2006 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6 Complaints

DRIVING THE CAR ON THE TURNPIKE AND HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWOUT. IMMEDIATELY PULLED CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART, BUT MADE NOISE AND WOULD NOT START. CALLED HUSBAND, WHO ARRIVED AND SAID THE ENGINE HAD COME APART. THERE WERE PHYSICAL PIECES OF THE ENGINE BLOCK UP TO THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL IN THE SKID PLATE UNDER THE ENGINE, AS WELL AS OIL UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND ON THE ROAD. WE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MAZDA A FEW WEEKS EARLIER INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE SEALS IN THE TURBO AND A STOP PIN IN THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT) AND IF THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS TO BRING IT TO THE DEALER FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR, UP TO 7 YEARS/70K MILES. CALLED DEALER AND MAZDA HQ NEXT MORNING. MAZDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS ACTED IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE ROOT CAUSE AND REASON FOR FAILURE, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS 1K MILES OUT OF THE COVERAGE PERIOD. MAZDA PAID FOR TOW TO DEALER, BUT ONCE THERE MAZDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS WANTED ME TO PAY FOR THE ENGINE TEARDOWN AND BEGAN TO DANCE AROUND THE WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THE VVT PROBLEM INFORMING ME THAT MAZDA IS RIGID ON THE 7YRS/70K MILES. I QUESTIONED MAZDA ON THE DISCUSSION THE PREVIOUS DAY REGARDING THE POST-MORTEM TEARDOWN AND ANALYSIS, WHERE I WAS GIVEN THE IMPRESSION MAZDA WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE TOW AND THE TEARDOWN TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND THEN THE CLAIM WOULD BE EVALUATED FROM THERE. MAZDA DID A COMPLETE TURN AROUND AND WOULD NOT HONOR THEIR INITIAL WORD, NOW INFORMING ME I WOULD BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WORK PERFORMED ON THE CAR. *TR

CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY WELD FAILED. SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL OF CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT / DISENGAGEMENT. *JS

I LOVE THE MAZDASPEED 6 CAR. WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS THAT RECENTLY I'VE HAD TO BORROW ANOTHER CAR TO DRIVE DUE TO THE WHITE SMOKE FROM THE MAZDA. I'VE HAD THE 2006 MAZDASPEED 6 FOR A YEAR NOW WITH 64,XXX MILES, DRIVES WELL, COMFORT COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE. TILL RANDOMLY I NOTICED WHITE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST. I'M A SAFE DRIVER AND KEEP MY CAR MAINTAINED WELL. THE "WHITE SMOKE" IS MOST VISIBLE AT IDLE. I DID NOT WISH TO GET AN EMISSIONS TICKET, SO I PARKED IT IN MY PARENTS GARAGE. HAVING TO BORROW A ANOTHER CAR IS A REAL PAIN. I HAVE READ UPON MANY SITE'S AND FORUMS TRYING TO SEE IF THIS IS A EASY FIX. IT HAS COME TO A CONCLUSION IT IS NOT. THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERS HAVE PUSHED ME AWAY DUE TO THIS WHITE SMOKE. I FEEL DISRESPECTED AS A MAZDA OWNER TO BE TURNED DOWN ON ANY HELP ABOUT THIS FAILURE. I HAVE SPENT OVER A $1000 DOLLARS TO TRY LOCAL SHOPS AND STILL THIS FAILURE IS KILLING MY BUDGET. I DO HOPE TO RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM MAZDA CORP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO READ THIS, AS I HOPE TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND STATED THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITHIN THE ENGINE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

CAR-2006 MAZDA SPEED 6-MAZDA HIT A PICKUP---SLID SIDEWAYS INTO THE CENTER GUARDRAIL--REAR END THEN HIT THE SIDE GUARD RAIL---FRONT END THEN RAN INTO THE CENTER GUARD RAIL AND WAS LODGE IN CENTER GUARD RAIL. NEITHER THE SIDE OR FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE SIDE AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS----UNSURE OF EXACT SPEED AND MILEAGE AT TIME OF INCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 6. WHILE ACCELERATING OR MAKING A TURN AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE REAR. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,912 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND GOING DOWN THE EXIT RAMP WHEN MY CLUTCH WENT OUT ON THE CAR. IT IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH 17000 MILES ON IT. IT IS A 2006 MAZDA MAZDASPEED6. I HAVE BEEN READING ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MORE THAT JUST MY CAR. IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS. THE REPAIR COST IS $3,0000 DOLLARS WHICH FOR A FAIRLY NEW CAR IS RIDICULOUS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA SPEED 6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MISFIRE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND ALLOWED IT TO REST. AFTERWARDS, IT APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE LATER RECURRED AND THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FOLLOWED BY SMOKE. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED A TRAIL OF OIL. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY COVERED IN OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND CONTINUED TO LEAK. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED A LARGE HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE DEALER WAS SUPPOSED TO DO A TEARDOWN OF THE MOTOR, BUT THEY REFUSED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY STILL AT THE DEALER AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 51,000.

2006 MAZDASPEED6 REAR DIFFERENTIAL MOUNTING BOLTS SHEARED OFF. CRACKED REAR DIFFERENTIALS FRONT CASE AS WELL. TOOK TO THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY, THEY REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT. CAUSING THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL CASE TO CRACK UNDER THE TENSION OF DRIVING IT. THEY THEN DECIDED TO LOOK AT IT. *JB