Mazda MPV door locks problems

Filed Jan 1, 2008 · Locks · 70,000 miles · OR

External plastic door handles on both sliding doors on 2001 mazda mpv have broken off while shutting door. Driver side handle has been broken 1 month. The passenger side broke on jan. 1, 2008. Seems to be related to cold outside temperature. Doors now must be opened with the inside handle. In the event of an accident, it would be difficult to get rear passengers out. Since one side was operational until now, no attempt was made to take van to the dealer because of high cost to fix it.

Filed Feb 13, 2007 · Body, Electrical · 44,000 miles · HI

Tl* - the contact owns a 2000 mazda mpv. The contact's cigarette lighter didn't work properly, it currently was not working . The passenger door locks did not unlock without the contact manually unlocking them or using the key. There were no warning indicators for the failures. While driving 50 MPH the vehicle began making a loud roaring noise, it began to shake and appeared to lose power, but never stalled. The contact restarted the vehicle and the failure recurred. The current and failure mileage were 44000.

Filed Apr 6, 2006 · Locks · 86,000 miles · MI

Door lock actuator cable broken on drivers door of 2000 mazda mpv not allowing driver to get into or our of the vehicle without the use of both hands. I feel this is unsafe and mazda corporate is unwilling to repair unless I pay for it. Potential hazard if cable is broken during a crash and driver is unable to reach handle without both hands.

Filed Mar 1, 2006 · Body · WA

On my mazda mpv, the driver's side sliding door exterior handle detached from the back connection to the door and then completely came off in my hand on the following opening. Now the entire exterior door handle is missing. To correct this issue, I went to the original dealer. I was told this was a part that was not even stocked at the dealer and would need special order. It was recommended to me to search for the part myself. In doing so, I have found that hundreds of others are also searching for exterior door handles to the sliding doors on the mazda mpv van. This is a manufacturing error, not a consumer error.

Filed Oct 24, 2005 · Locks · 80,900 miles · FL

The driver sliding door handle came off in my hand when I was attempting to open the door of my van....this is the second time this has happened, I already had to pay $300 to fix the passenger side sliding door handle when the exact same things happened within the last year and that time I was holding my son and almost fell!!!! This is obviously a defect and I had another individual come up to me when the other side was broken w/the same color make and model vehicle and tell me the exact same thing happened to their van......there needs to be a recall on these door handles not only for the safety of many families but for the cost associated w/such a necessary part of the vehicle, thanks!!!

Filed Sep 19, 2005 · Body · VA

Dt: the consumer's seven year old daughter went to open the door handle on the passenger's side and it completely broke off and daughter fell through three feet back. The handle was made by plastic and held on by two very thin pieces of plastic. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, and they never saw a handle come off like this one did. But the mazda representative said that it was normal wear and tear. This happened on september 13, 2005.

Filed Sep 7, 2005 · Body · GA

Over the past 3 months, passenger-side power sliding door on a 2004 mpv, intermittently would: 1) not close. Door will attempt to close, but bounces open at the end. Door power has to be turned off at the drivers control, so that the door can be manually closed. 2) door would not open. Several occasion, the door would appear to be stuck and cannot be open with any of the controls and not manually either. Door button will "beep" but door would not open. Door usually "recovers" after driving the vehicle for a short trip. 3) door will make motor whinning sound...like it's trying to open while vehicle is in motion, and once it did open on its own while vehicle was traveling at low speed. Reported to mazda of roswell dealer, they could not reproduce problem and cannot offer much help.

Filed Aug 3, 2005 · Electrical, Locks · CO

Passenger side door lock actuator broke in 2004 now drivers side door lock actuator broken. As a result the door can be stuck open (while driving) or be unable to be unlocked so people can't get out of the car in case of emergency. See this web site with several others having this problem: http://www.mpvclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7161&highlight=actuator.

Filed Jun 1, 2004 · Acceleration, Airbags · NJ · crash

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration when shifting from park into drive. Vehicle collided with brick building . Air bags did not deployed, also has problem with the passenger door locking and unlocking for no reason while driving.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · 11,000 miles · GA

04/02 driving van . Engine light/ transmission stall car would not pull complete lost of driving a;so came to a slow down on its own. 002/03 driving engine light / odrive system light / door wont open off track