MAZDA Complaints

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, EXPOSING AND CAUSING FAILURE IN THE ASSOCIATED SHOCK. THE REAR BUMPER NOW RATTLES OVER EVEN THE TINIEST BIT OF UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND THE CAR WILL SWAY IN THE BACK REAR OVER LARGER BUMPS HIT WITH THAT BACK WHEEL. FIRST NOTICED GOING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT AFTER BEING PARKED FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS. NOTHING PROMPTED IT OTHER THAN A PIECE OF UNEVEN ROAD MAY HAVE BEEN THE FINAL STRAW. THIS IS APPARENTLY BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2005 MAZDA TRIBUTES AND WAS ADDRESSED IN A RECALL FOR 2001-2004 TRIBUTES. SAME PROBLEM, SAME AREA (PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL) THIS IS NOT SAFE!

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V869000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED PER THE RECALL; HOWEVER; THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED LATER THAT THE REQUIRED PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AT START AND STAYS ON. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE BACK-UP BATTERY IN THE AIR BAG MODULE IS SHORTED OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MAZDA 3. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHT FLASHED SEVEN TIMES AND PAUSED REPEATEDLY EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE CONTACT, A TECHNICIAN, ATTACHED THE VEHICLE TO A SCANNER THAT PROVIDED THE CODE: B229A/CODE 17. THE CODE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN AIR BAG/AIR BAG SENSOR FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

WHEN BREAKING MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. IT ONLY OCCURS WHEN BREAKING. SECOND ISSUE: WHEN BACKING UP FROM REVERSE GEAR AND PUTTING CAR INTO DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES TO ENGAGE AND THE CAR SURGES FORWARD LIKE IT IS NOT IN GEAR. IT WILL ALSO MAKE A METAL ON METAL SOUND WHEN FOOT IS NOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIRD ISSUE: AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SHAKES. DEALER SAID THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT BUT IT HAPPENS ALWAYS AT 55MPH.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V869000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TAKATA RECALL - 2011 MAZDA 6 I WAS THE PASSENGER IN A COLLISION IN NOVEMBER 2015 WHERE THE 2011 MAZDA 6 WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE (FORD FUSION), WHICH MADE THE MAZDA 6 SPIN SEVERAL TIMES, HOP A CURB, AND DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS. AS THE PASSENGER (FRONT SEAT) I SUFFERED INJURIES CAUSED BY THE TAKATA AIRBAGS AND REQUIRED GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING THE COLLISION. INJURIES INCLUDED AT LEAST THREE FRACTURED/BROKEN RIBS AND MAJOR BRUISING ON MY RIGHT KNEE. INJURIES TOOK OVER 6 MONTHS TO HEAL, TAKING HEAVY DOSES OF PAIN KILLERS JUST TO MANAGE THE PAIN. LINGERING EFFECTS FROM THIS COLLISION CAN STILL BE FELT 7 MONTHS LATER. THE DRIVER DID NOT SUSTAIN MAJOR INJURIES ASIDE FROM SCRAPES AND A FEW BRUISES. POLICE REPORTS DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE FORD FUSION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLISION AND WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS/RECKLESS DRIVING. THAT DRIVER FAILED TO STOP/YIELD IN THEIR TURNING LANE BEFORE DRIVING STRAIGHT INTO THE MAZDA 6. THE MAZDA 6 WAS DECLARED TOTALED BY INSURANCE. THE MAZDA 6 WAS ADDED TO THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL IN MAY 2016, APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED.

BRAKES HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME ERRATIC. OFTEN THEY ARE "HARD" AND REQUIRE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL, AND MAZDA EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY TO COVER THE ISSUE; HOWEVER, THAT EVIDENTLY DOES NOT APPLY TO SECOND OWNERS.

WHILE SERVICING A CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE WE INFLATED THEIR TIRES. WHEN THE AIR CHUCK CLAMPED ON THE VALVE STEM, IT BROKE CAUSING ALL AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE TIRE, IMMOBILIZING THE VEHICLE.

WHILE SERVICING A CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE WE INFLATED THEIR TIRES. WHEN THE AIR CHUCK CLAMPED ON THE VALVE STEM, IT BROKE CAUSING ALL AIR TO ESCAPE FROM THE TIRE, IMMOBILIZING THE VEHICLE.