| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004295387 | Incident Date: Aug, 14 2004 |
| Consumer's City: HOUSTON | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda North American Operations |
| Model Name: MAZDA | Model Year: 2001 |
| 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#: 1YVGF22C015 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 25 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 07 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Parked the car in the grocery store parking lot and when returning to the car to leave, started the car, backed out of the parking spot and then proceeded to put the car in drive and leave. when i did, the car kept going in reverse. i put the car in neutral, park, 2nd and overdrive all which the car kept going in reverse. fortunately, the car behind me was not close enough nor were there people surrounding the car immediately that i could have hit because of the problem with the car. i let the car roll back in to a spot and turned the car off. when i did the car would not start at all. i left the car there until i got the car towed the next morning. the tow truck driver said it was very fortunate that the car did not roll away or someone stole it because while it was in park, the car could have easily been pushed as he demonstrated to me and the mechanic. this is a 2001 car and i feel like this is a safety defect. i hate to think about the possiblity that i could have started to drive forward only to have the car go in reverse and hit a person or child. this faulty defecty should be investigated before someone or something does get hurt. since then, the mechanice has fixed it and was a faulty shift cable that he replaced and for me very costly but not as costly as the injury to someone if this car would have backed in to them.*ak |
