FUEL VAPOR CANISTER HAD A HAIRLINE CRACK WHICH CAUSED FUEL VAPORS TO COME INSIDE VEHICLE. TT
1991 Mazda MPV complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO CLUTCH PACK LIP SEALS INABILITY TO DEVELOP AND HOLD PROPER SEAL, CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID PRESSURE/SLIPPING/BURNING OF CLUTCH DISC. *SD
PURCHASED TRUCK USED IN APRIL AND THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT. TT
THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE DAYS AFTER IT WAS BOUGHT. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS DONE IT AGAIN 9 MONTHS LATER AND THEY SAY IT IS THE DISTRIBUTOR. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
ABS WARNING LIGHT WOULDN'T GO OUT. *DSH
SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. TT
EXPERIENCE VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL WHEN GOING DOWN HILL, REPLACE BRAKE/PADS TO NO AVAIL, DEALER KNOW SAID IT IS THE ROTORS. TT
WHEN FASTENED SEAT BELTS ARE PULLED ON, THEY BECOME UNDONE. TT
FUEL FILLER PIPE HAD LEAK, SMELL OF FUEL IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. TT
REAR BRAKE LINING FAILED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS (92V-027). *AK
TRANSMISSION; BLOW AT 50,000 MILES AND WARRANTY WENT OUT AUTOMATIC. TT
FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELTS POP OUT OF THEIR LOCKING MECHANISM WHEN DRIVER/PASSENGER LEANS FORWARD SLIGHTLY. *AK
CONTINIOUS FAILURE OF BRAKE ROTORS/PADS, CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED ON WET ROADS. *AW
REAR CENTER BENCH SEAT BOLTS POPPED OUT DURING ABOVE ACCIDENT.
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; WHILE TURNING ONTO ANOTHER INTERSECTION, TRANSMISSION FAILED VEHICLE BECAME MOTIONLESS. TT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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