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4469 messages, Last post on Oct 27, 2006 at 8:04 PM
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| I have an appointment at the other dealer in town tomorrow. I'll let you all know. This is the dealer I prefer for service, but the day we were ready to buy the sales manager there was very rude. So we bought from the place where the sales department is nice, but the service department is rude. | |
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I don't know what state you live in but in New York we have a lemon law that, the last time I looked, permits a dealer 3 tries to fix a defect that substantially impairs the value of your vehicle. If he fails in 3 times, he is to buy it back. Of course, there is almost always debate as to what "substantially impairs" the value of a vehicle -- I think there is a strong case to be made that shaking and vibrating does substantially impair the value and, moreover, makes the vehicle unsafe. I guess my point is look at your state lemon law and see what your recourse is. I would certainly tell your dealer that if he doesn't resolve the defect, you will pursue any available remedies under your state lemon law. If it were NY, I'd tell the dealer he has 2 more chances left to fix the defect and if he can't, let him know he'll be buying it back from you at the price you paid. If you must go to court/arbitration, it would be important to label this a "defect" and cite the other examples on this bulletin board. Get the vin and mfgr. dates. In situations like this, there truly is strength in numbers. Keep me posted. I have a second front wheel drive car and was doing 90 this weekend without any shaking. |
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I have a silver ES and bumper paint peeling is certaintly not a good feeling. Many posts ago I mentioned that my rear bumper was badly wounded exposing the black bumper. Touching paint did help ... but not much. The silver touch up paint is a bit on the light side and the scratches are still noticeable. I've been away for quite a while due to the birth of your second tax exemption (2nd girl). I was pleasently surprised to see the number of new members on these forums, not to mention all the reading just to catch up. Just went over 1000 miles on the odometer. No problems thus far. Only a slight left lean when driving. Will post my gas mileage next time. |
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| Thanks! I was thinking about that yesterday actually. Thelemonlaw.com is a great website. It's 4 repair tries out here. It's at the other dealer in town today. If they don't figure it out we're going to contact Mazda. I'll keep everyone updated. | |
| I can't believe the dealer giving you that line about vibration at high speeds. What a crock! I have had ours at 80-85 with no vibration at all (no HP officers here right?). The other day I even revved it up getting on the freeway, more our of curiousity that anything else, and no vibration or pulling even at 5500 rpm, a little bit engine noise with good reason, and good pickup too. I hope your van gets fixed up right. Good luck! | |
| Well it looks as though I'm the unfortunate one who has had the first major problems with the MPV. After sitting in traffic, the van stalled and died on us. It could not be restarted and needed to be towed. Aside from pulling to the left (which the dealer told us was the result of a crooked steering wheel that they "fixed" and then needed to fix again), we've had no prior problems and have loved the van. It is an LX w/5000 miles on it. We're still not sure what the problem is, but will keep you posted! | |
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I seem to recall someone else mentioning a stalling problem some time back. Can't remember exactly what they found but it seemed it was a simple replacement of some electronic component. Maybe someone else remembers exectly what it was? |
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| I have a 2000MPV ES with about 600 miles on it. Today it would not shift out of park. I called mazda service and they had me short circuit a safety control in the steering column that lets you shift when the car is not started. I was able to get the car to the dealer so I do not know what the problem is yet. He originally thought that there was a problem with the brake lights which would short circuit the shift mechanism but the brake lights were working. Any ideas. Thanks | |
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hi my name is felix i had recendly bought a mazda mpv lx. i'm really love it. but the left side door has problems open ing it. you need to use all of your power to open it. i try everything (from oiling it to greasing it). i well be very thankful if anyone could help me. felix |
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| We're going to take it for a real highway trip next month, but a quick drive at 75-85 mph had no side to side movement of the steering wheel. I can also tell the difference driving around town at slower speeds. This dealer had it two days. They looked everything over (rims, tires, suspension) and sent it to the alignment shop the first day. Alignment shop told them it was fine. When he test drove it he didn't agree and sent it back to them the next day. They did a 'high speed spin balance' I believe it was called. The other dealer never sent it to an alignment shop and obviously didn't have the right equipment for the type of alignment it needed. I am going to complain to Mazda about them. Thanks for all your support everyone! | |
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