# 1997 MAZDA MPV — STEERING:RACK AND PINION
> NHTSA complaint `217173` · 2000-06-07 · Mazda Motor Corp.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MAZDA
- **Model:** MPV
- **Year:** 1997
- **Manufacturer:** Mazda Motor Corp.
- **Component:** STEERING:RACK AND PINION
- **Speed:** 10 mph
## Narrative
ON FOUR OCCASSIONS MY STEERING WHEN GOING FROM A COMPLETE STOP TO CHANGING LANES TO THE RIGHT LANE AND THEN CORRECTING BACK TO THE LEFT, GOT STIFF AND WOULD NOT TURN.  SUBSEQUESTLY THIS LAST TIME I ENDED UP ON THE SHOULDER OF A BUSY FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. I TOOK THE  CAR IN AGAIN AS I HAD TWO TIMES PREVIOUSLY, TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND FIND THAT OTHER 1997 MADZA MPV'S ALSO REACTED THE SAME. IT WAS A "NORMAL STEERING FUNCTION".  I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND I CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR SAFETY JEOPORDIZED.  I HAVE COMPLAINED TO MAZDA ON TWO OCCASSIONS AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO. I KNOW THAT IF I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN FOUR TIMES, SOMEONE ELSE HAS HAD TO HAVE IT HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ON THE OTHER MPV'S THAT WERE TESTDRIVEN.  *AK
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