2007 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

THERE WERE NO EVENTS PRIOR TO THE EVENT OTHER THAN REGULAR USE AND ON TIME MAINTENANCE. THE FAILURE HAPPENS WHEN EVER WE PUT GAS IN OUR GAS TANK. AFTER FILLING THE TANK (NO MATTER IF ITS FULL OR EMPTY) THE CAR WILL NOT START. WE HAVE TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION WHILE PRESSING HARD ON THE GAS, AND THEN TAKE OFF. THE CAR WILL SPUTTER FOR ABOUT A MILE AND THEN WILL RUN NORMALLY. THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE STARTING IT, IS WHEN WE PUT GAS IN IT. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO AN AUTHORIZED MECHANIC WHO FLUSHED OUT THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, AND THAT STILL DID NOT WORK. *TR

STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT, EXTREME VIBRATION, AND CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH APPROX MILEAGE WAS 46K WHEN ISSUE STARTED. PROBLEM CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 5 MILES AND THEN STOPPED. ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN TRAVELING APPROX 40 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO MANUFACTURER AND THEY FOUND NO ISSUE, JUST STATED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR A 50K MILE SERVICE. GOT THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE. IN JANUARY '10 WHILE DRIVING APPROX 70 MPH ISSUE STARTED AGAIN, BUT WAS A LOT WORSE, APPROX MILEAGE WAS 52K DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR 50K MILE WARRANTY, TOOK CAR TO REPAIR SHOP, WHEN ARRIVING, ATTEMPTED TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT GO. MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE ISSUE WAS, STEERING COLUMN HAD WENT BAD. HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA 6. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE STEERING AREA. THE NOISE BECAME INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER AND SHE HAD TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT TO CONTROL IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LOWER CHASSIS ARM WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,159. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,340.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA, MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE COULD HEAR A MOANING SOUND WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER REPAIRS. THE REPAIRS THAT WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,159. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,500.

2007 MAZDA6 WITH "NOISE" IN THE FRONT END, MANY PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM REPORTING ONLINE. THE NOISE, A CLUNKING, HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW, BUT AT 45K IT BECAME WORSE, WHERE ONE COULD HEAR IT CONSTANTLY UPON TURNING THE WHEEL/BRAKING. LIKE FRONT END WAS FALLING OFF. NOW THE DEALER SAYS IT IS THE ROTATING ARMS IN THE FRONT AND THAT IT IS NOT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY WITH THE CONSTANT GROANING WHILE ONE TURNS THE WHEEL. ALSO, ONLINE FOLKS SAID THEY HAD THICKER GREASE PUT INTO THE STEERING COLUMN (WHICH WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE ALL THE TIME). THE DEALER DID PUT THE GREASE IN AND NOW THE STEERING IS A LITTLE STIFFER AND BETTER, BUT THE NOISE IN THE FRONT END CONTINUES. WHAT BEGAN WITH A NEW CAR HAVING A SMALL "CLUNK" WITH THE TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL, HAS BECOME A FULL BLOWN ISSUE. PEOPLE ONLINE ALL HAVE REPEATED MY EXACT COMPLAINT ON THIS CAR. WE ALL WONDER, "IS IT REALLY SAFE" TO DRIVE? WARRANTIES ARE OF COURSE GONE, THOUGH POWER TRAIN WARRANTY STILL IN EFFECT, (CAR NOT YET THREE YEARS OLD, BUT EXCEEDING MILEAGE FOR WARRANTY ) MAZDA WILL NOT HONOR THEIR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH' THE ROTATING ARMS ARE CONNECTED TO IT. AS WITH MOST PEOPLE COMPLAINING ONLINE, MAZDA REPLACED MY BRAKES --I PAID OUT 800 TODAY AND 250 FOR A RENTAL CAR. CERTAINLY, BASED ON ALL OF US CONSUMERS HAVING THE EXACT SAME COMPLAINT, SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO REEL IN MAZDA TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT WITH THESE CARS. (SEE ONLINE BLOGS FOR INVESTIGATION). THANK YOU. *TR

MAZDA6 2007 MARCH: CAR LOSES POWER FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITH NO WARNING. IT MAY BE A FAULTY EGR VALVE. WHEN FAILURE HAPPENS THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NARROW ROAD AND ON MOTORWAY WHEN OVERTAKING. BOTH TIMES OTHER ROAD USERS HAVE HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID HITTING MY CAR AS IT SLOWED. *TR

INTERIOR COMPONENT OF ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO THROW A ROD AT 66,000 MILES. NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, DEALER & CORPORATION ARE REFUSING TO COVER COST OF REPAIRS, NOR ARE THEY WILLING TO INVESTIGATE AN APPARENT MANUFACTURE ERROR, OR ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN JULY 2007. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DRIVER'S SIDE IMPACT CRASH ON THE HIGHWAY. NEITHER OF THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT, ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE BACK BUMPER TO THE FRONT BUMPER. THERE WAS NOTHING DONE TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED IN JULY OF 2009. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT SIDE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THEIR BACK, LEFT RIBS, AND HEAD. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE BODY SHOP THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THE DAMAGE SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRBAGS. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS STILL BEING TREATED FOR ALL INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THE ACCIDENT. *TR

THE O-RING USE TO SEAL THE OIL FILTER HOUSING CANNOT BE SEALED TO THE BODY OF THE CAR UNLESS PROPER CAUTION IS TAKEN. THE CONSEQUENCE COULD LEAD TO OIL LOSS AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE RIGHT LANE (THE SLOW LANE) OF THE FREEWAY, GOING AROUND 60-65 MPH. AROUND 4:45 P.M ON A CLEAR DAY, I NOTICED A WHITE SEDAN NEXT TO ME STARTING TO CHANGE LANES INTO MY LANE. IT DID NOT SEE MY CAR, BECAUSE I HAD TO VEER SLIGHT RIGHT TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE CAR. MY CAR DID NOT HANDLE THE SUDDEN MOVE WELL AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO SWERVE LEFT AND RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLY FOR 1-2 SECONDS. I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR EVEN THOUGH BOTH MY HANDS WERE ON THE STEERING WHEEL, TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THE CAR. THE CAR THEN LOST COMPLETE CONTROL AND SWERVED/SPUN ALL THE WAY LEFT (IMAGINE MAKING A COMPLETE LEFT TURN ON THE FREEWAY), INTO THE 3RD LANE. IT CONTINUED GOING IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION UNTIL A WHITE VAN RAN INTO MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY, STOPPING THE CAR IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS POPPED, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE CAR. I WAS AMAZINGLY UNHURT FOR THE MOST PART. I TOOK MY HANDS OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND MANAGED TO OPEN THE DRIVER SEAT DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FINAL POSITION OF THE CAR WAS FACING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC. SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS/PARAMEDICS ARRIVED AND PROCEEDED TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND THE ROADS AND PUSHED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE CAR INSURANCE COMPANY HIRED FORENSIC ENGINEERS TO RECONSTRUCT THE ACCIDENT AND INSPECT THE CAR FOR DAMAGES. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOTHING CONCLUSIVE TO REPORT (ALTHOUGH THE FRONT ROTORS WERE SUSPECT). *TR