2010 MAZDA CX-9 Problems & Recalls

Driver side Lower control arm fail off from the ball joint

Driver side Lower control arm fail off from the ball joint

Stiff brake pedal , more effort to stop and longer distant to stop.

My wife was taking my daughters for marching band and all of a sudden she tried to press the brakes but the brakes felt too hard and she was unable to stop the car safely. She had to take immediate action by moving the car to the shoulder to stop the car. There were no warning signs on the screen. ...

Vehicle difficult to stop, believe it is a bad brake booster.

Water pump failure causing catastrophic engine damage

Braking inconsistently - sometimes easy to stop, sometimes hard. I had brakes looked at, and the man said it was the brake booster. He googled it, and found a recall online and told me to take it to my dealer. It doesn't look like there's an active recall - but a lot of complaints. What's going on? ...

Mileage: 120,000

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda CX-9. The contact stated while conducting a routine check, he noticed that the coolant and the oil levels were low. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the coolant was leaking into the engine. The vehicle was not repaired. An unknown dealer was contacted and informed...

Mileage: 160,000

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda CX-9. The contact stated while conducting a routine check, he noticed that the coolant and the oil levels were low. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the coolant was leaking into the engine. The vehicle was not repaired. An unknown dealer was contacted and informed...

Mileage: 160,000

Brakes not working due to brake booster problem which was brought to the attention of Mazda. Mazda and the transportation authority agreed on an extended warranty which is no longer in effect. There have been many more complaints for this same problem, yet a recall has not been listed for this vechi...

Mileage: 94,000

Driving and brakes would not work without pressing really hard. The problem was reported before on these cars and continue to be a problem. https://www.carcomplaints.com/Mazda/CX-9/2010/brakes/stiff_difficult_braking.shtml my car has been in 2 shops for about 3 months now. They had to replace severa...

While driving the vehicle went to stop car and was unable to stop brake pedal was hard as a rock luckily I didn't hit anything or anyone. upon further research it seems that this model has an issues with the brake booster failing causing exactly what I experienced. As it turns out I did not qualif...

Mileage: 86,524

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda CX-9. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was unable to stop while the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufactu...

Mileage: 162,706

The water pump failed and leaked coolant into the engine, causing motor damage which requires motor replacement. There was no evidence of any failure until the vehicle overheated while being driven. This is a known design flaw of the engine design but no recall has been issued.

I had engine failure with a complete loss of power and a shuttering of the steering wheel while pulling into a parking lot and going less than 30 miles per hour. The temperature gauze went from cold to hot suddenly. There were no leaks of coolant or oil and no signs that the engine was out of water ...

I had engine failure with a complete loss of power and a shuttering of the steering wheel while pulling into a parking lot and going less than 30 miles per hour. The temperature gauze went from cold to hot suddenly. There were no leaks of coolant or oil and no signs that the engine was out of water ...

I had engine failure with a complete loss of power and a shuttering of the steering wheel while pulling into a parking lot and going less than 30 miles per hour. The temperature gauze went from cold to hot suddenly. There were no leaks of coolant or oil and no signs that the engine was out of water ...

The AWD system failed leaving the car dangerous to drive in rain and snowy weather. Car is still stuck in my driveway as the front wheels are spinning and no power to the rear wheels. My Mother's AWD with similar M+S tires drove out with no problems. Waiting for the snow to melt to be able to tak...

The contact owns a 2010 Mazda CX-9. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number 15V451000 (Suspension) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The local dealer was contacted, and it was confirmed that the part was not available. The contact stated that the manu...

Mileage: 160,000

Our 2010 Mazda CX-9 stopped on the highway and had to be towed away. The dealer determined it was an engine failure due to a faulty water pump. It had leaked into the engine, causing permanent damage. No warning lights. The car just stopped. Two dealerships did not want to repair. There is a class...

Driving on I-5, near Gold Hill, Oregon, when the traction control system light came on and the Vehicle slowed down. I had to push the gas pedal to the floor to get the car to move and I could not shift gears! It shuddered and the wheels seemed to lock up. I could smell burning rubber. I forced the c...

Driving on I-5, near Gold Hill, Oregon, when the traction control system light came on and the Vehicle slowed down. I had to push the gas pedal to the floor to get the car to move and I could not shift gears! It shuddered and the wheels seemed to lock up. I could smell burning rubber. I forced the c...

Driving on I-5, near Gold Hill, Oregon, when the traction control system light came on and the Vehicle slowed down. I had to push the gas pedal to the floor to get the car to move and I could not shift gears! It shuddered and the wheels seemed to lock up. I could smell burning rubber. I forced the c...

My vehicle completely shut off while idling in park with no prior warning to anything being wrong. Put coolant in since the container was empty. Replaced thermostat, but vehicle was still overheating. Had it towed to Flow Mazda of Fayetteville and had them run a diagnostic. They determined that cool...

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH MY BRAKES. VERY HARD TO PUSH, NOT COMING TO A STOP, SOUNDS LIKE AIR & MAKES A HISSING SOUND WHEN BRAKE ARE APPLIED.THE 1ST TIME I NOTICED I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A 2 LANE ST. A CAR WAS COMING FROM THE OFF RAMP ON THE RIGHT OF ME & CUT ME OFF. I TRIED TO BRAKE B...

Mileage: 166,900

I EXPERIENCED A SEVERAL BRAKING PROBLEMS IN MY CAR IN THE FALL OF 2020. I TOOK IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE BRAKING SYSTEM PER MAZDA'S SSP 93 BULLETIN. HOWEVER, MAZDA INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR WAS OUTSIDE OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS ISSUE AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYS...

Mileage: 68,000

2010 MAZDA CX-9 AWD TOURING WITH UNDER 120,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A NOISE LIKE DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS IN THE ROAD, VIBRATING THE UNDERCARRIAGE. IT STARTED HAPPENING WHEN LIGHTLY PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED, NORMALLY AT 1500RPM THEN IT GRADUALLY GOT WORSE AND H...

Mileage: 119,000

WE WERE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WAITING ON A PIZZA. WE NOTICED THE A/C WASN'T COOLING, AND THEN NOTICED THE CAR WAS STARTING TO OVERHEAT. (THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER). WE CHECKED THE RADIATOR, IT WAS EMPTY. WE PURCHASED COOLANT AND FILLED UP THE RESERVOIR. NEVER SAW ANY LEAKS. CAR STARTED BU...

Mileage: 108,000

HISSING SOUND WHEN BREAK PEDAL IS APPLIED. POWER BREAK BOOSTER FAILURE. THIS IS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING ON ANY STREET.

Mileage: 135,000

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST BRAKING POWER, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD SOMETIMES FEEL "SPONGY" AND SOMETIMES FEEL ROCK-HARD, WITH VARYING RESULTS FOR BRAKING POWER. I WENT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED, AND WE FOUND THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE MAZDA CX-9, HOWEVER NHTSA'S INVESTIG...

Mileage: 152,600

BRAKE BOOSTER SPONGY...KNOWN MAZDA ISSUE,NHTSA CLOSED ISSUE WHEN MAZDA AGREED TO EXTEND WARRANTY,WITHOUT RECALL. OUR PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER WARRANTY ENDED...PROVING BRAKE RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN!!!! ON JULY 1ST,2020, MY WIFE'S TRIP BACK HOME NEARLY TURNED TRAGIC WHEN THE CAR WOULDN'T BRAKE(FELT SPO...

Mileage: 66,945

I'VE HAD EVERYTHING REPLACED ON MY CAR FOR THE AIR SYSTEM. WHEN I'M TRAVELING THE AIR SEEMS TO WORK FINE. WHEN THE CAR IDOL'S FOR MORE THAN LIKE 5 MIN THE AIR STARTS BLOWING WARMER AND WARMER. HAD THE CAR TAKEN IN MORE THAN ONCE FOR THIS AND THEY HAVE REPLACED DIFFERENT THINGS. THE PROBLEM STILL KEE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. THE CONTACT PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 127,422

WHEN DRIVING, 40-45 MPH THE TRANSMISSION STARTS JERKING AND SHUTTERING. FINALLY MAKES IT TO 5TH GEAR. THEN DOES THE SAME THING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 5TH TO 6TH GEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ENTIRE SUV STARTS SHAKING AND JERKING. FEAR COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 102,438

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AROUND A ROUNDABOUT, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE DETACHED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MODERN MAZDA,68 WATERBURY RD, LJ CT 06787 BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR WAS STILL P...

Mileage: 135,000

ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO I NOTICED MY CAR MAKING A HISSING SOUND WHEN MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IF I WAS A LONG RED LIGHT OR IN A DRIVE THRU FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES I NOTICED MY CAR WOULD BEGIN TO TREMBLE. THEN ABOUT A WEEK AGO I NOTICED IF I HAD TO BRAKE SUDDENLY, THE BRA...

THERE ARE NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT TIRES, WHEN DRIVING. NO ONE COULD PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT A COUPLE MONTHS LATER.

Mileage: 125,000

THERE ARE NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT TIRES, WHEN DRIVING. NO ONE COULD PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT A COUPLE MONTHS LATER.

Mileage: 125,000

THERE ARE NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT TIRES, WHEN DRIVING. NO ONE COULD PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT A COUPLE MONTHS LATER.

Mileage: 125,000

I PURCHASED A 2010 CX9 ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND GOT PULLED OVER LAST NIGHT FOR MY DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT BEING OUT, I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND WAS CHARGED $194 FOR THE BULB REPLACEMENT, BUT IT DID NOT WORK AND WAS CHARGED ANOTHER $130 FOR DIAGNOSTICS . THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE BALLAST HAS BLOWN OUT DUE ...

Mileage: 77,423

VEHICLE PULSATES WHILE BRAKING WHILE DRIVING FAST OR AT SLOWER SPEEDS. THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT SHAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT PULSATE. THE VEHICLE BRAKES WERE CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NEW ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON LOWER CONTROL ARMS #15V-451. IT ONLY W...

VEHICLE PULSATES WHILE BRAKING WHILE DRIVING FAST OR AT SLOWER SPEEDS. THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT SHAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL DOES NOT PULSATE. THE VEHICLE BRAKES WERE CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NEW ROTORS AND PADS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON LOWER CONTROL ARMS #15V-451. IT ONLY W...

DRIVING VEHICLE LESS THAN 5 MPH, IN LINE, AFTER PICKING UP KID FROM SCHOOL. ALL SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS EXPLODED/DEPLOYED, FOR NO REASON. VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT. OTHER DRIVERS HEARD AND WITNESSED THE EXPLOSION/DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS. PULLED CAR TO SIDE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, AS THE AIRBAG CURTAINS COMPL...

Mileage: 93,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GETTING OFF AN EXIT, AND I HAD MY KIDS IN MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I AM SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP TO TURN OFF THE EXIT MY CAR STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED UP AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY I LIVE IN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE EXIT RAMP BECAUSE SOMEONE STOPPED AND H...

Mileage: 128,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GETTING OFF AN EXIT, AND I HAD MY KIDS IN MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I AM SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP TO TURN OFF THE EXIT MY CAR STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED UP AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY I LIVE IN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE EXIT RAMP BECAUSE SOMEONE STOPPED AND H...

Mileage: 128,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GETTING OFF AN EXIT, AND I HAD MY KIDS IN MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I AM SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP TO TURN OFF THE EXIT MY CAR STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED UP AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY I LIVE IN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE EXIT RAMP BECAUSE SOMEONE STOPPED AND H...

Mileage: 128,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG, ALL OF A SUDDEN THREE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE LOST POWER, ACCELERATOR, BRAKES AND STEERING WERE UNRESPONSIVE. I AM LUCKY I COULD MANAGE TO GET INTO A TURN LANE AND STOP USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. CAR WAS TO...

Mileage: 66,234

ME AND MY HUSBAND WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE CAR SUDDENLY OVERHEATED AND WE LOST POWER ON I-35, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO AN EXIT AND WAS NEARLY HIT BY ANOTHER CAR DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING AND POWER. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THERE IS ENGINE COOLANT IN THE OIL AND WE A...

Mileage: 134,000

THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD TO PUSH. I ASSUME IT COULD BE THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER OR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER.

Mileage: 114,000

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Mileage: 2

THE BRAKES ARE HARD TO PUSH, APPEARS SPONGY AND MAKES A HISSING NOISE WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED.

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES LOST POWER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED MAZDA OF CLEAR LAKE AT 281-823-5000 (LOCATED AT 20101 GULF FREEWAY, WEBSTER, TX 77598) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXP...

Mileage: 100,000

WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE RELEASING AIR, AND THEY SEEM TO BE HARDER TO APPLY THEM. IT ALSO MAKES THIS SOUND WHILE I AM STATIONARY APPLYING THE BRAKES. I HAVE 156K MILES ON THE CAR, IS THIS NORMAL?

Mileage: 156,000

BRAKE PAD BECOME VERY HARD TO PUSH. I CAN'T STOP THE CAR AS USUAL.

THE ENGINE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED AND FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT WATER PUMP MALFUNCTIONED FORCING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. IT IS NOW COMPLETELY INOPERABLE AND THE CAR HAS ONLY AROUND 80,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! THE...

Mileage: 80,000

TRANSFER CASE FOR MY MAZDA CX-9 HAS GONE BAD FOR THE THIRD TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. MOST RECENTLY THE TRANSFER CASE WAS BURNING CAUSING A POWERFUL SMELL WHICH WENT THROUGH MY ENTIRE HOUSE. THE SMELL WAS SO BAD THAT I ACTUALLY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO VERIFY I DID NOT HAVE NATURAL...

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A BUSY STREET WHEN SUDDENLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE AC STOPPED COMING OUT COLD, AND THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING WOULD ONLY GO UP TO 20 MPH, THE CAR STARTED MAKING RATTLING NOISES AND I DROVE BY TO THE NEAREST PLACE TO STOP AND WATER FELL OUT OF THE FRONT BOTTOM R...

Mileage: 90,000

THE TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACED AT 34,000 MILES AND NOW WE ARE HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE AGAIN. ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURRED. MAZDA REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND ADMIT TO A DESIGN FLAW. THE FIRST TRANSFER CASE SMELLED LIKE PROPANE. THE SECOND TRANSFER CASE HA...

HAVING BRAKING ISSUES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS CITY STREETS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS GETS HARD TO DEPRESS AND BRAKING DIMINISHES ALMOST COMPLETELY. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH MAZDA HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE RUBBER OF THE DI...

Mileage: 99,000

THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT. MAZDA HAD ISSUED A VOLUNTARY EXTENDED WARRANTY OF THIS PART BUT ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE IS WELL UNDER THE MILEAGE (90,000) MAZDA IS TELLING ME THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. MAZDA ISSUED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE...

Mileage: 45,100

WHILE DRIVING IN HOUSTON HIGHWAY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES DUE TO TRAFFIC STOPPED AHEAD. BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PRESS AND MADE A HISSING NOISE. AFTER ABOUT 20-30 YARDS WAS FINALLY ABLE TO BRING CAR TO A STOP NARROWLY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN TOOK VEHICLE TO MAZDA DE...

Mileage: 83,600

THE RUBBER SEALANT ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS COMING LOOSE FROM THE CAR. THE HEATER NOR THE AIR CONDITIONER IS WORKING. UDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD GET VERY HOT THAT I CAN DRIVE THE CAR

Mileage: 111,000

THE RUBBER SEALANT ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS COMING LOOSE FROM THE CAR. THE HEATER NOR THE AIR CONDITIONER IS WORKING. UDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD GET VERY HOT THAT I CAN DRIVE THE CAR

Mileage: 111,000

CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINTS- HAD TO HAVE REPLACED AGAIN ON 9/21/18 AFTER BOTH BEING REPLACED ON 1/12/2016 AS PART OF A RECALL. FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS TRYING TO STEER ITSELF AND NOT VERY SAFE TO DRIVE. AND THEN HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER ALIGNMENT WHICH I JUST HAD DONE AS WELL. THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF ...

Mileage: 139,200

CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINTS- HAD TO HAVE REPLACED AGAIN ON 9/21/18 AFTER BOTH BEING REPLACED ON 1/12/2016 AS PART OF A RECALL. FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS TRYING TO STEER ITSELF AND NOT VERY SAFE TO DRIVE. AND THEN HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER ALIGNMENT WHICH I JUST HAD DONE AS WELL. THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF ...

Mileage: 139,200

WE TOOK OUR 2010 CX-9 WITH 99,000 MILES THE MAZDA DEALER IN UNION NJ BECAUSE OF A NOISE IN THE CAR AND WERE TOLD THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME HAS ROTTED OUT AND IS DESTROYING THE REAR DIFF MOUNTING BOLTS. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS ALSO ROTTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IF WE GO ...

Mileage: 99,000

WE TOOK OUR 2010 CX-9 WITH 99,000 MILES THE MAZDA DEALER IN UNION NJ BECAUSE OF A NOISE IN THE CAR AND WERE TOLD THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME HAS ROTTED OUT AND IS DESTROYING THE REAR DIFF MOUNTING BOLTS. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IS ALSO ROTTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IF WE GO ...

Mileage: 99,000

WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY WITH FAMILY THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND WE NEARLY WERE STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN PULLING OVER. CX-9 WAS TOWED 75 MILES TO MECHANIC WHO INFORMED US COOLANT ENTERED THE ENGINE FROM FAILED WATER PUMP AND ENGINE NEEDS REPLACEMENT ($4000). MAZDA...

Mileage: 10

STARTED GETTING A HISSING SOUND FROM THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND A HARD TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL.

Mileage: 76,000

THIS MAZDA CX-9 IS A 2010 WITH ABOUT 62000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WITH 70 MPH. SUDDENLY, I HEARD NOISE AND CRACK. SHORTLY, AFTER, THE CAR LOST POWER AND IT WON'T GO FORWARD. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT BROKEN. REPLACEMENT WAS $3000. WENT BACK TO MY...

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, A SMOKE ODOR ENTERED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE BEARING WAS BURNT DUE TO SLUDGE. THE CONTACT CALLED MAZDA OF MILFORD AT 866-981-2838 AND WAS INFORMED...

Mileage: 137,000

HISSING SOUND NEAR BRAKE PEDAL FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY HARD PEDAL AND MUCH EFFORT TO STOP.

Mileage: 140,000

TRANSFER CASE FAILURE CABIN FILLING WITH ACID SMOKE FROM BEARING FAILURE IN TRANSFER CASE, CAR WAS DRIVEN TO LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPLACEMENT NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NUMEROUS FAILURES WITH THIS CAR. MAZDA HAS MADE NUMEROUS CHANGES IN THIS DESIGN SO WHY ISNT THERE A RECALL . THIS HAPPENED WHEN M...

Mileage: 144,000

2010 MAZDA CX 9. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TAKATA INFLATOR. *LD UPDATED 10/23/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SLOW STOP. THE CONTACT HEARD A HISSING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ED MORSE BAYVIEW CADILLAC (1240 N FEDERAL HWY, FORT LA...

Mileage: 100,000

I'VE REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT ON MY 2010 MAZDA CX-9 YEARLY FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS THINKING THE BULB WAS BLOWN. ONLY TO HAVE THE SOCKET WIGGLE LOOSE SHORTLY AFTER INSTALLING THE BULB. I'VE BEEN PULLED OVER AT NIGHT FOR THE 2ND TIME LAST WEEK FOR THE BULB BEING OUT - BUT I KNOW IT WA...

Mileage: 104,000

MAZDA CX-9 WHEN APPLYING THE BREAKS, PEDAL AT ONE POINT DURING BREAKING PROCESS BECOMES SPONGY, AS PEDAL RESISTANCE APPEARS TO RELEASE. WHEN FOOT PRESSURE IS REMOVED FROM BREAK PEDAL AND REAPPLIED, BREAK PEDAL PRESSURE IS VERY HARD TO PRESS AND BREAKING EFFICIENCY IS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY AS THOUG...

Mileage: 97,049

MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENTLY BECAME VERY HARD TO PUSH, LETS OFF A HISSING SOUND WHEN PUSHED AND TAKES A LONG TIME TO STOP. I WAS ON A CITY STREET COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND WASN'T SURE MY CAR WAS GOING TO COME TO A STOP. I AM NOW LEARNING THROUGH RESEARCH THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM MAZDA KNEW ABOUT BUT DID...

Mileage: 134,400

MY BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO PUSH, LETS OFF A HISSING OR WHISTLING SOUND WHEN PUSHED AND TAKES A LONG TIME TO STOP. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY ADVISED IT WAS A KNOWN BREAK BOOSTER ISSUE. THE ISSUE HAPPENS MAYBE 1/4-1/2 OF THE TIME I AM TRYING TO BREAK. THE DEALER HAD ME BRING THE CAR IN- B...

MY BRAKES HAVE A HISSING NOISE AND AND ARE HARD TO BRAKE WHEN I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE SERVICE DEPT TELLS ME THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS BAD AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. ($800)THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I HAVE JUST OVER 100, 000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. I WAS NEVER NOTI...

Mileage: 101,000

TOOK MY CAR TO DEALER 2-3 TIMES FOR THE BRAKES, WAY BEFORE MY WARRANTY WAS ANY WHERE NEAR EXPIRING, BECAUSE I KEPT HEARING A GRINDING SOUND. THEY KEPT TELLING ME NOTHING WAS WRONG, THAT MY BRAKES HAD SOME GRAVEL ON THEM AND THEY JUST CLEANED THEM. I DON'T TRAVEL ON DIRT ROADS OR ANYTHING, CITY RO...

Mileage: 30,000

TOOK MY CAR TO DEALER 2-3 TIMES FOR THE BRAKES, WAY BEFORE MY WARRANTY WAS ANY WHERE NEAR EXPIRING, BECAUSE I KEPT HEARING A GRINDING SOUND. THEY KEPT TELLING ME NOTHING WAS WRONG, THAT MY BRAKES HAD SOME GRAVEL ON THEM AND THEY JUST CLEANED THEM. I DON'T TRAVEL ON DIRT ROADS OR ANYTHING, CITY RO...

Mileage: 30,000

TOOK MY CAR TO DEALER 2-3 TIMES FOR THE BRAKES, WAY BEFORE MY WARRANTY WAS ANY WHERE NEAR EXPIRING, BECAUSE I KEPT HEARING A GRINDING SOUND. THEY KEPT TELLING ME NOTHING WAS WRONG, THAT MY BRAKES HAD SOME GRAVEL ON THEM AND THEY JUST CLEANED THEM. I DON'T TRAVEL ON DIRT ROADS OR ANYTHING, CITY RO...

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE CONTROL ARMS WERE LOOSE PREMATURELY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE CONTROL ARMS AND THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION), BUT THE CONTACT WAS N...

Mileage: 120,000

THE WEIGHT SENSOR FOR THE FRONT SEAT IS DEFECTIVE. MY SON IS 105 LBS. HE HAS JUST STARTED SITTING ON THE FRONT SEAT. I NOTICE THAT THE "AIR BAG OFF" LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL, THE WEIGHT LIMIT IS 66 LBS ABOVE WHICH THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SHOULD BE...

Mileage: 70,000

SUDDENLY HAD TROUBLE BRAKING, DIFFICULT TO PUSH THE BRAKE DOWN AND STARTED TO MAKE A HISSING SOUND. IT WAS AN UNEASY EXPERIENCE AND LUCKILY MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE CAR.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE THE REPAIR BY THE DEALER WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL REPAIRS HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO MANEUVER VARIOUS P...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFA...

HEADREST LEANS TOO FAR FORWARD CAUSING STRAIN ON ENTIRE BODY ESPECIALLY ON BACK AND NECK. BOUGHT AFTER MARKET HEADREST AND REPLACED IT.

Mileage: 60,000

TAKATA RECALL - I WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG IN JULY 2016 AND INSTRUCTED "UNTIL THIS REPAIR IS PERFORMED, DO NOT ALLOW PASSENGERS TO RIDE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT." THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY INCONVENIENCE NOT TO MENTION I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 90,000

THE BRAKES ON OUR 2010 CX-9 ARE HISSING UPON BRAKE ENGAGEMENT AND HAVE A HARD FEEL TO THEM FOR THE FIRST HALF OR SO. THE BRAKES ARE SLOW TO ENGAGE DURING THIS TIME. AFTER THE HALF WAY MARK THE BRAKES ENGAGE QUICKLY AND FORCEFULLY. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAIL...

Mileage: 85,000

AFTER RECENTLY RECEIVING OUR VEHICLE BACK FROM A MAZDA DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS ON THE PTU AND CONTROL ARMS, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH - INITIALLY GOING UP A HILL IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS (AN AUTOMATIC) AND THEN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 30 MPH. NO DUMMY ...

Mileage: 75,000

AFTER RECENTLY RECEIVING OUR VEHICLE BACK FROM A MAZDA DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS ON THE PTU AND CONTROL ARMS, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH - INITIALLY GOING UP A HILL IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS (AN AUTOMATIC) AND THEN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 30 MPH. NO DUMMY ...

Mileage: 75,000

POOR BRAKING WHICH MAZDA RECOGNIZED AS A BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER PROBLEM BUT NEVER NOTIFIED ITS CX-9 CUSTOMERS TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE.

Mileage: 146,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT CONDENSATION ENTERED THE HEAD LAMP ASSEMBLY AND CAUSED THE FUSE TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE HEAD LAMP ASSEMBL...

2010-11 CX-9 BRAKE BOOSTER FAILURE. RAPID ONSET FROM FIRST SYMPTOMS TO COMPLETE FAILURE BRAKING OCCURRED WITHIN 45 MINUTES OF DRIVING ON HEAVY INTERSTATE CONGESTED TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR. BREAKING FAILURE IS MOST SIGNIFICANT IF BREAKING IS FIRST APPLIED LIGHTLY AS A CAUTIONARY MEASURE. APPLY...

Mileage: 105,000

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIE...

I'VE OWN MY 2010 CX-9 SINCE NEW, AT 96K MILES THE BOLT MOUNT FOR THE HATCH BACK POWER LIFT RIPPED OUT OF THE SHEET METAL OF THE HATCH WITH A PIECE OF METAL AND BOLT FLYING. I USE THE CAR ONLY FOR PRIVATE USE AND NO HEAVY DUTY USAGE. BOLT LOOKED RUSTED (SORRY I THROUGH IT AWAY). THE MAZDA DEALER TEL...

Mileage: 97,000

I'VE OWN MY 2010 CX-9 SINCE NEW, AT 96K MILES THE BOLT MOUNT FOR THE HATCH BACK POWER LIFT RIPPED OUT OF THE SHEET METAL OF THE HATCH WITH A PIECE OF METAL AND BOLT FLYING. I USE THE CAR ONLY FOR PRIVATE USE AND NO HEAVY DUTY USAGE. BOLT LOOKED RUSTED (SORRY I THROUGH IT AWAY). THE MAZDA DEALER TEL...

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V356000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER...

BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED, DEALERSHIP INDICATED IT WAS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. BROUGHT IN FOR REPAIRS AT NO COST, MAZDA FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND DO REPAIR. COST ME 556.21 FOR A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. WOULD LIKE TO GET REIMBURSED. LOSS OF BRAKES, UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HIS...

Mileage: 122,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, A LOUD METAL ON METAL NOISE SOUNDED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION). AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SID...

Mileage: 128,000

BRAKING POWER BOOSTER SYSTEM FAILED WHILE DRIVING. MY BOOSTER BRAKE AND MASTER CYLINDER WENT OUT SUDDENLY AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. WHEN APPLYING FULL PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE, A LOUD HISSING SOUND COULD BE HEARD ON THE HIGHWAY. IN ORDER TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP, I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKES FAR I...

Mileage: 69,000

THE BRAKES HAVE BECOME "HARD" AND HAVE TO BE PRESSED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WORK. THE CAR IS SLOW TO STOP UNLESS YOU JAM ON THE BRAKES. IT FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS IT APPEARS A REAR-END COLLISION COULD EASILY HAPPEN. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE BRAKE BOOSTER UNIT AND THERE IS AN EXTEND...

Mileage: 91,000

VEHICLES BRAKES SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING CAUSING A LOW SPEED COLLISION. I HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY CAR, BUT MAZDA DID NOT INITIATE A RECALL. I THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE NHTSA HAD STRUCK A DEAL WITH MAZDA, AGREEING TO AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH NO CUSTOMER N...

Mileage: 100,015

BRAKES MAKE A HISS SOUND WHEN PRESSED. SOUNDS LIKE AIR LEAKING OUT. VERY HARD TO BRAKE. SOUNDS LIKE BRAKE BOOSTER AS I READ ABOUT THIS ISSUE EVERYWHERE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MA...

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (AIR BAGS) AND THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXP...

MY BRAKE BOOSTER HAS FAILED AND CAUSED A NEAR CRASH. THE HISSING SOUND WHEN PRESSING THE BREAK OCCURS AND THE BRAKES DO NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AND THE SAME BRAKE BOOSTER FAILURE THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED FROM MAZDA OF ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, SUNROOF EXPLODED. WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND APPROXIMATELY 18 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. DRIVER'S SIDE HEAT WAS ON AND SET AT 73 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. SUN SHADE AND SUNROOF WERE CLOSED. SUNROOF HAD NOT BEEN OPERATED IN A FEW MONTHS. NO EVIDENCE OF OUTSIDE INTERFEREN...

Mileage: 16,800

CAR WAS MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN I TURNED LEFT/RIGHT AS WELL AS WHEN I WAS STOPPING THE VEHICLE. MOST NOTICEABLE ON CITY STREETS. NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 113,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9 THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACT...

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW I HAVE BEEN HEARING A HISSING NOISE COMING FROM MY BRAKE PEDAL WHEN ENGAGING THE BRAKES. NOW, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE DEAL BECOME VERY HARD TO PRESS DOWN WHEN TRYING TO STOP. TODAY I WAS VERY SCARED BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THE CAR WOULD STOP.

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TPMS SIGNAL SOUNDED. EXITED IMMEDIATELY REAR RIGHT TIRE FLAT.UPON EXAMINATION VALVE HAD FALLEN INTO TIRE. CHANGED TIRE WENT TO SERVICE TIRE DEALER STATED ALL VALVES CORRODED BADLY. REPLACED ALL VALVES AT COSTCO THEY WERE UNABLE TO SERVICE TOO MUCH CORROSION. CX9 OWNERS SHOUL...

Mileage: 38,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE TAILGATE WAS OPENED MANUALLY. I WAS MOVING ITEMS AROUND IN THE TRUNK TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW PURCHASES. MY HUSBAND DID NOT SEE THAT I WAS MOVING ITEMS IN THE TRUNK. HE APPROACHED THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND PRESSED THE POWER TAILGATE BUTTON INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE TA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE HAD A LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 77,200

NOTICED DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS MELTING. DRIVER SIDE IS OK, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IN THE 2010 MAZDA 6 I SPORT MODELS, AT LEAST, THE DASHBOARD IS MADE OF TWO DIFFERENT MATERIALS BETWEEN DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE. IF YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE MELTED AREA, THERE WILL BE A BLACK TAR-LIKE ...

Mileage: 50,000

HAND FREE EQUIPMENT (BLUE TOOTH) STOPPED COMMUNICATION WITH MY MOBIL PHONE, DUE TO A SOFTWARE ISSUE. WHEN CONTACTING THE MAZDA DEALER AND MAZDA NORTH AMERICA CUSTOMER CARE, THEY DECLINED TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE PART, EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE IS STILL COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. *JS

Mileage: 35,000

VEHICLE BRAKES LIGHTING DIM WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND CAN NOT BE SEEN FROM OTHER VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM BEHIND ON THE ROAD. WHEN NOT REPLACED, STOP LIGHT WILL RUN CONTINUALLY OR NOT FUNCTION, POTENTIALLY CAUSING PREMATURE BULB FAILURE, SAFETY ISSUES AND/OR THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF ...

Mileage: 60,000

VEHICLE BRAKES LIGHTING DIM WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND CAN NOT BE SEEN FROM OTHER VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM BEHIND ON THE ROAD. WHEN NOT REPLACED, STOP LIGHT WILL RUN CONTINUALLY OR NOT FUNCTION, POTENTIALLY CAUSING PREMATURE BULB FAILURE, SAFETY ISSUES AND/OR THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF ...

Mileage: 60,000

VEHICLE BRAKES LIGHTING DIM WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND CAN NOT BE SEEN FROM OTHER VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM BEHIND ON THE ROAD. WHEN NOT REPLACED, STOP LIGHT WILL RUN CONTINUALLY OR NOT FUNCTION, POTENTIALLY CAUSING PREMATURE BULB FAILURE, SAFETY ISSUES AND/OR THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF ...

Mileage: 60,000

THIS CAR IS MAINTAINED TO MANUFACTURER'S REQUIREMENTS. SMOKE FILLED THE DRIVERS CABIN, COMING FROM OIL DRIPPING OUT OF THE FAILED POWER TRANSFER CASE, DRIPPING ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND RISING SMOKE INTO THE CABIN. THIS WAS UNSAFE AND THE CAR BECAME UNUSABLE OVER A FEW DAYS. I HAD THE TRANSFER ...

Mileage: 62,593

SAME BRAKING PROBLEM FOR WHICH MAZDA ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY IN APRIL OF 2014, WHERE MAZDA KNOWS THEY HAVE A DEFECTIVE PART IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF BRAKING, IN WHICH UNDER PRESSURE WOULD GENERATE A HISSING NOISE AND LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, EXTREME DIFFICULTY PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL (AND COMPLETE...

Mileage: 70,000

MY BRAKES BASICALLY FAILED! WHEN I WAS DRIVING, I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES AND I COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE CAR HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE STOPPING AND I WAS AFRAID IT WOULDN'T STOP. THE BRAKES FELT VERY HARD AND I HAD TO APPLY A LOT OF PRESSURE TO THEM TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. I HAD TO...

Mileage: 59,575

I WAS DRIVING AROUND TOWN AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A ODD PRESSURE THAT WAS NOT ALLOWING ME TO BRAKE PROPERLY. I HAD TO PUSH HARD IN ORDER TO FEEL MY CAR SLOWING DOWN. AFTER I PUSHED PAST THE PRESSURE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ABLE TO PUSH DOWN NORMALLY TO A FULL STOP. IT HAS D...

Mileage: 42,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HAD TO APPLY FORCE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,0...

Mileage: 41,000

BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. CAR HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED AND IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE MAZDA NEVER EVEN SLOWED BEFORE HITTING THE STOPPED VEHICLE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SHE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE BUT IT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WE COULD NOT GET IT TO ACT UP TO BRING IT TO THE DEALE...

Mileage: 56,977

VEHICLE DID NOT STOP (JUST LIKE SLIDE) WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE. NEEDED TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,425

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS ON A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STOP THE VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 94,057

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS ON A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STOP THE VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE...

Mileage: 94,057

I FILED A COMPLAINT THROUGH MAZDA IN 2012 AND IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. I SAW AN ARTICLE IN USA TODAY, REGARDING MY VEHICLE STATING THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED DUE TO 7 REPORTED INCIDENTS ON BRAKE FAILURES WHICH RESEMBLED MY EXPERIENCE. I AM NOW SHARING MY STORY AS IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SER...

Mileage: 19,000

WHEN I AM AT A STOP AD START MY VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT MY ASSISTANCE, THIS HAPPENED ALSO WHILE BACKING UP AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *TR

Mileage: 80,801

WHEN I AM AT A STOP AD START MY VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT MY ASSISTANCE, THIS HAPPENED ALSO WHILE BACKING UP AND MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *TR

Mileage: 80,801

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE AIR BAG OFF WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHENEVER THERE WAS A FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT THAT WEIGHED LESS THAN ONE-HUNDRED POUNDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT...

Mileage: 15,000

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT OR IN A DRIVE THRU. THE VEHICLES MOTOR BEGINS TO SHAKE AND THEN EVENTUALLY DIES AND STALLS OUT AND THE VEHICLE MUST BE STARTED AGAIN WITH THE TURN OF THE IGNITION. THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS ALSO DEFECTIVE. WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT AND YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAK...

Mileage: 44,521

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT OR IN A DRIVE THRU. THE VEHICLES MOTOR BEGINS TO SHAKE AND THEN EVENTUALLY DIES AND STALLS OUT AND THE VEHICLE MUST BE STARTED AGAIN WITH THE TURN OF THE IGNITION. THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS ALSO DEFECTIVE. WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT AND YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAK...

Mileage: 44,521

THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT OR IN A DRIVE THRU. THE VEHICLES MOTOR BEGINS TO SHAKE AND THEN EVENTUALLY DIES AND STALLS OUT AND THE VEHICLE MUST BE STARTED AGAIN WITH THE TURN OF THE IGNITION. THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS ALSO DEFECTIVE. WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT AND YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAK...

Mileage: 44,521

I WAS DRIVING AROUND A SHARP BEND IN THE ROAD. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO SLOW DOWN AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING AT THE SAME SPEED. THE CAR NEVER SLOWED DOWN AND I HAD TO TAKE THE CORNER AT A UNSAFE SPEED. I DROVE TO THE NEXT STREET AND TESTED THE BRAKES AND THEY WORKED FINE? VERY SCARY I...

I WAS DRIVING AROUND A SHARP BEND IN THE ROAD. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO SLOW DOWN AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING AT THE SAME SPEED. THE CAR NEVER SLOWED DOWN AND I HAD TO TAKE THE CORNER AT A UNSAFE SPEED. I DROVE TO THE NEXT STREET AND TESTED THE BRAKES AND THEY WORKED FINE? VERY SCARY I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS ON A 2010 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND MADE A STRANGE NOISE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONT...

Mileage: 51,000

I NOTICED A HISSING SOUND WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TODAY 3/20/2014 AND LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THEY PROMPTLY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN RIGHT AWAY TO BE LOOKED AT. I DID HOWEVER A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR MAZDA CX9 BRAKE ISSUE AND NOTICE THERE ARE 7 OTHER INCIDENTS WITH CX-9 BRAK...

Mileage: 31,000

THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH NO PRIOR INDICATIONS OR WARNINGS. ENGINE TURNS OFF AND STEERING WHEEL FREEZES AND LOCKS UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIME AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES WHO HAS INSPECTED IT AND EVEN KEPT IT AT THE SHOP DROVE IT FOR A NU...

Mileage: 41,000

THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH NO PRIOR INDICATIONS OR WARNINGS. ENGINE TURNS OFF AND STEERING WHEEL FREEZES AND LOCKS UP. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIME AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES WHO HAS INSPECTED IT AND EVEN KEPT IT AT THE SHOP DROVE IT FOR A NU...

Mileage: 41,000

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE BRAKES STARTED MAKING A HISSING NOISE WHEN I WOULD DEPRESS THE BRAKE. THEN, THE CAR WOULD BRAKE AS USUAL UNTIL I NEEDED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHEREAS THEN I WOULD NEED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE VERY HARD TO MAKE THE CAR STOP, WHICH THEN IT WOULD STOP VERY SUDDENLY. THE MOST RE...

Mileage: 25,500

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE BRAKES STARTED MAKING A HISSING NOISE WHEN I WOULD DEPRESS THE BRAKE. THEN, THE CAR WOULD BRAKE AS USUAL UNTIL I NEEDED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHEREAS THEN I WOULD NEED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE VERY HARD TO MAKE THE CAR STOP, WHICH THEN IT WOULD STOP VERY SUDDENLY. THE MOST RE...

Mileage: 25,500

VEHICLE MAKES A HISSING SOUND (HEARD INSIDE THE VEHICLE) WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. SOUNDS LIKE AN AIR LEAK. OCCASIONALLY THE PEDAL WILL GO HARD AS IF POWER ASSISTED BRAKING FEATURE IS LOST. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER TODAY (02/24/14) AND WAS TOLD REPLACEMENT BRAKE BOOST...

Mileage: 50,100

DRIVING IN SNOWY CONDITIONS; BRAKES FAILED TWICE WHEN I APPLIED LIGHT PRESSURE. FIRST TIME, THE BRAKES SHUDDERED, BUT THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED AFTER I APPLIED HARD PRESSURE; THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, THE BRAKES SHUDDERED, AND NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN I FIRST APPLIED HARDER PRESSURE. EVENTUALLY THE CA...

Mileage: 38,000

DRIVING, HAD MY 2 YEAR OLD SON AND 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, A CAR SLOWED IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I PUSHED THE BRAKES THEY FELT HARD AS A ROCK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. SLOWED DOWN AT A VERY SLOW PACE WHILE PUSHING ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD. I PRACTICALLY HAD TO STAND UP. I WAS HORRIF...

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 MAZDA CX-9 APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON INTERSTATE 270S IN MARYLAND, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PASS SEVERAL VEHICLES WHO WERE TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. ONCE I FELT THAT I HAD ENOUGH ADDITIONAL SPEED TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE VEHICLES, I RELEASED ...

Mileage: 25,068

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 MAZDA CX-9 APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON INTERSTATE 270S IN MARYLAND, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PASS SEVERAL VEHICLES WHO WERE TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. ONCE I FELT THAT I HAD ENOUGH ADDITIONAL SPEED TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE VEHICLES, I RELEASED ...

Mileage: 25,068

BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AS USUAL. AFTER "STOMPING" ON BRAKE, CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FOR SEVERAL FEET. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OF BRAKE FAILURE WHATSOEVER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE INFORMED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE POWER BOOSTER WERE OUT AND THE CAR WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. VERY GLAD NO...

Mileage: 52,000

THIS INDIVIDUAL BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING OF HIGH PITCHED SQUEAKING SOUND FROM BRAKES. DEALERSHIP CHECKED BRAKES AND SAID NOTHING WRONG. PICKED UP CAR NEXT DAY AND FELT THAT CAR NOT RIDING WELL AND LET IT SIT IN DRIVEWAY FOR 2 DAYS. WENT TO DRIVE AGAIN AND PEDAL WAS "HARD" AS IF I...

Mileage: 38,000

WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR, THE CHECK TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ON. STOPPED AT A SERVICE STATION AND HAD THE TIRES CHECKED: ALL WAS FINE. A FEW MILES LATER, THE CAR SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD WHINING NOISE AND THEN LOUD BANGING NOISES AND THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS SEIZING AND SHUDDERING. PULLED TO THE SIDE O...

Mileage: 32,760

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN AN ONRAMP TO A FREEWAY, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND NORMALLY. I HAD TO PUSH FULL FORCE ON THE PEDAL TO GET THE CAR TO STOP JUST BEFORE REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHT OR ANYTHING. I TOOK THE CA...

Mileage: 71,000

I PURCHASED A NEW MAZDA CX 9 IN THE FALL OF 2010. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED THE TRACTION CONTROL "TCS OFF" BUTTON ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING UP A PAVED INCLINE. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING, THE TCS-OFF BUTTON SHUT OFF. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE MY FIRST SERVICING. I...

Mileage: 1,600

I PURCHASED A NEW MAZDA CX 9 IN THE FALL OF 2010. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED THE TRACTION CONTROL "TCS OFF" BUTTON ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING UP A PAVED INCLINE. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING, THE TCS-OFF BUTTON SHUT OFF. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE MY FIRST SERVICING. I...

Mileage: 1,600

I PURCHASED A NEW MAZDA CX 9 IN THE FALL OF 2010. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, I NOTICED THE TRACTION CONTROL "TCS OFF" BUTTON ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING UP A PAVED INCLINE. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING, THE TCS-OFF BUTTON SHUT OFF. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE MY FIRST SERVICING. I...

Mileage: 1,600

I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM A DEALER THIS YEAR WITH $48,000 MILES. IT WAS IN TIP TOP SHAPE. RECENTLY THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING. IT IS NOT THE BRAKE PADS, BUT A HISSING SOUND IN THE LINE AND NO BRAKES. THE COST TO FIX IS AROUND $1500 AND I DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD OR THE MONEY TO FIX AT THIS TIME. ...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD SPORADICALLY FAIL. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY PUMP THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLA...

Mileage: 42,000

11 YEAR OLD SON WENT TO OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR UP FRONT AND THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF.(THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT HAPPENED FROM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR)..SCARY. *TR

Mileage: 66,546

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER. TWO OTHERS AT THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MAZDA COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT OF BRAKE BOOSTERS AND ARE NOT SURE WHEN ANY WILL BE AVAILABLE. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED...

Mileage: 42,000

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE INVOLVING MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER. LEAKING INTERNALLY. REPLACEMENT COST OF $1500 RESEARCHED CX9 AND FOUND THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND NOT BEING ADDRESSED.WE HAD A MINOR FENDER BENDER THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. MAZDA USA HAS NOT ISSUED ANY BULLETINS AS OF YET. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

POWER TRANSFER UNIT LEAKING OIL, I MAY LOSE MY 4WD IF THIS IS NOT FIXED SOON. IT WILL COST $1150.00 TO FIX. THERE IS A HORRIBLE SMELL FROM THE LEAK THAT IS COMING INTO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD 4WD VEHICLES FOR YEARS AND NEVER RAN INTO AN INCIDENT WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER...

Mileage: 76,000

CPSC: I1360001A. MAZDA CX9 2010. CONSUMER STATED AFTER 36,400 MILES ON CAR, A CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED ON A TWO YEAR OLD IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED VEHICLE. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN OVERPOWERING BURNING ODOR FROM THE VENTS. IN ADDITION, A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEA...

Mileage: 26,000

CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE TOWED FOR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 36,400

I NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL IN THE VEHICLE. I DROVE A FEW BLOCKS TO HOME (LUCKILY). ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SMOKING AS I PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED BY A MECHANIC AS A CRACKED TRANSFER CASE. LEAKING FLUID FROM THE CASE WAS THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE; NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BY MAZDA N...

