2011 MAZDA CX-9 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND NOTICED WATER DRIPPING FROM THE SUN ROOF INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE ONTO THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEAK CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO THE BLOWER MOTOR OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOU BACHRODT MAZDA COCONUT CREEK (LOCATED AT 5400 FL-7, COCONUT CREEK, FL 33073, (954) 247-5000) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE SUN ROOF NEEDED TO BE DE-CLOGGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

WHEN TRYING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND AS USUAL. EVEN WITH PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD, THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED BY AT LEAST 30 FEET WHICH PLACED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THIS IS WORSE IN HOT CONDITIONS. THERE IS ALSO A HISSING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE. A MECHANIC SAID IT MAY BE THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS INVESTIGATED, MAZDA ISSUED A SPECIAL SERVICE PROGRAM WHICH ENDED IN 2015. THE LETTER ISSUED AT THAT TIME SAID IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION UNLESS THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. MAZDA SHOULD EXTEND THE SERVICE PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE.

I BOUGHT THE CAR UNDER WARRANTY UP TO 90,000 MILES, WHEN I BOUGHT TRUCK 2015 AND TOOK IN WE TOLD DEALER THAT THE WAS CAR LEAKING BLACK SUBSTANCE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING . WE TOOK IT FOR A RECALL AND TOLD THE DEALER SAME THING THIS TIME OFF AND ON IT WOULD SMELL LIKE BURN RUBBER BY THIS TIME WARRANTY WAS NOT COVERED. THE ISSUE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL WE TOOK IT TO FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND ROUTINE INSPECTION AT 108 SOMETHING MILES THE SMELL OF BURNT RUBBER IS MORE PERSISTENT THE MECHANIC TOLD US THERE IS A LEAK IT LOOKS LIKE TRANSMISSION OIL AND IT IS DRIPPING TO AXLE.WE TOOK IN TRUCK TO FIRST MECHANIC TO GET A QUOTE HE COULD ONLY GET PART AT THE DEALER THEY SAID THAT THE WHOLE POWER TRANSFER CASE WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGE NOT JUST THE SEALS. TOOK IT IN FOR SECOND OPINION THAT MECHANIC SAID THAT THOSE PARTICULAR MODELS AND YEAR HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN FOR SAME ISSUE AND END UP HAVING TO CHANGE POWER TRANSFER CASE BECAUSE IT WAS POORLY MANUFACTURED THAT THE EXHAUST IS TO CLOSE IT MELTS RUBBERS AND LEAKS TRANSMISSION OIL THEREFORE CHANGING SEALS WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM THE WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE CHANGE. I HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN AND SMELL OF RUBBER IS CONCERNING IT UPSETTING THAT THERE IS MULTIPLE CARS FROM YEAR 2011 TO 2017 WITH THESE ISSUE'S AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL DOES A CAR NEED TO CATCH ON FIRE WITH KIDS IN IT. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BRAKING ON MY CX9 TO WHERE I HAD TO ALMOST STAND ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP. ADDED BRAKE FLUID HOPING THAT WOULD HELP BUT DID NOT. TOOK IT TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN BUFORD,GA AND THEY CONFIRMED THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND STRONGLY RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT ASAP. THEY EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND MAZDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 90K MILES. THE PROBLEM FOR ME WAS MY '11 CX9 HAD 107K. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED DUE TO MY PERSONAL SAFETY. A COUPLE DAYS LATER I CALLED MAZDA CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND VOICED MY DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THIS PART WAS NEVER RECALLED AND PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND IN UNSAFE CX9'S. THEY DID CONFESS THAT IF I WOULD HAVE CALLED THEM 'BEFORE' MY REPAIR THEY COULD HAVE REVIEWED THE ISSUE AND PERHAPS OFFSET SOME OF THE COST. THIS LEFT ME VERY DISAPPOINTED SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED I KEPT DRIVING THE CAR AND RISKED INJURY TO OTHERS WHILE THEY REVIEWED THE CASE. #CX9SADNESS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AS THE CONTACT HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND APPLY FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE TO THE POINT OF IT BEING A RISK THAT MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, PARKED AT THE OWNER'S RESIDENCE AND MAY NEED TO BE TOWED FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER YOUNG MAZDA (191 COMMERCE PARK DR, EASTON, PA 18045, (610) 991-9100) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE14005 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAD A TECHNICAL GUIDELINE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

