2009 Mazda Mazda6 Complaint Log

My car had a air bag recal and a subframe and other misc recalls so I contacted the dealership near me which was In Springfield Mo and set a apt and had it replaced then got a call the next day saying they wuld meet me half way with a loaner car which was in Mansfield mo for the subframe replacement and they have had it for over a month and they called and told me it was ready for pick up 6/21/21 and I drove up there Wed to pick it up and it wuldnt start wuldnt do nothing dead battery. Dealership then hooked up a jump box the gauges started jumping all back and fourth like something was shorted or a short some were got it started and the min the jump box turned off the it killed all power the car shut completly off to nothing. So they gave me the loner vehical back and they drove me my car to west plains mo and they took the loner vehical and I got in my car and the air bag light is flashing very fast constly the steering is super tight and the brakes feel weird the passenger side is missing a piece in the dash only lights that was on my car when they picked it up was the tire sensor light and the check engine light got pics to prove and show everything.. I’m driving it back to dealership to see if they can fix or make it right and give me the loner vehical back till they get my car back to the condition it was in when they picked it up for a recall repair..

THE OTHER DAY WENT TO DRIVE THE CAR WOULD NOT START. NO ACC ON REMOTE START BUTTON, KEY IN IGNITION, STILL WOULD NOT START. CHECKED ALL FUSES, THE BATTERY. TOOK DASH APART, REMOVED STEREO, CHECKED ALL WIRING HARNESSES ALL TESTED GOOD. HAD IT TOWED UP TO OLYMPIA MAZDA. THEY ARE CURRENTLY TROUBLESHOOTING. RECALLED AIRBAG WAS SWITCHED OUT A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON ABOUT A YEAR LATER. POSSIBLY THE CAR THINKS THERE HAS BEEN AN COLLISON AND THE CAR IS IN LOCKDOWN MODE. TECHNICIAN WAS COMPLETELY BAFFLED. WILL CALL THEM TOMORROW AND ASK THEM TO CHECK THE ECM, BCM OR WHAT NOT. OTHER THAN THIS. HAVE NEVER HAD AN MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. WOULD PURCHASE AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT CALLED SOUTH BURLINGTON MAZDA (1795 SHELBURNE RD, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403, 802- 660-6900) AND MADE THE DEALER AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V631000 (SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY DASHBOARD HAS BECOME CRACKED AND VERY STICKY . I DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED WHEN I CONTACTED MAZDA TO GET IT FIXED I WAS TOLD THEY CAN NOT REPLACE THAT PART . I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO I FEEL STUCK I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS CAR

I RECENTLY NOTICED OUT OF NO WHERE THE DASHBOARD ON MY CAR CRACKED FOR NO REASON IT IS RIGHT BY THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT IS ALSO EXTREMELY STICKY . I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT IN THIS CONDITION

HELLO, BACK A FEW YEARS AGO MAZDA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SUBFRAME OF OUR MAZDA 6 DUE TO PREMATURE AND EXTREMELY DAMAGING RUST THAT RENDERED THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS. WE HAD THIS REPLACED AND ALL WAS FINE UNTIL NOT THAT LONG AGO WHEN WE HAD TO REPAIR AN EXHAUST LEAK AND IN THE PROCESS REALIZED HOW BAD THE REAR SUBFRAME IS RUSTED OUT AS WELL... I'VE NOTICED THE BACK WHEELS OF OUR CAR HAVE BEEN CAMBERED OUT BY A FEW DEGREES FOR A FEW MONTHS AND I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS DUE TO THE REAR SUSPENSION AND REAR SUBFRAME COMPONENTS COLLAPSING ON THEMSELVES DUE TO THE RUST WEAKENING THE METAL. I HAVE SOME PICTURES WHICH I WILL ATTACH. MAZDA CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PART BUT WE WOULD, AND MANY OTHER MAZDA OWNERS OUT THERE ON THE FORUMS WOULD LIKE A RECALL TO BE ISSUED DUE TO THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE NATURE OF THE SUBFRAME REPAIR... I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU ALL ON THIS ISSUE, I BELIEVE THE CAR IS FAIRLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT THE MOMENT... THANKS IN ADVANCE!

