1996 Mazda Millenia

Owner complaints

What owners report most

1. Power train4
2. Electrical system3
3. Engine and engine cooling3
4. Air bags3
5. Exterior lighting1
6. Suspension1
7. Unknown or other1
8. Wheels1

Latest complaints

• Aug 3, 2009CA103,132 mi1 injury
  Air bags

  I was stopped at stoplight and both airbags inadvertently deployed. I have a 1996 mazda millennia s and no other passengers were in the car. The force of the airbag tore some skin off my left arm and the inside of my left arm IS very bruised from the elbow to the wrist. The force of the passenger side airbag shattered my windshield. *Tr

• Aug 25, 2008MS72,756 mi
  Power train › Automatic transmission

  I have a 1996 mazda that has had two transmissions in it. after researching I have found that between 1994-2002 these transmissions have failed greatly. My transmission locked up at a speed of 55mph and my family and I almost went through the windshield. Something must be done by mazda to correct this problem and compensate the victims of this poorly designed machine. *tr

• Mar 21, 2005AR125,000 miCrash2 injuries
  Air bags

  Something poped loud in the rear of the car and then skidded sideways down the road, hit the ditch with the nose of the car, then proceeded to flip 5 times, and hit a house. But the problem IS the air bags never deployed. Why did the air bags fail?*ak

• Aug 10, 2004FL117,778 miFire
  Electrical system › Wiring › Front underhood

  Car was turning off when stopped, took to a mazda dealer cables were replaced, problem continued. Mazda burned, fire started under the hood, firefighters could not find the cause.

• May 5, 2004TX90,000 mi
  Engine and engine cooling

  While driving 65 mph consumer heard a knocking noise coming from the engine. vehicle was taken to independent shop, and mechanic determined fuel oil pressure was leaking. *Ak

• Aug 8, 2002AZ
  Engine and engine cooling › Cooling system
  Dear sirs -i am an original owner of a 1996 mazda millenia purchased new in sept 1996 on may 20TH 2002 while travelling on I-17 20 miles south of flgastaff ,az , the motor suddely seized with no idiot lights going off ,water temp gauge was reading normal ..luckily , I was in the far right lane and…

  Dear sirs -i am an original owner of a 1996 mazda millenia purchased new in sept 1996 on may 20TH 2002 while travelling on I-17 20 miles south of flgastaff ,az , the motor suddely seized with no idiot lights going off ,water temp gauge was reading normal ..luckily , I was in the far right lane and 250yds from an exit which I coasted to ..mazda USA has refused to accept full responsibility citing that the vehicle IS out of warranty (36/50,000). Mazda has reviewed the service records and found them to be at intervels far earlier than scheduled maintenace ...the refusal by mazda to stand behind their motors with 34,372 miles does not speak well of mazda..to this date they don't know what caused the "meltdown"*ak

• Nov 1, 2001FL
  Power train › Automatic transmission

  No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak

• Oct 17, 2000MD
  Electrical system › Ignition › Module

  Engine light comes on periodically along with the hold and tcs lights, twice when the hold and tcs lights started flashing, the car refused to go into overdrive, dealer states the ecm computer needs replaced but mepp claims office rejected this. *slc

• Dec 3, 1999NY
  Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
  The engine light kept coming on sporadically every time we check it out it goes back out then the oil light came on we had the oil replaced then the car just shut off we then took the car to a mazda dealership who said the header broke completely off the camshaft and it would be $5,000 to fix our…

  The engine light kept coming on sporadically every time we check it out it goes back out then the oil light came on we had the oil replaced then the car just shut off we then took the car to a mazda dealership who said the header broke completely off the camshaft and it would be $5,000 to fix our warranty had expired by 42 days and they refused to honor an extension and told us to pay or take the car off the premises. I contacted the mazda warranty dept who refused to extend it and I also spoke with the dealer who sold me the car who said there was nothing he could do about it. Even the account representative handling my finance account could do nothing to help. This car IS only three years old and we only had it for 13 months with only one prior owner damage of this caliber without having been involved in an accident IS a bit extreme. Other mazda owner have been experiencing the same problem seems like an engine defect.

• Apr 26, 1999NY
  Wheels › Rim

  Wheel rims corroded requiring replacement.

• Jan 25, 1999TN
  Power train › Automatic transmission › Control module (tcm/pcm/tecm) · Suspension › Front · Unknown or other

  Suspension does not isolate feedback from rough roads. Dashboard getting loose. Interior trim getting loose. Sometimes (on the bumpy roads), tracktion control system disables while driving. *ak

• Dec 3, 1998CA
  Power train › Automatic transmission

  Transmission failed.

• Aug 25, 1997CA
  Electrical system › Starter assembly

  Intermittent starting problems: initially, when key IS turned there IS a grinding sound and engine fails to turn over. Subsequently, when the key IS turned again there IS a loud popping noise but the engine turns over. *ak

• Jul 3, 1997IL
  Exterior lighting › Headlights

  The low beam illumination IS very deficient. lighting goes out a short distans then stops abruptly, light carries only about two to three car lenghts ahead of vehicle.

• Jun 26, 1997CTCrash2 injuries
  Air bags › Frontal

  When vehicle was involved in a inter-sectional crash; going about 10-15 mph; where the whole front end of vehicle was damaged and there was no deployment of air bags. The vehicle IS being repaired. *ak

Service bulletins

Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.

• 10213425Speedometer replacement procedure
• 10208555Radio Unlocking Codes.
• 10170661In accordance with Federal regulations, follow the procedure listed below when replacing a speedometer. NOTE: Tampering with a motor vehicle odometer is strictly prohibited by Federal, and State laws. It is the dealers responsibility to comply with Federal, State, and local laws concerning odometer and related documentation requirements when providing a repair or replacement. Mazda vehicles are manufactured with tamper-proof speedometers. When a speedometer is replaced, the new speedometer will read zero (0) miles. This procedure is extremely important to accurately represent actual vehicle mileage. Prior to speedometer removal, complete the information required on the Speedometer Replacement Label. Labels can only be ordered through Mazda eStore. In an effort to achieve a higher level of Customer Experience and retain the value of Mazdas vehicles, MNAO Warranty Operations is allowing all Mazda dealers to utilize a third party, SPECMO Enterprises, Inc., for Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) odometer setting service. With the use of SPECMOs services, it is possible that the odometer will be set between 10 to 31 miles over the odometer mileage at the time of replacement for both warranty and customer pay repairs. Please make sure that the customer is aware that there may be a slight variance to the odometer, in which case the customer may have to accept the slightly higher mileage. Since odometer setting service is not part of the warranty repair, it is not warrantable nor required, but optional. However, Mazda Warranty policy provides after- warranty assistance (AWA) or DSA that can be utilized to cover this service expense.
• 10153339In accordance with Federal regulations, follow the procedure listed below when replacing a speedometer. NOTE: Tampering with a motor vehicle odometer is strictly prohibited by Federal, and State laws. It is the dealer's responsibility to comply with Federal, State, and local laws concerning odometer and related documentation requirements when providing a repair or replacement. Mazda vehicles are manufactured with tamper-proof speedometers. When a speedometer is replaced, the new speedometer will read zero (0) miles. This procedure is extremely important to accurately represent actual vehicle mileage. Prior to speedometer removal, complete the information required on the "Speedometer Replacement Label". Labels can only be ordered through Mazda eStore. In an effort to achieve a higher level of Customer Experience and retain the value of Mazda's vehicles, MNAO Warranty Operations is allowing all Mazda dealers to utilize a third party, SPECMO Enterprises, Inc., for Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) odometer setting service. With the use of SPECMO's services, it is possible that the odometer will be set between 10 to 31 miles over the odometer mileage at the time of replacement for both warranty and customer pay repairs. Please make sure that the customer is aware that there may be a slight variance to the odometer, in which case the customer may have to accept the slightly higher mileage. Since odometer setting service is not part of the warranty repair, it is not warrantable nor required, but optional. However, Mazda Warranty policy provides after-warranty assistance (AWA) or DSA that can be utilized to cover this service expense.
• 10148072In accordance with Federal regulations, follow the procedure listed below when replacing a speedometer. NOTE: Tampering with a motor vehicle odometer is strictly prohibited by Federal, and State laws. It is the dealer's responsibility to comply with Federal, State, and local laws concerning odometer and related documentation requirements when providing a repair or replacement. Mazda vehicles are manufactured with tamper-proof speedometers. When a speedometer is replaced, the new speedometer will read zero (0) miles. This procedure is extremely important to accurately represent actual vehicle mileage. Prior to speedometer removal, complete the information required on the "Speedometer Replacement Label". Labels can only be ordered through Mazda eStore. In an effort to achieve a higher level of Customer Experience and retain the value of Mazda's vehicles, MNAO Warranty Operations is allowing all Mazda dealers to utilize a third party, SPECMO Enterprises, Inc., for Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) odometer setting service. With the use of SPECMO's services, it is possible that the odometer will be set between 10 to 31 miles over the odometer mileage at the time of replacement for both warranty and customer pay repairs. Please make sure that the customer is aware that there may be a slight variance to the odometer, in which case the customer may have to accept the slightly higher mileage. Since odometer setting service is not part of the warranty repair, it is not warrantable nor required, but optional. However, Mazda Warranty policy provides after- warranty assistance (AWA) or DSA that can be utilized to cover this service expense.
• 10144333In accordance with Federal regulations, follow the procedure listed below when replacing a speedometer. NOTE: Tampering with a motor vehicle odometer is strictly prohibited by Federal, and State laws. It is the dealer's responsibility to comply with Federal, State, and local laws concerning odometer and related documentation requirements when providing a repair or replacement. Mazda vehicles are manufactured with tamper-proof speedometers. When a speedometer is replaced, the new speedometer will read zero (0) miles. This procedure is extremely important to accurately represent actual vehicle mileage. Prior to speedometer removal, complete the information required on the "Speedometer Replacement Label". Labels can only be ordered through Mazda eStore. In an effort to achieve a higher level of Customer Experience and retain the value of Mazda's vehicles, MNAO Warranty Operations is allowing all Mazda dealers to utilize a third party, SPECMO Enterprises, Inc., for Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) odometer setting service. With the use of SPECMO's services, it is possible that the odometer will be set between 10 to 31 miles over the odometer mileage at the time of replacement for both warranty and customer pay repairs. Please make sure that the customer is aware that there may be a slight variance to the odometer, in which case the customer may have to accept the slightly higher mileage. Since odometer setting service is not part of the warranty repair, it is not warrantable nor required, but optional. However, Mazda Warranty policy provides after-warranty assistance (AWA) or DSA that can be utilized to cover this service expense.
• 10118467In accordance with Federal regulations, follow the procedure listed below when replacing a speedometer. NOTE: Tampering with a motor vehicle odometer is strictly prohibited by Federal, and State laws. It is the dealer?s responsibility to comply with Federal, State, and local laws concerning odometerand related documentation requirements when providing a repair or replacement. Mazda vehicles are manufactured with tamper-proof speedometers. When a speedometer is replaced, the new speedometer will read zero (0) miles. This procedure is extremely important to accurately represent actual vehicle mileage. Prior to speedometer removal, complete the information required on the ?SpeedometerReplacement Label?.Labels can only be ordered through Mazda eStore. In an effort to achieve a higher level of Customer Experience and retain the value of Mazda?s vehicles, MNAO Warranty Operations is allowing all Mazda dealers to utilize a third party, SPECMO Enterprises, Inc., for Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) odometer setting service.With the use of SPECMO?s services, a Mazda dealer can get the odometer setting updated to reflect the correct mileage at the time of replacement for both warranty and customer pay repairs, therefore resulting in a higher level of customer satisfaction. Since odometer setting service is not part of the warranty repair, it is not warrantable nor required, but optional. However, Mazda Warranty policy provides after- warranty assistance (AWA) or DSA that can be utilized to cover this service expense.
• 10098367In accordance with federal regulations, follow the procedure listed below when replacing a speedometer.note:mazda vehicles are manufactured with tamper-proof speedometers.when a speedometer IS replaced, the new speedometer will read zero (0) miles.this procedure IS extremely important to accurately represent actual vehicle mileage.prior to speedometer removal, complete the information required on the speedometer replace-ment label. Labels can only be ordered through mstore, not mdcs.
• 10021000Non genuine accessories affect air bag operation.
• 10009427Battery test procedure requirements.
• 10009424Speedometer replacement procedure.
• 10002064Rear window defroster grid line repair procedure.
• 10000388Malfunction indicator lamp illumination with diagnostic trouble code p0300 to p0306.
• 635023Subject regarding camshaft installation information.
• 634454Information on fuel injector(s) replacement guidelines. *Slc
• 634330Subject regarding fuel pump assembly and related component replacement guidelines. *Slc
• 632235Subject regarding difficulty installing fuel pump into new fuel tank.
• 620008Some vehicles may exhibit a creak or squeak noise from the rear suspension when driving at low speeds, entering driveways, driving over speed bumps in parking lots, or driving on rough roads.
• 615641Subject regarding inspection procedure - water pump leak.
• 608126Subject regarding paint damage - iron particles / industrial fallout / acid rain.
• 606033Information regarding piston standardization for vehicles within certain vin ranges.
• 604035Experienceing a metallic tapping noise heard from the right ( rear ) cylinder head exhaust cam area.
• 603913Concerns with the rear view mirror may be loose.
• 603900Subject on service part availability automatic transaxle bushing.
• 603896The tcs and tcs off lights may iilluminate with dtc 83 / 84 stored in the ABS /tcs control module.
• 603891Conditions with steering wheel slightly off center.
• 603881Service parts availability - center panel.
• 603875Subject pertaining to tach needle which IS stuck on wrong side of stopper pin.
• 603864Subject regarding fuel / trunk opener switch may become loose.
• 603854Information regarding seat belt extenders.
• 600334Complaints of tach needle stuck on wrong side of stopper pin.
• 54320Vehicle experiencing a oil leak at valve cover.
• 54319Pre-painting preparations for front and rear bumpers.
• 53007Descriptions of typical engine noises.
• 52520Parts replacement after airbag deployment.
• 52509Tach needle stuck on wrong side of stopper pin.
• 52507A/c odor and blower noise due to foreign substance.
• 52503Maintenance free battery - diagnostic and charging procedure.
• 52498Partial engine replacement (pcv system modification).
• 52497Use of a/c tracer dye.

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