2008 MAZDA CX-9 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT UNINTENTIONALLY MOVED TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL. IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE DUE TO HOW CLOSE THE SEAT MOVED TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED PERIODICALLY. MAZDA OF ORLAND PARK (8910 W 159TH ST, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462, (708) 444-3200) WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V066000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) IN 2009. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,000.

LETTER TO MAZDA OF AMERICA ENGINEERING 10/2/2018 SUBJECT: SHARED DESIGN FLAW OF 2008 CX-9 AND 2008 FORD EDGE STAMPED STEEL FUEL TANK (FORD HAS RECALLED THIS TANK) MAZDA ENGINEERING, I HAVE LOOKED AT TWO DESIGNS TO SECURE TANKS. 1) TANK IS BOLTED AND ONE WHERE THE TANK IS BOLTED DIRECTLY TO A FRAME THROUGH THE SEALING FLANGE. (CURRENT CASE WITH CX-9 AND FORD EDGE -2008) 2) TANK IS SECURED USING TRADITIONAL TANK STRAPS THE FORD EDGE TANK (THE SAME AS CX-9) WAS RECALLED IN CASE 1 BECAUSE THE BOLTED FLANGE IS PART OF THE TANK. AFTER REPEATED FLEXING OF FRAME AND TANK WITH THE ADDITION OF CORROSION IN NORTHERN STATES, THE FIXED FLANGE RUPTURES THE THANK CAUSING SUDDEN FUEL LOSS ON A TANK THAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CORRODED. THIS IS OF COURSE A LARGE LIABILITY AS BRITTLE FATIGUE FRACTURE IS BY NATURE SUDDEN. THERE IS NO WARNING FOR THE CUSTOMER. THEY PULL INTO THEIR GARAGE AT HOME OR WORK AND ARE A SUDDEN HAZARD. IN CASE 2, A TRADITION METHOD OF SECURING A TANK, THE LOAD IS DISTRIBUTED ON A STRAP. SHOULD THE STRAP FRACTURE THERE IS NO SUDDEN FUEL LOSS. THE STRAP CAN BE REPLACED. THE TANK STAYS SEALED. THIS DESIGN FLAW HAS RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ENOUGH ISSUE THAT FORD HAS RECALLED OVER 200,000 VEHICLES IDENTICAL TO THE CX-9 TO ADDRESS THIS EXACT ISSUE. FORD AND MAZDA SHARE NOT ONLY THE SAME DESIGN, BUT THE SAME TANK MANUFACTURER AND CHASSIS. THE MAZDA ISSUE IS MORE SERIOUS AS COATED TANKS DO NOT SHOW ANY WARNING SIGNS OF CORROSION. WHERE SALT AND BRINE ARE USED IN NORTHERN US DURING THE WINTER THESE TYPES OF COATINGS DO NOT REDUCE CORROSION. THEREFORE, THE NATURE OF THE TANK RUPTURE IS SUDDEN FATIGUE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING AND POSES A CERTAIN RISK OF FIRE IN AN ENCLOSURE SUCH AS A HOME GARAGE. FAILURE WAS - SUDDEN, UNABLE TO BE DETECTED AND LIFE THREATENING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTERS FAILED AND WERE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE MAZDA CX-9 VEHICLES. THE DEALER (MORRIE'S INVER GROVE MAZDA, 10 MENDOTA RD E, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55077, (651) 691-4873) STATED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 2009 MAZDA CX-9 MODELS, BUT IT HAD EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT SPONTANEOUSLY MOVED ALL THE WAY FORWARD, AND PINNED ME AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL. FORTUNATELY, I WAS PARKED AND NOT DRIVING. I TRIED MOVING THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT SWITCH MANUALLY, BUT THE SEAT CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY CORRECTED A RECALL (ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO) WHICH DEALS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. AND THUS THEY CLAIM THE RECALL IS "COMPLETE" AND THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO CORRECT IT.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE CAR THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM HAS ANYONE ELSE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID SOME KIND OF SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 700.00 DOLLARS I DONT THINK I SOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET.I TRANSPORT MY GRANDKID AROUND AND IF A SOMETHING HAPPENS THEY WOULD NOT GET OUT

AFTER CHANGING GEARS, 4TH TO 6TH, THE CAR START MAKING HARD SHIFTING, RATLING. THIS SOUND, GOES AND CAME IN TIME TO TIME.

I'M THANKFUL I WAS NOT GOING 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR INSTEAD I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT ON A SMALL CITY STREET MY MAZDA CX-9 WITHOUT A WARNING STARTED HICCUPING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND NOT ABLE TO POWER UP AGAIN WE HAD IT TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER WAS TOLD OUR MAKE MODEL OF CAR HAS A TSB CODE ISSUED CODE # 01-026/11 DEALER TOLD US CAR NEEDS NEW PCM (COMPUTER) AND NEW COILS THEY WEREN'T SURE IF COILS RUINED PCM OR PCM DAMAGE COILS. SPOKE TO MANUFACTURER THEY ADMITTED THEY HAVE SEEN ISSUE BUT THAT MY CAR IS 40000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. I HAVE OWNED OTHER CARS AND ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE CARS I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. I HOPE THIS GETS INVESTIGATED THERE ARE LOADS OF MAZDA'S JUST LIKE MINE ON OUR ROADS I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE GOING SO SLOW THIS COULD HAVE GONE VERY BAD. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND THERE ARE LOADS OF STORIES LIKE MINE. WITH NO WARNING SIGNS AT ALL

2008 MAZDA CX-9. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS RELATED TO A SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE THAT THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A CHARGE FOR. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED. *JS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE KIDS AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE LOUD NOISE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD AND FORCED HER TO STOP. NEXT DAY WE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC'S AND WAS TOLD THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS CRACKED AND IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL CASES OF THIS HAPPENING TO THIS CAR. A WEEK AFTER GETTING THAT FIXED, I STILL HEAR NOTICES WHEN I AM DRIVING BELOW 30MILS. NOW THE MECHANICS TELLS ME THE BACK AXLE IS LEAKING OIL RIGHT NEXT TO THE BACK DIFFERENTIAL. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE A LOSE OF LIFE. IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN A HIGHWAY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE AND PULLED WHILE MAKING TURNS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CJ WILSON MAZDA (8910 W 159TH ST, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED AND A TIE ROD REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 237,000.