Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 06/30/2011 | 110000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2003 mazda mpv wagon. while driving 75 mph with the cruise control cruise function activated, the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 90 mph without warning. the vehicle was towed to the dealer where they inspected the vehicle and was unable to duplicate the failure. the manufacturer had not been notified. the vehicle had not been repaired. the current and failure mileages were 110,000. bw | |||
| 05/08/2010 | 86398 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2003 mazda mpv. the contact stated that while driving, the vehicle suddnely began to accelerate. when she attempted to stop the vehicle, the brakes would not respond. the contact shifted into neutral to stop the vehicle. the contact continued on to her residence and had the vehicle towed later. the dealer stated that a part of the accelerator pedal had been tightened which caused the failure. the vehicle was repaired at that time. the manufacturer had not been notified. the current mileage was approximately 91,000. the failure mileage was 86,298-bk | |||
| 05/08/2006 | 29000 | 1 | 03/15/2003 |
| 2003 mazda mpv began to rapidly accelerate while entering my driveway. even though applying brakes at full force, my vehicle crashed into my garage door. while trying to put gear shift into neutral, i accidentally shifted into reverse. the vehicle again accelerated, the whole while i had both feet pushing on the brakes as hard as i was able. the minivan then shot out in reverse and hit my neighbors' car parked on the street in front of their house. *nm | |||
| 12/01/2003 | 2000 | 1 | 09/01/2003 |
| While slowly accelerating, the rpm jumps up about 600-800 rpm and the transmission jumps, somewhat violently, into 3rd gear. it only occurrs from 2nd to 3rd. in does not matter what the weather is or how long the vehicle has been operating. it happens about 70% of the time. we have taken the vehicle in twice and the dealer (sherrits sic.) state they can not duplicate the problem and they have not found any fault codes, therefor, there's nothing they can do. i am to continue to monitor the problem. our van has 6010 miles on it.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 12/18/2004 | 1 | 10/30/2002 | |
| Dt: the contact states on two different occasions his wife was in a parking lot and the vehicle started accelerating, causing an accident both times. the last time car was in drive while she was putting foot on the brake to put it in drive she never touched the accelerator. the same thing had both times. the first time she hit a car and a tree and the second time she hit a tree in the same parking lot. the second accident happened on april 30, 2005. *ak | |||
| 06/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration when shifting from park into drive. vehicle collided with brick building . air bags did not deployed, also has problem with the passenger door locking and unlocking for no reason while driving. *ak | |||
| 10/14/2003 | 7000 | 2 | |
| Throttle revved, but vehicle failed to accelerate when the gas pedal was depressed. prior this to incident transmission abruptly shifted into gear. dealership refused to repair the problem until the manufacturer decided on a remedy.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 07/01/2004 | 3200 | 25 | 10/16/2003 |
| 1. use of cruise control on west virigina turnpike with mpv 2. cruise control fails to maintain set speed. speed will vary +/- 3 mph. in going up hill cruise control over speeds set speed by 3-4 mph, sometimes accelerating at the increased speed by several seconds. at 70 mph this causes the driver to have to brake to avoid rear ending the car in front even though the car ahead may be 8 or more car lengths away. this is a totally unsafe condition. 3. dealer would do nothing to repair saying that the speed variation was within mfg. limits?*ak | |||