2010 MAZDA MAZDA5 Complaints

MAYBE TAKATA RECALL - OUR MAZDA 5 WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT ON MARCH 12. WE WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR AND FOUND THE ENTIRE INTERIOR OF THE CAR WAS COVERED IN A FINE POWDER. THE GLOVE BOX WAS OPEN. WE CONCLUDED THAT THE INFLATOR FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG POSITION HAD GONE OFF ON ITS OWN. THE AIRBAG ITSELF DID NOT DEPLOY. WE THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE, (ABOUT 1 MILE).

AIRBAG LIT AND BLINKING ON THE DASH BOARD PANEL. I TOOK IT TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECK BUT I WAS TOLD TO PAY $150.00 JUST TO DIAGNOSTIC TEST PLUS LABOR & PARTS WHEN REPAIR IS WILL BE DONE BY THEM. IS THIS PART OF SAFETY RECALL ? FOR AIRBAGS .

I BOUGHT THE CAR LAST DECEMBER 2015, AND IT IS ALREADY BLINKING. I'M NOT REALLY EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED THIS PROBLEM AND I BELIEVED IT'S IN THE DRIVERS SIDE "AIR BAG" .

MAZDA 5 STARTED MAKING RATTLING NOISES WHENEVER I DRIVE OVER A ROUGH ROAD. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT IT'S VERY COMMON IN MANY CARS BUILT AFTER 2005 AND THE SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE SWAY BAR BUSHING. THIS WILL HAPPEN TO EVERY MAZDA 5 AND SIMILAR I.E MAZDA 3. MAZDA KNOW THERE IS A ISSUE AND NO RECALL. THE BAD BUSHING AFFECTS THE STEERING TO FEEL LESS PRECISE THAN IT USUALLY DOES, SINCE THE SWAY BAR MOVES AROUND TERRIBLY. AS THE VEHICLE CORNERS, THE CAR FEEL LESS STEADY, WITH POOR HANDLING. THERE IS A TSB OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM BULLETIN NO: 02-002/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA 5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE CHIPPING INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO KNOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDE DOOR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSE. HAPPENED TWICE NOW. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND BRAKE SLOWLY AND THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF ON ME. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN. THERE IS NOT A WARNING AT ALL BUT JUST STOP ANYTIME THAT IT WANT TOO. *TR

IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD 2 "CONTINENTAL PURECONTACT WITH ECOPLUS TECHNOLOGY" TIRES FAIL IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. BOTH TIRES HAD NEARLY RIPPED IN HALF FROM SIDEWALL TO SIDEWALL WHILE DRIVING. 1 OF THE TIRES DID SO AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE, WHILE THE OTHER DID SO WHILE AT OVER 50 MPH AND NO VISIBLE DEBRIS/POTHOLES AROUND. TIRES WERE INFLATED TO AROUND 32 PSI, AND WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 YEARS OLD WITH 80% OF TREAD REMAINING.

ALL CAR LOCKS AND DOORS WERE INACCESSIBLE DUE TO CONDENSATION AND FREEZING. SPOUSE AND CHILD WERE UNABLE TO ENTER CAR IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. *TR

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHEN ON AND I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID MY EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM LEAK DETECTION PUMP (PART# AJ51-18-581A) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN; I REPLACED IT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 5 YEARS. FIRST TIME WAS IN 11/21/2011, THEN AGAIN ON 7/31/2013 AND AGAIN ON 1/2/2015. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECTIVE IN CRAFTMENSHIP IF I HAD TO CHANGE THE PART 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 5 YEARS. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR