2004 Mazda MPV Electrical System Problems

2004 MAZDA MINI VAN THE IGNITION COILS ARE CONTINUALLY HAVING TO BE REPLACED-I AM ON THE 4TH TIME HAVING ONE OF THEM REPLACED OVER THE PASS 4 YEARS. *TR

LIKE MANY OTHER MAZDA MPV OWNERS, I'VE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS. IN AUGUST 2008, THE VEHICLE WAS RIDING VERY ROUGH AND HESITATING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SHOWED THAT ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS HAD MISFIRED. I HAD THE COIL REPLACED AND, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEALERSHIP, REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS. AT THAT TIME, MY VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES ON IT, WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I PAID $476 FOR THE REPAIR BUT WAS ULTIMATELY REIMBURSED BY MAZDA ON A CUSTOMER GOODWILL BASIS. ONE YEAR LATER, IN AUGUST 2009, THE VEHICLE AGAIN BEGAN RIDING ROUGH AND HESITATING. WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. BASED ON THE EARLIER EXPERIENCE, I SUSPECTED AN IGNITION COIL AS THE CULPRIT. MY SUSPICIONS WERE REALIZED. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT CYLINDER #5 HAD MISFIRED AND THAT SEVERAL OTHER COILS WERE WEAK. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE OTHER COILS WERE LIKELY TO GO AND RECOMMENDED THAT ALL OF THEM BE REPLACED. I HAD THE WORK DONE AT A COST OF $960. THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT HAD ONLY 46,000 MILES ON IT. BOTH REPAIRING DEALERSHIPS MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MPVS. FROM MY RESEARCH, I CAN SEE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR 2002-2006 MPV'S. ENTIRE MESSAGE BOARDS ARE DEDICATED TO THIS MAZDA MPV IGNITION COIL DEFECT. MOST BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A DESIGN FLAW THAT PREVENTS THE COILS FROM DISPERSING MOISTURE PROPERLY, WHICH OVER TIME LEADS THE CYLINDERS TO MISFIRE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MAZDA SHOULD HAVE VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. HAVING PREVIOUSLY MADE A CUSTOMER ACCOMMODATION ON THE EARLIER REPAIR, MAZDA HAS REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COSTS OF THIS LATEST REPAIR. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT MAZDA HAS CHOSEN TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM ON A CUSTOMER-BY-CUSTOMER BASIS, RATHER THAN HAVING VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

THE MINI VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

BOUGHT THE 2004 MAZDA MPV ES IN 2005. CURRENTLY IT HAS ABOUT 64,000 KM (40K MILES). PROBLEM: RECENTLY 4 IGNITION COILS MALFUNCTIONED ..HAD 3 REPLACED RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. APPARENTLY, THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS 2004 MODEL. WATCH OUT! *TR

2004 MAZDA MPV: I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS IN MY VAN - THE VAN WOULD SHAKE AND SEEM TO BE STALLING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THIS STARTED IN JULY 2007 AND CONTINUED SO FAR THROUGH JAN 2010 (WHEN 4 COILS AND ALL MY SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT ONCE !). I HAVE ALSO HAD THE CAR IN DURING OCT 2008 BECAUSE THE FAN WOULD CONTINUE RUNNING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER THE VAN WAS SHUT OFF. MY DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A "FORD" ISSUE. WHEN WILL MAZDA BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ALL THESE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS?? *TR

WE HAVE 2004 MAZDA MPV WHICH WE BOUGHT NEW. WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WE HAD TO HAVE COILS REPLACED. WE THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING TO REPLACE COILS ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. AFTER INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE YEAR MPV WE HAVE. APPARENTLY THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WHICH ALLOWS MOISTURE TO GET TO THE COILS, CAUSING THEM TO SHORT OUT. WE MENTIONED THIS TO FITZGERALD MAZDA IN ANNAPOLIS, MD WHERE WE WERE HAVING IT SERVICED. THEY ADMITTED THIS WAS A PROBLEM BUT BASICALLY THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY..EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM LONG AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. SINCE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT, WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE COILS REPLACED 2 MORE TIMES AT OUR OWN EXPENSE AND ARE WAITING TO HAVE YET ANOTHER COIL REPLACED AS I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT. EACH TIME WE HAVE TO HAVE A COILED REPLACED, IT IS VERY COSTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE MAKES THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO. ONCE WE HAD TO HAVE IT DONE WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING ON VACATION IN FLORIDA..THIS WAS DONE AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. THEN ANOTHER TIME WE HAD A COIL REPLACED BY A MECHANIC IN OWINGS, MARYLAND. THAT MECHANIC DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH FOR US AND CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION..THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MOISTURE GETTING TO THE COILS AND WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. WE ARE NOW DELAYING ANOTHER VACATION..PAYING OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE YET ANOTHER COIL REPLACED. WE WANT MAZDA TO STAND MY THEIR PRODUCT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT THEIR EXPENSE. WE HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $2,000.00 NOW. THE WORST PART IS, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ANOTHER COIL GOES OUT. PLEASE HELP! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN HESITATING AS IF IT WERE ATTEMPTING TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL COIL TO THE CYLINDER. THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN A YEAR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC PLACED INSULATING MATERIALS AROUND THE COIL TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THE COIL. THE MECHANIC ADVISED WHEN MOISTURE WOULD ENTER THE ELECTRICAL COILS; IT WOULD CAUSE A SHORTAGE CONTRIBUTING TO THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, THE COOLING FAN WOULD CONTINUE OPERATING. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.