2004 Mazda MPV

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/2012· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE WAS LURCHING, NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ON. IT TOOK A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT THE REAR COIL WAS BAD. WE SPENT $1200 GETTING A TUNE UP AND THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM TOOK A WHILE TO FIGURE IT OUT. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE COMPLETELY AT 55 THOUSAND MILES. WE HAD TAKEN IT IN 3 TIMES BEFORE IT FAILED AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. *TR

• 12/26/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2004 MAZDA RX8, I WENT TO START THE VEHICLE ONE MORNING AND IT WOULDN'T START. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO SERVICE AND THEY ADVISED THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. SERVICE DID A BATTERY INSPECTION, CHARGING AND TESTING; A DIAGNOSIS ON THE SPARK PLUG SET AND DRIVE CYCLE; AND CLEANED THE PLUG THREADS. JUST THIS MONTH, I PULLED TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING THEN DIED. HAD IT TOWED TO SERVICE. SERVICE SAID VEHICLE NEEDED NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM INSTALLED FROM MAZDA. HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 1 YEAR.*AK

• 12/25/2006· POWER TRAIN

  ON MY MAZDA MPV IN TEMPERATURES BELOW 40 DEGREES THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. THIS CAUSES LOSS OF POWER AND A WHIPLASH ACTION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES. IN HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATIONS THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. *NM

• 12/21/2015· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  ACCELERATOR (GAS PEDAL) STOCK OPEN WHEN PEDAL PRESSED FOR ACCELERATION ONTO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO VERY HIGH SPEED. PRESSING BRAKE SLOWED VEHICLE TO 55 MPH. SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, HEARD A LOW POP AND ACCELERATOR MECHANISM DISENGAGED.

• 12/18/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PERSISTENT TICKING SOUND FROM ENGINE, WHICH HAS BECOME LOUDER WITH PASSING OF TIME. TSB RE TICKING SOUND HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY SHOWCASE MAZDA, AND ON FOLLOW-UP VISIT THEY ADVISED SITUATION IS NORMAL, THE TICKING SOUND NOTWITHSTANDING. A RESPECTED INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SERVICE, COMBS AUTOMOTIVE, ADVISED THE ENGINE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THE TICKING SOUND WITH ONLY 30K MILES ON IT. PLEASE NOTE THAT BELOW I SHOW INCIDENT DATE AS THIS MONTH, BUT IT HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCE OVER PAST FEW WEEKS. *JB

• 12/15/2009· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CAR IS RUNNING FINE, AND THEN ENGINE STOPS. AFTER SETTING FOR A MINUTE OR SO, ENGINE WILL START AGAIN AND RUN FINE FOR DAYS ...THEN THE ABOVE RECURS. REPLACED IDLE CONTROL VALVE...NO MORE TROUBLE. *TR

• 12/08/2004· AIR BAGS,EQUIPMENTCrash

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND WHILE ADJUSTING THE RADIO VEHICLE WENT DOWN A 6 FOOT EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK *TC

• 12/06/2018· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  FRONT CROSS MEMBER CORROSION; FRAME DAMAGED; CAR DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE. WHEEL ALIGNMENT COST ME $72.64 AND FRAME REPAIR COST $693.36. THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP FOR 4 DAYS. MENTAL ANGUISH. MAZDA DEALER DECLINED REPAIRS. MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE DECLINED TO PAY. NOW THEY ARE ADMITTING THAT PROBLEM ON MAZDA 6 VEHICLES. IT'S AN OLD PROBLEM PROBABLY RELATED TO METALLURGY OR IMPROPER PAINT PROTECTION.

• 12/03/2009· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  2004 MAZDA MPV ENGINE COMPLETELY AND SUDDENLY DIES WHEN DRIVING - USUALLY WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AS THE ENGINE IS DECELERATING. DROVE CAR TO SHOULDER, PLACED IN NEUTRAL TO RESTART. APPEARS TO BE THE IDLE CONTROL VALVE (MADZA FORUM SITES REPORT NUMEROUS SIMILAR EVENTS). *TR

• 11/22/2004· AIR BAGSCrash

  I HAD A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT IN MY 2004 MAZDA MPV VAN WITH FRONT END SUSTAINING DAMAGE WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF FRONT OR SIDE AIRBAGS. I SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT HEAD AND FACIAL TRAUMA. *JB

