Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Mazda MPV submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
NHTSA 01V382000 MANUFACTURER CAMPAIGN # 0520A 12/20/2001 REMEDY AVAILABLE DX BRAKE LINES AND VALVES. AS VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION FRONT SUSPENSION SHAKES VERY BAD ABOUT 35MPH TO 50MPH DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE ON HWY.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MAZDA MPV. HE STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKES; HOWEVER, HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V382000. THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED ACCORDINGLY. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO TAKE ANY LIABILITY FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 122,000.
VEHICLE: 2000 MAZDA MPV LX VIN: [XXX] MILEAGE AT INCIDENT: 24,816 I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, PURCHASED IN AUGUST, 1999 MY WIFE WAS BACKING THE VAN OUT OF OUR GARAGE, AND WHEN SHE PLACED HE FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW HER BACKING, A SNAPPING NOISE OCCURRED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. LUCKILY NO CRASH OR INJURIES INVOLVED. I HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT A LOCAL MONROE MUFFLER BRAKE SHOP (COST $343). THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED... COMPLETELY. AGAIN, COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE FROM 56-60 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL GOT HARD, AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES BEFORE IT V WAS ABLE TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK
CONSUMER STATES WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ON, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. *AK THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD STICK IN PARK OR MOVE BY ITSELF, THE RIGHT REAR DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND FAILED TO CLOSE PROPERLY, AND ONE OF THE SEAT BELTS WAS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. *SCC *JB
WHEN EXCELERATING ON THE INITIAL DEPRESSION OF THE PEDAL, CAR WILL NOT EXCELERATE, SEEMS 'STUCK'. FOR THE CAR TO MOVE YOU MUST DEPRESS THE PEDAL FURTHER WHICH RESULTS IN A SUDDEN HIGH SPEED EXCELERATION, IN A JUMPING FASHION. THIS IS TRUE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. WHEN MAZDA DEALER SERVICE REP. WAS CONTACTED SHE SAID THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS REPORTED TO THAT DEALERSHIP OF THE SAME NATURE BUT NOT RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
WHENEVER VEHICLE IS PUT IT IN REVERSE IT MAKES A NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE BRAKE SYSTEM MAY BE THE PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND EXPERIENCE AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 01 V 382 000 FROM MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 65MPH WHILE EXITING OFF A RAMP, THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION.*AK *SLC
CLOCKING NOISE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AT LOW SPEED, MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. NO RECALL OR DESIGN FOR THE BRAKES ATTACHMENT PAD CLIPS WHICH ARE CAUSING THE CLOCKING NOISE.
THE BRAKES BECAME SQUEEZY, NOISY, AND RUSTY. *SLC
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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