Mazda Mazda6 Complaints (2007)

156 consumer complaints on file.

#10293473November 25, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTERIOR COMPONENT OF ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO THROW A ROD AT 66,000 MILES. NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, DEALER & CORPORATION ARE REFUSING TO COVER COST OF REPAIRS, NOR ARE THEY WILLING TO INVESTIGATE AN APPARENT MANUFACTURE ERROR, OR ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10291892November 11, 2009
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN JULY 2007. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DRIVER'S SIDE IMPACT CRASH ON THE HIGHWAY. NEITHER OF THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT, ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE BACK BUMPER TO THE FRONT BUMPER. THERE WAS NOTHING DONE TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED IN JULY OF 2009. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT SIDE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THEIR BACK, LEFT RIBS, AND HEAD. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE BODY SHOP THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THE DAMAGE SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRBAGS. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS STILL BEING TREATED FOR ALL INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THE ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10290786November 3, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE O-RING USE TO SEAL THE OIL FILTER HOUSING CANNOT BE SEALED TO THE BODY OF THE CAR UNLESS PROPER CAUTION IS TAKEN. THE CONSEQUENCE COULD LEAD TO OIL LOSS AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10279100August 2, 2009
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING ON THE RIGHT LANE (THE SLOW LANE) OF THE FREEWAY, GOING AROUND 60-65 MPH. AROUND 4:45 P.M ON A CLEAR DAY, I NOTICED A WHITE SEDAN NEXT TO ME STARTING TO CHANGE LANES INTO MY LANE. IT DID NOT SEE MY CAR, BECAUSE I HAD TO VEER SLIGHT RIGHT TO AVOID BEING HIT BY THE CAR. MY CAR DID NOT HANDLE THE SUDDEN MOVE WELL AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO SWERVE LEFT AND RIGHT UNCONTROLLABLY FOR 1-2 SECONDS. I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR EVEN THOUGH BOTH MY HANDS WERE ON THE STEERING WHEEL, TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THE CAR. THE CAR THEN LOST COMPLETE CONTROL AND SWERVED/SPUN ALL THE WAY LEFT (IMAGINE MAKING A COMPLETE LEFT TURN ON THE FREEWAY), INTO THE 3RD LANE. IT CONTINUED GOING IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION UNTIL A WHITE VAN RAN INTO MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY, STOPPING THE CAR IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS POPPED, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE CAR. I WAS AMAZINGLY UNHURT FOR THE MOST PART. I TOOK MY HANDS OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND MANAGED TO OPEN THE DRIVER SEAT DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE FINAL POSITION OF THE CAR WAS FACING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC. SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS/PARAMEDICS ARRIVED AND PROCEEDED TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS SCATTERED AROUND THE ROADS AND PUSHED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE CAR INSURANCE COMPANY HIRED FORENSIC ENGINEERS TO RECONSTRUCT THE ACCIDENT AND INSPECT THE CAR FOR DAMAGES. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOTHING CONCLUSIVE TO REPORT (ALTHOUGH THE FRONT ROTORS WERE SUSPECT). *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10278612July 29, 2009
TIRES, TIRES:VALVE
THREE OF THE ORIGINAL MICHELIN ENERGY MXV4 TIRES ON MY 2007 MAZDA 6 HAVE FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIR PRESSURE. TWO OF THE TIRES HAD DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS AND THE THIRD TIRE LOST AIR PRESSURE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALTOGETHER. THESE THREE TIRE INCIDENTS ALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 5/29/09 AND 7/23/09.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273966June 16, 2009
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2007 MAZDA6. DRIVING THROUGH RAIN STORM ON I-4 DRIVING SLOWLY FOR ONLY FIVE MINUTES. NEXT DAY REMOTE, ELECTRIC DOORS, BLINKERS, INSIDE LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK. TOOK TO DEALER WHO STATES JUNCTION BOX GOT WATER IN IT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW DRIVING ON INTERSTATE CAUSE WATER TO GET IN JUNCTION BOX IF IT WAS PROTECTED BY MANUFACTURE. IT RAINS IN FLORIDA. HOW CAN YOU TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS NOT BE PROTECTED BY MANUFACTURE ON NEW CAR. NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268069May 1, 2009
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, EQUIPMENT
CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY RECALL 2007 MAZDA 6 AND IS TRYING TO GET AN OWNERS MANUAL. THE POWER WINDOWS DID NOT WORK USING THE MASTER CONTROL SWITCH. *NJ THE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM, THE TRANSMITTER AND THE SECURITY INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE ALL INOPERATIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252048December 16, 2008
STEERING, SUSPENSION
I HAVE HAD MY MAZDA 6 FOR 2 YEARS. TWO DAYS AGO, IT GOT VERY COLD, AND WHEN I DROVE THE NEXT DAY, I HEARD THIS SQUEAKY NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND FROM THE SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING. NOT SURE WHAT PROBLEM IS, BUT IT SEEMED THAT ONCE THE ENGINE WAS WARM THE SQUEAKING WAS GONE. I DID CHECK THE POWER STEERING FLUID, AND IT WAS LOW, SO POWER STEERING FLUID WAS ADDED. ALSO ADDED BRAKE FLUID DUE TO IT WAS ALSO LOW. I HEARD PROBLEM SLIGHTLY THE DAY AFTER A LITTLE. HOPEFULLY THE POWER STEERING FLUID WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IF IT PERSISTS, I WILL CALL THE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS OVER 50,000 MILES, AND THIS IS THE FIRST SOUNDS I HAVE HEARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10244939October 9, 2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL), POWER TRAIN
COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) DETAILS: TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA6. THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADWAYS. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 26,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237396August 7, 2008
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAZDA SEDAN6 PURCHASED 05/2007- CURRENT MILEAGE 2800- DISCOVERED OIL LEAK AT ENGINE REAR MAIN SEAL. SERVICE MGR OFFERED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. OIL LEAK NOT NOTICEABLE-OIL DROPPING ON UNDER ENGINE SHIELD AND COAGULATING. LOW MILEAGE MIGHT INDICATE PROBLEM EXISTED AT TIME OF MANUFACTURE. IF SO, REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLE IS PROPER ACTION ON PART OF MANUFACTURER/SELLER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203295September 18, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE ON VACATION, 6/23/07, WITH APPROX. 400 MI ON MY 2007 MAZDA 6, I INITIALLY NOTICED SOME STEAM COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND A DISTINCT ODOR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR AND MY AT INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED A POOL OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. I THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST MAZDA DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAD A DEFECTIVE SEAL THAT LED TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND THEREFORE, LEAKED ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CAR WOULD NOW NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MI ON THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED A HIGH PITCHED WHINE WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. IN ADDITION, THERE SEEMED TO BE A LAG IN SHIFTING. I CONTACTED THE DEALER TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN ON 9/6/07. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT 2 COMPONENTS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL FAILED; A DIFFERENTIAL SEAL AND A SOLENOID VALVE. MAZDA INSTALLED THE TWO COMPONENTS. THE SEAL WAS REPAIRED BUT THE SOLENOID VALVE INSTALL WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION. AS OF 9/18/07, THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALL TODAY AND WILL CONTACT ME WITH THE RESULTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203312September 18, 2007
STEERING:COLUMN
MY 2007 MAZDA 6 WAS BOUGHT BACK IN JANUARY 07. MY PROBLEM COMES FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH WAS MAKING A SMALL SOUND WHEN I PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY BUT NOW IT'S GETTING WORST I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF MY TIGHT SCHEDULE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10196613July 17, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2007 MAZDA6 WAGON WITH 1900 MILES ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN GEAR AND UNDER LOAD AT APPROXIMATELY 3500 RPMS, ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE AFTER STARTUP. GAS TANK WAS 3/4 FULL, WEATHER WAS ABOUT 80F, 80% RH. WITH ENGINE STOPPED CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP WITH BRAKES, TRANSMISSION PUT IN PARK, AND ENGINE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY BY SWITCHING IGNITION TO ENGAGE STARTER MOTOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10195539July 7, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
PURCHASED BRAND NEW 07 MAZDA 6WITH 41 MILES ON IT ON JUNE 30, 2007. AS OF JULY 2, 2007 WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT WITH ONLY 150 MILES. HEARD A RATTLE COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE CONVERTER, AND ALSO A HIGH PITCHED SPEALING COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND ONLY IN REVERSE AND DRIVE AND WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS HOT. SERVICE DEPT. REPAIRED SOME SPRINGS AND A DOUGHNUT SEAL IN EXAUST PIPE GOING TO THE MANIFOLD. PICKED CAR BACK UP ON JULY 5, 2007 WITH NOW 170 MILES ON IT, DROVE HOME ABOUT 7 TO 8 MILES AND HEARD THE SAME RATTLING AND HIGH PITCHED SQUEALING, ONLY IT WAS WORSE, ALSO NOW THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S SLUGGISH, AND NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING ONCE AGAIN BACK TO THE SERVICE DEPT. THAT DAY, WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING 55 MPH AND TRYING TO ACCEL, THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FROM 5TH DOWN TO 2ND AND THEN TRIES TO GO BACK UP, ALSO REDLINES WHILE TRYING TO ACCEL. JULY 6, 2007 CALLED SERVICE DEPT. THEY TOLD ME IT'S THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, I ASKED ABOUT THE SHIFTING PROBLEM, THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. MY VEHICLE NOW HAS 225 MILES ON IT SINCE I LEFT IT. THE SERVICE DEPT. IS PUTTING ON MORE MILES THAN I AM, AND I HAVE A BRAND NEW CAR THAT I HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE 2 DAYS OUT OF 7.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185339March 16, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA6. THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADWAYS. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 4,000.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10177156December 27, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MY NEW MAZDA 6 HAS AN AUTOMATIC WINDOW CLOSE ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REVERSE AUTOMATICALLY IF THERE IS AN OBSTRUCTION,E.G.FINGERS, BUT OFTEN IT JUST CLOSES WITH AN OBJECT IN THE WAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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