2010 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE MELTED AND IS STICKY CAUSING A GLARE....UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. THE CONSUMER DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER DIRECTLY. HE CONTACTED MAZDA USA CORP AND WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THEREFORE, IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. UPDATED 09/01/15*B

TOOK MY 2010 MAZDA 6 TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE. AS PART OF THEIR SAFETY CHECK THEY REPORTED THAT BOTH OF MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT. I WAS QUOTED $172.00 FOR REPLACING THE BULBS. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT TO U-TUBE TO SEE HOW DIFFICULT THIS WAS TO WARRANT THE CHARGE. ONE OF THE VIDEOS SHOWED A MAZDA 3 OWNER WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM OUT. HE TAPPED THE OUTER LENS WITH HIS FIST AND THE LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT OUT AND TRIED THE SAME ON MY MAZDA 6 AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AND WERE NORMAL. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MAZDA HAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THERE HEADLIGHT WIRING OR CONNECTIONS. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD IS MELTING COMPLETE OFF AND AIR BAGS MIGHT NOT DEPLOY IF VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA 6. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME TIGHT AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,213.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT 40,000 MILES AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2MORE TIMES. YESTERDAY, NO LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AGAIN SO I GOOGLED PROBLEM. OVER 170 REPORTS ON ONE SITE OF SAME PROBLEM FOR VARIOUS MAZDA MODELS AND YEARS. INTERESTINGLY, THE VIDEO ON THE SITE SAYS IF YOU RAP THE OUTER HEADLIGHT CASING THE LIGHT COMES ON BUT MAY NOT STAY ON ONCE CAR IS SHUT OFF. THIS WORKED FOR VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE SITE AND MYSELF. MAZDA MUST BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT IS DOING NOTHING FOR CONSUMERS. ALSO THEIR ENGINEERING DESIGN MAKES REPLACING BULBS A $150 ADVENTURE AS THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES. *TR

THE DASHBOARD IS MELTING. IT IS STICKY TO THE TOUCH, HAS A CHEMICAL, RUBBERY SMELL, AND REFLECTS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD AFFECTING VISIBILITY. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. *TR

THE DASHBOARD HAS BEGUN TO MELT FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT. NOT ONLY IS IT STICKY TO THE TOUCH, BUT IT HAS BECOME VERY REFLECTIVE WHICH AT TIMES CAN REFLECT & OBSCURE YOU VISION WHEN DRIVING. THIS IS CLEARLY A DRIVING HAZARD, AND IT IS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL FOR MAZDA NOT TO HELP IN THE MANNER. I CONTACTED MAZDA, THEY PROCEED TO ADVICE THAT MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO AN AUTHORIZED MAZDA DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. FROM THERE I WAS TO CONTACT THEIR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT (18002225500) TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP WITH THE COST OF THE REPAIR AS PART OF AN AFTER WARRANTY AID. *TR

WHILE SERVICING A CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE, THE VALVE STEM BROKE. THIS RESULTED IN TIRE DEFLATION AND THE NEED TO REPAIR THE TPMS SENSOR AT A COST OF $73.40. *TR

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AS PART OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V134000 ON 21 JULY 2011. HOWEVER, VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK CRACKED IN APRIL 2013 AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. AFTER SMELLING GASOLINE AFTER FILL UP AND NOTICING A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE IN DRIVEWAY IN APRIL 2013, OWNER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER REPLACED TANK ON 15 APRIL 2013. OVER THE LAST YEAR AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, MAZDA HAS SINCE DECLINED TO REIMBURSE OWNER FOR REPAIR AND REPROGRAM ECU PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V114000. RECALL FROM JULY 2011 WAS SUPPOSED TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBLY OF A CRACKED FUEL TANK, BUT IT DIDN'T. OWNER HAS PICTURES OF CRACKED TANK AND DEALER WORK ORDERS FROM JULY 2011 AND APRIL 2013 AND CAN PROVIDE IF NEEDED. OWNER WORRIED THAT IF THE ECU ISN'T REPROGRAMMED, THE TANK WILL CRACK AGAIN. *TR

MY MAZDA DASHBOARD IS MELTING. IT IS VERY STICKY, SHINY AND I CANNOT THE STAND THE SMELL OF IT. SINCE THE DASHBOARD BECAME SHINY IT REFLECTS LIGHT IN TO MY EYES AND IT KIND OF BLINDS ME SOMETIMES. I CANNOT CLEAN IT OR TOUCH IT. *TR