Mileage: 63,000

TRANSFER CASE WAS FIRST REPLACED IN JULY 2012 WITH AN OEM PART AND NOW AGAIN 8 MONTHS LATER. LEAKING GEAR OIL, TERRIBLE SMELL COMING INTO COMPARTMENT OF CAR AND ALSO HAD CLUNKING SOUNDS IN FRONT DRIVER SIDE AXEL. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

IN JUNE OF 2012 I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKES MADE A HISSING SOUND AT RANDOM TIMES. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR A COMPLETE SERVICE AND BRAKE CHECK. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BREAKS WERE IN PERFECT CONDITION BUT THEY DID DO A BRAKE FLUSH. THE HISSING CONTINUED AT RANDOM TIME UNTIL THE WEEK OF 1/13/13 ...

Mileage: 52,000

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED: TRANSFER CASE IS BAD. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT MAZDA HAS THIS ISSUE WITH CARS DIRECTLY FROM THE FACTORY. KNOWN ISSUES SHOULD BE RECALLED! I BRING MY VEHICLE IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BREAK DOWN WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR FOR A PROBLEM ...

Mileage: 98,000

TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD AS I ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE AND AS LEFT TURNS WHERE MADE. THE TICKING NOISE WAS LOUDER WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COLD. MAZDA RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT FURTHER INSPECTION. WHEN I ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE MAZDA SAID SLUDGE WAS FOUND ON THE DIPST...

Mileage: 38,409

SAFETY ISSUE: VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN. THE POWER LIFT GATE GOT STUCK FULLY OPEN AND WOULD NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN. IT COULD NOT BE SHUT MANUALLY. THE ROD HOLDING THE DOOR WHICH IS PULLED DOWN INTO THE MOTOR WOULD NOT BUDGE. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN WITH THE HATCH STUCK OPEN L...

Mileage: 38,745

I HAVE A 2010 MAZDA CX-9 WITH APPROXIMATELY 41,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN MY MAINTENANCE-ALWAYS WITH A MAZDA DEALER. THE CAR STARTED TO EXHALE SLIGHTLY WHEN BRAKING. THE CAR THEN DID NOT WANT TO BRAKE/STOP WITHOUT PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SUDDENLY BUT UNABLE TO S...

Mileage: 40,500

I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET WITH A 25 MPH SPEED LIMIT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR HESITATED AND MADE SOME WEIRD NOISES. I CONTINUED TO PULL OVER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY WHEN THERE WAS A HUGE BANG AND THE CAR CAME TO AN SUDDEN STOP. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF T...

Mileage: 35,992

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED THE DOORS WITH THE REMOTE KEY AND THE PASSENGER WAS LOCKED IN THE VEHICLE. THE DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO W...

Mileage: 35,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THERE WAS A DELAY IN STOPPING DISTANCE ONCE THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN...

Mileage: 50,000

THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS TERRIFYING ORDEAL WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN TWO MORE TIMES. THE CAR ACCELERATES OF UP TO SPEEDS OF 90 MPH WITHOUT WARNING . ALL 3 INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKES SLOW IT DOWN, BUT DO NOT STOP IT. ALL 3 TIMES, I'VE B...

THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS TERRIFYING ORDEAL WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN TWO MORE TIMES. THE CAR ACCELERATES OF UP TO SPEEDS OF 90 MPH WITHOUT WARNING . ALL 3 INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKES SLOW IT DOWN, BUT DO NOT STOP IT. ALL 3 TIMES, I'VE B...

THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS TERRIFYING ORDEAL WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2011. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN TWO MORE TIMES. THE CAR ACCELERATES OF UP TO SPEEDS OF 90 MPH WITHOUT WARNING . ALL 3 INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKES SLOW IT DOWN, BUT DO NOT STOP IT. ALL 3 TIMES, I'VE B...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. T...

Mileage: 17,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLY ACCELERATED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED REPEATEDLY WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS ...

Mileage: 18,000

WAS DRIVING ON I-495E IN MARYLAND BETWEEN EXITS 28 AND 29. CHANGED LANES AND PUT FOOT DOWN ON GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE. SUDDENLY FELT LIKE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK AND THAT BRAKING COULD ONLY SLOW BUT NOT STOP ACCELERATION. MOVED OVER A FEW LANES TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND AFTER CONTINUED FAILURE OF BRAKES TO ...

Mileage: 19,000

THE AUTOMATIC DIMMER SWITCHED TO LOW LIGHT SETTING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT FOR NO APPARENT REASON RESULTING IN A DARK INSTRUMENT PANEL. DRIVER HAD TO PULL ASIDE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY TO TRY TO RESTORE DAYTIME LIGHTING. THIS IS THE SAFETY ASPECT - LOSS OF PANEL INFORMATION WHILE DRIVING CAUSING AN EMERGENCY PU...

Mileage: 7,000

THERE IS A TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE WHEN IDLE. WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD THE NOISE IS LOUDER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. THE DEALER IS INFORMING ME THAT IT WAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS INSPECTED BY A MAZDA ENGINEER...

Mileage: 22,000

AT 8AM JANUARY 12, 2011 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN A BLIZZARD. I FELT A SLIGHT PAIN/PINCH FROM MY SEAT AND QUICKLY MOVED THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING FROM MY POCKET. I RESUMED DRIVING AND AGAIN FELT A MUCH GREATER PAIN CAUSING ME TO SWERVE AND CAUSE A NEAR COLLISION. VERY FRIGHTENED, I JUMPED OUT OF THE...

WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE ROAD SPEED OF 65MPH ON A CLEAR NON-RAINING, 65 DEGREE DAY MY TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT TURNS ON AND STAYS ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE RIDE. *TR

Mileage: 3,245

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHE MADE A TURN, HER VISIBILITY WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THE PLACEMENT AND SIZE OF THE REARVIEW MIRRORS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 0 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD TICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS COLD THE NOISE BECAME EXTREMELY LOUD BUT WHEN IT WAS WARM THE NOISE CEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY STATED THAT THEY CORRECTED THE P...

Mileage: 1,500

NEW VEHICLE WITH DEAD BATTERY ON FOUR SEPERATE OCCASIONS. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, BATTERY REPLACED. CHILD COMPLAINED THAT SEAT WAS HOT. NEXT DAY DEALER NOTIFIED AND CAR BROUGHT IN T ODEALERSHIP. A LOANER VEHICLE WAS RECEIVED. I WAS NOTIFIED HEATED SEATS WITH RECALL AND WOULD BE DISCONNECTED AT THIS TIME...

Mileage: 45