2003 MAZDA MAZDA6 Complaints

REAR WHEEL STUDS. ONE OF MY REAR WHEEL LUG BOLTS IS CRACKED UP IN THE LUG NUT AND ANOTHER ONE BROKE OFF AND IS MISSING.THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I CAN'T EVEN GET MY CAR INSPECTED BECAUSE OUR LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE DOES NOT CARRY THIS ITEM. *TR

I PURCHASED MY MAZDA IN 2003. SINCE THE PURCHASE EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THE END OF OCT. 2005 MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR WAS SHAKING, AND MY RPMS WHERE MALFUNCTIONING (GOING UP AND DOWN, THEN BACK UP AGAIN). I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR JUMPED TIME, MY CAR HAD UNDER 45K MILES. THEY FIXED IT, BUT IN THE BEGINNING OF NOV. 2005, NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER, MY CAR DID THE SAME THING, BUT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE BOLTS IN MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 I HAD A VACUUM LEAK, MY CAR WOULD START AND STOP, I HAD THAT REPAIRED AT REPAIR SHOP OF MY OWN CHOSE, SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS UP. NOW IN APRIL 2007, I WAS INFORMED BY A REPAIR SHOP, OF MY OWN CHOSE, THAT I THROWN A ROD IN MY MOTOR. *TR

AFTER 4 PREVIOUS REPAIRS I STARTED MY CAR AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ONCE AGAIN BEGAN TO FLASH, THIS TIME FLASHING RAPIDLY. I CALLED THE DEALER WHO TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE THE RAPID FLASH MEANS THE CAR IS UNSAFE. I WAS TOLD I HAD A BAD COIL. AFTER A $400 REPAIR, I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME LIGHT FLASH. THE DEALER THEN TOLD ME MY CATALIYTIC CONVERTERS SPLIT. NOW I HAVE A $4,600 REPAIR JOB ON A 2003. PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FOR THE PAST YEAR. THANK YOU. *NM

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND OUT OF 6 AIR BAGS ALL OF THEM FAILED TO COME OUT. BECAUSE OF THERE FAILURE I RECEIVED VARIOUS INJURIES THAT ARE KEEPING ME FROM WORK. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND ON MANY OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THIS OCCURRED EVEN WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE RAN THROUGH A RED LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERS WHO DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS PERTAINING TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

WHEN BRAKES ARE USED THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THAT THE BRAKE HARDWARE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE GRINDING PROBLEM WE HAD TAKEN IN FOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PREVIOUSLY. WE HAD ALSO HAD TO TAKE THE CAR IN 4+ TIMES TELLING THEM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH COLD STARTING, GETTING A "WE CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM"...THE 5TH TIME IT HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THIS IS AFTER THEY SOLD US A $120 BATTERY BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2003 MAZDA 6 WITH 56,000 MILES TO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY MORNING ON A BUSY 2-LANE HIGHWAY. SHE SHIFTED (LIKELY TO 4TH), AND THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION LOCKED-UP. FORTUNATELY, SHE IS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH AND COAST THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. IF SHE HAD BEEN INEXPERIENCED, OR IF A SHOULDER HAD NOT BEEN AVAILABLE, OR IF THE CAR BEHIND HER HAD BEEN CLOSER, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. REGARDING, THE TRANSMISSION, IT HAD BEEN MAINTAINED WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED FLUID CHANGES, AND IT WAS LOCKED-UP AND DAMAGED BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR. A USED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED BY THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALER AT A COST OF OVER $2,000. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER FAINTING, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A STOP SIGN AT 10 MPH. THE IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE CENTER OF THE HOOD. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY UNTIL THE CONSUMER OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS DEEMED TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE HAS BEEN NO INSPECTION OF THE AIR BAG PROBLEM. UPDATED 6/16/2006 - *NM

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS FROM CAROUSEL MOTORS HIGHWAY 1 WEST, IOWA CITY IOWA 52246. 319-354-2550 WHILE CHANGING OIL THEY DISCONNECTED A HOSE WHICH ANOTHER DEALER WAS ABLE TO FIND AND REPAIR. WHILE TALKING THE CAR IN AND HAVING IT IN THEIR POSSESSION IT RECEIVED $3,000 DAMAGE. THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM IN OVER 20 DAYS. NEXT THEY PUT A FUSE BOX DOOR COVER ON UNDER WARRANTY. IN DOING SO THEY REMOVED THE SILL COVER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN THEY REPLACED THE SILL COVER THE DROVE THE LOCK DOWNS ON THE COVER THROUGH THE WIRING HARNESS. OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT THE HAD DONE THEY BLAMED ME FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CAROUSEL MOTORS SHOULD NOT HAVE A MAZDA FRANCHISE. IT IS NOT FOR THE SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS REASONS AS STATED BUT FOR THE FACT THAT A MR. PAT LINN THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE DEALERSHIP HAS CALLED MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT RAKING ME THROUGH THE DIRT TO MY MANAGER AT WORK TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ME TO MY BOSS. HE HAS TURNED THIS INTO A PERSONAL MATTER AND NOT A BUSINESS MATTER. IS THIS A REACTION OF AN ADULT? HIS OWNER NEEDS TO LOCK HIS HEALS TOGETHER, RELEASE HIM FROM HIS POSSITION, AND HAVE THE DEALERSHIP APPOLOGIZE FOR HIS MISUSE OF HIS POSITION. HARRASSMENT AND SLANDER ARE NOT AND WILL NOT BE TOLLERATED. PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO MAZDA . *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST PROBLEM INVOLVED THE BRAKE PADS THAT WERE WORN OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 20,000 MILES. THE SECOND PROBLEM DEALT WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOMETIMES THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ROUGHLY. THIRD PROBLEM, IN COLD WEATHER, THE ENGINE SURGED AND REVVED HIGH FOR THREE SECONDS. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT THE BRAKE WEAR WAS NORMAL. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK