2013 MAZDA CX-5 Complaints

I TRIED TO TURN ON MY CAR BUT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD FOR NO REASON (DID NOT LEAVE THE CAR OR STEREO ON). AFTER I JUMPED THE BATTERY AND GOT THE CAR RUNNING THE ENGINE SOUNDED DIFFERENT AND THE ENGINE WOULD BARELY MOVE THE CAR. I LET THE BATTERY CHARGE FOR A WHILE AND TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN AND IT WILL HAD NO POWER COMING FROM THE ENGINE, IT WOULD ONLY GO MAYBE 20 MPH. I DROVE HOME TAKING BACK ROADS BECAUSE I COULD NOT MAINTAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO TAKE A MAIN ROAD. I PLAN ON CONTACTING MAZDA TOMORROW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT TO FIX THIS. *TR

BOTH REAR VIEW MIRRORS VIBRATE AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. ON HIGHWAYS THE VIBRATING IS SO INTENSE THE MIRRORS ARE NEARLY USELESS AS USING THEM CAN BE NAUSEATING. THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR VIBRATES MORE THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, BUT BOTH NOTICEABLY VIBRATE. *TR

THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT WHERE IT JOSTLES AND CLICKS. MY LOCAL SERVICE CENTER CLAIMS THAT A LOT OF CX-5 MODELS HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE AND IT MAY BE NORMAL. TO ME, THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A NORMAL ISSUE AND HAD ONLY STARTED HAPPENING, RECENTLY. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SEAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE SAME SEAT. THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED MY CX-5, I REALIZED THE ENTIRE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT CUSHION WAS COMING COMPLETELY OFF OF THE FRAME. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK INTO WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY DID SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THE CUSHION STAYED IN PLACE. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND NOW THE SAME EXACT SEAT IS JOSTLING AND CLICKING. THERE IS APPARENTLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS SEAT AND IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A REAL SAFETY ISSUE IF MAZDA DOESN'T ADDRESS IT SOON. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT ALMOST A MONTH AFTER MY INITIAL COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS ISSUE TO MY LOCAL SERVICE CENTER, THEY HAVE YET TO EVEN LOOK AT IT OR REPAIR IT. APPARENTLY, MAZDA IS NOT TAKING THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING TO 70 MPH ON AN ON-RAMP TO I-40, I HEARD A VERY LOUD POP. I HAD MY SUNROOF COMPLETELY OPEN (WITHDRAWN INTO VEHICLE ROOF) AND WINDOWS DOWN AT THE TIME. AFTER HEARING THE LOUD POP, I CHECKED TO SEE IF A ROCK HAD STRUCK MY WINDSHIELD, AND COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF SUCH. WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE MY SUNROOF, I LOOKED UP TO SEE THAT THE GLASS HAD COMPLETELY SHATTERED IN-PLACE. I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETELY CLOSE THE SUNROOF AND PULL THE INTERNAL COVER CLOSED, AND PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP, WHO IS CONTACTING MAZDA TO WORK ON THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE ON A VERY BUSY ROAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AND MY SPEED BEGAN TO DROP RAPIDLY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT AND TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS AS IF THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF. I GOT OUT AND CHECKED ALL OF THE TIRES AND THEY WERE FINE. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, THE WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON AND THE CAR RAN NORMALLY. *TR

I HAD JUST EXITED THE FREEWAY AFTER DRIVING 25 MILES AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE ENGINE REVVED HIGH AND DID NOT SHIFT GEARS IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF FIRST GEAR OR OVER 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE LOCATION AND ONCE IT HAD COOLED OVERNIGHT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED NORMALLY. I DID NOT DRIVE IT MORE THAN A BLOCK FOR FEAR IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. *TR

WHILE CHANGING LANES ON HIGHWAY FROM A STOP, IT FELT AS THOUGH THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF DRIVE. THE RPM INCREASED BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED UPON SUDDEN ACCELERATION FROM AROUND 30 THAT I GET A SIMILAR RESPONSE. MAZDA STATES VEHICLE PERFORMING AS BY DESIGN. CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO DOWN SHIFT QUICK ENOUGH ON ACCELERATION. *TR

FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES COMPLETELY WORN AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT AT 16,700 MILES. VEHICLE IS DRIVEN EXCLUSIVELY BY MY 55 YEAR OLD WIFE. *TR

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEAD RESTRAINTS PUSH MY HEAD FAR TOO FORWARD AND DOWNWARD. BEING ONLY 5', I ADDED A SEAT PAD AND A LUMBAR PAD, STILL NO HELP. I HAVE HAD TO TURN THE HEAD RESTRAINT BACKWARDS RESULTING IN RELIEVE BUT WON'T PROTECT ME IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE THE BRAKE IS HELD DOWN WITH THE LEFT FOOT AND A SLIGHT PRESSURE IS PUT ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE FORWARD. IT CAN MOVE ABOUT TWO FEET BEFORE I GET THE BRAKE ON HARD ENOUGH TO STOP THE CAR. IT FEELS AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK HARD FROM BEHIND. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT IT TWICE AND SUGGESTED THAT THE BOG FOR "BREAK OVER GAS" LOGIC SYSTEM IS BEING FOOLED BY THE COMBINED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE AND GAS AT THE SAME TIME, I.E., IF, WHILE BOTH PEDALS ARE PRESSED, IF THE BRAKE PRESSURE IS SLIGHTLY RELEASED WHILE THE GAS PEDAL IS STILL SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE COMPUTER THINKS THE IT HAS TO "CATCH-UP WITH THE GAS PEDAL AND IT SURGES FORWARD. IT HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES. IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED WITHOUT BOTH THE BRAKE AND GAS BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED. IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT HAPPENS AT A BUSY STOP SIGNED INTERSECTION WHILE WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I.E., A PEDESTRIAN COULD BE STRUCK. I TRY TO AVOID THIS USING THIS TECHNIQUE BUT IT IS A HABIT THAT I'M SURE MANY DRIVERS HAVE. *TR