| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005014661 | Incident Date: Mar, 18 2005 |
| Consumer's City: YORKTOWN | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: MAZDA | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BK343151 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 10 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 04 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My wife was driving her new mazda 3 (5 dr hatchback) to work. she applied full throttle acceleration to pass a slow moving car. after completing the pass, and backing off of the accelerator, the car stayed at max throttle/rpm. she had to put the car in nuetral to slow down and after a few seconds of redline rpm, the throttle came down to idle. i drove the car a few days later and was able to duplicate the same problem. subsequnetly, 2 dealers have been unable to duplicate the problem or isolate a failure. we are very leary of driving this car, and are fearful this will cause an accident if it happens again.*ak |
