Consumer Complaint Detail

MAZDA / MPV / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004260312 Incident Date: Feb, 12 2004
Consumer's City: SAN FRANCISCO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp.
Model Name: MPV Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JM3LW28A730 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 14 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 28 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The car has a hesitation when its accelerating from 20 mph to 30 mph, after the hesitation it has a slight surge in speed and a knocking sound. it happens in an intermittent manner. dealer knows about the problem from others who had similar complaints but said it's normal. mechanic knows the conditions of how it occurs but claim in the test drive not to be able to duplicate the problem. the car has only 2,500 miles and was having this problem from 200 miles on.*ak