| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004280461 | Incident Date: May, 18 2004 |
| Consumer's City: LAWRENCE | Consumer's State: KS |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: MAZDA3 | Model Year: 2004 |
| 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#: JM1BK123641 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 18 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 05 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Vehicle overview: my 2004 mazda3 s sedan is not equipped with abs and has 16" inch factory wheels. the car has an automatic transmission. *ak problem description: after aproximately 1800 miles of driving (city/highway), i began to notice slight discolored bands on each of the brake rotor discs at all four wheels. after another 600 miles of driving, i began to notice grooving in the places with the discolored bands. at this point, the groove could be felt by a fingertip. the grooves are visible on the outward side of each rotor. i have not inspected the opposite side of each rotor (the side that would be closest to the vechicle chassis) to verify grooving on either side. efforts to correct: i have requested that my dealership inspect the brakes, and they have also noted the grooving. however, they claim that there is no fix for this other than re-surfacing each rotor. this will prematurely wear my braking components, so i declined this offer. also, simply resurfacing the brake rotors does not address the issue of what is causing the grooving in the first place. outcome: braking power and stability remain unaffected in spite of the grooves. however, the longevity of the brakes is diminished. i am uncertain what the outcome would be with continued grooving. this is a foreshadowing to premature brake component failure. |
