MAZDA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 3. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE OIL HOUSING FILTER FRACTURED. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TRAVELING WITH FAMILY ON I95 STARTED SMELLING A BURNING ODOR. LATER DEVELOPED A DISTINCT VIBRATION AND GRINDING SOUND. GOT IT HOME NOW NON USABLE. VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AT MY SHOP , A LOSS DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY, AND AS SUCH BRANDED. FAULKNER MAZDA AND MAZDA CORPORATION BOTH DENIED ANY WARRANTY CLAIM DUE TO TITLE BRANDING EVEN THOUGH BOTH ADMITTED IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE , ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE DEPT AT FAULKNER DID ADD "THAT ANYTHING COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT". I AM JUST LUCKY THAT IT DIDN'T GRENADE WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEED WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR. CORPORATE MAZDA ADVISED ME TO SAVE MY RECEIPTS IN CASE THEY ISSUE A RECALL IN THE FUTURE. WILL NOT RECOMMEND MAZDA TO ANYONE IN THE FUTURE. *TR

I'VE BEEN REPLACING BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS EVERY 6 MONTHS. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE THAT I HAD TO BUY REPLACEMENT BULBS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT HEAR I AM REPLACING THE SAME LOW BEAM BULBS AGAIN. *TR

BRAKE PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND VEHICLE ALSO DIFFICULT TO STOP. DIDN'T TAKE BUT A QUICK SEARCH TO FIND MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING BASED ON THEIR DESCRIPTIONS. IT'S SO COMMON IT SHOULD ALREADY BE A RECALL. MAZDA SHOULD LEARN FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS MISTAKES AND BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE. WE ALREADY REGRETTED PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND THIS SOLIDIFIES ARE DECISION TO TRADE IT IN AND NEVER PURCHASE A MAZDA AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

I STARTED MY CAR AND MY POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON MY DASH WHEN I WAS LEAVING WORK ON 4/2/2015. I HAD NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. I'VE HAD A REPAIR SHOP TELL ME IT IS MY POWER STEERING PUMP THAT HAS FAILED. THEY STATED THAT THEY CANNOT ORDER THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE, WHICH IS THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING PUMP. I CALLED A NEARBY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I HAVE TO GO THROUGH A ZIP DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT IS A VIN SPECIFIC PART. THEY QUOTED ME $900 FOR A POWER STEERING PUMP AND $315 TO INSTALL IT! I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE AND HAVE NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL VEHICLE AS MINE. BUT AFTER CHECKING WITH YOUR WEBSITE, IT STATES THERE ISN'T A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS RECALL BUT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES AS STATED IN THE RECALL INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ASSISTANCE. *TR

PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING AND TRIED TO USE MY BRAKES -- HEARD A HISSING, SQUEAKING SOUND AND THE CAR DIDN'T STOP. I PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. BRAKES FELT EXTREMELY SLUGGISH FOR THE REST OF MY MORNING DRIVE (DROPPING OFF MY DAUGHTER AT HER SCHOOL). AT A STOPLIGHT THE CAR STALLED, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO SAID THE COMPUTER WAS KICKING OUT MULTIPLE CODES WHICH SEEMED TO BE RELATED TO THE BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM. HE RECOMMEND I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP B/C IT MIGHT STILL BE UNDER WARRANTY. THE MAZDA DEALER JUST CONFIRMED THAT THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE SUPPOSEDLY KNOWN FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER SYSTEM AND A LEAK IN THE VACUUM. MAZDA WILL REPLACE THE PARTS FOR FREE AND NOT CHARGE ANY LABOR, EITHER. VERY SCARY ISSUE -- I NEARLY HIT SEVERAL VEHICLES ON MY DRIVE THIS MORNING AND WAS LUCKY THAT THE CARS IN FRONT OF MY MOVED TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. MAZDA NEEDS TO RECALL ALL CARS WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED, OR WORSE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET AND HEARD A LOUD POP. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND ME AT THE TIME AND NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD. A LONG THIN CRACK APPEARED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND SPREAD UPWARDS AND TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE. A SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED IN JANUARY 2015, WITH SOMETHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND LEAVING A SMALL (QUARTER OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER) STARBURST. AFTER PARKING OUTSIDE ON A WARM 80 DEGREE DAY IN MARCH 2015, I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE TO FIND THIS STARBURST HAD SPREAD INTO A LONG THIN CRACK ACROSS THE DRIVER'S SIDE. *TR

EXCESSIVE, LOCALIZED RUST HAS DEVELOPED IN THE RIGHT, REAR WHEEL WELL, RESULTING IN THE SHOCK BEING LOOSE AND MAKING A LOUD BANGING SOUND WHEN GOING OVER EVEN SMALL BUMPS. THE LEFT SIDE AND THE REST OF THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM INDICATING A LOCALIZED MANUFACTURING/ENGINEERING DEFECT. *TR

THE RIGHT REAR TOP SHOCK MOUNT ON MY 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTE TOTALLY RUSTED OFF THE UNIBODY FRAME. *TR