• 11/10/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  2004 MAZDA MPV WITH 63K MILES. HAS BROKEN DOWN 5 TIMES WITH SAME PROBLEM AFFECTING ONE OF TWO DIFFERENT COILS. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. VAN HESITATES/SHAKES. NO LOSS OF LIFE, BUT PLENTY OF LOST WAGES ETC AND MAZDA REP NOT COOPERATIVE. $400 AND AVERAGE 3 DAYS IN SHOP EACH TIME TO REPAIR. MECHANIC GUESSED PROBLEM BEFORE I EVEN TOLD HIM. STATES THAT THEY SEE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH THE MPV'S. *TR

• 11/07/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  2004 MAZDA MPV - TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND ENGINE COIL FAILURES. TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFT SHOCK, WHERE THE VEHICLE SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR AT 20 MPH. THE SHOCK SENDS THE VEHICLE DANGEROUSLY FORWARD. MAZDA HAD TWO SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS DEFECT WHICH INCLUDED REPLACING SENSORS AND SWITCHES. MAZDA ALSO SUPPLIED A DIAGRAM TO INSTRUCT DRIVERS TO "WIGGLE" THE GEAR SELECTOR BETWEEN GEARS. NONE OF THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEMS. ENGINE COILS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES AT 24,000 MILES, 32,000 MILES, AND 35,000 MILES. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING CORRECTLY WHILE DRIVING. *NM

• 11/06/2006· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE BLADDER SEPARATED IN THE FUEL TANK AND WAS GETTING INTO THE FUEL PUMP. THE GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

• 11/02/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY 2004 NEW MAZDA 3 , I HAVE NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF ROTTEN EGG SMELL THAT IS COMING INTO THE VECHICLE. THIS BAD SMELL IS SICKENING. HOW CAN YOU HELP ? I HAVE CALLED SERVICE AND THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. *AK

• 10/27/2004· TIRES,WHEELS

  SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SPLIT IN TWO PLACES AFTER THE CONSUMER RAN OVER A CURB AT 5 MPH, WHICH CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE BLOWOUT. *BF ONE MONTH LATER THE CONSUMER RUBBED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AGAINST A CURB WHILE PULLING THROUGH A NARROW DRIVEWAY AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SIDEWALL CAME APART IN THE SAME WAY AS THE FIRST TIRE DID. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT AS A COURTESY THEY REPLACED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE 17 INCH WHEELS BE REPLACED WITH 16 INCH WHEELS. *JB

• 10/26/2009· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  LIKE MANY OTHER MAZDA MPV OWNERS, I'VE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS. IN AUGUST 2008, THE VEHICLE WAS RIDING VERY ROUGH AND HESITATING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SHOWED THAT ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS HAD MISFIRED. I HAD THE COIL REPLACED AND, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEALERSHIP, REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS. AT THAT TIME, MY VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES ON IT, WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I PAID $476 FOR THE REPAIR BUT WAS ULTIMATELY REIMBURSED BY MAZDA ON A CUSTOMER GOODWILL BASIS. ONE YEAR LATER, IN AUGUST 2009, THE VEHICLE AGAIN BEGAN RIDING ROUGH AND HESITATING. WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. BASED ON THE EARLIER EXPERIENCE, I SUSPECTED AN IGNITION COIL AS THE CULPRIT. MY SUSPICIONS WERE REALIZED. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT CYLINDER #5 HAD MISFIRED AND THAT SEVERAL OTHER COILS WERE WEAK. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE OTHER COILS WERE LIKELY TO GO AND RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OF THEM BE REPLACED. I HAD THE WORK DONE AT A COST OF $960. THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT HAD ONLY 46,000 MILES ON IT. BOTH REPAIRING DEALERSHIPS MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MPVS. FROM MY RESEARCH, I CAN SEE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR 2002-2006 MPV'S. ENTIRE MESSAGE BOARDS ARE DEDICATED TO THIS MAZDA MPV IGNITION COIL DEFECT. MOST BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A DESIGN FLAW THAT PREVENTS THE COILS FROM DISPERSING MOISTURE PROPERLY, WHICH OVER TIME LEADS THE CYLINDERS TO MISFIRE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MAZDA SHOULD HAVE VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. HAVING PREVIOUSLY MADE A CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATION ON THE EARLIER REPAIR, MAZDA HAS REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COSTS OF THIS LATEST REPAIR. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT MAZDA HAS CHOSEN TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM ON A CUSTOMER-BY-CUSTOMER BASIS, RATHER THAN HAVING VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

• 10/25/2016· AIR BAGS

  TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V354000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS UNAVAILABLE.

