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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000061957 | Incident Date: Sep, 01 2000 |
| Consumer's City: BATON ROUGE | Consumer's State: LA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Mazda North American Operations |
| Model Name: 323 | Model Year: 1989 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BF2322K0 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 26 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 31 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Mechanic was informed by mazda to carefully observe belt tension. mechanic feels that mazda's design on the crankshaft has too little metal left after the front jounal to provide adequate strength for crank not to break over long period of time. crankshaft is cut down a lot from the journal size. mechanic noted that mazda has a service bullentin in reference to accesory belt tensions and feels that mazda is not wanting to admit that crankshaft is too small. diameter of shaft lends itself to permature failure due to metal fatigue. mechanic noted other reports on nhtsa website in reference to this problem. felt notice needs to be out there. properly sized crankshafts with proper lubrication do not break. they are reused in motor cores for rebuilding. this resulted in a purchase of a new engine, not a rebulit, from mazda.*ak |