IN DEC. 2018, I HAD MY 2011 MAZDA CX-9 TO A MAZDA DEALER SERVICE SHOP FOR WHAT I FELT LIKE A SPONGY BRAKE PEDAL. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD BE THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR'S BRAKES. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, WHILE THE SYMPTOM PERSISTED, I FOUND OUT THERE IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE BOOSTER, WHICH MAZDA ACKNOWLEDGED AND ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION (WHICH IS EXPIRED NOW). TWO DAYS AGO, WHILE TRAVELING IN TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY, I HAD TO STOP THE CAR DUE TO A SUDDEN TRAFFIC JAM AND I FELT THE BRAKES BEING INSUFFICIENTLY EFFECTIVE TO STOP MY CAR SAFELY. AS SUCH, I PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL 3-4 TIMES AND THAT CAUSED THE PEDAL TO BECOME VERY HARD AND MADE MATTERS WORST- TO A POINT WHERE I HAD TO PULL ON THE SHOULDER TO AVOID REAR-ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.

FAILURE OF THE POWER TRANSFER CASE / POWER TRANSFER UNIT ("PTU"). THE DEFECT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN A BLACK OIL LIKE SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS. OEM ADVISED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PTU. OEM STATES THAT IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. INTERNET RESEARCH REVEALS THE BREADTH OF THE DEFECT. OEM STATES THAT LIMITED WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 7 YEARS AND 100,000 MILES. SUBJECT VEHICLE HAS 71,000 MILES, BUT IS A FEW MONTHS OUTSIDE EXTENDED WARRANTY. OEM NEVER SENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS ADVISING OF THE DEFECT. OEM NEVER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE KNOWN DEFECT. OEM NEVER SENT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS ADVISING OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. OEM REFUSES TO COVER THE DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY. CONSUMER HAS PROMPTLY REMEDIATED ALL PRIOR KNOWN RECALLS DIRECTLY WITH OEM UPON RECEIPT OF NOTICE.

MAZDA CX-9 2011 HAS UN-DETECTED WATER PUMP LEAKS WHICH CAUSE TO ENGINE OVERHEAT AND EVENTUAL ENGINE DEATH. MAZDA CORPORATE IS UNWILLING TO CO-OPERATE. CAR SUDDENLY CAME TO A HALT SHOWING ENGINE LIGHT ON..AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER ALSO BECAUSE WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT TURN OFF ON ME EVERYWHERE AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET AND IM STILL PAYING FOR THIS VEHICLE RIGHT NOW MY VEHICLE IS IN A GARAGE BECAUSE IS NOT DRIVABLE

DIFFICULTY PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDALS AND ACHIEVING A FULL STOP. SOMETIMES CAR WOULD INCH FORWARD WHEN BRAKE APPLIED. SOMETIMES HEARING A HISSING NOISE WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE NOISE SEEMED TO COME FROM THE AREA OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. OVERALL, BRAKES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING AS INTENDED. PRIMARILY EXPERIENCED AT LOWER SPEEDS. HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY OVER A FEW WEEKS.

I STARTED NOTICING IT WAS TAKING A LONG DISTANCE FOR MY VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. WE TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND HE CONFIRMED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. WHEN HE WAS DRIVING, IF HE PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD, HE COULD MAKE THE CAR HAVE A LONG "BEEP" SOUND. OTHERWISE, HE, TOO, NOTICED THE LONG DISTANCE REQUIRED FOR THE CAR TO STOP.