• 10/25/2010· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE COIL ISSUE. ROUGH IDLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. *TR

• 10/24/2016· SUSPENSION

  THERE IS NO WAY TO ADJUSTMENT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REAR WHEELS ON THIS YEAR MAZDA MPV, THUS THE TIRES WARE OUT EARLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN ALIGNMENT. TIRE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY MAZDA DEALER SAYS NO ADJUSTMENT CAN BE DONE AS MAZDA DID NOT PROVIDE A WAY TO CORRECT THIS ALIGNMENT PROBLEM SO EARLY TIRE FAILURE CAN RESULT. MAZDA DEALER WORK SHEET FOR ALIGNMENT STATES THAT THE REAR WHEELS ARE OUT OF FACTORY SPECIFICATION AND IF NOT CORRECTED CAN LEAD TO EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, HANDLING AND SAFETY ISSUES. MAZDA BY THERE OWN ADMISSION DID NOT PROVIDED ANY WAY TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I'M DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH TIRE SAFETY ISSUES DUE TO LACK OF ABILITY TO ALIGN THE REAR WHEELS TO MAZDAS OWN SPECIFICATIONS. *TR

• 10/20/2008· VISIBILITY

  FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS BROKE OFF DURING USE ON HIGHWAY AND HEAVY RAINS. UPON LATER INSPECTION, THE CAST METAL PART OF BOTH ARMS WERE CRACKED NEAR THE HINGE POINT. THE DRIVERS SIDE ARM BROKE OFF AND WAS CAUGHT IN THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER BLADE FOR A FEW SECONDS CAUSING IT TO SMACK AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKING IT. MAZDA REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN DETERMINING IF THE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE OR IN OBTAINING REPLACEMENT PARTS. REPLACEMENTS WERE PURCHASED FROM THE ORIGINAL DEALER. *TR

• 10/20/2008· STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  REAR LIFTGATE DOOR GAS STRUT MOUNTING STUD SNAPPED OFF, THERE IS A RECALL IN CANADA FOR THIS ISSUE FOR MODEL YEARS 2000-2004. WHEN I CONTACTED MAZDA ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE CANADIAN RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUE IS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED AND IS FROM 2005 HTTP://WWW.MPVCLUB.COM/RECALLS.PHP?ID=19&PRINT=1 *TR

• 10/19/2018· SUSPENSION

  SUSPENSION SUBFRAME RUSTED AND CRACKED.

• 10/14/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. WHENEVER THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ACTIVATED, THE FAN THAT BLOWS THE AIR IS VERY LOUD AND CONTINUES TO RUN 3-5 MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAN MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79,600.

• 10/06/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHERCrash

  CAR STALLS AT LIGHTS DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN ACCELERATING HAVE GONE TO BACK UP AND NO RESPONSE THEN CAR WILL JUST TAKE OFF HAVE HAD 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO NO ACCELERATION FOG AND BUGS IN TAILLIGHTS AIRBAG LIGHT ON/OFF FOR NO REASON CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR ALL RECALLS I AM TOLD I AM NOT DRIVING THE CAR FAST ENOUGH AND AM TOLD I NEED TO CHECK MY OIL WHEN I GET GAS. TOO MANY PROBLEMS TO LIST DEALER WILL FIX BUT CANNOT DUPLICATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS I EXPERIENCE HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER ONLY TO BE PUT ON HOLD TO LISTEN TO ZOOM ZOOM MUSIC OVER AND OVER. *JB

• 10/01/2004· AIR BAGS

  NHTSA RECALL 04V073000 SUBJECT: FMVSS 208 AIR BAGS. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE . *AK

