MAZDA Complaints

MY CAR IDLES REALLY ROUGH. ONCE I GET CLOSE TO FREEWAY SPEED MY CAR CONSTANTLY SHIFTS GEARS FROM 3 TO 4 TO 3, SO ON. THIS CAUSES MY CAR TO JERK, IT REVS FROM 3,000 TO 1,000 AND EVEYTHING IN BETWEEN. DURING THIS MY BRAKES BECOME PRACTICALLY USELESS, I HAVE TO COMPLETELY PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE IT DECELERATE. AND BRAKING DISTANCES ARE DRASTICALLY INCREASED. IT FURTHER WORRIES ME THAT I DONT HAVE ANY DASH LIGHTS ON SUCH AS CHECK ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, ABS, ETC.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V382000 (AIR BAGS), 15V345000 (AIR BAGS), AND 15V869000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO RECEIVE THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CEILING FABRIC WAS BUCKLING NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE WAS PROGRESSING TOWARDS THE REAR. THE ELECTRIC CONTROL PANEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS USED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE MANUAL FUNCTION FOR WINDING THE WINDOWS UP AND DOWN FAILED TO WORK. THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE WINDOW TO GO UP AND DOWN. THE CONTACT WAITED FOR MONTHS AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE RECALL REPAIRS WOULD BE COMPLETED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I WENT TO BUCKLE MY SON'S CARSEAT IN AND THE BUCKLE CAME OUT OF THE SEAT. AND I MOVED HIM TO A DIFFERENT BUCKLE AND THAT ONE CAME OUT TO AND THEN THE NEXT SEAT BUCKLE CAME OUT AS WELL.

IN GARAGE (THANK GOODNESS & NOT ON ROAD). PUSHED BUTTON TO START ENGINE, IT TURNED OVER BUT WOULD NOT STAY STARTED, LIKE NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS. TRIED 5 MORE TIMES TO DO THIS WITH SAME RESULT. THE KICKER IS, ONCE IGNITION WAS PUSHED TO TURN ON, I COULD NOT GET IT OFF SO THAT ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WOULD SHUT DOWN. WAS TOLD BY MAZDA SERVICE PER CALL TO DISCONNECT NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE ......WHICH SHUT EVERYTHING OFF. CAR WAS TAKEN ON A FLAT BED TOW TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP. STILL UNDER A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WARRANTY, BIG JOKE! I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $110. JUST TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THIS AM BY SERVICE MANAGER PROBLEM WAS A MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HOW CAN THAT BE WHEN MY EXTENDED WARRANTY PAPERWORK READS, ".....WITH NO DEDUCTIBLE ON COVERED COMPONENTS." AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE 36 THOUSAND MILE WARRANTY, I HAVE HAD THIS CAR 27. EMISSION RECALL FIXED IN FEB. 2016. THIS IS COSTING ME ALMOST $500. I WILL BE TRADING THIS 4 CYLINDER SKYACTIV SLUG ASAP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MAZAD 6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V345000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JANUARY OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 MAZDA RX-7. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO DIAGNOSIS IT AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO GO TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,976.

AFTER PULLING INTO A PARKING AND ENTERING PARKING SPACE MY WIFE ATTEMPTED TO STOP CAR, WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD JUMPING A PARKING BUMPER AT AN ACCELERATED RATE OF SPEED. AFTER JUMPING THE BUMPER OUR CX-5 HEADED TOWARD TWO PARKED CARS, SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT WHERE SHE WAS THEN HEADED TOWARD A CROSSWALK, BETWEEN TWO PARKING LOTS, WITH A HAND RAIL. THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER BECOMING WEDGED UNDER THE HAND RAIL AND BUMPING A PARKED CAR. DAMAGE WAS TO THE R FENDER, FRONT BUMPER AND HOOD A TOTAL OF $5,100 WORTH OF DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. MAZDA WOULD NO LOOK INTO WHAT OR WHY IT HAPPENED, OUR INSURANCE COMPANY SENT OUT A MEMBER OF THEIR FORENSIC GROUP TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG AT THE TIME THAT HE CHECKED AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE AS HE COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS OUR SECOND MAZDA AND OUR LAST, MOVING ON.

AIRBAG NOT INFLATE AT THE ACCIDENT BUT INFLATED AFTER 2 NF INJURIES . PERSONS HURT BY STEERING WHEEL.

DASHBOARD MELTS IN HOT SUN CAUSING GLARE WHILE DRIVING AND LEAVES STICKY BLACK RESIDUE WHEN TOUCHED. OVER HALF OF MY DASH IS MELTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA 3. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V374000 (STEERING), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.