2012 MAZDA CX-9 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS. MY RPM'S WENT UP TO 4 AND WOULD DROP DOWN WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS. WITHIN MINUTES MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE CAR BASICALLY SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO TRY AND DRIFT TO THE SHOULDER IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. WHEN I GOT TO THE SHOULDER THE CAR STARTED SMOKING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME MY WATER PUMP WENT AND LEAKED FLUID THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN ME NEEDING A NEW $8,000 ENGINE. THEY TOLD ME THAT MAZDA DESIGNED THE CX9 WHERE THE WATER PUMP IS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK BEHIND THE TIMING BELT AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN EASILY INSPECT WHEN I BRING MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE. SO WHEN A WATER PUMP GOES ON THESE MAZDA CX-9'S IT RESULTS IN THE CONSUMER NEEDING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE ARE NO INDICATORS THAT WILL NOTIFY YOU IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WATER PUMP TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT MY CAR WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED WITH VEHICLES GOING AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY CAR BASICALLY SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO BETTER ASSIST ME GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC.

IF WATER PUMP FAILS THE ENGINE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY TYPE OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ALERT. COOLANT WILL FLOOD CRANKCASE IMMEDIATELY AND RUIN THE ENGINE . THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE POTENTIALLY CAUSING A COLLISION.

THE MAZDA CX 9 CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT ALSO HAS CUT OFF AT LOW SPEED TURNS. IT RESTART SOME TIMES. SOMETIME IT WILL NOT FOR A FEW MINUTES. BEEN LEFT IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF US 27 SOUTH OF SEBRING FLORIDA AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT STALLED. THE RPM FLUXUATES AT TIMES AND THE VEHICLE SURGES. DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IN THE CENTER LANE AND IT JUST CUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT OR WARNING PRIOR TO CUTTING OFF.

THE MAZDA CX9 THAT WE PURCHASED HAS A ACCELERATION PROBLEM WHEN WE GO TO STOP.. MAZDA HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY.. WE HAVE HAD 2 BRAKE BOOSTERS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. WE FEEL THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND MAZDA HAS NOT ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM. THEY TELL US NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT KNOW ALSO HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH SQUEAKING AND GRINDING NOISES COMING FROM THE CAR. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.

AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL, TRANSMISSION SWITCH FAILURE, THROTTLE BODY FAILURE, BRAKE FAILURE

TAKATA RECALL - FAILURE TO REPLACE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND PREVENTED FROM CARRYING PASSENGERS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF THE CAR. CANNOT SELL / TRADE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL THE BAG(S) IS / ARE REPLACED.

POWER BOOSTER MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. FIRST, SPONGY PEDAL ATTRIBUTED TO MASTER CYLINDER WITH NO FLUID PRESENT. AFTER REFILLING HYDRAULIC FLUID, PEDAL WAS BETTER FOR A DAY OR TWO THEN LOUD NOISE COMING FROM CABIN IN VEHICLE WHEN PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. (IT GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BECOMES VERY LOUD.) SOUNDS LIKE AN IDENTICAL PROBLEM TO EARLIER MODEL YEAR.

BRAKE BOOSTER, HISSING NOISE AND HARD BRAKE. NO WARNING, BRAKES DON'T STOP WELL. BRAKE BOOSTER CONTINUES LOSING VACUUM PRESSURE AS LONG AS THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. I HAVE NOTICED ONLINE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AND A KNOWN PROBLEM.

MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) COMES ON WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF EVAPORATING SYSTEM / LOOSE GAS CAP. MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTICS FEES, A GAS TANK PRESSURE TEST AND 3 GAS CAPS LATER AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. I NOTICED A FEW ONLINE FORUMS WITH SEVERAL OTHERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE ACROSS A WIDE RAGE OF YEARS AND MAZDA MODELS. THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH MAZADA EVAPORATING, FUEL AND EMISSIONS SYSTEMS. THE DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. BEYOND REPLACING THE GAS CAP AND COLLECTING A DIAGNOSTIC FEE.

HISSING SOUND WHEN BRAKING IN MOTION OR PARKED. WHEN DRIVING UP TO AN INTERSECTION AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY ABOUT 20 MPH CAR WOULD NOT STOP NO MATTER HOW HARD I STEPPED ON THE PEDDLE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SLOW BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT CAR LUNGED FORWARD WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL. IT LUNGED UP AND NEARLY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME! SCARIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO NOT BE ABLE TO BRAKE!!