Mazda MPV

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
2.75 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $26000.00 from Putnam Mazda Burling

Year / Model Reviewed:
1997 MPV

Summary:
I have gone through more than 30 reviews posted on this car and I am compelled to air out my opinions on this vehicle.
I have this 8 seats MPV for almost 10 years now and it never gave me any problem so far (may be I am just lucky). I just have regular oil change every 5,000 miles; change the timing belts at around 70000 miles; change tires around 50000 miles and that were all I did to it.
In 2001 Summer, I took this car all the way to New Foundland of Canada and put 14000 miles to it just for this trip. In this 52 days driving trip, I had no problem whatsoever with it for the whole trip. I did not even take her for any tune-up besides regular oil change after the trip.
My MPV now has 120000 miles and still running smoothly except with minor raise in gas consumption and I am very happy with her.
I came across some reviews by owners who were quite unlucky to have bad experiences with this vehicle and I am sorry for them. I can only concluded that there are always some lemons in renowned brand and there are always someone not so lucky to get them. I must also add that driving habits have something to do with how long the car can last.

Strengths:
Roomy, reliable, relatively good price

Weaknesses:
none so far (lucky me)

Similar Products Used:
Toyota Tercel, excellent car but not enough room for my family.

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $6000.00 from arlington, va

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 mazda mpv

Summary:
this car has not been good to me since I bought.

problems:
manifold was cracked. got an estimate to replace it. the estimate was over $1000 due to freaking manifold being expensive($800.00). there was no OEM manifold available. The only option left was to get it from the DEALER. and the dealer said he would do his best to get it soon but no promises.

Once manifold was fixed, new problems started happening. check engine turned on. somehow, manifold having been replaced, triggered some sensors to go bad. I had to get the EGR(exhaust gas recirculator-some part that is manifold related)replaced so that check engine light would go off and the car can pass virginia emission test. ($450.00)

1 week later, check engine light came back. this time, the reason was MAP(manifold air pressure)

then, finally, this wknd, it did the ultimate betrayal. it stopped working when driving back from vacation. I had it towed. it turned out that water pump got dead.

I may have forgotten about some other problems that I went thru with this car.

for instance, MPG is pretty bad when you consider it only has 2.4 engine and is being a small van compared to sienna, odyssey, etc.

Strengths:
3rd row seat does fold to the floor.

Weaknesses:
parts expensive
bad MPG-fuel efficiency
not reliable
repairs are expensive
the worst japan in the market

Price Paid:  $26000.00 from Metro Mazda, Ferndal

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 Mazda MPV

Summary:
Has been reliable to date up to a precipitous transmission failure at 70,000 miles. This is completely unacceptable and I will not purchase another Mazda vehicle. The earliest I have experienced transmission death before was at 80,000 miles in a 1965 Plymouth Fury.

Similar Products Used:
2000 Mazda Millenia

Price Paid:  $10000.00 from Used Car Dealer

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 Mazda

Summary:
I bought this vehicle at 91000 kms and driven 45000 kms so far and pretty much happy about the performance of this vehicle. I only had few minor problems so far but thank goodness no CEL/tranny problem so far. It has just started giving intermittent jerks on highway speeds. I hope it is not the transmission going. I am getting 6-8 kms/litre, I dont know if it is normal?

Weaknesses:
power seems to be a little less. fuel economy is low.

Similar Products Used:
chevy lumina 91 that costed thousands of dollars in one month and then engine pooched.

Price Paid:  $19999.00 from Lunde, Fargo, ND

Year / Model Reviewed:
2002 LX

Summary:
Other than having the transmission replaced within the first 4000 miles (everything was covered by the warranty), this vehicle has performed flawlessly. We have roughly 60,000 miles on the vehicle, and no other issues have emerged.

Strengths:
Great value

Weaknesses:
Small size