2004 mazda mpv drivers#

They are now attempting to charge me with $4000. Its a wonder no one has been killed or injured. Now Mazda says 'not their problem' but look at all the other people on here with the exact same story! low mileage 2002 Mazda Mpv drops transmission with no warning in busy traffic. The van has 54,000 miles on it and is well looked after may I add.

2004 mazda mpv drivers#

I had to coast nearly a mile or more on shoulder less rush hour highway, all the while transitioned lanes to the first exit I could access, then as momentum decreased I had to step out of the car into extremely heavy traffic and push a further 30 yards to the first turn-off, drivers door open, baby screaming with 55 mile an hour traffic screeching and swerving around me and the blind corner I was hidden behind. The red lines raced up into the red, but the van would not be propelled any further by engine power. And by the looks of it, many owners of the 2002 Mazda have had the same problem!.ĭriving along with my 2 1/2 year old daughter on the freeway in very fast and very busy traffic conditions the van suddenly and without warning lost all power transfer to the wheels. The engine is being rebuilt for $2400, and we have been able to borrow a car for the duration of the repair. This severe and potentially dangerous problem could happen with no warning, on a well-maintained vehicle with relatively low mileage. We are very lucky and extremely frustrated with Mazda. We were headed for the highway that day, and are fortunate this happened where it did, not on a highway, but on a smaller road right near a service station. The car will go in reverse, but will not go forward. Something apparently snapped in the transmission, with no warning. We were just informed that the transmission needs to be replaced. We managed to get the van to a service station. There were no warning lights, just worsening of the problem, with extreme slowing. We turned the car off, changed drivers in the shoulder, and repeated the same problem. I repeatedly tried this, and the vehicle kept slowing instead of accelerating.

In this incident, I suddenly found that while driving at about 38 mph, I tried to accelerate (to 40 mph), and the vehicle decelerated instead. go figure that one out in 30 days.I was driving our 2002 Mazda Mpv, with only 59000 miles on it. Prolong off and on ticking sound in the engine, finally thought it was a belt took it to a shop to have belts changed or checked, mechanic said it is not your belts it is your engine, so we had to have it towed at our expense to the dealer we bought it from to have engine checked or replaced, and now Mazda won't warranty it !!! the mechanic from where we bought it from, got kind of nasty and told us to get our dam car out of his F-ing shop, we were upset because Mazda won't replace engine, now I am stuck with a 15,000 dollar car no engine !!!! just turned 51,000, and I believe that is not right either, I left the lights on by accident one day for 30 minutes max and my battery died, when we bought new battery I think mileage jumped 10,000, miles because a month before we tried to trade car for a bigger vehicle( I have 6 people in family- growing out of this one )in and it only had 39,000 miles on it another dealer can verify it because we going to use the Mazda for a trade in, after the battery went dead, all the sudden I had 51,000 miles.