2012 MAZDA CX-9 Complaints

BRAKES FEEL HARD AND VEHICLE BRAKES SLOWER THAN IT SHOULD. IT TOOK A MUCH LONGER DISTANCE TO STOP. HISSING SOUND FROM PEDAL. FOUND NUMEROUS DESCRIPTIONS ON SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE BOOSTER TEAR. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT RECALLED.

POWER BRAKES ARE GOING OUT. WHILE DRIVING THE POWER ASSIST ON THE BRAKES GOES OUT. YOU HAVE TO PUSH AS HARD AS YOU CAN TO GET ANY STOPPING ABILITY AND THEN THEY WILL WORK FINE AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY BUT FREQUENTLY. THE CAR HAS 75,000 MILES.

I OWN A 2012 MAZDA CX9 . MY WIFE WEIGHS ABOUT 105LBS AND ABOUT 115LBS WITH HER USUAL LAP DOG. INITIALLY THE PAX SEAT AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SHE WAS IN THAT SEAT, CAR IN MOTION OR NOT. THE LIGHT WAS NORMAL WHEN I SAT IN THAT SEAT. TOWNE MAZDA RAN A TEST ON THE COMPONENTS. THEY INFORMED ME THE SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT AFTER THAT THEN ILLUMINATED EVERY TIME SHE OCCUPIED THE PAX SEAT. THE PROBLEM WAS DEMONSTRATED TO A SERVICE TECH; THE LIGHT WAS OFF WITH HIM IN THE SEAT (A LARGER MAN THAN ME) AND ON EVERY TIME MY WIFE SAT IN THE SEAT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT HER POSITION, BUT NO POSITION DELETED THE LIGHT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WOULD CHECK WITH MAZDA, TO SEARCH FOR A SOLUTION. AFTER MONTH OF USING THE CAR, THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON CONTINUALLY WHEN MY WIFE OCCUPIES THE PAX SEAT. THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR TOLD ME TO PUT HER IN THE BACK SEAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

THE BRAKES HAVE BECOME VERY HARD TO PUSH, IT TAKES ALL MY MIGHT TO GET CAR TO STOP, AND THERE IS A SQUEALING SOUND WHEN PEDAL IS PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. FEELS AS IF CAR ISN'T GOING TO STOP.

BRAKE FAILURE AT 60K MILES (POSSIBLY EARLIER). I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM A DEALER 2 MONTHS AGO AND WAS TOLD FRONT AND REAR PADS AND ROTORS HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. THEY FELT INCONSISTENT BUT I THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO SETTLE IN. THEN THE POWER BOOST BEGAN TO FAIL AND A HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE COMES FROM THE BOOSTER IF THE PEDAL IS HELD DOWN. IT HAS LURCHED FORWARD WITH MY FOOTRR ON THE PEDAL WHILE AT A FULL STOP. I NOW PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN AT A STOP. GETTING IT TO STOP IS THE PROBLEM. VERY ,VERY DANGEROUS.

WE HAVE NOTICED THE DIFFICULTY IN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PAD ALONG WITH THE HISSING NOISE OVER THE PAST 1 MONTH AND IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY BECAME STRONGER. INITIALLY YOU BRUSH IT OFF THINKING YOU ARE IMAGINING IT. TODAY ON A HILL THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT SO TRAFFIC WAS BARELY MOVING, I STARTED TO LEAVE MORE AND MORE DISTANCE WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AS IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES. FINALLY I HEAR A STRANGE NOISE AND THEN COMPLETE QUIET AND MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER NOTICES TOO AND AS I RELEASE THE BRAKE TO MOVE I REALIZE THE CAR ENGINE HAD DIED (THE ENGINE HAS NEVER GIVEN ANY INDICATION OF ISSUES BEFORE) BUT THE ENGINE DASH LIGHTS WEREN'T ON INDICATING THERE WAS NOT POWER WHICH OF COURSE MEANS NO POWER STEERING EITHER, A QUICK SHIFT TO N AND RESTART AND ALL IS FINE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THE HISSING NOISE AND DIFFICULT DEPRESSION CONTINUED HOWEVER WHILE ON THE HILL WHEN I DID PRESS HARD ENOUGH FOR THE BRAKES TO RESPOND THEY DID SO AS THOUGH BYPASSING THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM AS THEY WOULD JOLT INTO THE STOP. VERY CONCERNING AS THE DISTANCE TO STOP HAS INCREASED, WHAT IF A PERSON WALKED IN FRONT OF ME MUCH LESS IF I'M ON THE FREEWAY AND COME UPON A SUDDEN NEED TO STOP. BUT HERE IT IS A SATURDAY EVENING AND HOW AND WHEN CAN I DEAL WITH AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT CLEARLY IS REPEATED. I WONDER HOW MANY OUT THERE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO REPORT, HAVE SPENT MUCH ON REPAIRS OR SIMPLY TRADED IN THEIR VEHICLE TO COME IN TO THE HANDS OF SOME OTHER UNSUSPECTING CONSUMER. ACTION TRULY IS NEEDED BEFORE SOMEONE'S LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER.

BRAKES FEEL HARD AND VEHICLE BRAKES SLOWER THAN IT SHOULD. IT TOOK A MUCH LONGER DISTANCE TO STOP. HISSING SOUND FROM PEDAL. FOUND NUMEROUS DESCRIPTIONS ON SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE BOOSTER TEAR. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT RECALLED.

WITH NO WARNING AT ALL THE POWER BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. TO STOP THE CAR YOU HAVE TO ALMOST STAND ON THE BRAKES. WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDAL YOU ALSO HEAR A VERY FAINT HISSING NOISE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THERE IS NO WARNING OF THE BRAKE FAILURE. UNLESS YOU ARE A VERY STRONG PERSON THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP THE CAR IN AN EMERGENCY.

THE BRAKES HAVE BECOME VERY HARD TO PUSH, IT TAKES ALL MY MIGHT TO GET CAR TO STOP, AND THERE IS A SQUEALING SOUND WHEN PEDAL IS PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. FEELS AS IF CAR ISNT GOING TO STOP. THIS OCCURED ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT TO SLOW CAR AND GET OFF HIGHWAY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE EMITTED. AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND CURRENTLY BEING DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,300. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.