ENTERED ACROSS MY PATH TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I HAD NO TIME TO BRAKE, SO THE OTHER CAR IS WHAT STOPPED MY MOTION. IT WAS A HARD HIT! MY MAZDA MPV CRASHED INTO THE OTHER PERSON'S CAR. DURING OUR FRONT IMPACT WITH THE OTHER CAR'S DRIVER SIDE, MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURY. HAD THE AIRBAG WORKED, I FEEL I WOULDN'T HAD SLID INTO THE DASH AND BEEN JERKED BACKWARDS BY MY SEAT BELT RESTRAINT CAUSING INJURY TO MY BACK AND OR SPINAL ALIGNMENT. I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING EVERY DAY FROM THE ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS INJURY. IN ADDITION TO THE CHEST/LAP BELT BEING USED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, I SECURED MY DAUGHTER'S CHEST DURING THE CRASH WITH MY RIGHT ARM, WHICH I BELIEVE HELPED HER TO NOT ATTAIN EVEN MORE INJURY FROM THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING. SHE WAS, HOWEVER,INJURED ON HER LEG FROM THE ST

Mileage: 93,395

I AM FILING A COMPLAINT IN REGARD TO MY VEHICLE'S EQUIPMENT THAT FAILED AND WAS FAULTY IN A RECENT AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LANE WHEN A VEHICLE QUICKLY ENTERED ACROSS MY PATH TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I HAD NO TIME TO BRAKE, SO THE OTHER CAR IS WHAT STOPPED MY MOTION. IT WAS A HARD HIT! MY MAZDA MPV CRASHED INTO THE OTHER PERSON'S CAR. DURING OUR FRONT IMPACT WITH THE OTHER CAR'S DRIVER SIDE, MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING INJURY. HAD THE AIRBAG WORKED, I FEEL I WOULDN'T HAD SLID INTO THE DASH AND BEEN JERKED BACKWARDS BY MY SEAT BELT RESTRAINT CAUSING INJURY TO MY BACK AND OR SPINAL ALIGNMENT. I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING EVERY DAY FROM THE ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS INJURY. IN ADDITION TO THE CHEST/LAP BELT BEING USED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, I SECURED MY DAUGHTER'S CHEST DURING THE CRASH WITH MY RIGHT ARM, WHICH I BELIEVE HELPED HER TO NOT ATTAIN EVEN MORE INJURY FROM THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING. SHE WAS, HOWEVER,INJURED ON HER LEG FROM THE ST

Mileage: 93,395

DRIVING UPHILL ON I-70 AT THE SPEED LIMIT (55) THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, THE DRIVER STEERED TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BEGAN SMOKING. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THE MAZDA MPV ('97) WAS CONSUMED IN FIRE. *NM

Mileage: 140,000

AFTER REFILLING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER SMELLED FUMES INSIDE THE CAR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 100,000

IT WILL BE HARD TO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS FROM THE INSIDE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT BUCKLE KEEPS UNLOCKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

ENGINE KNOCKING, SVC DEPT ADVISED US TO MAZDA OIL ADDITIVE, BUT STILL KNOCKS EVEN THOUGH LOW MILES. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP AND TURNING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. ALSO, VERY DANGEROUS/NEAR COLLISION BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO INTO 4WD ON ITS OWN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

ENGINE KNOCKING, SVC DEPT ADVISED US TO MAZDA OIL ADDITIVE, BUT STILL KNOCKS EVEN THOUGH LOW MILES. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP AND TURNING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. ALSO, VERY DANGEROUS/NEAR COLLISION BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO INTO 4WD ON ITS OWN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, SUFFICIENT FRONT END DAMAGE TO WARRANT DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS. *JB

OVERDRIVE INDICATOR BLINKS CONSTANTLY WHEN IGNITION APPLIED, BROUGHT TO DEALER TO SERVICE, TOLD NEED TO REPLACE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE BOTH VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 50-60. UPON IMPACT, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. NOT SURE IF THE VAN WOULD BE TOTALLED. *AK *ML

ON FOUR OCCASSIONS MY STEERING WHEN GOING FROM A COMPLETE STOP TO CHANGING LANES TO THE RIGHT LANE AND THEN CORRECTING BACK TO THE LEFT, GOT STIFF AND WOULD NOT TURN. SUBSEQUESTLY THIS LAST TIME I ENDED UP ON THE SHOULDER OF A BUSY FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. I TOOK THE CAR IN AGAIN AS I HAD TWO TIMES PREVIOUSLY, TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND FIND THAT OTHER 1997 MADZA MPV'S ALSO REACTED THE SAME. IT WAS A "NORMAL STEERING FUNCTION". I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND I CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR SAFETY JEOPORDIZED. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO MAZDA ON TWO OCCASSIONS AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO. I KNOW THAT IF I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN FOUR TIMES, SOMEONE ELSE HAS HAD TO HAVE IT HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ON THE OTHER MPV'S THAT WERE TESTDRIVEN. *AK

HAVE COLD ENGINE KNOCK SINCE VEHICLE WAS NEW. DEALER SAYS KNOCK IS NORMAL FOR THAT ENGINE. KNOCK IS CONSISTENTLY GETTING WORSE AS ENGINE WEARS AND GETTING CLOSE TO THE THREE YEAR EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY. I DO NOT FEEL THE MANUFACTURER WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENGINE PROBLEM AND MAKE APPROPRIATE REPAIRS &/OR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. THEY SEEM TO BE ATTEMPTING TO ALLOW THE WARRANTY PERIOD TO EXPIRE CAUSING UNECESSARY EXPENSES TO BE PAID BY THE OWNER. *AK

CONSUMER CONCERNED WITH COLD ENGINE NOISE. NLM

CONSUMER CONCERNED WITH COLD ENGINE NOISE. NLM

WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH TO 60 MPH FRONT WHEELS ARE VIBRATING AND THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO THE RIGHT. CAUSING UNEVEN WEARING OF TIRES. DEALER NOTIFIED, BUT UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TO CONSUMER'S SATISFACTION. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK