2002 MAZDA MAZDA6 Problems & Recalls

I WAS DRIVING MY WELL-MAINTAINED 2002 MAZDA MPV (ODO 66,000MILES) ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS AS IF IT WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. HAD CAR TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY, WHICH DIAGNOSED FAILED TRANSMISSION. HAD IT TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER, WHO CORROBORATED THE DIAGNO...

Mileage: 62,000

DRIVER'S SIDE CAR SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE. DEALER REQUIRED PREPAYMENT TO ORDER PART FROM MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER DOES NOT INVENTORY THIS PART. IT HAS TO COME FROM JAPAN. UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR SINCE THE SEAT BELT LATCH IS BROKEN. THIS IS A "SAFETY ISSUE" PART. *TR

Mileage: 32,725

THE 2002 MPV HAS HAD RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH THE FAN CONTROL MODULE. THEIR HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ITEM, BUT AFTER HAVING HAD THE FAN CONTROL MODULE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY THE SAME PROBLEM RESURFACED AFTER ONLY 24,000 MILES -- AND THIS TIME WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE REPAIR COST $233.3...

Mileage: 42,000

MY 2002 MAZDA 626 ONLY HAD 88,000 MILES ON THE CAR BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

MAZDA USA MAZDA MPV 2002 DEAR SIRS: I OWN A MAZDA MPV 2002 MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN HAVING MINOR SPORADIC TROUBLE FOR SOME TIME. BETWEEN 1500 AND 1800 RPM IT WOULD SOMETIMES JERK AND SPUTTER AND THEN IT WOULD SETTLE DOWN AND CONTINUE. I'VE TAKEN THIS TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS DURING ROUTIN...

Mileage: 63,000

MAZDA USA MAZDA MPV 2002 DEAR SIRS: I OWN A MAZDA MPV 2002 MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN HAVING MINOR SPORADIC TROUBLE FOR SOME TIME. BETWEEN 1500 AND 1800 RPM IT WOULD SOMETIMES JERK AND SPUTTER AND THEN IT WOULD SETTLE DOWN AND CONTINUE. I'VE TAKEN THIS TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS DURING ROUTIN...

Mileage: 63,000

FROM THE DAY I DROVE MY NEW 2002 MPV HOME THE TRANSMISSION MIS-SHIFTED AND BUCKED. I CALLED THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT "THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER WAS LEARNING MY DRIVING HABITS AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. AFTER 3 MONTHS THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND BEGAN STALLING AT LIGHTS. I TOOK THE...

FROM THE DAY I DROVE MY NEW 2002 MPV HOME THE TRANSMISSION MIS-SHIFTED AND BUCKED. I CALLED THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT "THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER WAS LEARNING MY DRIVING HABITS AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. AFTER 3 MONTHS THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND BEGAN STALLING AT LIGHTS. I TOOK THE...

FROM THE DAY I DROVE MY NEW 2002 MPV HOME THE TRANSMISSION MIS-SHIFTED AND BUCKED. I CALLED THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT "THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER WAS LEARNING MY DRIVING HABITS AND IT WOULD GO AWAY. AFTER 3 MONTHS THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND BEGAN STALLING AT LIGHTS. I TOOK THE...

VEHICLE HAS A PCV HOSE FAILURE FACTORY RECALL. ITS FAILED FOUR TIMES - THE HOSE IS NOT RESISTANT TO OIL. IT EATS ITSELF OUT FROM THE INSIDE OUT. IT THAN SUCKS ITSELF IN AND GETS A GROWING HOLE. VACUUM PRESSURE GETS SO LOW THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER BEGINS TO FAILURE CAUSING BREAK FAILURE. MAZDA HAS...

Mileage: 85,000

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 MAZDA 626 SEDAN BURNED OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE BEING OPERATED DURING NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS WELL-MAINTAINED DURING MY PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP. I WAS TOLD BY THE MAZDA MECHANICS THAT THE 626 WAS "NOTORIOUS" FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS LIKE THIS, AND THAT ...

Mileage: 100,700

2002 MAZDA MPV TRANSMISSION AND WATER PUMP WENT OUT AT 58,000 MILES. NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND MAZDA WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. THE CAR JUST DIED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AND LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FIX WAS $4,000 IN REPAIRS PAID BY ME. SIX WEEKS LATER, I AM TOLD THA...

Mileage: 58,000

2002 MAZDA MPV TRANSMISSION AND WATER PUMP WENT OUT AT 58,000 MILES. NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND MAZDA WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIR. THE CAR JUST DIED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AND LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FIX WAS $4,000 IN REPAIRS PAID BY ME. SIX WEEKS LATER, I AM TOLD THA...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS NO ACCELERATION POWER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT WAS RESTARTED. THE SLOW ACCELERATION OCCURS EVERY DAY, BUT THE STALLING AND SHUTTING OFF IS O...

Mileage: 57,000

STOPPED ON HIGHWAY DUE TO POLICE ACTIVITY. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AT 40 MPH CAUSING THE SEATS TO COLLAPSE FOLLOWED BY A FRONT-SIDE COLLISION IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE AND THE PART WAS NOT REPLACED DUE TO THE TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE....

Mileage: 49,222

STOPPED ON HIGHWAY DUE TO POLICE ACTIVITY. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AT 40 MPH CAUSING THE SEATS TO COLLAPSE FOLLOWED BY A FRONT-SIDE COLLISION IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE AND THE PART WAS NOT REPLACED DUE TO THE TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE....

Mileage: 49,222

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF THEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION KIT. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED A SECOND TIME AND THE SAME REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED A REBUILT TRANSMISS...

Mileage: 104,000

ON MAZDA MPV MINIVAN 2002- OVER/DRIVE OFF LIGHT BLINKS, AND CAR BUCKS AS IT TRIES TO SHIFT. IF I SHIFT IT MANUALLY FROM 2ND TO 3RD, AND THEN DRIVE THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF, AND IT WILL START TO SHIFT PROPERLY AGAIN WHEN PUT IN DRIVE. MAZDA SERVICE WANTS TO CHARGE ME $3600.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE TRANSM...

ON MAZDA MPV MINIVAN 2002- OVER/DRIVE OFF LIGHT BLINKS, AND CAR BUCKS AS IT TRIES TO SHIFT. IF I SHIFT IT MANUALLY FROM 2ND TO 3RD, AND THEN DRIVE THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF, AND IT WILL START TO SHIFT PROPERLY AGAIN WHEN PUT IN DRIVE. MAZDA SERVICE WANTS TO CHARGE ME $3600.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE TRANSM...

DRIVING THE MAZDA TRIBUTE INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT TO FIFTY MILES PER HOUR AND THE TACH WENT UP TO 3000 RPM, APPLIED THE BRAKE AND PUT CAR INTO PARK TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM GOING ANY FURTHER. DEALER WAS CALLED AND CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. CAR HAS BEEN SERVIC...

Mileage: 84,079

I 'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER OVERFLOW BOTTLE (SUB TANK) THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THERE WAS A PIN HOLD IN THEM, WHICH ALLOWS THE CAR TO RUN HOT AND SHUT DOWN. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THOSE BOTTLES. I OWN A 2002 MAZDA 626. I HAD TO PURCHASE THE BOTTLES EACH TIME. THEY REQUEST THAT YOU G...

Mileage: 87,002

2002 MAZDA 626 WITH 37000 MILES. HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION ABOUT AUG, 2004. STARTED HAVING SHIFTING PROBLEMS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. NELSON MAZDA IN NASHVILLE, TN TOLD US SOMEONE FILLED THE FLUID TOO HIGH WHEN WE HAD OUR OIL CHANGED. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OBVIOUS SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND WE WERE ONLY 2 W...

Mileage: 37,000

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA MILLENIA PURCHASED NEW FROM KOONS MAZDA 9-17-2002. IN AUGUST OF 2005 I RETURNED TO KOONS TO HAVE A HEADLAMP REPLACED.LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER I NOTICED THE PROJECTION OF MY HEADLAMPS WERE AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SKY.THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED BOTH HEADLAMPS WERE LAYING IN ...

Mileage: 68,100

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA MILLENIA PURCHASED NEW FROM KOONS MAZDA 9-17-2002. IN AUGUST OF 2005 I RETURNED TO KOONS TO HAVE A HEADLAMP REPLACED.LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER I NOTICED THE PROJECTION OF MY HEADLAMPS WERE AIMED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SKY.THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED BOTH HEADLAMPS WERE LAYING IN ...

Mileage: 68,100

TOOK MY 2002 TRIBUTE FOR OIL CHANGE AND DURING THE 21 POINT EXAM THEY NOTICED THAT MY ABS RING ON THE RIGHT AXLE WAS FRACTURED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON WITH TRIBUTES. THE ABS RING CANNOT BE REPLACE, THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE RIGHT AXLE ASSEMBLY AND WILL COST $600. IF IT IS NOT REP...

Mileage: 39,124

ON COLD STARTS THERE IS A LOUD TICKING SOUND FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. ONCE ENGINE WARMS UP THE TICKING GOES AWAY. WE BROUGHT OUR 2002 MAZDA MPV TO A LOCAL CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSED A CRACKED FRONT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. WE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT MAZDA TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND PER ...

Mileage: 47,800

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2002, THERE IS A SMELL LIKE MILDEW COMING FROM THE A/C HAD IT TESTED- HIGH MOLD SPORE COUNTS IN CABIN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. ARE THESE GOING TO WORK IF I SHOULD NEED THEM? THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 50 TIMES WITHIN 3 YEARS FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND MANY MOR...

