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4469 messages, Last post on Oct 27, 2006 at 8:04 PM
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I'll assume you've found what you're looking for already, but if not, use the above link that mazda_guy listed, and click on "Info" on the left side of the web page. Under the heading "Problem Repair Information Notices" click on either "2000" or "2001". Scroll down through the list until you reach the heading called "Body and Frame". There you will find a link to "Fuel Lid Stuck Closed" which will lead you to a Mazda document detailing the repair you need. Print that out and take it to your Mazda dealer. Basically it involves the addition of what they call a 'lift spring', which is not really a spring, rather a long, thin piece of metal that the fuel door shuts against. Once installed, this spring will push the door open when you release the lever. Actually, I'm the one that originally had this horrendous problem. The dealer worked on it several times, replacing the fuel door, lever, cable assembly, you name it, they did it. My poor wife would constantly call me from the filling station, van full of kids and tank on empty!  The dealer had no knowledge of this fix. Thanks to malt for the tip and to Alex for posting it on the Vakcer site! My fuel door opens religiously now .... SC |
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| My wife and I bought a 2002 MPV about 3 weeks ago. Van is fine except for a horrible sulfur stink.Someone on the Vacker site recommended Chevron high test but there are no Chevron gas stations in Connecticut. I tried Texaco high test since Chevron merged with them but it seemed to make it worse! Dealer says it is part of break-in process and will go away, but I doubt it. ANY ideas will be appreciated. | |
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Have you used Texaco Premium? Also, how many gas tanks have you used so far? MB |
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| Yes, I put Premium in. We have probably had five or six gasoline fill ups. | |
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I don't think premium is the answer. I suspect it's just money wasted. I had the sulfur smell the first couple of weeks [months] I had the car, and will still notice it on occasion. Most of the time I get rid of it with the right branad of regular gas--in my case, Sunoco. But even that doesn't do it 100% of the time. Every now and again, I'll catch a whiff at a stop light. It's not gone, but it's not full time, and it's not enough to annoy me more than once every couple of weeks, so I've decided I can live with it. If yours doesn't wear away within a couple of months--at least to the point where it's intermittent and minor-- take it in and stick the service rep's head into the engine compartment until he either passes out, throws up, or agrees that it exists and that something should be done about it. But give it a couple of months and a variety of brands first. It should get considerably better. At least mine did. Good luck RJ |
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I had a bad smell for first three tanks of gas and I don't have it anymore. It is gone. The gas I am buying is Chevron Premium, Texaco Premium, Amoco Premium. I don't agree that 87 octane gas is good for any engine of today's modern cars. It is cheaper and that is all. Today's engines almost all have compression ratio above 8 and I would never put regular gas in my car unless I leased it or did not intend to keep it for long. I also think that spending $100 a year more for gas by buying premium gas is pretty cheap insurance. |
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| It looks like you guys in US have really bad gas over there. I have never noticed any sulfur smell in almost two years. And I tried many gas brands available in Canada - Petro Canada, Canadian Tire, Esso, etc. None of them stank. | |
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Well, I think we can put this one to rest. I have verified that the square around the gear designation letter disappears and the OD OFF light starts blinking after some time of driving with the gear shifter somewhere between D and 3. It's somewhat disconcerting to me that it is even possible to shift this way and I will mention this during the next oil change but for now I can live with this. For the curious, to be sure that the shifter is in proper position, one has to (1) pull the shifter inward, (2) move the shifter to D and then (3) push the shifter outward. The step #3 is something I wouldn't normally do but it seems necessary with the shifter in MPV. I do have one remaining concern however. It has to do with the hesitation we have experienced when trying to accelerate from a dead stop. For now, my thinking is that it may have been caused by the confused module when the shifter was between D and 3. Time will tell... kcz |
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| Thanks for the chuckle! I'm still ROFLMAO! (Don't know if the pun was intended or not?) FWIW, my MPV's exhaust is no stinkier (sp?) than my Accord, both using the local cut-throat discount gas station. | |
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bad gas is really a problem here in the US...Most consumers dont realize that many sates wont allow just normal gas to be sold....last time I checked we sold over 60 different variations of gasoline in the US. Here in CT they require gas with some chemical called MTBE which was rammed down our throats in the name of cleaner air. The fact is this checmical is now leaking out of gas tanks and it will be the next big lawyer jackpot...also it wont allow a car to run at its peak performance. |
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