2002 Mazda Miata Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2002 Mazda Miata is written for a 2-door convertible sold in three trims, Base, LS and SE, with one engine listed for the year: a 1.8L inline-four using double overhead camshafts, natural aspiration and gasoline. For that engine it sets out procedures, specifications and torque values across the fuel, ignition and cooling systems, and it carries the same kind of detail into the transmission, drivetrain, brakes, suspension and steering, with wiring diagrams for the electrical system and the convertible body.

Engines covered

• 1.8L inline-four — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 2-door convertible

Trims covered

• Base
• LS
• SE

Known issues on the 2002 Miata. The federal record holds 1 recall for the 2002 Miata, and it involves the fog lights. On certain 2002 Miata vehicles, bulb heat could expand the press-fit socket holder and push it rearward; after repeated expansion and vibration, the socket and bulb holders and their wiring might work loose from the lamp housing and drop into the bumper, where the bulb could, in rare cases, set the bumper burning. Dealers fitted a spring to keep the holder seated. Owners lodged 19 complaints, naming structure in 5 and the electrical system and power train in 3 each; 2 reported a crash, 2 an injury and 1 a fire. The manual's wiring diagrams and electrical diagnostics take in the fog lights.