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2002, THERE IS A SMELL LIKE MILDEW COMING FROM THE A/C HAD IT TESTED- HIGH MOLD SPORE COUNTS IN CABIN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. ARE THESE GOING TO WORK IF I SHOULD NEED THEM? THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 50 TIMES WITHIN 3 YEARS FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND MANY MOR...

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2002, THERE IS A SMELL LIKE MILDEW COMING FROM THE A/C HAD IT TESTED- HIGH MOLD SPORE COUNTS IN CABIN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. ARE THESE GOING TO WORK IF I SHOULD NEED THEM? THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 50 TIMES WITHIN 3 YEARS FOR THESE PROBLEMS AND MANY MOR...

MAZDA TRIBUTE 2002- WHEN CAR ACCELERATES OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR IT SOUNDS AS IF IT IS GOING OVER A GRATING. IT SHUDDERS AND JERKS. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS NEW CAR IN 2002. BROUGHT THIS CAR TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND IT HAS BEEN HARD TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. DEALER FLUSHED TRANS...

Mileage: 5

PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF FRONT OF HOOD AND COMING OFF THE BUMPER AROUND FOG LAMPS. SERVICE MANAGER AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT IT IS ROCK CHIPS AND THAY WANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE MAZDA 626 HAS ONLY 33,000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CAR WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE HAVE SO MANY CHIPS ON IT. ...

Mileage: 25,000

AT APPORX. 48K MILES, THE O/D LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLASH ON AND OFF, AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC THEY STATED IT NEEDED A NEW SPEED CENSOR, AFTER REPLACING SAID PART THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED, I TOOK IT TO A MAZDA SERVICE DEALER, WHO TOLD ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, WITH LESS THAN 52K MILES ON IT...

Mileage: 48,000

MAZDA MOTORS CO. HAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE CLUTCH IN 2001-2003 MAZDA MIATAS AND HAS ISSUED A TSB (05-001/03). MY MIATA, A 2002 IS 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT WITH ONLY 13,000 MILES OF A WARRANTED 36,000 MILES. WHEN I APPROACHED MAZDA CORP. WITH MY PROBLEM I WAS SUMMARILLY TOLD, WITHOUT THEM LOO...

Mileage: 13,000

THERE IS AN INTERMITTANT PROBLEM WITH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ON MY 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. WITH THE VENT SYSTEM ON (NOT THE A/C) AND THE CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING AND WARMED-UP, AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES , THE VENT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN BLOWING VERY HOT AIR FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. F...

Mileage: 5,000

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE ES V-6, I PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY, 2002. I BEGAN COMPLAINING OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES (...SPECIFICALLY BATTERY CHARGING/MAINTAINING CHARGE), AT 15000 MILES. INITIALLY, THE CAR WOULD LOSE BATTERY CHARGE; BUT IN JANUARY, 2005, THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY....

Mileage: 32,900

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE ES V-6, I PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY, 2002. I BEGAN COMPLAINING OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES (...SPECIFICALLY BATTERY CHARGING/MAINTAINING CHARGE), AT 15000 MILES. INITIALLY, THE CAR WOULD LOSE BATTERY CHARGE; BUT IN JANUARY, 2005, THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY....

Mileage: 32,900

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE ES V-6, I PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY, 2002. I BEGAN COMPLAINING OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES (...SPECIFICALLY BATTERY CHARGING/MAINTAINING CHARGE), AT 15000 MILES. INITIALLY, THE CAR WOULD LOSE BATTERY CHARGE; BUT IN JANUARY, 2005, THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY....

Mileage: 32,900

I HAVE A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE ES V-6, I PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY, 2002. I BEGAN COMPLAINING OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES (...SPECIFICALLY BATTERY CHARGING/MAINTAINING CHARGE), AT 15000 MILES. INITIALLY, THE CAR WOULD LOSE BATTERY CHARGE; BUT IN JANUARY, 2005, THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY....

Mileage: 32,900

2002 MAZDA MIATA CONVERT. WITH A TOP THAT HAS LEAKED SINCE PURCHASED IN 8-2002 AND MAZDA REFUSES TO REPLACE TOP AFTER 20 ATTEMPTS TO FIX. YOU DO NOT HAVE MIATA'S LISTED IN YOUR COMPLAINT FIELDS- THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR MIATA. ALSO, FOG LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER RECALL WAS PERFORM...

Mileage: 300

MY TIRES KEEP GOING FLAT- 2002 MAZDA 626. THE FIRST FLAT TIRE WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THE MECHANIC WHO CHANGED IT OUT FOR ME POINTED OUT THAT MY TIRE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE (NO HOLES) BUT ALSO LOOKED LIKE MY TIRES ARE LEANING "IN"- WHICH IS PUTTING THE WEAR/TEAR ON THE INSIDE THREADING, ...