HELLO, I PURCHASED MY A MAZDA FROM A MAZDA DEALER IN MY AREA. AT THE TIME OF MY CAR PURCHASE IN 2017, THEY CHOSE NOT TO FIX THE DASHBOARD RECALL BEFORE SELLING ME THE CAR. NOW DURING SUMMER 2020 MY DASHBOARD HAS SHOWN TO BECOME STICKY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT IS NOW STARTING TO OBSTRUCT MY VIEW WITH A GLARE, MAKING IT HARDER FOR ME TO SEE OUT OF MY WINDSHIELD. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE SAYING THE RECALL IS CLOSED AND THEY CAN'T HELP ME. I EVEN CALLED THE MAZDA CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND THEY SHUT ME DOWN. THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM MUST HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN 10 YEARS OF THE CARS PRODUCTION. THIS HAPPENED TO ME A FEW DAYS AGO AND NOW IS GETTING WORSE. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE FIXED THE DASHBOARD WITHIN THE TIME FRAME BECAUSE IT SHOWED NO DAMAGE UNTIL NOW. PLEASE HELP AND MAKE THEM PAY FOR MY DASHBOARD! IT IS UNETHICAL TO HAVE ME PAY FOR A DESIGN AND SAFETY FLAW OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. ESPECIALLY ONE THEY FAILED TO TELL ME ABOUT OR FIX BEFORE THEY SOLD ME THE CAR.

MY CAR STEERING VEERS TO THE LEFT CONSTANTLY. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS WIRED WRONG AND DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY.THIS HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING ALL THE TIME AND ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT CAUSES ME TO WRECK.

I BOUGHT A USED CAR FROM A SMALL DEALERSHIP, THEY SOLD ME THE CAR WITHOUT A DASH HARNESS, ALL THE WIRING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER IN MY CAR IS NOT THERE, SO I CAN'T DO SMOG CHECK. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT CHECK WHY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE THE COMPUTER IN MY CAR WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE TOOL. SOLD ME THE CAR WITH AIRBAGS NOT WORKING. LIED ABOUT HAVING IT ALL CHECKED OUT. AND I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED MY TITLE, REGISTRATION, AND PLATES TO MY CAR.

THE CAR HAS ONLY 31,000 ORIGINAL MILES AND I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE ENTIRE REAR SUBFRAME AND SUSPENSION ASSY IS HEAVILY RUSTED AND SUSPENSION BUSHINGS ARE ROTTING.THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG OWNERS IN NORTH EASTERN STATES AND MID ATLANTIC. MAZDA RECALLED THE FRONT SUBFRAMES BUT NOT THE REAR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT AND WILL RESULT IN THE CAR HAVING TO BE SCRAPPED BEFORE IT ACCUMULATES MANY MORE MILES.

FOR THE LAST YEAR, THE CAR ALARM IN MY 2009 MAZDA 6 HAS BEEN GOING OFF SPORADICALLY BY ITSELF AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY WHILE PARKED IN MY APARTMENT BUILDING PARKING LOT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS, AND A FEW WEEKS LATER THE ALARM WENT OFF AGAIN AT 3:30 AM, WAKING UP ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS IN THE PROCESS. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND NOW THEY SAY IT'S THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ACTUATOR. THERE ARE SO MANY REPORTS ON THE INTERNET OF OTHER MAZDA OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THERE IS A BULLETIN OUT THERE FOR IT. WHY HAS BEEN THIS NOT BECOME A RECALL YET?

ON JANUARY 25, 2014, I HAD MY CAR SERVICE AT A S. FLORIDA MAZDA DEALERSHIP FOR A 2013 RECALL ON THE DOOR LATCH MOUNTING SCREWS. THE RECALL STATED THAT THE SCREWS MAY BECOME LOOSE. IF ALL THREE DOOR LATCH MOUNTING SCREWS BECOME LOOSE AND FALL OUT, THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISM WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED, AND THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. CURRENTLY, I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY DOORS AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATING. IN ADDITION, DUE TO THIS ISSUE, MY BATTERY THAT I HAD REPLACED IN MAY 2020 DOES NOT WORK. MY CAR DID NOT START. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT TOLD ME THAT MY DOOR LATCH ON 2 DOORS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE MY CAR THINKS THE DOOR IS AJAR AND THIS CAUSES THE BATTERY TO DRAIN EVEN WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF. IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE ISSUES COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE 2013 RECALL. FURTHERMORE, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR ALARM GOES OFF WITHOUT WARNING AND THE TECHNICIAN ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE DOOR LATCH ISSUE. SO ALL OF THE ABOVE ISSUES CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE 2013 RECALL ON DOOR LATCHES. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT ON THE DOOR LATCHES. THEREFORE, THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS WITHOUT CHARGE TO ME. RIGHT NOW, MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 1 WEEK AND 2 DAYS.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR 2009 FROM MECHANIC 2 WEEKS AGO I RUN FOR 100MILES FOR TO AND FROM WORK ONLY.AFTER SUDDENLY AT LIGHT CAME SO I WENT TO CHECK NEAREST AUTO PARTS STORES WITH CODE READER FOR DIAGNOSTIC & HE SAID THERE MIGHT BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AFTER I AM ABLT TO START ENGINE BUT CAR WON'T DRIVE IN D MODE BUT R CAN WORK WITH JERK AND HORSE POWER GO UP TO 5000 UP. SO I AM GOING TO SEE WITH HAYES MAZDA IN KALAMAZOO. THEREFORE, PLEASE TAKE A SERIOUS ACTION OR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER

THE DASH MATERIAL ABOVE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG HAS BEEN DETERIORATING AND MELTING AS IF A CHEMICAL REACTION HAS OCCURRED. THIS WINTER THE SECTION IN QUESTION HAS GENERATED SEVERAL CRACKS AND FISSURES IN THE SURFACE.

CAR AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHING ON DASH INDICATING NEED FOR REPAIR, TOOK TO LOT A I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM WHO REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG, STILL HAVE FLASHING AIRBAG LIGHT AND AM CONCERNED NOW AIRBAG WILL NOT INFLATE IN AN EMERGENCY AND THAT MY MAZDA 6 WAS OVERLOOKED DURING INITIAL RECALLS FOR OTHER MAZDA 6 OF THIS GENERATION AS IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH IT THAT ARE LISTED AS RECALLS FOR OTHERS.

DOOR LATCH STICKS WHEN OPENING, CAUSING DOOR TO POSSIBLY STAY OPEN UNBEKNOWNST TO DRIVER AND CAUSE DOOR TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND POSSIBLY EJECT NON SECURED PERSONS OR OBJECTS IN CAR. FOUND OUT DURING OPERATION WHEN THE DOOR NEXT TO MY TODDLER SWUNG OPENED IN A TURN.

ENGINE SURGES WHEN I BRAKE, BUT NOT ALWAYS. USUALLY IT IS WHEN I'M GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD, HOWEVER, IT HAS DONE IT IN A TURN AND ONCE BACKING UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY, AND AFTER I HAD THROTTLE BODY CLEANING DONE TWO WEEKS AGO.

THIS VEHICLE HAD THE FRONT SUB-FRAME REPLACED BASED ON NHTSA COMPLAINT 11100333 AND THE SUBSEQUENT RECALL FROM MAZDA WITH NHTSA ID 18V-631. IT IS NOW TWO YEARS LATER AND THE REAR SUB-FRAME WAS SO ROTTED THAT IT WAS FALLING APART. MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS THE STATE SAFETY INSPECTION WITHOUT IT BEING FIXED. IT WAS REPAIRED BY A NON-DEALER MECHANIC IN FEB 2020. THE MECHANIC TRIED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET A NEW REAR SUB-FRAME BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE IT IS ON MANUFACTURER BACK-ORDER. SINCE THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I NEEDED IT TO BE FIXED ASAP, A USED SUB-FRAME HAD TO BE INSTALLED. BECAUSE THE NEW PART WAS UNAVAILABLE THIS MAKES ME THINK THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. I WAS TOLD BY A MAZDA DEALER THAT THE REAR SUB-FRAME IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SAME RECALL AS THE FRONT. BOTH ITEMS WERE MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME TIME USING THE SAME INFERIOR STEEL SO I THINK THIS SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED. I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT ANOTHER MAZDA RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THE REAR SUB-FRAME.*DT *AS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PLACING AIR INTO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE, HE FOUND THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED AND FRACTURED. IN ADDITION, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEAN PATTERSON CHEVROLET CADILLAC (101 PLEASANT VALLEY BLVD, ALTOONA, PA 16602, (814) 942-2222) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SENSOR AND VALVE STEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

TL* THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, THE TECHNICIAN AT WHALING CITY FORD LINCOLN MAZDA (475 BROAD ST, NEW LONDON, CT 06320, (860) 333-1841) NOTICED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME HAD SEVERE CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FRONT END SUBFRAME WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE REAR SUBFRAME WAS NOT. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V631000 (SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. *LN *JB

WHILE PULLING DOWN MY STREET AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR THAT WAS NOT NORMAL. IT WAS MORE EVIDENT GOING OVER BUMPS. MY CAR WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE ANYWAY SO I WENT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE. THE REAR CROSS MEMBER IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING A NEARLY CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE RIGHT REAR SECTION, INCLUDING A PIECE THAT RUSTED OFF AND IS FLOATING WITHIN THE SPRING. MAZDA DID ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS VERY ISSUE, BUT IT ONLY COVERS THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER, WHICH IS ABSURD. I CALLED MAZDA TO CONFIRM THAT THE RECALL DOESN'T APPLY TO THE REAR, AND JOSE, THE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE TO BY PHONE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT DOES NOT. I AM IN A RUST BELT STATE, AND IF SALT CAN AFFECT THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY IT CAN AFFECT THE REAR IN THE SAME NEGATIVE FASHION. JUST BECAUSE THE REAR DOESN'T TURN THE CAR, DOESN'T MEAN IT POSES LESS OF A DANGER AS EVIDENCED BY MY VEHICLE.

THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS GO BAD ON THIS CAR WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO BELIEVE ONE OF THE DOORS IS OPEN WHEN IT IS NOT. THE DOME LIGHTS ARE DRIVEN BY THE DOOR ACTUATORS SENSING THAT A DOOR IS OPEN, SO WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. VERY DISTRACTING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THE LIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN, I HAVE NOT NOTICED IT WHEN STATIONARY. USUALLY IT OCCURS DURING TURNS AND THE LIGHTS STAY ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE DOOR ACTUATORS ARE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS CAR AND HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. THE DOOR ACTUATOR BEING FAULTY ALSO CAUSES THE SECURITY ALARM TO GO OFF AND START SOUNDING THE CAR'S HORN SPORADICALLY. THE CAR WILL BE PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY WITH NOBODY AROUND THROUGH ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND IT WILL GO OFF. ALTHOUGH NOT A SAFETY CONCERN LIKE THE PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTS, IT IS STILL SYMPTOMATIC OF THE MALFUNCTIONING DOOR ACTUATORS.

MY MAZDA 6 STARTED OVERHEATING DURING A HEAVY TRAFFIC DAY. EVER SINCE, I NOTICED IT WOULD ONLY START OVER HEATING ONLY WHEN THE CAR IS IDLE AT A LIGHT, TRAFFIC, OR PARKED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND THEN SLOWLY START CREEPING UP. IF I GIVE IT SOME RPM, THE GAUGE COMES BACK TO NORMAL READING. *ADDITIONAL INFO - HEATER ONLY WORKS WHEN RIDING - I HAVE TO ADD A BIT OF COOLANT EVERYDAY - CHANGED THERMOSTAT, FAN CONTROL MODULE AND FANS WORK WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS MELTED AND CREATED A VISIBILITY HAZARD. WHILE DRIVING DURING THE DAY TIME, THE SUN REFLECTED ONTO THE DASHBOARD. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEAN PATTERSON MAZDA (101 PLEASANT VALLEY BLVD, ALTOONA, PA) WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK AND THE STEERING RACK WENT OUT OF IT THE CAR ONLY HAS 116,000 MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BECAUSE IT WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH WOODHOUSE PLACE MAZDA (LOCATED AT 8606 S 145TH ST, OMAHA, NE 68138, (402) 397-8300) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V631000 (SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000. *TR ACTION NUMBER XXXXXXX PHOTOS ATTACHED 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

PASSENGER SIDE DASH BOARD IS STICKY AND SHINY. IF THE SUNLIGHT HITS ON THE SHINY SPOTS IT CREATES A GLARE THAT IS DISTRACTING, ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING. I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYING PROPERLY IF THE VEHICLE IS IN A ACCIDENT. CONTACTED LOCAL MAZDA DEALER AND THEY NEVER CALLED ME BACK. CONTACTED MAZDA COSTUMER SERVICE. THEY SAID THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL ON THE DASH BOARD, BUT SEVERAL WEBSITES SAY THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. REPRESENTATIVE FOR MAZDA SAID THAT AT THE TIME I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN 2017 TO FIX OTHER RECALLS MY DASH BOARD WAS INSPECTED AND SHOWED NO ISSUES SO IT WASN'T REPLACED. SO NOW FOR MY DASH BOARD REPLACEMENT TO BE CONSIDERED I MUST TAKE MY VEHICLE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC DONE AND I MUST PAY. REPRESENTATIVE ALSO SAYS THAT A REPLACEMENT WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE BACK IN MARCH OF 2019 FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V631000 (SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE). THE CONTACT CALLED GARDEN CITY MAZDA AT 516-874-0385 AND INFORMED THEM THAT THE PARTS TO REMEDY THE RECALL WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT WHEN THE PARTS ARRIVED, THE DEALER WOULD EMAIL HER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED. THE CONTACT HAD YET TO RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION TO HAVE THE RECALL REMEDIED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AS WELL AS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY BOTH PRIOR AND AFTER SHE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC SUSPECTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN OIL LEAK THAT AFFECTED THE TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

WHEN I GOT THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE DASHBOARD WAS REALLY STICKY AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW BUT THEN I MET SOMEONE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. MY BACK SEAT IS VERY LOOSE AND MAKES NOISES WHEN DRIVING

I BROUGHT MY 2009 MAZDA6 IN FOR THE RECALLED FRONT CROSS MEMBER CORROSION SAFETY RECALL. AFTER AN INSPECTION I WAS TOLD IT QUALIFIED FOR A REPLACEMENT. I AUTHORIZED THE WORK AND PICKED THE CAR UP A FEW DAYS LATER. WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE SHEET. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE AT (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP. WE SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH 3 QUARTS AND FOUND DAMAGE AND LEAK JUST ABOVE THE CROSS MEMBER RECALL REPAIR. WE RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND INFORMED MAZDA CUSTOMER CARE. WALSER MAZDA OF BURNSVILLE SAID THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAS RUSTED AND REPAIR COSTS WOULD BE AROUND $400. I SAID THE DAMAGE TO THE LINE WAS WHEN THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN 250 MILES SINCE THE REPAIR AND LEAKED OUT 3 QUARTS OF FLUID. I BELIEVE THE SHARP EDGE OF THE CROSS MEMBER DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION LINE WHEN THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE. DAMAGE SHOULD BE THE COST OF THE DEALER. DOCUMENT POSSIBLE DAMAGE WHEN THIS RECALL IS PREFORMED.

THIS REPORT IS CONCERNING A DEALER, MATT CASTRUCCI MAZDA, IN DAYTON, OHIO. THIS DEALER FAILED TO OFFER US, THE CUSTOMER, AN APPOINTMENT TO INSPECT OUR VEHICLE FOR SAFETY DUE TO THE RECALL ON MAZDA 6S FOR THE SUSPENSION, STRUCTURE RECALL. WE REPEATEDLY CALLED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AND WERE REPEATEDLY TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AND THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT US WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE PARTS. WE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES FROM THE DATE OF RECEIVING THE RECALL UNTIL FINALLY WE CALLED AND THEY SAID THEY HAD THE PARTS. WE SCHEDULED THE APPOINTMENT. WHEN WE ARRIVED, THEY STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS BUT WE HAD A FEW OTHER THINGS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT SO THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE. THEY DID THEN INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND FOUND IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WE ARE VERY UPSET THAT OUR SON WAS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE AND BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE DEALER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE RECOMMENDED TO US THAT WE BRING IT IN FOR INSPECTION THE FIRST TIME WE CALLED FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. I ASKED THE DEALER TO FOREGO A CHARGE FOR A TEST THEY PERFORMED REGARDING A TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR LIGHT AS CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR MISHANDLING OF THE SITUATION, FOR WHICH THEY REFUSED, REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO INSPECT OUR VEHICLE THE FIRST TIME WE CALLED TO PRECLUDE A CUSTOMER DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO FILE A REPORT THAT THIS DEALER IS INCOMPETENT AND WILLFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY WERE NEGLECTFUL OF THEIR DUTY TO INSPECT A VEHICLE FOR A SAFETY RECALL WHEN CONTRACTED BY THE CUSTOMER..

MY DASHBOARD (CRASH PAD) ON MY PASSENGER SIDE OVER MY AIRBAG IS MELTING AND CRACKING CAUSING ME TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. MAZDA CLAIMS THAT RECALL ENDED IN MARCH OF 2019 BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY MAZDA OF THIS RECALL THEREFORE I FEEL IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED FOR MY SAFETY. THE CRASH PAD BECOMES STICKY, MELTS AND CRACKS THE DASHBOARD. MY VEHICLE IS STILL IN OPERATION AND THEREFORE MY SAFTEY IS STILL IMPORTANT

CAR WAS RECALLED FOR FRONT CROSSMEMBER. NO REPAIR WAS NEEDED. TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE REAR CROSSMEMBER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $2,000 AS IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND R/R COIL SPRING COULD POP THROUGH

JUST LIKE ALL THE ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARDS INDICATE, MY DRIVER'S HEADLIGHT DOES NOT TURN ON REGULARLY. ONCE I COULD FIX IT BY HITTING ON THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, BUT NOW THAT DOES NOT WORK ANY MORE. BULB IS FINE.

DRIVING TO WORK ON HIGHWAY 44 WHEN I NOTICED THE HANDLING WAS REALLY BAD. HAD TO COME TO A QUICK STOP AND APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE WHEN RHW XAR SUDDENLY SWERVES TO THE RIGHT. UPON GETTING THE CAR UNDER CONTROL I HAD TO RUN THW STERRING WHEEL 3/4 TO THE LEFT TO KEEP THE CAR GOING STRAIGHT. MADE IT TO WORK BY DRIVING SLOW AND CONITINUING STEERING LEFT. CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A SHOP. MY MECHANIC REPLACED A WHEEL BEARING AND TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE. HE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THW CAR TWICE; TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP AND DISCOVERED THE SUBFRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH ON ROCHESTER RD IN TRAFFIC WHEN I HAD TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND BRAKE FOR AND AMBULANCE HEADING MY WAY, I HEARD SOMETHING BREAK IN THE FRONT END AND UPON TRYING TO RESUME MY POSITION IN MY LANE MY CAR WOULD NOT STEER AND IN ORDER TO KEEP MY WHEELS STRAIGHT I HAD TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO THE CAR LEFT. I THOUGHT I HAD A TIRE GOING DOWN SO I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT MY TIRES AND FOUND NOTHING SO I GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND MADE A TURN BACK ON THE ROAD AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG AS IT FELT LIKE I WAS ON A SHEET OF ICE. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. UPON INSPECTION AT MY REPAIR SHOP THEY FOUND MY SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED OUT.

RUST THROUGH OF ENGINE CRADLE FRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. DISCOVERED DURING OIL CHANGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER TO THE LEFT IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD AND SUSPENSION CRADLE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO RUSTING AND CORROSION OF THE SUBFRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. *DT*JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. *JS

HAD THE OIL CHANGED YESTERDAY AT 93000 MILES AND WAS TOLD SUBFRAME WAS EXTREMELY RUSTED. THEY SUGGESTED WE ONLY DRIVE IN TOWN BECAUSE IT COULD BREAK WITH ANY STRESS AND CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING.10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE CROSSMEMBER WAS CORRODED AND CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER (RALPH THAYER MAZDA, 34601 PLYMOUTH RD, LIVONIA, MI 48150, (734) 425-5400) WAS CONTACTED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE COULD BE REIMBURSED IF SHE GOT THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

SUBFRAME HAS SEVERE CORROSION, ROTTED OUT. ONLY ONE BOLT HOLDING THE RACK AND PINION. HARD TO KEEP THE CAR IN THE ROAD. STEERS TO ONE SIDE. MAKE POPPING NOISES WHEN TURNING CERTAIN DIRECTIONS. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN REACHING SPEED OF 40-50.

WHILE DRIVING CAR, FELT CLUNK AND CAR KEPT PULLING TO RIGHT AND HARD TO CONTROL STEERING. WHEN TURN WHEEL, LOUD CLUNKING FELT AND HARD TO CONTROL CAR. CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY JUST BEFORE EXITING TO CITY STREET.TOOK TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO SAID SUBFRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED AND AFFECTED STEERING AND WHEELS WOULD NOT LET ANYONE DRIVE CAR AND SAID CAR IS UNDRIVEABLE. CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEALER WHERE IT SITS TODAY. I WAS DRIVING MY 3 BROTHERS IN THE CAR WHEN THIS OCCURRED. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, I HAD TO BRAKE AND REALIZED I HAD TO STRUGGLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE PROPERLY. I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK WHEN RELEASING CLUTCH WHEN I HAD TO USE IT. MY STEERING WHEEL WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. WHEN I BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE THEY SAID THE ENTIRE FRAME AND UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY HAD RUSTED OUT. I DO NOT HAVE PICTURES YET.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL RIM WAS TILTED OUTWARDS, STRIKING THE FENDER WELL. ALSO, THE A ARM WAS DETACHED AND THE FRAME WAS CORRODED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT A NEW SUBFRAME WOULD BE NEEDED. THE CONTACT CALLED PAUL MILLER FORD AT (888) 776-0844 (LOCATED AT 975 E NEW CIRCLE RD, LEXINGTON, KY 40505), BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SUBFRAME AND ROTTING. LIVE IN MENOMONEE FALLS AS WELL. RUST OCCURS ABNORMALLY FAST IN THE WHOLE HOIUSING OF MAZDA 6.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 45 MILE PER HOUR. SUDDENLY NOTICED STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER. I DID NOT HIT A POTHOLE OR ANY OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE ROAD. STEERING BECAME VERY LOOSE AND VEHICLE HARD TO STEER. WHEN BRAKING THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE SQUEALING SOUND AND PULLED TO ONE SIDE. SUSPENSION BECAME VERY HARSH EVEN ON GOOD SURFACE ROAD.. THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH NO WARNING. FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE TO AUTO REPAIR CENTER WITHOUT GETTING INTO ACCIDENT. AUTO REPAIR FACILITY EXAMINED VEHICLE AND SHOWED ME THAT ENGINE CRADLE - SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED THOUGHT AND BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO GO OFF CENTER WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKING, STEERING, AND SUSPENSION ISSUES. AUTO REPAIR FACILITY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND MADE ME SIGN A WAIVER TO RELEASE THE VEHICLE.

I BRAKED QUICKLY FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CAR SKIDDED AND VEERED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM THE LIGHT, I HAD TO HOLD ONTO THE WHEEL TIGHTLY TO KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD. IF I LET GO OF THE WHEEL, THE CAR WOULD IMMEDIATELY SWERVE TO THE RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS SQUEALING. I GOT IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT THE SUBFRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE. I WAS SHOCKED AS THE BODY HAS NO RUST. I HAVE ALWAYS KEEP THE CAR VERY CLEAN AND MAINTAINED. IN FACT, I HAD THE UNDER BODY RUST PROOFED WHEN I PURCHASED IN 2009. I HAD TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE ROAD AS IT WAS UNDRIVABLE. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 55, I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENT.

I WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT GOING ABOUT 5 MPH HIT A POTHOLE AND I LOST CONTROL

VEHICLE HAS A GRINDING/BUZZING SOUND (WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION) COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED AND EXTENSIVE RUST AND CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE SUBFRAME. I AM THANKFUL THAT THIS WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE A MAJOR MALFUNCTION WHICH COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR DEATH. FROM READING THE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON THIS WEBSITE, I HOPE THAT MADZA WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA 6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V631000 (SUSPENSION) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018. OURISMAN VOLKSWAGEN MAZDA OF ROCKVILLE (801 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED; THEREFORE, THERE WAS NO NEED TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON APRIL 2019 FOR 2818I RECALLFRONT CROSS MEMBER CORROSION- POSSIBLE RUST HOLES INSPECTED. NO HOLES,LIGHT RUST INSPECTION ONLY.*JB