2006 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

CAR LOSES POWER ON ACCELERATION WHEN COLD. IT BUCKS AND KICKS BACK WHEN THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. CAR NEEDS TO BE SLOWED DOWN AND SHIFTED IN 1ST IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE CAUSING POSSIBLE REAR END COLLISION PROBLEMS. SEE POST HERE FOR OTHER OWNERS REPORTING SAME ISSUE:HTTP://FORUM.MAZDA6CLUB.COM/INDEX.PHP?SHOWTOPIC=65171&ST=0 *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY, AND THE ENGINE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH DID NOT PRODUCE ANY FAILURE CODES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

OUR 2006 MAZDA 6 GT WAS TOTALED IN A WRECK IN WHICH IT FLIPPED 4 OR MORE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN INTO THE MEDIAN. THE SPEED AT THE TIME ACCIDENT OCCURRED WAS 70 MPH. NOT ONE OF THE 6 EQUIPPED AIR BAGS WAS DEPLOYED. I CONTACTED MAZDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT APPARENTLY NONE OF THE SENSORS WERE TRIPPED AND THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT NOT ONE OF 6 WOULD TRIP IN AN ACCIDENT THAT VIOLENT. MY INSURANCE ALSO DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE. THIS IS PROBLEM BECAUSE MOST OF US BELIEVE THAT OUR AIR BAGS WILL PROTECT US IN MOST ANY WRECK, ESPECIALLY ONE IN WHICH YOU ARE FLIPPING ON PAVEMENT. THANK GOD THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES, NO THANKS TO AIR BAGS. *NM

2000 MAZDA 626 - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - 52K MILES 1) NO REVERSE - ONE TIME INCIDENT IN MAY, MOVED IT FORWARDED AND RAN THROUGH THE OTHER GEARS AND THEN IT WENT INTO REVERSE... SO DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. IN LATE SEPTEMBER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. FREQUENCY INCREASED OVER NEXT MONTH. NO PATTERN... HOT, COLD, DRY, WET, ETC. 2) I NOW HAVE NO REVERSE MOST OF THE TIME, THOUGH STILL INTERMITTENT 3) TOOK TO AAMCO... IT'S NOT ELECTRICAL, NEEDS TOTAL OVERHAUL FOR $2K 6 YEAR OLD CAR WITH ONLY 52K MILES, NOT DRIVEN HARD... SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I HAD A 1987 MAZDA 626 THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE AT 11 YEARS OLD. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE IDLING, A HIGH PITCH NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE. THE NOISE WAS ALSO PRESENT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DURING NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE NOISE CAME FROM THE BELT TENSIONER AND REPLACED IT. THE NOISE PERSISTED AND AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE WATER PUMP WAS THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE AND REPLACED THE PUMP HOUSING GASKET. NONE OF THE REPAIRS PERFORMED ELIMINATED THE NOISE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. CUSTOMER SERVICE COLLECTED THE INFORMATION BUT NO SOLUTION WAS PROVIDED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE INABILITY OF THE MECHANICS TO PRODUCE A SOLUTION IN VEHICLE PURCHASED BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 1323 MILES.

ENGINE POWER DECREASES SUBSTANTIALLY GOING UPHILL WHEN YOU PUSH ACCELERATOR. EVEN AFTER THE RECALL ITEM WAS FIXED (REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER), IT STILL DOES IT, ESPECIALLY ON OTHER THEN 93 OCTANE GAS WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE. WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS WITH ACCIDENTS. *JB

I LEASED MY FULLY LOADED 2006 MAZDA A6 BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2005. EVER SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE CAR. FIRST, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS NOT GOING DOWN. A FEW DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, I REALIZED THAT THE TURBO KEPT GIVING OUT ON ME. THEN I CAME ACROSS A HUGE DILEMMA, WHERE THE LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL, DRIVE SHAFT, AND ALL THE BOLTS AND HINGES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF A BOLT WHICH WAS NOT TORQUE ENOUGH. THEN, THE BRAKES KEPT MAKING AN ANNOYING NOISE EVEN WITHOUT THE BRAKES APPLIED AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TIRES WEAR AND TEAR WAS HORRIBLE AT 6,000 MILES, TO THE POINT WHERE I SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM, AND MAZDA DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRE WAS TOO LOW. AFTER THAT, THE KEYLESS ENTRY/KEYLESS START REMOTE STOPPED WORKING, AND HAD TO OPEN THE CAR MANUALLY, WHICH GOT FIXED AFTER 2 ATTEMPTS, AND JUST REPLACED THE WHOLE THING. NOW, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR AXLE, AND HOW IT HAS TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE WHEN THE LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEM CAME ACROSS, THEY NEGLECTED TO LOOK OR FIX THE AXLE FROM THE START. NOW THEY HAVE THE COURAGE TO TELL ME THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE AXLE, AND RENT A CAR, AND ALL THE EXPENSES, BECAUSE THEY WERE NEGLIGENT OF LOOKING AT IT FROM THE START. THEY ARE BLAMING THE AXLE ISSUE ON THE TIRES, WHEN THEY WERE BAD TO START WITH AND THE TIRES THAT WERE GOING BAD WERE THE FRONT ONES, NOT THE REAR. *JB

I WAS DRIVING A HERTZ RENTED MAZDA 6 2006 WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,100 MILES ON IT. WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE CAR SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A TRUCK AND SWERVED BACK TO THE LEFT AND HIT A MEDIAN. ON SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STEERING LINKAGES WERE FAULTY AND HAD FAILED. THE POLICE HAVE RECORDED THE INCIDENT AS MECHANICAL FAILURE. THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED DUE TO IMPACT, THE SIDE AIR BAG HAD RELEASED AND THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY COME OFF (THE LAST MENTIONED BEING THE CAUSE OF THE ABOVE ACCIDENT). THE RENTAL COMPANY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT, SO FAR I HAVE NOT GOT ANY INFORMATION BACK. *JB

A POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE POWER WINDOW FUNCTION. I NOTICED THAT IF MOMENTARY CONTACT OF THE WINDOW CLOSE SWITCHES WERE MADE (OF A LONG ENOUGH DURATION) THE WINDOWS WOULD CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. IF THE OPERATOR WERE TO DISCOVER THAT THE WRONG WINDOW WAS BEING CLOSED .....SIMPLY LETTING UP ON THE SWITCH WOULD NOT STOP THE POWER WINDOW FUNCTION. THE WINDOW WOULD CONTINUE TO RAISE,EVEN IF SOMEONE'S ARM OR EXTREMITY WAS IN THE WINDOW. IF A PERSON WERE TO MAKE SUCH AN ERROR OF SELECTING THE WRONG WINDOW WITH NORMAL POWER WINDOWS.....SIMPLY LETTING UP ON THE SWITCHES STOPS THE OPERATION. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE WITH THE 2006 MAZDA 6 THAT I LEASED. I DID NOT TEST THE FORCE THAT THE WINDOW WAS CAPABLE OF EXERTING BEFORE STOPPING ON ITS OWN. I IMAGINE ON A SMALL CHILD THAT IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH FORCE TO BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. *JB