• 09/29/2010· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WITH OUR MAZDA 2004 MPV, WE HAVE HAD FOUR SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN 2 1/4 YEARS FROM MAR 2008 THROUGH JUNE 2010 WHERE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON TO INDICATE AN ENGINE PROBLEM. IN EACH INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE RUNS VERY ROUGH AND VERY SLOW. EACH INCIDENT RESULTED IN US TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE SOME OR ALL OF THE IGNITION COILS WERE REPLACED. FOR SOME OF THE INCIDENTS, THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT IN EACH INCIDENT ALL OR SOME OF THE COSTS WERE COVERED BY MAZDA. IN 2 OF THE INCIDENTS, WE WERE OUT OF TOWN AND IT WAS DARK. IN ANOTHER INCIDENT, WE WERE LEAVING TOWN, AND THE OTHER, WE WERE IN TOWN. NOW, WE WILL NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN FOR FEAR OF COMPLETELY BREAKING DOWN AT NIGHT OR IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. ON THE INTERNET, I FIND VERY MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS FOR THE MAZDA MPV. *TR

• 09/21/2021· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  2004 MAZDA MPV. CONSUMER WRITES ASKING TO BE REMOVED FROM RECALL LIST BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER OWN THE VEHICLE.

• 09/16/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  BUCKING AND LOSS OF POWER, NOISE COMING FROM AREA NEAR FUEL PUMP UNTIL PART FAILED COMPLETELY AND CAR WOULD NOT START, OR IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE TO BE REPLACED. FOUR FUEL PUMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN 10 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP OF NEW CAR. *NM

• 09/07/2005· STRUCTURE

  OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS, PASSENGER-SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON A 2004 MPV, INTERMITTENTLY WOULD: 1) NOT CLOSE. DOOR WILL ATTEMPT TO CLOSE, BUT BOUNCES OPEN AT THE END. DOOR POWER HAS TO BE TURNED OFF AT THE DRIVERS CONTROL, SO THAT THE DOOR CAN BE MANUALLY CLOSED. 2) DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. SEVERAL OCCASION, THE DOOR WOULD APPEAR TO BE STUCK AND CANNOT BE OPEN WITH ANY OF THE CONTROLS AND NOT MANUALLY EITHER. DOOR BUTTON WILL "BEEP" BUT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DOOR USUALLY "RECOVERS" AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT TRIP. 3) DOOR WILL MAKE MOTOR WHINNING SOUND...LIKE IT'S TRYING TO OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, AND ONCE IT DID OPEN ON ITS OWN WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED. REPORTED TO MAZDA OF ROSWELL DEALER, THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE PROBLEM AND CANNOT OFFER MUCH HELP. *NM

• 09/06/2016· AIR BAGS

  TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V354000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

• 09/06/2008· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MAZDA 2004 MPV WITH JUST UNDER 68,000 MILES HAS 3 FUEL INJECTORS(CEL) REPLACED BY LOCAL MECHANIC- 2 WEEKS LATER JERKY MISFIRES WITH CEL REQUIRED #5 COIL REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP, LESS THAN A MONTH LATER #4 COIL REPLACED BY LOCAL MECHANIC IN TOWN WE WERE VACATIONING IN-NO CEL, NOW SAME JERKY MISFIRES STARTING AGAIN A MONTH AFTER LAST REPLACEMENT. RECENT FORUM ENTRIES SEEM TO INDICATE A GROWING PROBLEM OF THIS TYPE FOR 2004 MPV. EXCEPT FOR TOWING CHARGES, EXPENSIVE REPAIRS, AND INCONVENIENCE- NO INJURIES. *TR

• 09/02/2016· AIR BAGS

  TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V354000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

• 09/02/2005· POWER TRAIN

  2004 MAZDA MPV - NORTH PARK MAZDA IS SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VAN IN 5 TIMES IN JULY. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE NOISE ON THE FIRST FEW ATTEMPTS. I FINALLY HAD TO TAKE THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR A RIDE IN IT. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD FIXED IT THE LAST 2 TIMES I TOOK IT IN BUT APPARENTLY DID NOT ACTUALLY LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I

• 08/26/2016· AIR BAGS

  TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V354000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS UNAVAILABLE.

• 08/24/2005· SEAT BELTS

  2004 MAZDA 3 PASSENGER SEAT BELT MALFUCTION. MY MAZDA 3 SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISM FAIL TO RELEASE.

