Consumer Complaint Detail
MAZDA / MAZDASPEED3 / 2007
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007097702 | Incident Date: Feb, 17 2007 |
| Consumer's City: PORTSMOUTH | Consumer's State: RI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Mazda Motor Corp. |
| Model Name: MAZDASPEED3 | Model Year: 2007 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JM1BK34LX71 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 06 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 24 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I had read reports of transmission mount bolt failure with my new car that had resulted in the engine falling out of the engine bay onto the ground. it was discovered that the reason this was happening was due to a transmission mount bolt that had worked its way loose until the point of breaking off. this was brought to the attention of several dealers across the usa by several owners and none seemed to show any interest in checking the problem for free, since no official service notice had come from mazda and they would not be paid for the labor of checking it out. as a preventable measure, i checked my bolt personally and hooked up a torque wrench to see how tight it was. i started at 10lbs and went up in 2lb increments. i was able to tighten the bolt beginning at 26 ft/lbs. i got almost a full turn before it bottomed out and then i set a final torque at 75 ft/lb. i then removed the bolt, covered it in red thread locker and reinstalled it again to 75 ft/lbs. i believe the torque spec for this mount bolt should be between 70 to 90+ ft/lbs so, i am under the assumption it was quite loose and certainly dangerous. this complaint refers to the drivers side transmission mount bolt. *jb |