Mazda Mazda6 Complaints (2005)

147 consumer complaints on file.

• #10146913January 4, 2006
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE THROTTLE IS SLOW TO RESPOND (DELAY) WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR DURING LOW SPEED ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE. HAPPENS REGULARLY WHEN UNDER 10 MPH. *JB

  Crash:

  No

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  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10146127December 27, 2005
  TIRES:SIDEWALL

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED SHE NOTICED THERE WAS A BUBBLE THE SIZE OF AN ORANGE ALONG THE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. SHE REMOVED THE TIRE AND REPLACED IT WITH THE SPARE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHE DISCOVERED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A BUBBLE THE SIZE OF AN EGG IN THE SIDEWALL AS WELL. SHE CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THIS WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO A ROAD HAZARD. SHE CONTACTED A TIRE DEALER, WHO ALSO STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A ROAD HAZARD. BOTH TIRES WERE REPLACED. *AK UPDATED 3/9/2006 - *NM

  Crash:

  No

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  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10139432October 12, 2005
  POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

  CAR IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. PAST 2 WEEKS ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON, CAR WILL NOT SHIFT AND WILL NOT GO ABOVE 20 MPH. *JB

  Crash:

  No

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  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10131311July 22, 2005
  POWER TRAIN

  2005 MAZDA 6 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FROPPED FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. *JB

  Crash:

  No

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  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10128293July 11, 2005
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

  DT: CONSUMER SAYS HE IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WILL DROP GEARS ON ITS OWN, CONSUMER JUST HAD VEHICLE AT DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AND HARSH SHIFTING. CONSUMER SAID THAT DEALER DID A SOFTWARE CALIBRATION ON THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. CONSUMER SAYS NOW WHEN HE IS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND CONSUMER TRIES TO ACCELERATE TRANSMISSION WILL DROP FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR BY ITSELF AND THIS MAKES ACCELERATION VERY DIFFICULT. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN CITY CONSUMER SAYS THAT TRANSMISSION WILL DROP FROM 4TH TO 2ND WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER NOTICES WHICH GEAR BY THE INDICATOR LIGHT LOCATED ON DASH. CONSUMER SAYS THAT SLIPPAGE AND HARSH SHIFTING IS NOW CORRECTED, BUT HE IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION DROPPING GEARS. CONSUMER SAYS HE HAS AN EMAIL THAT HE SOMEHOW COME INTO POSITION OF, THIS EMAIL IS FROM FORD AND SAYS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IN OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL AS SAME TYPE AS CONSUMER. CONSUMER SAYS THAT THIS PROBLEM BEGAN YESTERDAY MORNING AND DROPPED GEARS LIKE THIS ABOUT 30 TIMES IN 24 HOURS. CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE MALFUNCTION TOOK PART MOSTLY YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING IN SOUTH FIELD, MI. CONSUMER SAYS THAT HE DROVE AS MUCH IN THE CITY AS HE DID ON THE HIGHWAY YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING. *NM

  Crash:

  No

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  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10110715February 17, 2005
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

  I PURCHASED WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE A BRAND NEW CAR ON DECEMBER 13, 2004 THE CAR I PURCHASED IS A 2005 MAZDA 6 I DID NOT NO AT THE TIME THAT THE CAR I BELIEVED TO BE NEW HAD 1,610 MILES ON IT, I BELIEVE HE SOLD ME A DEMO WHICH IS ALSO A PART OF MY COMPLAINT, ON 2-4-05 MY BRAND NEW MAZDA BROKE DOWN, AND NOW NEEDS A NEW MOTOR, IT WAS TOWED ON 2-4-05 AND TAKEN TO WHITE PLAINS MAZDA, WHITE PLAINS NY ON 2-8-05 WHERE AS OF THIS 2-17-05 IT IS STILL IN THE SHOP AWAITING A NEW MOTOR, TO WHICH I HAVE EVERY INTENTION ON TAKING SAID VEHICLE WHEN IT IS REPAIRED BACK TO PLACE OF PURCHASE, I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THEY MIGHT HAVE EVEN TURNED BACK THE ODOMETER, I WISH FOR THIS TO BE NOTED SO THEREFORE MAYBE MAZDA DOWN ON HILLSIDE AVENUE , IN JAMAICA QUEENS WILL NOT DO THIS TO ANYONE ELSE. ALSO HOW DOES A BRAND NEW VEHICLE PURCHASED IN DECEMBER BREAK DOWN THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY. *JB

  Crash:

  No

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  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #10107257January 12, 2005
  AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

  VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. OWNER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHILE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION, THE ONCOMING VEHICLE WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MPH, AND T-BONED THE OWNERS VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT,THE SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0