2009 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

TAKATA RECALL-I GOT A RECALL MESSAGE IN THE MAIL. I WENT TO DEALER-MAINTENANCE AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT AT HOME. I HAD IT ( SUPPOSEDLY) FIXED AND THEN I GOT A NOTICE FROM MAZDA CORPORATE THAT IT STILL WAS NOT FIXED. I HAVE AN INTERMITTENT STEADY AIRBAG ALARM. THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT 8/10/17. I REPORTED TO THE DEALER THAT I GOT A NOTICE IT HAD NOT BEEN FIXED YET. THEY SAID THEY DID FIX IT AND THE NOTICE WAS ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND IT WAS A NEW AIRBAG RECALL. I ASKED WHEN THEY COULD FIX IT AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A WHILE IN ORDER TO GET THE PARTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT. MY SAFETY AND MY PASSENGERS ARE AT RISK. I DRIVE PEOPLE IN MY CAR. I SENT A COPY OF THE MAINTENANCE REPORT STATING THEY HAD FIXED IT TO MY SISTER IN CASE I AM INVOLVED IN A FATALITY. I CAN FAX THE MAINTENANCE REPORT.

I TOOK MY CAR TO FERMAN MAZDA OF BRANDON 9809 ADAMO DRIVE, TAMPA (813) 623-6600 TO GET THE RECALL DONE. THEY HAD MY CAR FOR TWO AND HALF MONTHS. SAID THEY DID RECALL ON AIRBAG. NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND DOESN'T SHUT OFF. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY REPLACED THE PARTS THAT THEY RECALLED BUT NOW I CHECKED ONLINE IT SAYS IT WASN' AND AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON. NOW I KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T DO WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS DONE.

2009 MAZDA 6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD *JS

ENGINE CRADLE BROKE, CAUSING THE STEERING TO LOCK UP. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATLY 45 MPH STRAIGHT ON A RURAL STATE ROUTE, I BRAKED SLIGHTLY TO SLOW DOWN THEN THE CAR JUST LOCKED UP AND SLID OFF THE ROAD. HAD IT TOWED AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS BROKEN. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THIS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL.

FAULTY E-BRAKE. E-BRAKE BUTTON HAS CORRODED AWAY AND WILL NO LONGER HOLD THE CAR IN PARK (CAR IS A MANUAL, SO THIS IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING SINCE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO OFFICALLY KEEP THE CAR IN PARK WHEN TURNED OFF). CAR WAS PARKED IN A STATIONARY POSITION, ON A SLIGHTLY SLANTED ROAD. CAME BACK AND CAR HAD SLIGHTLY BACKED UP INTO CAR BEHIND IT BECAUSE PARKING BREAK HAD 'LET GO'. LUCKILY SLANT WAS SMALL ENOUGH TO NOT CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE CAR BEHIND MINE, AND ONLY LEFT A MINOR DENT IN MY REAR BUMPER. INSIDE OF CAR WAS HOT (IT WAS A USUAL HOT DAY) AND SEEMED AS THOUGH THE ACTUAL PARKING BREAK BUTTON, OR GLUE THAT HELD IT ON, HAD MELTED. I CAN NOW NO LONGER KEEP THE BREAK IN PARK - HAVE TO EITHER PUT IT IN FIRST GEAR, OR PHYSICALLY HOLD THE BREAK UP WITH SOMETHING UNDERNEATH, PUTTING MY CAR AND OTHER AT RISK FOR CAR ROLLING BACK.

THE VEHICLE IS 8 YEARS OLD, HAS 133000 MILES, HAS HAD 1 OWNER, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOUSED IN A GARAGE. DESPITE THIS, THE FRONT SUB-FRAME ASSEMBLY IS RUSTED AND ROTTING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO GET THE RIGHT INNER/OUTER TIE RODS AND TIE ROD BOOT REPLACED, BUT ONCE ON A LIFT A MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE PERVASIVE RUST. THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THAT THE RUST/ROT WAS SO BAD THAT THE MOUNT POINT FOR THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY NO LONGER ATTACHES TO THE SUB-FRAME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE TURNED ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND HEARD A SCREECHING SOUND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE STEERING WHEEL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SWAY BAR LINK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER, MAZDA OF BEDFORD IN BEDFORD, OHIO, WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 1-836240644. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" WE HAVE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICES AND HAVE TAKEN OUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO CHECK ON THE REPAIR. WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTICES NOT THAT STATE IN BOLD UNDERLINED PRINT "UNTIL THIS REPAIR IS PERFORMED, DO NOT ALLOW PASSENGERS TORIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. NOW WE CAN NOT HAVE ANYONE USE THAT SEAT AND I SURE DON'T WANT MY GRANDSON TO BE IN A CAR SEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK SEAT FOR FEAR THAT HE COULD BE INJURED! OUR DEALER HAS NO IDEA WHEN THEY WILL RECEIVE THE PARTS FOR REPAIR! THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF NOW! I HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAR WHILE MY HUSBAND DRIVES THE CAR! THIS IS JUST CRAZY!!

I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ALIGNMENT GOING OUT HAD IT DONE AND A DAY LATER WENT BACK OUT. APON REVIEW IT TURN OUT THE SUB FRAME BY THE MOTOR CRADLE IS DISINTEGRATED CAUSING THE PROBLEMS WITH STEERING AND ALIGNMENT.

TAKATA INFLATORS: I RECEIVED SEVERAL RECALL NOTICES (E.G. 16V-594, 13V425000, 11V134000, 09V043000) REGARDING MY 2009 MAZDA6 ([XXX]) AND TRACY MAZDA CONDUCTED VARIOUS REPAIRS. DURING EACH REPAIR, I MENTIONED THE AIRBAG INFLATOR ALERT (SEE ATTACHMENT). AFTER SERVICE OR REPAIR WAS CONDUCTED, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RESET OR CLEARED BY THE MECHANIC. FOR A PERIOD OF ONE WEEK OF COMMUTING (HOME TO WORK OR VICE VERSA), THE INFLATOR INDICATOR DISAPPEARED. THEN IT RETURNED, DURING SHORT WARM UP, AFTER DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE, INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS/FREEWAYS, ETC. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE FOLLOWING THE LAST RECALL/SERVICE-REPAIR PER RECEIPTS NOTATION, I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAVE TO PAY $85 FOR DIAGNOSIS FEE BECAUSE THE AIR INFLATOR INDICATOR IS NOT A PART OF THE FOREGOING PROBLEM. IF INDEED THE NECESSARY REPAIRS WERE DONE RIGHT, SHOULD MY VEHICLE AIRBAG INFLATOR INDICATOR WOULD INDICATE A WARNING? IS RESETTING THE AIRBAG INFLATOR INDICATOR THE "REAL" SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR