2008 Mazda CX-9 Powertrain (other) Problems

Once you get to 70mph it starts shaking like if a the wheels will fall off.

NHTSA ID

11549308

Incident

Oct 10, 2023

KNOCK OR HARD SHIFT IN PARK AS WELL AS IN REVERSE KEEPS BURNING OIL HAD EVERYTHING FLUSHED REPLACED ALL FLUIDS VALVE COVER GASKETS SPARK PLUGS ETC

NHTSA ID

11406364

Incident

Mar 11, 2021

Mileage

235 mi

KNOWN ISSUE OF TRANSFER CASE MECHANICAL FAILURE IN ALL CX-9 MODELS FROM 2007-2015. TRANSFER CASE IS TOO CLOSE TO EXHAUST CAUSING THE OIL TO DRY UP. TRANSFER CASE EXPLODES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSE MANY ACCIDENTS.

NHTSA ID

11361093

Incident

Sep 17, 2020

Mileage

108,000 mi

I NOTICED IN THE LAST ALMOST YEAR A STRANGE VIBRATION IN THE SUV WHEN I TURN, AS TIME WENT ON IT GOT LOUDER. I HAD COUPLE OTHER PARTS REPLACED THROUGHOUT THIS TIME THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. I THAN FIND OUT RECENTLY IT WAS THE READ REPELLER SHAFT AND ANOTHER PART WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ENGINE ALSO PART OF THE DRIVE SHAFT. NOISE OCCURS WITH DRIVING I NOTICED AFTER SEARCHING IT IS COMMON WITH THIS SUV

NHTSA ID

11348720

Incident

Aug 5, 2020

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE A SEVERE SHUDDERING VIBRATION AND LOUD NOISE EMANATED FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE, AS IF FRONT AXEL WAS GOING TO FALL OFF. HAPPENED THREE TIMES SO FAR. ONCE TO MY WIFE, ONCE TO ME, AND ONCE TO THE MECHANIC. VERY FRIGHTENING EACH TIME, CAUSING DRIVERS TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF VEHICLE. THEN VEHICLE DRIVES OK FOR A WHILE. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT FORWARD. MECHANIC STATES IT IS A FAILED POWER TRANSFER UNIT. MECHANIC'S RESEARCH INDICATED IT IS A BIG PROBLEM IN MAZDA CX-9 VEHICLES, AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED AND RESULTED IN A SETTLEMENT. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THAT SETTLEMENT DOES NOT COVER MY VEHICLE YEAR (2008), AND IS LIMITED TO VEHICLES MANUFACTURED AFTER 2010, AND WHICH MEET CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS. MECHANIC ESTIMATES REPAIR WILL RUN IN THE $1100-$1500 RANGE. WONDERING IF I HAVE ANY RECOURSE WITH REGARD TO THIS PROBLEM AND THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT RATHER THEN NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

11331246

Incident

Jun 19, 2020

Mileage

146,000 mi

WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES MAYBE 10-15 AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS HAD TIME TO WARM UP, AS I AM APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL AND IT IS SHIFTING INTO GEARS (USUALLY INTO GEARS 3,4, & 5) THE VEHICLE IS SHOWING THAT IT IS INTO THE NEXT GEAR BUT YOU FEEL IT SHIFT AFTER THE FACT SO IT IS DELAYED AND AS ACCELERATING IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS LAGGING AND TRYING TO SHIFT BUT CAN'T FULLY RIGHT AWAY. I AM ONLY SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE OTHERS WITH THIS MAKE OF VEHICLE BUT DIFFERENT YEARS AND THEY STATED THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLE AS WELL

NHTSA ID

11269310

Incident

May 5, 2019

Mileage

104,000 mi

CAR MAKE WEIRD VIBRATION NOISE IN THE BACK END . WENT TO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND IT'S A TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVESHAFT ISSUE. . LOOKS THE PROBLEM IS IN DESIGN. MAZDA RECALLED THE TRANSFER CASE FROM 2010 MODEL AND LATER BUT NOT BEFORE. SINCE THE SAME PART IS USED IN EARLIER MODELS REQUESTING RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS TOO. I WENT TO 4 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT EACH AND EVERY MAZDA CX-9 COMES TO THEM HAS SAME ISSUE. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS AFTER 2010. THEY HAVE SAME PARTS AND I OR OTHER OWNERS CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIR AND IT'S A MANUFACTURING FAULT. LOOKING FORWARD TO GET HELP FROM NHTSA

NHTSA ID

11233199

Incident

Jul 12, 2019

Mileage

117,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUMES. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED DUE TO THE TRANSFER CASE GOING BAD, IT CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO GO BAD. CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO BRING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, SMELL IS ON GOING.*JB

NHTSA ID

11193183

Incident

Feb 1, 2019

Mileage

161,000 mi

AFTER CHANGING GEARS, 4TH TO 6TH, THE CAR START MAKING HARD SHIFTING, RATLING. THIS SOUND, GOES AND CAME IN TIME TO TIME.

NHTSA ID

11109589

Incident

Jun 29, 2018

Mileage

3 mi

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE KIDS AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE LOUD NOISE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD AND FORCED HER TO STOP. NEXT DAY WE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC'S AND WAS TOLD THE DIFFERENTIAL WAS CRACKED AND IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL CASES OF THIS HAPPENING TO THIS CAR. A WEEK AFTER GETTING THAT FIXED, I STILL HEAR NOTICES WHEN I AM DRIVING BELOW 30MILS. NOW THE MECHANICS TELLS ME THE BACK AXLE IS LEAKING OIL RIGHT NEXT TO THE BACK DIFFERENTIAL. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE A LOSE OF LIFE. IF MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN A HIGHWAY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID

11083738

Incident

Nov 8, 2017

Mileage

120 mi

IN MOTION, AFTER ACCELERATING, I LET UP OFF THE GAS AFTER REACHING 60MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND THERE IS A CLUNKING SOUND ACCOMPANIED WITH A JERK COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER SLOWING, WHEN I LIGHTLY STEP ON THE GAS TO MAINTAIN A SPEED IT HAS THE CLUNKING SOUND ACCOMPANIED BY A JERK AS WELL.

NHTSA ID

10985072

Incident

May 11, 2017

Mileage

141,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 MAZDA CX-9 AND THE CAR WAS SMELLING LIKE IT WAS BURNING AND THEN IT SOUNDED LIKE A PILE OF ROCKS BEING TOSSED AROUND. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSFER CASE WENT OUT AND MESSED UP THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT MAZDA HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR SOME TIME AND HAS FAILED TO NOTIFY THE CUSTOMER. THIS PROBLEM HAS APPARENTLY CAUSED VEHICLES TO CATCH FIRE WHILE DRIVING. AFTER CONTACTING MAZDA THEY SAY THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 90,000 MILES BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HASN'T NOTIFIED THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE. MAZDA SAYS IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE IT ISN'T A SAFETY ISSUE (WHICH I DISAGREE WITH, IT COULD CAUSE GREAT HARM OR DEATH) AND IT HASN'T BEEN REPORTED ENOUGH. MAZDA SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE NOR THE LABOR OR TRANSMISSION. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE APPARENTLY IT'S HAPPENING IN ALL CX-9 VEHICLES BETWEEN CERTAIN YEARS. IT'S A DEFECTIVE PART, NOTHING I DID AND I AM LEFT TO PAY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT MAZDA KNOWS IS THEIR FAULT.

NHTSA ID

10970160

Incident

Feb 9, 2017

Mileage

180,000 mi

THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT (PTU), AKA TRANSFER CASE ON MY 2008 CX-9 BROKE, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED A PERFECTLY GOOD TRANSMISSION. THE PTU IS POORLY DESIGNED AND IMPROPERLY FITTED TO THE CX-9 AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CASES OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM IN ANY MAZDA USER FORUM. MY MAZDA IS ONLY USED FOR COMMUTING AND COMMON STREET USE. I NOTICED A TOXIC SMELL OF BURNING TRANSFER CASE OIL ON THE EXHAUST, WHICH FILLED THE CABIN. THE REAR WHEELS WOULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR. MAZDA HAS NOT RECALLED THIS PART, AND EVEN WORSE THEY HAVE USED IT IN ALL AWD CX-9 MODELS FROM 2007-2009. IT IS SIMPLY NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE WEIGHT AND POWER OF THIS VEHICLE, AND IS "SEALED" FROM THE FACTORY WITH "LIFETIME OIL" THAT BREAKS DOWN OVER TIME. MAZDA USA HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF THIS PART, NOTED IN THE SSP92 WARRANTY EXTENSION. BUT MY CAR, WHICH I'VE OWNED AND SERVICED REGULARLY AT MAZDA DEALERS, HAS 120,000 MILES AND MAZDA REFUSED TO OFFER ANY PARTIAL ASSISTANCE TO REPLACE MINE, OR REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED. THIS IS A PROBLEM WORTHY OF A RECALL OR CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT. IT CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE THE REAR WHEELS NO LONGER RECEIVE DRIVE, OIL FROM THE FAILED PTU LEAKS DIRECTLY ON EXHAUST CAUSING NOXIOUS FUMES IN THE CABIN, AND AT WORST CAN LOCK-UP REAR WHEELS IF THE SYSTEM WERE TO SEIZE. MY REPAIR FROM A MAZDA DEALER TOTALED MORE THAN $3,600 WHICH IS MORE THAN 1/3 THE VALUE OF THE CAR.

NHTSA ID

10968398

Incident

Feb 23, 2017

Mileage

120,000 mi

2008 CX-9 WITH 110,000 MILES TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WITH PROBABLE DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. PROGNOSIS WAS MADE DURING REPAIR OF LEAKING REAR AXEL SEALS WHEN MECHANIC NOTICED "CHUNKS OF METAL" IN THE THE TRANSFER CASE.

NHTSA ID

10953986

Incident

Jan 31, 2017

Mileage

110,000 mi

VEHICLE IS AWD. IN MAY 2016, TCS & ABS DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AS WELL AS THE DEPICTION OF A VEHICLE SKIDDING. BROUGHT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID HE WAS GETTING FAULT CODES BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. SUGGESTED WE GO TO THE DEALER. WENT TO LOCAL MAZDA DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH THE TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE STRIPPED, THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOW OPERATING IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND THAT THE ABS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES. DEALER QUOTED $8,136 TO FIX. WE ASSUMED THERE MUST BE SOME RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BUT COULD NOT FIND ONE. WE THEN BROUGHT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION EXPERT WHO OPENED IT UP AND DESCRIBED SAME PROBLEM. STRIPPED GEARS ON BOTH TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE. HE CALLED DEALERSHIP PARTS DEPT. AND SAID THEY HAD SEVERAL OF THE MAJOR PARTS HE NEEDED TO REPAIR. HE THOUGHT WAS A SIGN THAT DEALER WAS SEEING MANY OF THESE SAME PROBLEMS AS THESE WERE NOT PARTS A DEALER WOULD TYPICALLY STOCK. I DISCOVERED MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON LINE. SOME NOTED MAZDA RECALLED 2010 AND NEWER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO SAID IT MAY BE A ONBOARD COMPUTER ISSUE THAT CAUSED THE RAPID WEAR OF THE TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION. VERY CONCERNED THAT MAZDA IS PUTTING THIS ON THE CONSUMER WHEN IT SEEMS VERY LIKELY TO BE SOME DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

NHTSA ID

10938477

Incident

May 30, 2016

Mileage

140,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND HEARD A CLICKING SOUND WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

NHTSA ID

10865331

Incident

May 12, 2016

Mileage

92,000 mi

I HAVE A 2008 MAZDA CX-9 WITH 139,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSFER CASE HAS DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPROMISED BY THE FAULTY TRANSFER CASE OVER A PERIOD TIME. I'VE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THE TRANSFER CASE IS RUINING THESE TRANSMISSIONS. I'VE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA ARE SELLING UPWARDS OF 4 TRANSFER CASES PER WEEK AND OFTEN OUT OF STOCK DUE TO THIS REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY TRANSFER CASE COMING OUT OF THE FACTORY. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY MAZDA HASN'T SENT OUT A BULLETIN TO IT'S VALUED CUSTOMERS REGARDING THIS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THIS IS DUE TO THE LARGE FINANCIAL IMPACT IT MAY HAVE. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO REQUEST THAT YOU TAKE THIS ISSUE TO WHOMEVER CAN HELP RESOLVE MY CASE AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE REPLACEMENT OF MY TRANSMISSION AND FAULTY TRANSFER CASE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MAZDA APPARENTLY HAS A "SOFTWARE UPDATE" THAT WOULD FIX THIS ISSUE - BUT I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE AS I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE OR ANY SOFTWARE UPDATE TO FIX THIS FAULTY TRANSFER CASE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A SOFTWARE UPGRADE IS GOING TO FIX A MECHANICAL ISSUE AND CANNOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS "SOFTWARE" UPDATE BEING LEGITIMATE. MAZDA SUPPOSEDLY MAKES A QUALITY PRODUCT AND SUPPOSEDLY CARES ABOUT CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND SERVICE. I WOULD SAY THAT NOT TELLING YOUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT A FAULTY PART (KNOW ISSUE ON FACTORY TRANSFER CASE) THAT DESTROYS THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSES SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IS NOT FAIR OR REASONABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

NHTSA ID

10825072

Incident

Jan 1, 2016

Mileage

139,000 mi

FRONT AXLE FELL OFF THE CAR. COULD HEAR STRANGE NOISE WHEN BACKING UP. PUT IN PARK IN DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. PULLED OVER TO SIDEWALK AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND AXLE WAS FOUND UNDER THE CAR.

NHTSA ID

10817952

Incident

Dec 29, 2015

Mileage

89,645 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER WHEELS SPUN, BUT FAILED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED.THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000.

NHTSA ID

10808254

Incident

Dec 1, 2015

Mileage

92,000 mi

TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WHICH CAN CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FOUND DURING RECENT INSPECTION. LOOKS THE PROBLEM IS IN DESIGN. MAZDA RECALLED THE TRANSFER CASE FROM 2010 MODEL AND LATER BUT NOT BEFORE. SINCE THE SAME PART IS USED IN EARLIER MODELS REQUESTING RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS TOO.

NHTSA ID

10779488

Incident

Oct 2, 2015

Mileage

80,000 mi

GEAR OIL LEAKING OUT OF THE TRANSFER CASE VENT TUBE. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL FUNCTION. ONLY WAY TO CHECK LEVEL IS TO REMOVE FILL PLUG AND STICK FINGER IN. THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO GET TO THIS IS PUTTING VEHICLE UP ON A LIFT. RESEARCHED ONLINE AND MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. IF NOT CAUGHT RIGHT AWAY TRANSFER CASE CAN FAIL ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION. THERE IS NO INFO ON CHANGING THIS OIL AT CERTAIN INTERVALS. FAILURE OF THESE TWO COMPONENTS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AND COULD RESULT IN INJURY. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.

NHTSA ID

10731908

Incident

Jul 1, 2015

Mileage

101,000 mi

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN FROM A PARKING LOT ONTO A ROAD WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHEN A LOUD CRUNCH HAPPENED, THE VEHICLE JERKED LEFT WHILE STILL MOVING FORWARD AND I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR BREAK. THE CAR CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND I COULDN'T GET THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN. I WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND NOTICED LOOSE PARTS THAT HAD BEEN EJECTED FROM THE WHEEL, LEAKING BREAK FLUID, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED AND HAD WEDGED UNDER THE CAR. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE ROAD THUS CREATING A TRAFFIC JAM. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE CONTROL ARM WAS BROKEN AND THAT MY GIRLS AND I ARE LUCKY THAT WE WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE MAZDA DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT 4 DAYS AGO AND I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS COVERED UNDER TREAD LIABILITY LAWS? I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE CAR/WHEEL THAT WERE TAKEN AT THE SCENE IF NEEDED.

NHTSA ID

10717510

Incident

May 15, 2015

Mileage

104,000 mi

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING PLACE, THE RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE AND CV JOINT BECAME DISCONNECTED, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE CAR AND PUSHING THE WHEEL WELL BACK UNDER THE PASSENGER DOOR, MAKING IT INOPERABLE. THE TOW DRIVER SAID I MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING REALLY HARD, BUT IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS I'VE HAD THIS CAR, I'VE NEVER HIT ANYTHING! I DRIVE A LOT FOR MY JOB AND AM GRATEFUL THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND HAS SHAKEN MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS CAR. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, BUT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME WHILE THE OTHER BALL JOINT WAS SAFE ENOUGH FOR ME TO MAKE THE TRIP HOME (350 MILES), I SHOULD DEFINITELY GET IT CHECKED OUT AS WELL, AS IT LOOKED SUSPECT FOR THE LONG TERM. THE CAR IS AT THE MECHANIC NOW, AND I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK DRIVING IT HOME EARLIER TODAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10714469

Incident

Apr 29, 2015

Mileage

163,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

NHTSA ID

10653804

Incident

Nov 4, 2014

Mileage

142,000 mi

THERE HAVE BEEN A MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS ON THE VEHICLE (TWO SETS OF BRAKES, TIEROD, ELECTRICAL OVERHAUL VACUUM HOSES...) THE MAJOR ISSUE HAS BEEN OIL LEAKING. THIS PAST SUMMER (2011) THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. THE DEALER HAD THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE DIAGNOSING THAT IT WAS THE REAR MAIN SEAL. THE SEAL WAS REPLACED (CAR WAS AT DEALER FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS.) THIS FALL (2011) OIL WAS STILL LEAKING. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS THE DEALER CONTACTED MAZDA CORPORATE AND THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION, CLAIMING IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. WINTER/SPRING 2012 OIL STILL LEAKING, CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER - CLAIMING IT IS THE REAR MAIN SEAL. AGAIN? WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH THE NEW TRANSMISSION? *TR

NHTSA ID

10454468

Incident

Jul 13, 2011

Mileage

50,000 mi