2005 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

2005 MAZDA 6 INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE AN DAUGHTER WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS INJURED FROM THE ROOF CAVING IN AND IT BROKE THE GLASS ON THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

THE MAZDA 6 JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO SECOND. DID THIS A COUPLE TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS HESITANT TO SHIFT AND THEN SHIFTS AND JERKS YOU FORWARD WHEN THERE ARE POSSIBLY OTHER CARS IN FRONT AND YOU NEED TO STOP. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE DEALER AND THEY "COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM". *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 4TH GEAR ON 2005 MAZDA 6. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND 2YEARS LATER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING IN 4TH GEAR. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING. THE THIRD YEAR IT BECAME PRONOUNCED AND STILL THEY SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING. I FOUND OUT LAST YEAR THAT MAZDA KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSIONS AND NEVER CONTACTED US ABOUT A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I FOUND OUT LATE LAST YEAR AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AS THE CAR WAS OVER THE MILEAGE. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT MAZDA KNEW THE TRANSMISSIONS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEVER NOTIFIED OWNERS. WE ARE THE ONLY REGISTERED OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE AND IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE ONCE THE VEHICLE GETS IN THE 4TH GEAR IT VIBRATES AND SHAKES THE WHOLE CAR VIOLENTLY.*TR

I HAVE A 2005 MAZDA 6 WAGON BOUGHT NEW OFF THE DEALERS LOT. 4 YEARS LATER, IN SEPT. 2009 WITH 22K MILES ON IT, I WAS COMING OFF A CURVING EXIT RAMP WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND NOTHING HAPPENED - NO PICKUP - IT WAS LIKE I JUST STARTED COASTING. THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS (MAYBE 4-5 TIMES), BUT THOSE TIMES IT FELT MORE LIKE A BELT SLIPPING AND IT "CAUGHT" AGAIN VERY QUICKLY, LIKE IN A SPLIT SECOND. THE RAMP EXPERIENCE WAS MORE PRONOUNCED AND LASTED LONGER, LIKE A FULL 2 SECONDS, WHICH WAS MORE SCARY AND POTENTIALLY MORE HAZARDOUS. TURNED OUT THE TCM (TRANSMISSION COMPUTER MODULE) HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WOULD HAVE COST $1400+ BUT LUCKILY I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR SO IT COVERED THAT COST. IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN, SO I HAVE TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER WHEN I CAN TO GET IT CHECKED AGAIN. NOT A GOOD FEELING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AND YOU EXPECT THE CAR TO MOVE WHEN YOU HIT THE GAS, AND IT MOVES JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE NOSE OF THE CAR INTO THE LANE OF TRAVEL, THEN STOPS DEAD WHILE CARS ARE BEARING DOWN ON YOU. EXTREMELY SCARY. HOPING THIS IS NOT A CONTINUAL RECURRING EVENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE HEADLAMPS ARE MELTING FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD-UP. CONSEQUENTLY THE HEAD-LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE HEAD-LAMPS WERE REPLACED TWICE AS A FREE REMEDY. HOWEVER THE TECHNICIAN WILL NOT REPLACE THE HEAD-LIGHTS AGAIN AS A FREE REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

I HAVE MAZDA6 S MODEL 2005 WITH 30,000 MILES I HAVE NOTICED WHEN EVER THEIR IS A DIP ON ROAD MY REAR TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE MAKES A SCRAPING NOISE . I HAVE NOTICED IT WHEN I HAVE PEOPLE SITTING AT THE BACK THE NOISE IS MORE APPARENT SINCE THERE IS MORE LOAD . I HAD TAKEN IT TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TIRE AND BUT THE TIRE IS THE CORRECT SIZE 205/50R17 SO WHY IS THIS OCCURING . *TR

MY DAUGHTER AND WERE AT THE TOP OF THE ON-RAMP FOR I-64 EAST BOUND, AT SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV. THIS IS A LONG MERGE LANE THAT BECOMES THE FAR-RIGHT LANE ON I-64. WE WERE DRIVING AT 40 TO 42 MPH, AS ATTESTED TO BY TWO WITNESSES. A T THIS POINT WE FELT A LEFT "SHIMMY" IN THE REAR OF OUR 2005 MAZDA 6 HATCHBACK (FRONT WHEEL DRIVE, WITH ANTI-SKID BRAKES, AND SENSORS TO SIGNAL THE OTHER WHEEL IF ONE WHEEL BEGINS TO SLIDE). MY DAUGHTER CORRECTED THE SHIFT AND WE CONTINUED IN THE MERGE LANE. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS WE EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT JERK TO THE LEFT IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. IT THREW US INTO A SWERVE, BUT, MY DAUGHTER REGAINED CONTROL, AND WE WERE AGAIN HEADED EAST. WITHIN SECONDS, THE REAR AGAIN JERKED LEFT VIOLENTLY. WE WERE THROWN INTO A CLOCKWISE SPIN AND HURTLED INTO THE MEDIAN WALL, THEN PROPELLED BACKWARD. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE DRIVERS DOOR OPENED WHEN MY DAUGHTER APPLIED FORCE TO IT, BUT, THE PASSENGER DOOR WOULDN'T OPEN UNTIL MY DAUGHTER PULLED FROM THE OUTSIDE AS I SHOVED WITH MY FEET INSIDE. THE HOOD WAS UP, SMOKE & STEAM POURED OUT, & WE HEARD POPPING SOUNDS. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT WHEN MY DAUGHTER PULLED ON THE OUTSIDE AND I PUSHED WITH MY FEET ON THE INSIDE. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA & ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS DISTANT ENOUGH TO STOP BEFORE REACHING US. THERE WAS A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHOM HAD BEEN DRIVING BEHIND US SINCE THE ENTRANCE OF THE ON RAMP AND `WITNESSED THE ENTIRE ACCIDENT. THEY CALLED 911, THEN PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE TO WAIT FOR EMERGENCY AND POLICE HELP TO ARRIVE. THE HUSBAND HELPED ME SIT DOWN AND ASKED IF I WAS ALRIGHT, THEN SAID, "I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE. THE ENTIRE REAR OF YOUR CAR JUST SLID OUT FROM UNDER YOU TO THE LEFT". IN 36 YEARS OF DRIVING, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT WEATHER, ROAD SURFACES, DAY AND NIGHT, HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR CAR. OUR INSURANCE SENT A CRASH INQUIRY, BUT NO ACCIDENT REPORTS CAME BACK. SHE SUGGESTED I FILE A REPORT WITH THIS AGENCY.

I PURCHASED A NEW MAZDA 6 AND IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITH MICHELIN TIRES. THE PROBLEM WAS IMMEDIATE WITH A SEVERE ROUGH RIDE WHEN THE TIRES WERE COOL THUS CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS. I RARELY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE (7,000 MILES PER YEAR) AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND SIDEWALL BULDGES AND TIRE SEPARATION ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I NOTICED THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. SINCE DAY ONE, ALL 4 OF THE TIRES WOULDN'T HOLD THEIR TIRE PRESSURE (EVEN WITH NO LEAKS) WHICH COULDN'T BE FIGURED OUT BY "PROFESSIONALS." I RETURNED MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME TO IMMEDIATELY GET MY CAR INTO A MICHELIN TIRE CENTER. I WAS TOLD THAT THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN CAUSED BY A LOW SPEED IMPACT AND A GASH IN THE TIRES AND WOULD HAVE TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES ($190 PER TIRE). THIS WAS DEFINITELY NOT CAUSED BY AN IMPACT OR A GASH SO I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER MICHELIN CENTER. THEY TOLD ME THIS TIME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY HIGH SPEED IMPACT BUT THAT THERE WAS NO GASH AND I WOULD HAVE TO BUY THEIR TIRES ($199.42 PER TIRE). FINDING THEIR STORIES NOT MATCHING UP, I TOOK IT TO A THIRD MICHELIN CENTER. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY HITTING A CURB! THE EMPLOYEE THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THE TWO BULGED TIRES ON EITHER SIDE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY HITTING A CURB OR HIGH/LOW SPEEN IMPACT AFTER AN INSPECTION. HE RECOMMENDED A DIFFERENT TIRE, NOT A MICHELIN. I ENDED UP BUYING NEW TIRES COSTING ME A GRAND TOTAL OF ALMOST $1,000. I INSISTED ON THE OLD TIRES WHICH THE TIRE CENTER DIDN'T WANT TO READILY GIVE BACK TO ME. UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS NEITHER GASH NOR TREAD WEAR AS THEY HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. AT ALL THREE MICHELIN DEALERS, THEY REFUSED TO COVER THEM UNDER WARRANTY. IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THESE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS FROM DAY ONE. I AM WRITING TO YOU SO THAT THIS MAY PREVENT AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH SINCE I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE "CAUGHT" THE PROBLEM BEFORE ANYTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED. MICHELIN TIRES NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE! *TR

4/28/08 I DROVE TO AN APPOINTMENT (25 MILES) AT WHICH POINT IT BEGAN TO RAIN. I INADVERTENTLY TURNED ON THE REAR WIPER AN IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OFF ONCE I NOTICED IT HIT THE BIKE RACK ON THE BACK. THERE WAS A STRONG ODOROUS BURNING SMELL. THE SMELL WAS STILL PRESENT ON THE MY RETURN TRIP BACK HOME. 4/29/08 I DID NOT NOTICE THE BURNING SMELL TO AND FROM WORK (2 MILES). 4/30/08 ON A TRIP DOWNTOWN I WAS CAUGHT IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTES BOTH THE KIDS AND I NOTICED A STRONG BURNING SMELL. I ASKED MY SON TO CHECK THE REAR WINDOW AS IT APPEARED SMOKE WAS NOW COMING FROM THE WINDOW/PANEL AREA. HE YELLED THAT IT WAS SMOKE AND THAT WE NEED TO PULL OVER. REAR WIPERS HAD BEEN TURNED OFF SINCE MONDAY. WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND PARK TO CHECK OUT THE DAMAGE. UPON OPENING THE HATCH A BURNING SMELL WAS QUITE INTENSE. THE PLASTIC COVERING OF THE REAR HATCH (NEAR THE WINDOW) EXTREMELY HOT AND WAS TOO HOT TO TOUCH. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO ASK WHAT I SHOULD DO AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAD GONE HOME FOR THE DAY (4:30PM). I FIGURED THAT I COULD PULL THE FUSE WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE POWER SOURCE THUS PREVENTING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. MY SON AND I WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE FUSE AND IT APPEARED TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR THE RETURN TRIP BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TELL AS THE CAR ALREADY HAD A STRONG BURNING SMELL WITHIN. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY FATHER (A FORMER AUTO WORKER IN MICHIGAN) TO DISCUSS THIS WITH HIM AND HE SAID THE FUSE SHOULD HAVE BLOWN AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ESCALATED TO THE POINT OF BURNING AND SMOKING. HE COULD PROVIDE NO REASON WHY THE FUSE WOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN. I AM SCHEDULED FOR 5/14/08 TO HAVE THIS INCIDENT EVALUATED BY THE DEALER. *TR

IN UNDER 33,000 MILES AND ONLY 20 MONTHS OF SERVICE THE BRAKE FLUID IN MY MAZDA 6 SPORT WAGON IS CONTAMINATED DUE TO BEING HYDROSCOPIC. IT IS DEFECTIVE AND MUST BE FLUSHED AND RE-FILLED. HAVING HAD 25 CARS (OWN AND COMPANY PROVIDED) OVER THE LAST 25 *JB *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF *JB UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR