2007 MAZDA CX9 Complaints

MY COMPLIANT IS WITH A DEALER I CONTACTED TO FIX A SAFETY RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. THE DEALER, RUSSLE MAZDA BALTIMORE MD, REQUIRED TWO SEPARATE VISITS, ONE FOR AN INSPECTION AND IF NEEDED ANOTHER TO MAKE THE REPAIRS ONCE PARTS CAME IN. WHY THEY COULDN'T ORDER THE PARTS AND DO EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME, I DON'T KNOW. TWO VISITS IS INCONVENIENT AND UNREASONABLE. I CALLED ANOTHER DEALER WHO ORDERED THE PARTS INSTANTLY FOR THEM TO BE REPLACED DURING ONE VISIT. THE RECALL NOTICE SAYS TO NOTIFY YOU IF THE DEALER DOES NOT REPAIR THE DEFECT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AND RUSSLE MAZDA WAS NOT REASONABLE. I DID LET THEM KNOW THIS AS WELL. THANKS. ALEXANDRA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT SWITCHED TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, IT RE-ENGAGED IN GEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

MAZDA RECALL STATE OF NJ. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE TIRE CAME LOOSE. MY HUSBAND HIT A SMALL POTHOLE. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF RIDE. DUE TO THE RECALL WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT THE CLAIM THROUGH OUR INSURANCE AND MAZDA IS TELLING ME I WON'T GET A REFUND FOR THE WORK DONE BECAUSE IT TOOK SO LONG TO BE REPAIRED. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT RECALL RECEIVING ANYTHING ABOUT THE RECALL. AFTER READING THE RECALL BASICALLY WHAT IT SAID COULD HAPPEN DID AND THE CAR NEEDED REPAIRS. I ATTACHED THE INVOICE AND RECALL FROM MAZDA'S WEBSITE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX9. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, A LOUD POP AND GRINDING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTROL ARM BECAME LODGED INTO THE FRAME, WHICH CAUSED THE LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, MAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARK, THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WAS DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION BY THE REPAIR MECHANIC, WERE TOLD THAT LOWER BALL JOINT DISCONNECTED FROM THE SUSPENSION, CAUSING MULTIPLE DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION AND DRIVE TRAIN ON THE CAR. MORE THAN $1,775.00 DOLLARS WORTH. ON 7/30/15, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE TIRE CENTER FOR 4 NEW TIRES, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF LOOSE TIE ROD AND LOWER BALL JOINT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CONCERNS ME FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE FIRST TIME WITH 3 KIDS IN THE CAR, AND NEEDLESS TODAY IS MORE CONCERNED NOW, BASED ON TODAY'S REQUIRED REPAIR.

TURNING AROUND AND LOWER BALL JOINT CAME APART,WHEEL WEDGED BETWEEN FENDER AND SUSPENSION LETTING HALFSHAFT PULLOUT OF TRANSAXLE AND CAR IMMOVABLE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BALL JOINT DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED 360 DEGREES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE BALL JOINT SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

MY HUSBAND HAD JUST LEFT OUR HOME AND LUCKILY WERE STILL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN OUR MAZDA CX9 STARTED TO STUTTER AND SHAKE AND BECOME UN-DRIVABLE. IT RODE VERY ROUGH. IT HAPPENED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CHECK ENGINE ERROR WAS P0351/PO352. THEY REPLACED THE COIL BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND WE STILL WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR. WE THEN TOOK IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHICH THEN REPLACED THE PCM AND ANOTHER COIL. WE HAD TO WAIT SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE PCM DUE TO "LIMITED AVAILABILITY"; WHICH TO ME, A CONSUMER MEANS ONE OF TWO THINGS - THE PCM SHOULD NOT FAIL OR THERE IS A SHORT SUPPLY OF PCM BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY FAILURES. I SPOKE WITH MAZDA AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND CALLED ME BACK TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS CURRENT SITUATION "DID NOT MEET THE FEDERAL PARAMETER OF THE REVIEW PROCESS AND THAT MAZDA WOULD NOT BE REPLACING THIS PART FOR US AND SHE ADDED "AT THIS TIME"...SEEMS SUSPICIOUS TO ME..."AT THIS TIME". WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MAZDA'S WARRANTY IS 8 YEARS/96,000 MILES...THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE (OUR MILEAGE IS 116,000). WE WERE LUCKY WE WEREN'T DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED OR THE CAR WOULD HAVE JUST STOPPED RUNNING! OUR CAR HAD NO PREVIOUS ISSUES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL THIS INCIDENT ON 11/16/2014. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE ROOF AIR BAG DEPLOYED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARRANT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES AND CHEMICAL BURNS TO THE LEFT ARM FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH OR ANY TYPE OF IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.