MAZDA Complaints

WHILE ON HIGHWAY, LOUD THUMP. UPON INSPECTION, PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WELL IS RUSTED THROUGH. DAMAGE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNT IS SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT SHOW DAMAGE, AT LEAST FROM OUTSIDE INSPECTION. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. HAVE NOT CALLED THE DEALER YET, BUT MESSAGES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM INDICATE THAT MAZDA IS NOT HONORING THE DESIGN FLAW AS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NO WORD YET UPON WHAT IT WILL COST TO FIX. SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL NEEDS SET UP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A SNOW BANK IN ORDER TO STOP. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WHERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK AND THAT THE SPEED CONTROL SERVO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V210002 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A STARTING ISSUE UNEXPECTEDLY. ONE DAY IT NO LONGER WANTED TO START I TOWED IT IN TO MAZDA THEY SAID THE VEHICLE WAS FLOODED. AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2015 THE VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE HAVING DIFFICULTY STARTING EVENTUALLY IT WAS TAKEN IN AGAIN TO MIDAS THE ISSUE AGAIN WAS DUE TO FLOODING. I PAID FOR THE SERVICES AND TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME. THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE STARTING BUT EVENTUALLY TURNED ONE AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TO MAZDA IT SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY LEAVING ME STRANDED MID INTERSECTION. HALF AN HOUR LATER THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO MAZDA FOR AN INSPECTION WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOST COMPRESSION WITH NO REASON BEHIND IT...MAZDA RX8 ENGINES ARE VERY UNRELIABLE AND A SAFETY CONCERN AND IT HAS TO BE DUE TO MANUFACTURE DEFECT...UPDATED 03-16-15 *BF *TR

FOUL SULFUR SMELL IN CABIN, GAS SMELL ODOR, SMELLING GAS FUMES PUNGENT FRESH GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE CABIN WHILE DRIVING. ON THE HIGHWAYS, OR LOCAL ROADS. IT LAST FEW MINUTES WHEN OPENING THE HOOD ROTTEN EGGS SMELLS, THE INTENSITY VARIES, IT HAPPEN SPORADICALLY, I USED WITH DIFFERENT KIND OF GASOLINE, ALSO DIFFERENT GRADE FROM 93-87. IT WOULD BE OK FOR THE FIRST 100 MILES THEN THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN .MORE NOTICEABLE WITH HEAT ON HIGH IN THE MORNING .IT IS ALMOST THE FUEL INJECTION RAILING ARE LEAKING ,OR BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR IT COULD BE COMING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE OR BAD HEATER CORE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FEW TIMES , ONCE I WAS TOLD SINCE IT IS NEW ,YOU NEED TIME TO AGE THE CONVERTER, FINALLY IT BECAME UNBEARABLE , I TOOK LAST MONDAY , I WAS GIVEN A TSP ISSUED BY MAZDA TO RECOMMEND CHANGING GAS BRAND EVERY 100 MILES WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING , AVOID SUDDEN ACCELERATION, WHICH I AM AWARE OF , ALSO THE RECOMMEND AVOIDING SHORT TRIPS , I GUESS WE ARE SUPPOSE TO WALK OR HAVE A BIKE INSIDE THE MAZDA TO USE ON SHORT DRIVE. . IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH MAZDA SINCE 2003. AND THEY ARE INSULTING THE PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION WHERE THEY SHOULD COME UP WITH REMEDY TO THIS TOXIC PROBLEM .. I HOPE YOUR AGENCY INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND HOPEFULLY MADE MAZDA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT . *TR

AS AN OWNER OF A 2010 MAZDA 3 OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A STICKY FILM ON MY DASHBOARD. IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE AND I REALIZED MY DASHBOARD IS MELTING!! IT CAUSING A BLINDSPOT DUE TO THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN. I HAVE NOT SUFFERED ANY DAMAGE YET BUT CLEARLY THIS IS FAULTY ON BEHALF OF MAZDA AND THEY SHOULD REPLACE THE DASHBOARD AS IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THIS SUV WITH MY FAMILY( WIFE, 4 YEAR OLD SON, 2 YR OLD DAUGHTER), BREAKS WERE STICKY AND NOT APPLIED. I WAS ABOUT TO HIT ACROSS THE VEHICLE BUT LUCKILY I STOPPED BY USING EMERGENCY BREAKS AND MOVING SHIFT ROD TO L. I SPOKE TO MAZDA DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT IS A BREAK DEFECT AND MAZDA WILL COVER FOR IT. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT AND DO NOT WANT TO HAPPEN TO OTHERS. BY GOD GRACE WE SURVIVED. I CAN FEEL MY DEATH DURING THAT TIME. THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MAZDA TRIBUTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR MASTER SWITCH WAS FAULTY PREVENTING THE DOORS FROM BEING LOCK OR UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM SINCE THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT USED TO REPAIR WAS POOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA MPV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WAS FAULTY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V773000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE RECALL ONLY INCLUDED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG WAS DISCONTINUED AND THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

THE DASHBOARD IS MELTING AND CREATING A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD WHEN DRIVING. *TR

WHEN I BRAKE, THE ROTOR SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES EFFECTIVELY REMOVING MY FRONT BRAKES. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ROTOR, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY PREFERENTIALLY RUSTED AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE ROTOR BODY AND WHERE THE BRAKE PADS GRAB. IT SEEMED STRANGE, LIKE A DEFECT AND NO ONE I TALKED TO HAD EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. MAY HAVE JUST BEEN A FREAK THING BUT FIGURED I WOULD REPORT IT BECAUSE THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE IF I WAS ON A HIGHWAY. *TR