1994 Mazda MPV problems
Owners have filed 41 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Mazda MPV. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 32% of complaints. Next are engine (24%) and brakes (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Mazda MPV with enough data (24 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicles airbag deployed at 10:00 position at 35MPH and airbag did not fully inflate the gas poured into passenger compartment due to rip on left side of bag.
While slowly pulling into the driveway and running over a small bump, the drivers side airbag deployed, causing injuries to the arm/neck/chest and shoulders.
In a direct frontal impact driver's airbag did not deploy which did not protect the occupant in this accident. Cause unknown. Please provide further information.
The consumer was in an accident where the vehicle was struck , and in the front center of the vehicle the air bag did not deploy. The dealer was notified. Mr scc