• 08/23/2004· TIRES

  (1) DRIVING ALONG IN TOWN, APROX 5 MPH 2) TIRE WENT FLAT, SEEMS AS IF SOMEONE STUCK A KNIFE THROUGH IT, BUT IT WAS FINE UPON LEAVING MY HOME (ONLY HAS 1,866 MILES)/ (3) NOT COVERED BY WARRENTY, HAVE TO PURCHASE NEW TIRE. *AK

• 08/22/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DT: THE ENGINE JUST TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF TWICE WHEN TRYING TO GO UP HILL AT 20 MPH. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 20TH, 2005. THE EVOLUTION WAS ROUGHLY AT 10,000 FEET. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. *AK *SC

• 08/21/2007· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  LATELY WHILE DRIVING MY CAR WILL SUDDENLY JUMP FORWARD. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE SO WHEN GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. ALSO, THE ENGINE IS BECOMING MORE HOT, EVEN AFTER ONLY RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND A STRANGE SMELL IS EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP HERE AND THEY HAVE SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE SITUATIONS. THEY CLAIM, I AM PUSHING TOO HARD ON THE GAS, WHICH I DON'T DO. THEY ALSO SAY TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH COOLANT IN THE ENGINE WHICH I ALWAYS DO. I AM AFRAID THE ENGINE WILL CATCH FIRE OR SOMETHING WITH THE WAY IT IS RUNNING. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS MY MAIN CAR TO GET AROUND WITH FOR THE CHILDREN. THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. I AM TIRED OF TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NOT GETTING AN ANSWER. *TR

• 08/20/2004· TIRES

  DURING INSPECTION DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. DUNLOP SP4000, 215/60R16. *AK *NM

• 08/17/2010· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND BEFORE STALLING. THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS WERE ENGAGED BUT TO NO AVAIL. AFTER TEN MINUTES, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,400.

• 08/16/2010· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AT APPROX. 50,000 MILES MY 2004 MAZDA MPV'S 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' WENT ON. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE I WAS TOLD AN IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT APPROX. 60,000 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED ... THE CAR'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ' CAME ON AND, AGAIN, AN IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED FROM WEB POSTINGS THAT THIS IGNITION COIL PROBLEM MAY BE A FAIRLY COMMON REPAIR ON 2004 MAZDA MINI-VANS AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A RECALL AND REPAIR BY MAZDA. WERE I ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON ... THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION CAPACITY AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ... I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I AM NOW CONCERNED THAT THIS IGNITION COIL PROBLEM MAY CONTINUE TO RE-OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. *TR

• 08/12/2005· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  AFTER DRIVING 45 MPH ON BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS, I WAS EXITING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, I HAD A LOSS OF POWER THAT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. COULD NOT EASILY RECREATE THE PROBLEM, SO I DID NOT GO TO THE DEALER ABOUT IT. *NM

• 08/12/2005· STRUCTURE

  WATER GETS IN THE DOOR PANEL EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR WE WASH THE CAR. THREE DIFFERENT MAZDA DEALERS TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM FIVE TIMES, UNSUCCESSFULLY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE DOOR IS ELECTRIC AND IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ALSO MOLD COULD DEVELOP IN THERE. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MAZDA CORPORATION. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY MAZDA. THEY PROMISED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY IGNORE MY PHONE CALLS AND LETTERS. WHAT SHOULD I DO? THANKS. *JB

• 08/10/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DT: THE CONSUMER STATED 2004 MAZDA RX 8 STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 20-35 MPH. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. , BUT AFTERWARDS ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE DIED. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THIS TO THE DEALER ,AND THEY DID THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND FOUND NOTHING BUT SUGGESTED THAT HE DO A TUNE UP ON THE CAR. THE CAR HAS HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS AND HAS DRIVEN FINE BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. THE OWNER NOTICED BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THAT HE HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 100 MILES WHEN THE CAR STALLED. THIS WAS ON BOTH OCCASIONS. THE DEALER DID DO A COMPUTER UPDATE. *AK

• 08/08/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  SINCE FEBRUARY 2005 I HAVE HAD MY MAZDA RX8 SERVICED FOR ENGINE NOISES, DECELERATION PROBLEMS, STALLING PROBLEMS AND RESTART PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO IDLE ROUGH AND JUST STALLS OUT (TWICE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTIONS WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC-LIFE THREATENING SITUATION) AND CANNOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR RESTART. THE PCM HAS BEEN REFLASHED SEVERAL TIMES, PLUGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I AM AFRAID FOR MY LIFE AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE ELSE RIDE IN THE CAR WITH ME. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND I WANT TO KNOW IF I HAVE ANY RECOURSE IN GETTING MAZDA TO BUY BACK A CAR I CANNOT DRIVE. MY LUCK WILL RUN OUT IN THIS VEHICLE AND NOT ONLY WILL I BE INJURED OR KILLED, BUT SO WILL OTHER DRIVERS (ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR TRAFFIC BEHIND ME). I HAVE CALLED MAZDA HEADQUARTERS TWICE ABOUT THIS RECURRING PROBLEM AND AM AWAITING A CALL BACK FROM THE SECOND PHONE CALL INTO MAZDA. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T FEEL IT IS AS BAD AS IT IS. *NM

• 08/06/2011· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  IGNITION COILS RETAIN MOISTURE AND CAUSE CYLINDERS TO MISFIRE. THIS CAUSES VEHICLES TO STALL OR LOSE POWER -- USUALLY WHEN RAINING. IN OUR CASE, THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RAIN. WE EARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENTS BY OUR INABILITY TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC WITH OUR SUDDENLY-SLOWED VEHICLE. REPLACEMENT OF A SINGLE COILS COST US OVER $200. THERE ARE SIX IGNITION COILS (OVER $1000). MANY INTERNET FORUMS INDICATE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC IN THIS MAKE/MODEL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED THE COIL FOR SUBSEQUENT MODELS. THEY OBVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED THE FLAW.

• 08/06/2004· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN, AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT DUE TO A WORN SHAFT SOLENOID. *AK

• 08/04/2009· POWER TRAIN

  TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

• 08/04/2009· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  2004 MAZDA MPV ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO ENGINE COILS, ONE WENT OUT IN MAY DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER WENT OUT TWO MONTHS LATER ALSO IN THE RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER SAID IT IS COMMON. WELL THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS ABOUT 50K MILES ON IT. *TR

• 08/02/2012· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  I WAS ON I-75 WHEN I ACCELERATED HARD WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO A GAP IN HEAVY, MERGING TRAFFIC. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR MY VAN CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT A HIGH RPM. I STABBED AT THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY FOOT TO SEE IF I COULD UNSTICK IT, BUT IT ONLY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO REV EVEN HIGHER - TO FULL-THROTTLE. I JABBED AT IT MULTIPLE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I TRIED TO LIFT THE GAS PEDAL WITH MY FOOT BY JAMMING IT UNDERNEATH THE PEDAL AND PULLING IT UP, BUT IT FLOATED FREELY AND CONTINUED TO FALL BACK TO ITS FULL-THROTTLE POSITION. ALTHOUGH I WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I PULLED IT AWAY FROM THE PEDALS AND, AS EXPECTED, THERE WAS NO EFFECT. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF MY VAN BY APPLYING EXTREMELY HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. DURING THAT TIME I WAS STILL JABBING AND LIFTING THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY RIGHT FOOT TRYING TO 'UNSTICK' THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ENTERING AND CROSSING AND OVERPASS THAT WAS UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION. CONCRETE BARRIERS LINED BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE WHERE THE EMERGENCY LANES WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN LOCATED. I HAD TO MAINTAIN SOME SPEED, FOR FEAR OF BEING REAR-ENDED, WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO PULL OVER. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY ASCERTAIN THAT THE SCREWING MECHANISM FROM AN UNSECURED AIR HOSE CLAMP HAD SNAGGED THE THROTTLE ARM - THE CLAMP ATTACHES THE HOSE TO THE ENGINE. AS I PUSHED HARDER ON THE GAS PEDAL IT FURTHER EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM BY LOCKING THE ARM IN A MORE WIDE-OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE CLAMP HAD BEEN LEFT UNSECURED FROM PREVIOUS WORK DONE AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THIS COULD HAVE ALSO OCCURRED IF THE CLAMP HAD BEEN SECURED, BUT NOT POSITIONED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ARM. *TR