2004 MAZDA MAZDA6 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

CONSTANT OVERHEATING PROBLEMS. CHANGED EVERYTHING FROM HOSES TO RADIATOR,THERMOSTAT AND GASKET BUT IT STILL COMES ON AFTER A WHILE. SPENT SOOO MUCH MONEY ON THIS AND THE OTHER DAY SMOKE ERUPTED FROM CAR WHEN DRIVING AND GOT IN ACCIDENT. FORMER OWNER HAD SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 127,643

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS....IT WONT REVERSE, IT'S MAKING SCARY NOISES AND IT'S JERKING NONE STOP. MECHANIC SAID I HAVE TO GET IT REBUILD, I HAD OVER 20 QUOTES FOR A PRICE TO GET IT REBUILD BUT I CANT AFFORD IT..PLEASE RECALL THE 3.0 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION...I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND I SAW THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MAZDA 6 2004 TRANSMISSIONS AND WE CANT AFFORD IT. THE LOWEST PRICE WAS STARTING AT 1500 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. IM A SINGLE MOM WITH TWO TODDLERS, IM WORKING AND I CANT EVEN GET IT FIXED. *TR

ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY SPEED. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS WITH THE 2003-2005 MAZDA 6. MAZDA EVEN RELEASED A SERVICE BULLETIN: 01-016/06 IN 2006 REGARDING A BAD THROTTLE BODY WITH AA, AB, OR BA MARKINGS. SURE ENOUGH AFTER REMOVING THE THROTTLE BODY, MINE HAD THE AA MARKINGS. FROM THE AMOUNT OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS AND THE FACT THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS RELEASED, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. TO TOP IT OFF, CURRENTLY MAZDA HAS AN ISSUE WITH REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY'S THAT WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO JERK AND STALL AT ANYTIME. THEY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THE CURRENT NEW STOCK OF THROTTLE BODIES WILL NOT WORK WITH MY VEHICLE. THIS WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO KEEP DRIVING WITH A BAD THROTTLE BODY SINCE THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 81,500

ENGINE IS THROWING A ROD, NEEDS NEW ENGINE, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR OTHER WARNING LIGHTS PRESENT TO ALERT TO IMPENDING FAILURE.

Mileage: 61,580

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MAZDA, MAZDA6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNT OIL. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED BUT THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING. HE ADDED OIL TO THE ENGINE AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAM HAD SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS SPEAKING WITH WARRANTY PERSONNEL AND THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

PRE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED, DESTROYING MY V6 ENGINE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE, BUT I HEARD SEVERAL CASES WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE; 2004 MAZDA 6S. $3000 FOR 4 NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND $4000 FOR A NEW V6 ENGINE=$7000....I DON'T THINK SO. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

2004, 5SPEED MAZDA6 CATCHES FIRE AND BURNS TO A CRISP. GETTING ONTO A HIGHWAY A LOUD "POP" WAS HEARD THEN THERE WAS SMOKE-POPPED THE HOOD ALOT MORE SMOKE CHECKED UNDER THE CAR FOR LEAKS SAW ORANGE GLOW-10 SECONDS LATER THE CAR WAS UP IN FLAMES. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY FROM CHICAGO TO WISCONSIN I NOTICED A KNOCK IN MY ENGINE THAT TURNED INTO 2 THROWN PISTONS THROUGH MY ENGINE BLOCK. I WORK FOR A CRASH TEST FACILITY. CARS ARE A DAILY COMPONENT IN MY LIFE. THE ENGINE HAD 45,000 MILES ON IT AND MAZDA REJECTED MY WARRANTY CLAIM. I ENDED UP SETTLING WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND TRANSFERRING MY LOAN TO A USED CAR. I WANTED TO POST THIS OCCURRENCE OF ENGINE FAILURE TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T A COMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

2004 MAZDA 6 MADE A RATTLING SOUND IN THE FRONT END. UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC DETERMINED THE RADIATOR HAD A HOLE IN IT, AND ONE FAN BLADE BROKE OFF OF THE FAN. *KB ***NAR*** THE HOLE IN THE RADIATOR CAUSED STEAM TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ALTHOUGH IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING THE TEMP GAUGE REMAINED IN THE NORMAL RANGE AND DID NOT INDICATE OVERHEATING. *NM

AUG 27 ENGINE NOISE, AUG 29 MAZDA DIAGNOSED INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE. 2004 19,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY-MAZDA WONT REPAIR, SAYS THE OIL CHANGE OF 7-23 WAS NOT PERFORMED CORRECTLY. $8000-$9000 TO FIX ENGINE, NOTHING DONE AT THIS TIME , TRYING TO FIND AN ATTORNEY. *JB

Mileage: 19,800

CONSUMER REQUESTING INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN MAZDA OWNERS MANUAL. THAT VEHICLE MAY CUT OUT OR LOSE POWER , ETC. WHILE DRIVING. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO HAVE INFORMATION ADDED TO THE MANUAL REGARDING THE CONSUMERS NEED TO WATCH RPM'S AND LET OFF OF THE GAS BEFORE THE ENGINE GETS TO THE RED LINE AND SHUTS ITSELF DOWN. WHEN THE THROTTLE IS FULLY DEPRESSED WHILE PASSING, THE ENGINE DOWNSHIFTS AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BUT WILL NEVER UPSHIFT AGAIN UNTIL THE DRIVER CONSCIOUSLY PATS THE ACCELERATOR TO MAKE IT UPSHIFT OR THE ENGINE HITS THE REDLINE ON THE RPM MODULE. *TC