2012 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS.. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS 3 TIMES THEY ARE BURNING OUT REPEATEDLY...I DRIVE WITH MY HIGH BEAMS MORE OFTEN THAN THE LOW BEAMS... I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER 4 TIMES FOR ONE OF THE LOW BEAMS BEING OUT...THIS IS A BIT UNFAIR..... I HAVEN'T EVER IN MY LIFE PUT SO MANY BULBS INTO ONE CAR!! APPARENTLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE?? OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAUSED.

I HAVE REPLACED MY HEADLIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MONTHS.I AM NO CAR EXPERT BUT I KNOW THIS IS NOT NORMAL NOR SAFE.IN ADDITION THEY NOW SHINE VERY DIME.AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS I SEE IT'S NOT JUST ME BUT I AM STILL TAKING IT IN.TONIGHT ALONE ONE OF THEM JUST WENT OUT ON ONE OF THE DARKEST ROADS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY TIMES I'VE DRIVEN WITH HIGH BEAMS BECAUSE MY LIGHT (S) WENT OUT.

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE DASH I WILL FLASH IN AND OUT. WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND WHEN IT COMES BACK ON THE VEHICLE WILL REV UP CAUSING AN UNSAFE SPEED. THE ECM WAS REPLACED AND TWO MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THE DEALER CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG

WHEN THE CAR STANDS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IT MAKES A GRINDING SOUND WITHIN SECONDS AFTER START. I HAVE SPENT THREE YEARS TRYING TO GET IT FIXED. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES. FIRST ITS THIS THEN THAT BUT REMAINS UNFIXED. ON THE INTERNET YOU CAN SEE COMPLAINTS STARTING WITH 2009. I TRIED TO TALK TO MAZDA BUT THEY TELL ME ITS A DEALER PROBLEM. I WOULDN'T TRY TO TALK TO THEM IF THE DEALER TOOK CARE OF IT. I WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE MANAGER ITS IN MOST OF THE 6 MODEL. THE MAZDA FIXES HAVEN'T WORKED. IF I COULD AFFORD A LAWSUIT I WOULD HAVE BY NOW. I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE DEAD SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I WOULD GET RID OF THE CAR BUT I STILL OWE TO MUCH. CAR IS STATIONARY. THEY BLAME THE AIR CONDITIONER LAST. MY CAR HAS ONLY 7000 MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 MAZDA 6. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V114000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS CONTINUALLY FAIL TO WORK. I HAVE HAD THE BULBS REPLACED 3 X IN 3 YEARS AS THE OWNER AND ONCE AGAIN THE LOW BEAMS ARE OUT. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS POST IT IS CLEAR MAZDA HAS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED. DRIVING WITH HIGH BEAMS ON IS DANGEROUS AND ANNOYING TO OTHER DRIVERS. I GUESS ITS TIME TO BUY SOMETHING OTHER THAN A MAZDA.

WIRING SYSTEM PROBLEM WITH FRONT HEADLIGHTS RESULTS IN LOSS OF LIGHTING, POTENTIAL COULD CAUSE FIRE.

PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON (HIGH BEAMS WORK FINE). I'VE CHANGE THE BULB BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS.

I NOTICED MY PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM WAS OUT ON MY 2012 MAZDA6. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE FOR HOW TO CHANGE THE BULB, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD FIXED THE ISSUE BY LIGHTLY HITTING THE SIDE OF THE HEADLIGHT COVER. I TRIED IT AND IT FIXED IT! SINCE IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN (JUST A WEEK LATER) AND CAME BACK ON WHEN I WENT OVER A BUMPY AREA IN THE ROAD. I LIVE IN AN AREA WITH A LIGHT ORDINANCE AND THE ROADS ARE PITCH BLACK ENOUGH TO SEE EVERY STAR IN THE SKY AT NIGHT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. NOTICED JUST LAST NIGHT THAT NEITHER OF MY LOW BEAMS WILL TURN ON. THOUGHT IT WAS A WEIRD COINCIDENCE THAT NORMALLY YOU NOTICE WHEN ONE LIGHT BURNS OUT BUT BOTH? I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH A LOT OF MAZDA MAKES AND MODELS AND THE FIX IS NEITHER CHEAP NOR TIME FRIENDLY. I WILL CALL A MAZDA DEALER TOMORROW TO FIND OUT THEIR RECOMMENDATION BUT I AM SURE ITS GOING TO COST ME A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX OR EVEN LOOK AT. TURNS OUT THE FIX IS SMACKING THE TOP OF THE HEADLIGHT TO GET IT TO COME BACK ON BUT THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX..