2000 Mazda Mpv

I PURCHASED AN MAZDA MPV IN 2007 FROM A CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHO SAID IT WAS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. IT WAS A 2000 MODEL. AS SOON AS WINTER CAME THE O2 SENSOR ON THE REAR BANK WENT OUT. PAID $400.00 TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE. IT LASTED ONLY A SHORT TIME. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT SHOULD LAST 100.000 MILES, SO THEY REPLACED IT AND ONLY CHARGED ME ANOTHER $400.00. TO DATE I HAVE HAD THE O2 SENSOR REPLACED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. THE LAST TWO TIMES IT WAS AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THEY ALSO TOLD ME IT SHOULD LAST 100,000 MILES. BUT EVERY TIME IT GETS BELOW 40 DEG F, IT FAILS, OR AT LEAST THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE SPENT A TOTAL OF $1,200.00 IN REPLACING THE SENSOR. I KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE MY WIFE USES IT TO DRIVE OUR GRANDDAUGHTER TO DANCE CLASS AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO GET STRANDED ON THE ROAD WAY. I HAVE ALREADY LOST MY AUNT'S DAUGHTER TO A ROAD SIDE KILLER AND DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN ONCE MORE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS REAR HEATER WAS CORRODED AND LEAKING COOLANT. THE LEAK WAS NOTICED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT ORDERED TSB NUMBER 07-002/05, WHICH INDICATED THE COOLANT SEEPAGE FROM THE REAR HEATER PIPE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. UPDATED 09/10/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A COOLANT LEAK. THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE ALTERNATOR DRAINING THE BATTERY. UPDATED 09/12/08. *JB

HAD A 2000 MAZDA MPV WITH 68,000 MILES ON IT. ALL WAS WELL UNTIL MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. A NOISE AND FUEL SMELL FOLLOWED SOON AFTER. THE VAN WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AS HAVING BAD OR CRACKED MANIFOLDS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE COST WOULD EXCEED THE VALUE AND IT WOULD NOT BE WORTH FIXING AND TO CONSIDER TRADING. THE PRICE ESTIMATED WAS OVER $4000. I HONESTLY THINK THAT BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, WE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THIS CAR DID NOT EVEN HAVE 100K MILES. *TR

2000 MPV CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE SHE WAS WAITING FOR THE PARTS FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO ARRIVE AT THE DEALER, SHE AND HER HUSBAND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE IDLED HIGH AND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, BUT IT CONTINUED TO IDLE OVER 4000 RPM. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT OFF. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER DECIDED TO LOWER THE IDLE. THE PROBLEM DID RECUR FOR A SECOND TIME. *JB

WE HAVE A 2000 MAZDA MPV VAN. MY WIFE SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOUD ROARING NOISE. I FOUND A MAZDA MPV SITE THAT INDICATED AS "SUBJECT"-FOG HORN/MOANING NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT...WHICH MAY OCCUR WHEN ENGINE IS HALF-WARMED UP OR IN DECELERATION. SITE CALLS FOR IAC VALVE WITH A MODIFIED PART TO BE REPAIRED. I ASKED THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL. THEY WERE QUICK, AND I MEAN QUICK TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NONE. I MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER RECALLS DOCUMENTED ON THE CONSUMER REPORTS WEBSITE. ONE ABOUT A POSSIBLE FAILING CHILD-LOCK ON THE DOOR AND ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD RESULT IN A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. HOW CAN MAZDA BE SO QUICK TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS? THEY DID NOT EVEN ASK FOR MY VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. BELIEVE ME, THE SMALL COST FOR MAZDA TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM WILL PALE IN COMPARISON TO MY CHILD FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO FAILING CHILD LOCKS OR TO A FIRE CAUSED BY LEAKING FUEL. *JB

IN SEPTEMBER 2003, 2000 MAZDA MPV VAN (APPROX 80K MILES) WOULD NOT PASS EMISSIONS ALTHOUGH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. WAS TOLD THE VAN'S OBD SYSTEM COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH STATE'S EQUIPEMENT. WAS ISSUED WAIVER. ONE MONTH LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND O2 SENSOR WAS REPLACE PER RECOMMENDATION. FOUR DAYS LATER, LIGHT CAME BACK ON. SINCE THEN, LIGHT HAS INTERMITTENTLY GONE ON AND OFF WITH NOONE BEING ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. A STRONG ODOR HAS COME INTO THE PASSENGER AREA AND THE VAN HAS RUN ROUGH. FINALLY, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THERE IS NO REASON A 3 1/2 - 5 YEAR OLD VAN SHOULD HAVE A CRACKED MANIFOLD. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE SAME ISSUE AS NOTED ON EVERY MAZDA MESSAGE BOARD. THE PART CANNOT BE PURCHASED AFTERMARKET OR EVEN USED, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL CRACKED. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY OTHER GARAGES THE WELDING SUGGESTED AT THE DEALER'S SHOP IS INEFFECTIVE AND WILL NOT SOLVE THE LEAK. THE DEALER IS UNWILLING TO HELP BECAUSE THE VAN OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I AM WONDERING HOW MANY MANIFOLD FAILURES THERE HAVE TO BE, WHICH AFFECTS OUR AIR QUALITY AND CANNOT PASS FEDERAL EMISSIONS, BEFORE THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED FOR AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART.