Mazda Mazda6 Complaints (2003)

174 consumer complaints on file.

#10217398February 7, 2008
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
WE PURCHASED A 2003 MAZDA6 NEW FROM A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. WE HAD SOME ISSUE WITH THE CAR SHUDDERING WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO "VARIABLE VALVE TIMING" AND TOLD TO REV IT A LITTLE HIGHER WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH. AT APPROX 40,000 MILES THE CLUTCH WORE OUT AND WE TRIED TO CONTACT MAZDA AND FILE A CLAIM, BUT WE WERE DENIED. I PAID TO HAVE THE CLUTCH REPAIRED, AND NOW HAVE APPROX. 60,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. RECENTLY, THE WHOLE CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND IS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE GEARS. SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR HAS NOT GONE INTO GEAR AND MY WIFE GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION THE OTHER DAY AND WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT GET THE CAR IN GEAR. I HAVE AGAIN CONTACTED MAZDA AND HAVE AGAIN BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WILL MOST LIKELY NOT COVER MY ISSUES... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10213149December 29, 2007
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD SEPARATION OF COOPER CS4 TOURING 215/50R17 91V HIGH SPEED RADIAL. DOT 3D6A CLT 520/A/A. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH A SLAPPING SOUND DEVELOPED. SUBSEQUENT STOPS AND CHECKS REVEALED THE TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. LOOSE RUBBER KNOCKED HOLES IN THE OUTER EDGE OF THE INNER FENDER WELL. ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TIRE I WAS ABLE TO INSERT MY FINGER UP UNDER THE TREAD. THIS CONDITION HAD THE APPEARANCE OF THE TIRE BEING A RE-TREAD INSTEAD OF A NEW TIRE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203936September 24, 2007
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
I WON A 2003 MAZDA6S AND I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY CLUTCH. I FIRST CHANGED THE CLUTCH AT 18,000 MILES AND I HAD TO ARGUE WITH MAZDA ON THAT BECAUSE THE CLUTCH IS ONLY COVERED FOR 1YR/12,000 MILES. NOW AT 35,000 AND CHANGE MILES MY CLUTCH HAS FAILED AGAIN. MAZDA HAS NO RECALLED THIS ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH AND IN MY OPINION IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. I AM A MEMBER AT HTTP://FORUM.MAZDA6CLUB.COM/), AND THERE YOU CAN DO A SEARCH AND FINE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CLUTCH ISSUE. THE FAILURE OF A CLUTCH FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR DOES NOT NORMALLY OCCUR SO EARLY IN A CAR'S LIFE (SEE WWW.DRIVETRAIN.COM/CLUTCHARTICLE.HTML). IN ADDITION THE WEAR OF THE CLUTCH UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT BE THE CUSTOMER'S FAULT AND MAZDA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS. I WOULD LIKE MAZDA TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CLUTCH IN THESE CARS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10201072August 28, 2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
MY CAR HAS HAD ALL OF IT'S ROUTINE MAINTENANCE DONE. AT 30K I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT 20 I HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR. AT 60K I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN! AT 60K I HAD TO REPLACE A TRANSAXLE SOMETHING OR ANOTHER . NOW AT 66K IT IS DOING ALL OF THE SAME THINGS THAT IT WAS DOING BEFORE THE TRANSMISSIONS WENT OUT, AND IT'S BECAUSE "I NEED A NEW AIR FILTER, SPARK PLUGS, AND FUEL FILTER" THE CAR JERKS VERY HARD WHEN SLOWING DOWN ON THE FREEWAY THE RPM RACE, LIKE IT WON'T GEAR DOWN. WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK IT'S AS IF I AM PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DOWN AND REVVING THE ENGINE. BUT THE CAR IS IN PARK, AND THERE IS NO PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL WHAT SO EVER! I HATE THIS CAR, AND RECOMMEND NO ONE TO BUY ONE! I WILL BE VOICING MY OPINION OF THE CAR IN THE CAR WINDOWS, AND TELLING EVERYONE I KNOW ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY OF THIS CAR. YOU WOULD THINK THAT PAYING 27K FOR A VEHICLE THAT IT WOULD LAST!*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189175April 28, 2007
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
REAR WHEEL STUDS. ONE OF MY REAR WHEEL LUG BOLTS IS CRACKED UP IN THE LUG NUT AND ANOTHER ONE BROKE OFF AND IS MISSING.THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I CAN'T EVEN GET MY CAR INSPECTED BECAUSE OUR LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE DOES NOT CARRY THIS ITEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188515April 22, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I PURCHASED MY MAZDA IN 2003. SINCE THE PURCHASE EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THE END OF OCT. 2005 MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR WAS SHAKING, AND MY RPMS WHERE MALFUNCTIONING (GOING UP AND DOWN, THEN BACK UP AGAIN). I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR JUMPED TIME, MY CAR HAD UNDER 45K MILES. THEY FIXED IT, BUT IN THE BEGINNING OF NOV. 2005, NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER, MY CAR DID THE SAME THING, BUT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE BOLTS IN MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 I HAD A VACUUM LEAK, MY CAR WOULD START AND STOP, I HAD THAT REPAIRED AT REPAIR SHOP OF MY OWN CHOSE, SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS UP. NOW IN APRIL 2007, I WAS INFORMED BY A REPAIR SHOP, OF MY OWN CHOSE, THAT I THROWN A ROD IN MY MOTOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10179467January 23, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER 4 PREVIOUS REPAIRS I STARTED MY CAR AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ONCE AGAIN BEGAN TO FLASH, THIS TIME FLASHING RAPIDLY. I CALLED THE DEALER WHO TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE THE RAPID FLASH MEANS THE CAR IS UNSAFE. I WAS TOLD I HAD A BAD COIL. AFTER A $400 REPAIR, I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME LIGHT FLASH. THE DEALER THEN TOLD ME MY CATALIYTIC CONVERTERS SPLIT. NOW I HAVE A $4,600 REPAIR JOB ON A 2003. PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FOR THE PAST YEAR. THANK YOU. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165671August 16, 2006
AIR BAGS
I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND OUT OF 6 AIR BAGS ALL OF THEM FAILED TO COME OUT. BECAUSE OF THERE FAILURE I RECEIVED VARIOUS INJURIES THAT ARE KEEPING ME FROM WORK. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10163007July 20, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND ON MANY OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THIS OCCURRED EVEN WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE RAN THROUGH A RED LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERS WHO DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS PERTAINING TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160620June 23, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN BRAKES ARE USED THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THAT THE BRAKE HARDWARE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE GRINDING PROBLEM WE HAD TAKEN IN FOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PREVIOUSLY. WE HAD ALSO HAD TO TAKE THE CAR IN 4+ TIMES TELLING THEM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH COLD STARTING, GETTING A "WE CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM"...THE 5TH TIME IT HAD TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THIS IS AFTER THEY SOLD US A $120 BATTERY BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159674June 12, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2003 MAZDA 6 WITH 56,000 MILES TO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY MORNING ON A BUSY 2-LANE HIGHWAY. SHE SHIFTED (LIKELY TO 4TH), AND THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION LOCKED-UP. FORTUNATELY, SHE IS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH AND COAST THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. IF SHE HAD BEEN INEXPERIENCED, OR IF A SHOULDER HAD NOT BEEN AVAILABLE, OR IF THE CAR BEHIND HER HAD BEEN CLOSER, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. REGARDING, THE TRANSMISSION, IT HAD BEEN MAINTAINED WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED FLUID CHANGES, AND IT WAS LOCKED-UP AND DAMAGED BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR. A USED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED BY THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALER AT A COST OF OVER $2,000. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158027May 22, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER FAINTING, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A STOP SIGN AT 10 MPH. THE IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE CENTER OF THE HOOD. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY UNTIL THE CONSUMER OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS DEEMED TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE HAS BEEN NO INSPECTION OF THE AIR BAG PROBLEM. UPDATED 6/16/2006 - *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148549January 25, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
MULTIPLE PROBLEMS FROM CAROUSEL MOTORS HIGHWAY 1 WEST, IOWA CITY IOWA 52246. 319-354-2550 WHILE CHANGING OIL THEY DISCONNECTED A HOSE WHICH ANOTHER DEALER WAS ABLE TO FIND AND REPAIR. WHILE TALKING THE CAR IN AND HAVING IT IN THEIR POSSESSION IT RECEIVED $3,000 DAMAGE. THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM IN OVER 20 DAYS. NEXT THEY PUT A FUSE BOX DOOR COVER ON UNDER WARRANTY. IN DOING SO THEY REMOVED THE SILL COVER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN THEY REPLACED THE SILL COVER THE DROVE THE LOCK DOWNS ON THE COVER THROUGH THE WIRING HARNESS. OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT THE HAD DONE THEY BLAMED ME FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CAROUSEL MOTORS SHOULD NOT HAVE A MAZDA FRANCHISE. IT IS NOT FOR THE SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS REASONS AS STATED BUT FOR THE FACT THAT A MR. PAT LINN THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE DEALERSHIP HAS CALLED MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT RAKING ME THROUGH THE DIRT TO MY MANAGER AT WORK TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ME TO MY BOSS. HE HAS TURNED THIS INTO A PERSONAL MATTER AND NOT A BUSINESS MATTER. IS THIS A REACTION OF AN ADULT? HIS OWNER NEEDS TO LOCK HIS HEALS TOGETHER, RELEASE HIM FROM HIS POSSITION, AND HAVE THE DEALERSHIP APPOLOGIZE FOR HIS MISUSE OF HIS POSITION. HARRASSMENT AND SLANDER ARE NOT AND WILL NOT BE TOLLERATED. PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO MAZDA . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146341December 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST PROBLEM INVOLVED THE BRAKE PADS THAT WERE WORN OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 20,000 MILES. THE SECOND PROBLEM DEALT WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOMETIMES THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ROUGHLY. THIRD PROBLEM, IN COLD WEATHER, THE ENGINE SURGED AND REVVED HIGH FOR THREE SECONDS. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT THE BRAKE WEAR WAS NORMAL. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10141668November 3, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
FAILURE OF THE RACK & PINION STEERING TWICE IN THE LAST 1.5 YEARS; MARCH 2004 AND AGAIN SEPT. 2005. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME.REPLACEMENT WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY THE FIRST TIME[ AT 20,000 MILES]; THE SECOND TIME MAZDA PAID FOR THE PART EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAD 54,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS OUT OF WARRANTY; I PAID FOR THE LABOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10139588October 13, 2005
AIR BAGS
RATTLES INSIDE PASSENGERS COMPARTMENT WITH 2003 MAZDA 6 SEDAN. RATTLES COME FROM FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE CLOSE TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE ORIGIN OF THE RATTLES, IT IS BECOMING LOUDER EACH DAY. WORRY IT MAY CAUSE FAILURE OF AIRBAG DURING AN ACCIDENT. INCIDENT DATE WAS THE ORIGINAL DATE WHEN WE NOTICED THE RATTLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138252September 30, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAD A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. WHEN I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME IN THE MIDNIGHT AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, MY LESS THAN 2 AND HALF YEARS OLD MAZDA 6 START TO MAKE VERY LOUD ANNOYING NOISE. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH AT THAT TIME. LATER I FOUND OUT THERE IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT RELATING TO THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD EXPERIENCED, WHICH MAZDA HAS KNOWN THE PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THEY EVEN HAVE A BULLETIN DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEM AND THE TITLE IS '04-004/04 2003-2003 MAZDA 6 -FRONT BRAKE JUDDER AND /OR BRAKE MOAN NOISE'. THEY NEVER MADE ANY RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE AND LEAVE THIS RISK TO THEIR CUSTOMER INTENTIONALLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133791August 22, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I PURCHASED MY 2003 MAZDA6 IN JUNE OF 2003. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR MUTIPLE PROBLEMS. SEVERAL RECALLS OF COURSE, BUT THE FIRST MAJOR PROBLEM CAME WHEN THE CAR WAS ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD AND MY RADIATOR SEAM AT THE BOTTOM SEPERATED. THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR. WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP MY AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT WORKING, SO I RETURNED THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AT THAT TIME. APRIL OF 2005, MY CAR ONLY HAD ABOUT 19,000 MILES ON IT MY AIR CONDITIONING STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE STATED THAT MY FREON WAS LOW AND CHARGED IT UP. I ASKED HOW THAT COULD BE WITH A CAR AS NEW AS THIS ONE AND THEY STATED, IT WAS NORMAL. FOR A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD?? LAST WEEK, AUGUST OF 2005, ONCE AGAIN MY AIR IS BLOWING HOT,PARTICULALY WHEN SITTING IN AN IDLE POSITION,WORKS BETTER UPON ACCLERATION. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THE CONTROL FAN MODULE WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT,WHICH BY THE WAY HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED WITH A RECALL. AS OF AUGUSST 22, 2005 MY AIR IS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WE WENT ON A SHORT TRIP AND WERE STUCK IN A TRAFFIC JAM. ONCE AGAIN THE AIR WOULD NOT BLOW COLD WHILE WE WERE SITTING. I KNOW THIS IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR, THE AIR WORKED GREAT. I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS CAR,I JUST KEEP WAITING FOR THE NEXT THING TO GO WRONG. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE MY BRAKED PADS AND HAD THE LEFT FRONT ROTOR TURNED. I THINK MAZDA OWES US ALL OF US THAT HAVE PURCHASED THESE CARS AND HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS A BIG APOLOGY . AND SHOULD REPLACE THESE VEHICLES, WHICH I KNOW WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130625July 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
FRONT (RIGHT) END SQUEAKS/GRINDS MAINLY WHILE TURNING, HOWEVER HAS CONTINUED AFTER STRAIGHTENING OUT. STARTED AROUND 10,000 MILES. I'VE TAKEN IT IN 3 DIFFERENT TIMES TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS. THIS LAST TIME (NOW AT ~50,000) I WAS TOLD IT WAS A BREAK PAD PROBLEM AND THAT: MY BREAK PADS WERE 80% WORN. MY ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED. I WAS ALSO NOW CHARGED FOR THIS VISIT THAT STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129952July 25, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE HESITATED WHEN SHE HIT THE GAS AND WHEN SHE IS DRIVING, IT SEEMED TO HESITATE AND THEN GOES ON. SHE SAID THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SHE HAS HAD IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. SHE SAID THAT TWO MONTHS AGO THEY TRIED TO LOCK IT AND THE HORN STARTED BLOWING. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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