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🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2008 [Transmission] Defect age: 2
The contact owns a 2006 Mazda 6. While driving uphill at approximately 68 mph, the vehicle slipped out of gear without warning. The contact lost control of the vehicle and the vehicle landed in a ditch. The failure recurred several times. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the trans-axle slippage was due to poor design. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2010 [Other] Defect age: 4
Potential rear end collision: I own a 2006 Mazda 6 VIN [xxx]. I have experienced frequent times when I have accelerated onto the highway (or any other need to avoid a collision) and have experienced a severe loss of power/acceleration. This could have easily resulted in a rear-end collision had the cars behind me not reacted immediately. I have notified the local dealership and "Mazda customer satisfaction" of this problem and was told that my vehicle is "out of warranty. I also found that Mazda has issued a TSB #05-016-06 that explains the potential cause. Mazda is aware of this problem. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2006 [Other]
2000 Mazda 626 - automatic transmission - 52k miles 1) no reverse - one time incident in may, moved it forwarded and ran through the other gears and then it went into reverse. . . So didn't think much of it. In late September, it happened again. Frequency increased over next month. No pattern. . . Hot, cold, dry, wet, etc. 2) I now have no reverse most of the time, though still intermittent 3) took to aamco. . . It's not electrical, needs total overhaul for $2k 6 year old car with only 52k miles, not driven hard. . . Shouldn't have these problems. I had a 1987 Mazda 626 that had the same issue at 11 years old.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2012 [Other] Defect age: 6
When accelerating or climbing enough to invoke a downshift, the transmission occasionally slips or disengages causing very high rpm, followed by a sudden downshift and very hard jerk. It almost feels like being hit from behind. This failure poses an extreme rear end collision hazard. Mazda has issued TSB 05-016/06 to deal with this problem but my dealer informed me that Mazda now recommends a complete transmission change in lieu of a valve body change recommended by the TSB. This transmission should be recalled, it's unsafe.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2012 [Other] Defect age: 6
When accelerating or climbing enough to invoke a downshift, the transmission occasionally slips or disengages causing very high rpm, followed by a sudden downshift and very hard jerk. It almost feels like being hit from behind. This failure poses an extreme rear end collision hazard. Mazda has issued TSB 05-016/06 to deal with this problem but my dealer informed me that Mazda now recommends a complete transmission change in lieu of a valve body change recommended by the TSB. This transmission should be recalled, it's unsafe.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2011 [Other] Defect age: 5
While driving 65 mph down the interstate, my 2006 Mazda 6 made a loud noise like grinding gears and stalled for a second reved up and went into 3rd gear. The car went from 65 mph to almost a stop and then to 20 mph in the middle of the interstate. After that, the car downshifted several times in the next couple of days. Research showed many other 2006 Mazda 6 owners with similar problems. A Mazda TSB was posted in December 2006, and the car was purchased in November 2006. Mazda has not notified any costomers of this problem and a transmission going out at 58k is not typical. The dealer said it was the valve body solenoids. Replaced those for $800 and still shifted out of gear. Then paid $3800 for a new transmission that might do the same thing in a few thousand miles. If you are out of warrany, Mazda does nothing for you. This is a very serious rear end collision hazard.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2013 [Other] Defect age: 7
My transmission fails and revs high when I accelerate too hard or am going up a hill causing a downshift. This is most common when switching between the 5th and 6th gears. This is a very dangerous problem common in many vehicles of this model year. If I suddenly can't accelerate going 60 mph on the highway and drop down to 40mph as I wait for the rpms to go back down, there is a serious risk of being rear ended or side swiped depending on the situation. There is a service bulletin but it should be a recall. The fix would cost thousands of dollars.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2011 [Other] Defect age: 5
When accelerating, the car suddenly has no power, then shifts hard down, typically it happens shifting into 3rd or 4th gear. Under about a half pedal, it basically feels like a stall, then jerks you backwards, hard as it kicks into gear and accelerates. I'm told there is a service bulletin that there are transmission failures for this car. Unfortunately, we are out of warranty.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2013 [Other] Defect age: 7
Pressed clutch in loud noise heard then grinding. Pedal stuck to floor while in traffic. Car I had happily owned 2 Mazda 6 2006 sedan and wagon and was considering another when the diesel comes out. That was last week. This week without warning the clutch pedal went to the floor and made a loud bang grinding noise. Car has extended warranty from Mazda we had told Mazda for over a year hard to get into reverse and 1-2 chatter noise but never got any resolution on this. Took car in dealer said it would be a clucth which is not covered I was not happy but somewhat ok with that. It turns out that went the part failed throwout bearing it destroyed the transmission and that is not covered (Mazda customer service must know about the problem as they tell you not covered and basically hang up on you. Same with mepp which I paid a great deal of money for bumper to bumper extended total care which is supposed to cover manual trans but somehow does not. Getting rid of both cars and may have to junk my other car which went from being worth 10k to 0. In an instant by a bearing which should be covered. Don"t buy Mazda they don't stand behind the product. Always dealer serviced and just was serviced and passed Mazda (green light thing they give you every time it's serviced making you feel like it's all good which is a lie. 3000. 00 to replace the clutch is insane it's not a skyline gtr.
🇺🇸 mazda 6 gg 2006 [Other]
I leased my fully loaded 2006 Mazda a6 back in December of 2005. Ever since then, I have had trouble with the car. First, the driver side window was not going down. A few days after I bought the car, I realized that the turbo kept giving out on me. Then I came across a huge dilemma, where the limited slip differential, drive shaft, and all the bolts and hinges had to be replaced because of a bolt which was not torque enough. Then, the brakes kept making an annoying noise even without the brakes applied at low and high speeds. Subsequently, the tires wear and tear was horrible at 6,000 miles, to the point where I should have replaced them, and Mazda didn't do anything about it. Later I found out that the air pressure in the tire was too low. After that, the keyless entry/keyless start remote stopped working, and had to open the car manually, which got fixed after 2 attempts, and just replaced the whole thing. Now, there is a problem with the rear axle, and how it has to be replaced, because when the limited slip differential problem came across, they neglected to look or fix the axle from the start. Now they have the courage to tell me that I have to pay for the axle, and rent a car, and all the expenses, because they were negligent of looking at it from the start. They are blaming the axle issue on the tires, when they were bad to start with and the tires that were going bad were the front ones, not the rear.