2002 Mazda Mpv

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO NOT TRANSFER POWER WHEN AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. AFTER GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND COMING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY (ZERO POWER TRANSFER) NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN THE INTERSECTION AS THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" DID NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL AFTER THE TRANSMISSION HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 57K MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND ALL SERVICE HAD BEEN DONE BY THE DEALER UP TO THAT POINT. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE MAZDA DEALER AND DIAGNOSED AS TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE FAULT CODE WAS P0752, SHIFT SOLENOID CIRCUIT STUCK ON. DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING PAST THE 3 YEAR/50K MILE WARRANTY PERIOD, MAZDA OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A FACTORY REBUILT UNIT. WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR COSTS AND SPLIT THOSE COSTS WITH THE LOCAL DEALER. JUDGING BY THE ALREADY LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REGISTERED ON THE NHTSA SITE, THIS IS A KNOWN, COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS TRANSMISSION DEFECT SHOULD BE STARTED. *TR

2002 MPV AT ABOUT 7000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DROP OUT SUDDENLY. WE DRIVE A LOTON COUNTRY ROADS AND THERE IS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OVER ON. WE WERE VERY LUCKY NOT TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPEND TWICE, THEN WE TOOK THE VAN INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, BUT CHANGED THE FLUID. DRIVING HOME FROM THE DEALER, WITHIN 10 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP AGAIN. AT A STOP LIGHT IT FAILED COMPLETELY, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE. MY WIFE WAS IN THE CAR WITH OUR TWO KIDS, STRANDED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABOUT A MILE AHEAD OF HER, AND CAME BACK FOR HER AND THE KIDS. THE VECHILE ENDED UP BEING TOWED BACK TO THE DELERSHIP, AND THEY ARE NOW REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA MPV. WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE RPMS RACED TO 5000, BUT THE VAN WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD AT AN ACCELERATED SPEED. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DECREASED IN SPEED, AND THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND DOWN SHIFTED. HE WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE A LITTLE AFTER THAT FOR ABOUT A HALF MILE, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER AGAIN. AAMCO INFORMED HIM THAT IT WOULD COST $2,000 TO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF THE TRANSMISSION. HE THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO ROSENTHAL MAZDA, WHO HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE 04/02/07. WHILE THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE HE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HE HAD THE TCM MODULE REPROGRAMMED ON THREE OTHER OCCASIONS. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT, AND WAS GIVEN CASE# 112644580. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 64,000 MILES.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 5 DOCUMENTED TRIPS TO DEALER ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: - CAR BOUGHT 2/2002. - 8/6/02-10,816 - HESITATION FROM START. WIFE COMPLAINING OF POOR DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS. DEALER COULDN'T VERIFY ANYTHING, EVEN THAT THE CEL WAS ON. - 2/21/03 - 21,065 - ROUGH DOWNSHIFTING. WIFE THOUGHT TRANNY WAS SLIPPING AND KICKING IN. DEALER FLASHED TRANNY PER TSB ON THE 3-2 DOWNSHIFT KNOWN PROBLEM. - 8/27/03 - 26,235 - POOR SHIFTING. DEALER SAID SHIFT SOLENOID STICKING. FLASHED TCM AGAIN. (NOT SURE WHAT THEY DID TO CORRECT SOLENOID) - 11/19/04 - 41,979 - TRANNY & TORQUE CONVERTER FLUSHED AFTER COMPLAINING OF POOR DRIVING AGAIN. NOTE: - CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATE ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE IN OWNERS MANUAL. MAZDA SAID THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE REQUIRED! - 4/4/07 - 94,XXX - WITHOUT WARNING, NO ACCELERATING, CAR SIMPLY STOPPED MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANNY WAS SLIPPING BAD AND MY WIFE WAS NEARLY KILLED PULLING OFF THE HIGHWAY! FLUID LEVEL WAS OK, COLOR WAS OK, BUT IT SMELLED BURNT. CAR REQUIRED TOWING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I CALLED MAZDA USA, WHO SAID THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NO ASSISTANCE WILL BE OFFERED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS ALWAYS SERVICED, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN MAZDA SUPPORT A CAR OUT OF WARRANTY LIKE THIS. I COMPLAINED TO BOTH ABOUT HOW THIS WAS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM FROM NEW. IF I WAS SMART, I WOULD HAVE FILED A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT AND GOTTEN A FULL REFUND BACK THEN, BUT THEY JUST KEPT INSISTING IT WAS A TCM PROGRAM. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT THE TCM WOULD BE ABLE TO CAUSE THE TRANNY TO PHYSICALLY FAIL. ALSO, THE FACT THAT THESE TRANNIES HAVE INTERNAL, NON-SERVICEABLE FILTERS IS JUST POOR DESIGN. LASTLY, HONDA HAS THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR ODESSY, BUT THEY ARE COVERING THE REPAIRS IN FULL! MY FRIEND HAD HIS TRANNY REPLACED AT 88K MILES! I'M EXPLORING LEGAL AVENUES OF RECOURSE. *JB

AT 68,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION ON MY MAZDA MPV TOTALLY FAILED ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO. IT WAS TOWED IN AND NEEDED A TOTALLY NEW TRANSMISSION AT A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGH COST. THE VEHICLE WAS 18 MONTHS OUT OF ITS 3 YEAR WARRANTY. THIS IS APPARENTLY A "KNOWN ISSUE" FOR MAZDA MPV TRANSMISSIONS. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE MAZDA AGAIN. *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILURE: IF YOU READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MPV YOU WILL SEE MANY PROBLEMS W/ SHIFTING IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THE SAME STORY BY THE DEALER; THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED UPGRADE, CHANGE THE TRANS-FLUID. AT 55,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION DIED WHILE I WAS GOING 75 MPH ON A FREEWAY. I WAS NEARLY HIT BY A SEMI TRYING TO PULL MY CAR OFF THE ROAD. I WAS 5,000 MILES AND 3 MONTHS PAST THE WARRANTY OF THE VEHICLE. MAZDA DID NEGOTIATE W/ ME TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A REDUCED COST BECAUSE I HAD REPAIR HISTORY WITH A MAZDA DEALER. THE COST WENT FROM 3,500 DOLLARS (I DID RECEIVE 3 QUOTES FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES) TO 600 DOLLARS. LIKE MANY OF YOU I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE CONSUMER REPORT RATINGS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE AND NO LONGER TRUST IT. BY THE WAY I HAVE NOT HAD THE ROTTEN EGG PROBLEM THAT I HAVE READ IN MANY PAST COMPLAINTS.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTED HARD SINCE PURCHASE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS PERFORMED MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPGRADES, BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINED. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED WHILE TRAVELING UP A HILL AT 75 MPH, AND THE RPM'S REVVED ABOVE THE RED LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION.