2010 MAZDA CX-9 Complaints

I PURCHASED A 2010 CX9 ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND GOT PULLED OVER LAST NIGHT FOR MY DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT BEING OUT, I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND WAS CHARGED $194 FOR THE BULB REPLACEMENT, BUT IT DID NOT WORK AND WAS CHARGED ANOTHER $130 FOR DIAGNOSTICS . THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE BALLAST HAS BLOWN OUT DUE TO CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLIGHT AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME AGAIN FOR THE BALLAST AND LABOR

VEHICLE PULSATES WHILE BRAKING WHILE DRIVING FAST OR AT SLOWER SPEEDS. THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT SHAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT PULSATE. THE VEHICLE BRAKES WERE CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NEW ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON LOWER CONTROL ARMS #15V-451. IT ONLY WAS INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF RECALL BUT NEVER CHANGED. COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT THEY ARE NOW WORN AND CAN BE CHANGED PER THE RECALL.*DT

DRIVING VEHICLE LESS THAN 5 MPH, IN LINE, AFTER PICKING UP KID FROM SCHOOL. ALL SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS EXPLODED/DEPLOYED, FOR NO REASON. VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT. OTHER DRIVERS HEARD AND WITNESSED THE EXPLOSION/DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS. PULLED CAR TO SIDE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, AS THE AIRBAG CURTAINS COMPLETELY BLOCKED THE SIDE WINDOWS.

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GETTING OFF AN EXIT, AND I HAD MY KIDS IN MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I AM SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP TO TURN OFF THE EXIT MY CAR STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED UP AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY I LIVE IN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE EXIT RAMP BECAUSE SOMEONE STOPPED AND HELPED ME PUSH MY CAR TO MY HOUSE. THEY HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL BUT IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH LEAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THE CAR SMELLED LIKE ANTIFREEZE AND WAS RUNNING HOT. I LET IT COOL OFF. IT WAS THE WATER PUMP THAT WAS LEAKING AND WENT OUT. IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND THERE IS A LAWSUIT ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF COMPLAINTS AND THERE DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG, ALL OF A SUDDEN THREE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE LOST POWER, ACCELERATOR, BRAKES AND STEERING WERE UNRESPONSIVE. I AM LUCKY I COULD MANAGE TO GET INTO A TURN LANE AND STOP USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. CAR WAS TOWED TO MAZDA. TOLD WATER PUMP FAILED AND NOW COOLANT IS MIXED WITH ENGINE OIL, ENGINE LIKELY RUINED. THE CAR HAS 66,000 MILES ON IT. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON CX-9S AND MAZDA DID NOT ISSUE RECALL. IS IT SAFE FOR THESE CARS TO BE ON THE ROADS? SEE HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NEWS/2019/MAZDA-WATER-PUMP-LAWSUIT.SHTML

ME AND MY HUSBAND WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE CAR SUDDENLY OVERHEATED AND WE LOST POWER ON I-35, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO AN EXIT AND WAS NEARLY HIT BY ANOTHER CAR DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING AND POWER. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THERE IS ENGINE COOLANT IN THE OIL AND WE ARE TOLD IT NEEDS A NEW MOTOR.

THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD TO PUSH. I ASSUME IT COULD BE THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER OR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER.

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED AND WE [XXX] [XXX] PEOPLE ON BACK OF DRIVER SEATS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT....[XXX] HAD A SURGERY FACE WA OPEN 7/3 OF AND INCH ON FACE [XXX] HAD A TBI TO HEMATOMA SURGERY OF THE BRAIN ECT WILL SEND YOU PAPER WORK ON BOTH SURGERYS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES LOST POWER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED MAZDA OF CLEAR LAKE AT 281-823-5000 (LOCATED AT 20101 GULF FREEWAY, WEBSTER, TX 77598) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

THE BRAKES ARE HARD TO PUSH, APPEARS SPONGY AND MAKES A HISSING NOISE WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED.