2006 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

TWO PAIR OF TIRES WITH SIDEWALL CRACKING AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE, AT LEAST ONE CONSISTENTLY LOSING AIR PRESSURE, REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT MILEAGES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN TREAD WEAR WARRANTY. ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. *TR

TWO PAIR OF TIRES WITH SIDEWALL CRACKING AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE, AT LEAST ONE CONSISTENTLY LOSING AIR PRESSURE, REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT MILEAGES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN TREAD WEAR WARRANTY. ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. *TR

TWO PAIR OF TIRES WITH SIDEWALL CRACKING AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE, AT LEAST ONE CONSISTENTLY LOSING AIR PRESSURE, REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT MILEAGES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN TREAD WEAR WARRANTY. ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. *TR

TWO PAIR OF TIRES WITH SIDEWALL CRACKING AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE, AT LEAST ONE CONSISTENTLY LOSING AIR PRESSURE, REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT MILEAGES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN TREAD WEAR WARRANTY. ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO LOCK UP AND REV AT A HIGH RATE, THEN THE CARS BUCKS AND EITHER ENGAGES AT A LOWER GEAR OR YOU HAVE TO SLOW TO A CRAWL BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED AND TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH TRAFFIC ALL AROUND, INCLUDING A SEMI-TRUCK RIGHT BEHIND MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM AND SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I HAD THE CODE CHECKED AND IT IS THE COOLING SENSOR. THE VEHICLE IS NOT OVERHEATING AND LIGHT WILL GO OFF FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN COME ON AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 MAZDA, MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES BECAME OXIDIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT TO BE REPLACED OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESURFACE THE HEADLIGHT LENSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WHEN ACCELERATING OR CLIMBING ENOUGH TO INVOKE A DOWNSHIFT, THE TRANSMISSION OCCASIONALLY SLIPS OR DISENGAGES CAUSING VERY HIGH RPM, FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN DOWNSHIFT AND VERY HARD JERK. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS FAILURE POSES AN EXTREME REAR END COLLISION HAZARD. MAZDA HAS ISSUED TSB 05-016/06 TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT MY DEALER INFORMED ME THAT MAZDA NOW RECOMMENDS A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION CHANGE IN LIEU OF A VALVE BODY CHANGE RECOMMENDED BY THE TSB. THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED, IT'S UNSAFE. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION FAILS AND REVS HIGH WHEN I ACCELERATE TOO HARD OR AM GOING UP A HILL CAUSING A DOWNSHIFT. THIS IS MOST COMMON WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN THE 5TH AND 6TH GEARS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM COMMON IN MANY VEHICLES OF THIS MODEL YEAR. IF I SUDDENLY CAN'T ACCELERATE GOING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND DROP DOWN TO 40MPH AS I WAIT FOR THE RPMS TO GO BACK DOWN, THERE IS A SERIOUS RISK OF BEING REAR ENDED OR SIDE SWIPED DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN BUT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE FIX WOULD COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. *TR

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS CONTINUE TO GO OUT. I HAVE REPLACED THEM NUMBER OF TIMES. THIS IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR NUMEROUS MAZDA3 OWNERS AND MAZDA6 OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT AT NIGHT. *TR