DRIVER ACCELERATED, WITH PEDAL, WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 70 MPH. REMOVING FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND APPLYING THE BRAKE DID NOT SEEM TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE; "THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SURGE". THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF BUTTON ALSO SEEMED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE CRUISE. THE RESISTANCE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL INCREASED AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO SURGE AS THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS DECREASED TO AROUND 50 MPH. DRIVER SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL; THE ENGINE RPM SHOT UP. DRIVER THEN SHIFTED INTO PROGRESSIVELY LOWER GEARS AND APPLIED THE BRAKE UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. DRIVER THEN SHIFTED INTO PARK, AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DETERMINED TO HAVE A BLOWN ENGINE. OWNER ALLEGES THAT MAZDA DEALER (FLOW MAZDA IN FAYETTEVILLE) STATED THAT THERE IS RECALL CAMPAIGN (00V-210 002) FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT THAT HER VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED DUE TO HER VEHICLE'S BUILD DATE. PER RELEVANT 573, THE EFFECTED BUILD DATE RANGE IS FORD'S KCAP 4/17/00 THROUGH 7/24/00; SUBJECT VEHICLE BUILD DATE IS UNKNOWN. VIN RANGE IS [XXX] THROUGH [XXX]. OWNER'S VIN IS [XXX]. OWNER ALLEGES TO NEVER HAVE RECEIVED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION FOR THIS RECALL. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
AFTER READING OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, I FELT COMPELLED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH THE GAS PEDAL. IT SEEMS MAZDA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS, YET NO RECALL. THE GAS PEDAL STICKS IN WEATHER COLDER THAN 50 DEGREES. FOR AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (SUV) WHICH IS MADE TO GO OFF-ROAD AND IN MOUNTAINS, THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN I CONFERRED WITH MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER, THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $400 FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO "REPLACE" A FAULTY MECHANISM. I FEEL I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING WHICH IS INHERENT WITH THESE TRIBUTE VEHICLES AND FOR WHICH MAZDA IS FULLY AWARE. *TR
