2009 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCKS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,000. UPDATED 03/16/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THREE OF THE SCREWS WERE MISSING. HE ALSO CHECKED THE OTHER DOORS, AND THEY WERE EITHER MISSING OR LOOSE. UPDATED 04/09/12

VALVE STEM CRACKED THEN COMPLETELY BROKE OFF UNDER THE PLASTIC CAP. THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON 2-3 DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. EACH MORNING WHEN COLD DURING FIRST START UP LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING AFTER VEHICLE WARMED LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF. ON WAY HOME FROM WORK TRAVELING 70MPH LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK THE NEXT EXIT AND STOPPED AT GAS STATION TO FILL UP TIRES, REMOVED VALVE STEM CAP AND INSTALLED AIR HOSE. AIR HOSE COULD NOT FILL UP TIRE, AIR JUST CAME OUT OF THE SIDE OF STEM, REINSTALLED VALVE CAP. AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW THE STEM WAS CRACKED SO I DROVE THE CAR VERY SLOWLY APPROX 3 MILES TO MY PARENTS HOUSE SO MY DAD COULD HELP. HE TRIED TO REMOVE THE VALVE CAP, AT THIS TIME THE STEM COMPLETELY BROKE OFF AT THE THREADS AND STAYED WITH THE CAP. THE STEM INTERNAL PARTS SPRANG OUT SO IT WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE TIRE AND INSTALL THE SPARE. WE TOOK THE TIRE TO NEAREST BELLE TIRE SO THEY COULD REPLACE THE STEM BUT SINCE IT WAS A DEALER ONLY PART ALL THEY COULD WAS REPLACE IT WITH A STANDARD RUBBER STEM WITH NO SENSOR. THEY MENTIONED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE, TO WHICH I WAS VERY SURPRISED. THESE SENSORS WERE CREATED TO COMBAT LOW AIR PRESSURE AFTER THE "TREAD ACT" AND IRONICALLY ARE CAUSING A LOW AIR PRESSURE. THE ORIGINAL CAUSE OF THE PRESSURE LIGHT WAS DUE TO A SLIGHTLY BENT RIM ON THE INSIDE. THIS HAD A SLOW LEAK AFTER BELLE TIRE REPLACED THE STEM. WE TOOK THE TIRE TO BRIGHTON MAZDA THE FOLLOWING DAY TO REPLACE THE SENSOR, THEY TOO SAID THEY HAD SEEN CRACKED STEMS IN THE PAST. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND DETERMINE IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I THINK ITS VERY IRONIC THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN THE FREE RUBBER STEMS ALMOST NEVER FAIL AND $70 SENSORS ARE BREAKING ON A 3 YEAR OLD CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED AND CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE TIRES OR THE VALVE STEM. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED TWICE. THE DEALER FIRST REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERS EXPENSE BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRING THE VEHICLE A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

2009 MAZDA 6. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING OUTER DOOR HANDLE VOLUNTARY SAFETY RECALL 5209A *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT ONE OF THE DOORS WAS STILL OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. DESPITE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE ALL THE DOORS WERE SECURELY CLOSED, THE LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON, UNTIL THE CONSUMER STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE ABS, TCS AND BRAKE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AS WELL. THE CONSUMER THEN DISCOVERED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE VEHICLE BY USING THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE. THE BUTTON WAS NON-RESPONSIVE AND SYMPTOMS ONLY WORSENED AS TIME WENT BY. THE CONSUMER WENT TO A REPAIR FACILITY AND A DIAGNOSTICS TEST REVEALED THE FAULTY DOOR HANDLE WAS THE REASON FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THE RECALL. WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED, HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING FOR NO REASON. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER AND PART WAS ORDERED AND REPLACED PER BULLETIN 08-001/09. APPARENTLY CORRODED PART. NOW, 07/08/2010, AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING AGAIN. MUST TAKE TO DEALER TO SERVICE AGAIN. (NOW OUT OF WARRANTY)

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY AC ON IN MY 2009 MAZDA 6 AND THE CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND THE AC GOT HOT. I HAD TO PULL OVER WITH MY INFANT IN THE CAR INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO MAZDA AND THEY SAID THAT THE COOLING FAN FOR THE MOTOR AND THE AC WERE FAULTY, BUT SINCE THE CAR WAS 4,000 MILES OVER WARRANTY, THEY WOULD ONLY GIVE $200 TOWARD THE $907 JOB FOR THEIR FAULTY PART. I LOOKED IT UP AND THERE IS A TSB FOR THIS PART. NHTSA ITEM #10032548 . IF THERE ARE MANY OTHERS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS FAULTY MANUFACTURED PART ON RELATIVELY NEW CARS I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT WAS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE SUMMER HERE WHEN THE AC WENT AND MY CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT WITH MY 6 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR. MY CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 MAZDA 6 S TOURING WITH 18000 MILES ON IT AND THE THREE SCREWS THAT HOLD THE DRIVERS DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY ON CAME LOOSE AND FELL OUT. THESE SCREWS SHOULD OF BEEN LOCKED TIGHTENED IN PLACE AND IT SEEMS THAT ALL THE LATCH SCREWS ON THE CAR WERE NOT SECURED NOT TO WORK LOOSE. *TR. ..UPDATED 04/18/13 *BF

IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY LOCAL WALGREEN'S, I GOT OUT OF MY CAR, CLOSED THE DOOR AND MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALL CURTAIN AIRBAGS, AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT AIRBAG. I WAS NOT IN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT, NOR WHERE THERE ANY CARS AROUND ME. I SIMPLY PULLED INTO THE WALGREEN'S TO STOP AND VERIFIED I HAD NOT LEFT SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT I NEEDED AT HOME.

TL* THE CONTACT WAS SERVICING A 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VALVE STEM ON THE TIRE PRESSURE MOUNTING TRAIN SYSTEM WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND CAUSING THE TIRE TO LEAK AIR ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE, NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,349 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,349.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY TURNED THE DEFROST ON AND A YELLOW SAC SPIDER CAME OUT OF THE VENT AND BIT HIM. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH A PHARMACIST REGARDING THE SPIDER BITE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HEARD OF THE FAILURE WITH THE YELLOW SAC SPIDER. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD CONSIDERED ISSUING A RECALL NOTICE AT THE END OF MARCH OR THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED IN OTHER COUNTRIES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER CAME TO HIS HOME, RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE, INSPECTED IT BY PLACING A STICK AND A BRUSH INSIDE THE FUEL LINE. IF THERE WERE NO SPIDERS IN THE FUEL LINE, THEY WOULD RETURN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED SINCE THEY WERE NOT CHECKING THE AIR VENTS WHERE THE SPIDER WAS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THE SPIDERS COULD COME OUT OF THE VENTS WHILE DRIVING. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,800.