2013 Mazda CX-5

DEFECTIVE PARKING SWITCH. IGNITION FAILS TO DISENGAGE EVEN THOUGH THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY SHOWS THE CAR IS IN PARK. AT TIMES THE ENGINE STAYS ON; MAJORITY OF THE INSTANCES THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN BUT THE IGNITION REMAINS ON WITH AN AUDIBLE ALARM SOUNDING WHEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPEN. THIS PROBLEM DRAINS THE BATTERY COMPLETELY AND REQUIRES DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TO AVOID THE DRAIN. DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE BUT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEAF WHEN THE ENGINE RUNS OR THE IGNITION STAYS ON AND CAUSES THE BATTERY TO DRAIN. THE VEHICLE IS PARKED WHEN THIS OCCURS. AT TIMES CONTINUING TO TURN ON THE ENGINE, SHIFTING THROUGH ALL OPTIONS AND BACK IN TO PARK SOLVES THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN SHIFTING BACK INTO PARK AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STARTED TO OCCUR RANDOMLY BUT NOW OCCURS DAILY. SINCE THIS ISSUE I HAVE REPLACED STARTER AND BATTERY WITH NO AFFECT. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUES BY MAZDA FOR THIS PROBLEM.

DEFECTIVE PARKING SWITCH. IGNITION FAILS TO DISENGAGE EVEN THOUGH THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY SHOWS THE CAR IS IN PARK. AT TIMES THE ENGINE STAYS ON; MAJORITY OF THE INSTANCES THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN BUT THE IGNITION REMAINS ON WITH AN AUDIBLE ALARM SOUNDING WHEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPEN. THIS PROBLEM DRAINS THE BATTERY COMPLETELY AND REQUIRES DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TO AVOID THE DRAIN. DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE BUT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEAF WHEN THE ENGINE RUNS OR THE IGNITION STAYS ON AND CAUSES THE BATTERY TO DRAIN. THE VEHICLE IS PARKED WHEN THIS OCCURS. AT TIMES CONTINUING TO TURN ON THE ENGINE, SHIFTING THROUGH ALL OPTIONS AND BACK IN TO PARK SOLVES THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN SHIFTING BACK INTO PARK AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STARTED TO OCCUR RANDOMLY 10/16/2018 BUT OCCURED WITH DAILY FREQUENCY ON 9/9/2019, THE REPAIRS WERE MADE ON 9/13/2019 WHEN THE MECHANIC FOUND THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUES BY MAZDA FOR THIS PROBLEM.

MY CAR HAD AN ENGINE LIGHT AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 43K MILE. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MAZDA DEALER AND FOUND OUT IT HAS CODE P011A WHICH REQUIRED THE COOLANT SENSORS REPLACEMENT. HAD THE WORK DONE WHICH COST ME ABOUT $600 BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK WITH THE SAME ERROR CODE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THEIR TOP LEVEL TECHNICIAN AND MANAGEMENT TEAM IT TURN OUT THE HEATER CORE WAS THE MAIN ISSUE IT WAS A MISSED DIAGNOSTIC. SO NOW THE HEATER CORE IS REQUIRED WHICH WILL COST ME ANOTHER $1800 TO GET IT FIX. IF THE HEATER CORE IS NOT REPLACED THE ENGINE CAN OVER HEAT AND ALSO IF THE HEATER IS TURNED UP, IT CAN SLOWLY COOK OR SUFFOCATE THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. WITH THE SAFETY CONCERNS IN MIND I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THERE ARE OTHERS REPORTING SIMILAR ISSUE WITH SEEM TO INDICATE THE HEATER CORE MIGHT BE A DESIGN FLAW OR DEFECT FROM THE START WHICH REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT EVERY 50K MILE.

CAR ISSUE ON MAY 6TH 2018, I FIRST EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE NOT FULLY TURNING OFF THE CAR WHILE IN PARK. I HAVE A PUSH BUTTON START ON MY CAR AND AFTER I PUT IT IN PARK, I PRESSED THE PUSH BUTTON TO SHUT IT OFF AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I WANT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS BEEPING AT ME AS IF I DID NOT TURN OFF MY CAR. AND THE LIGHT ON THE PUSH BUTTON WAS ORANGE. THE CAR WAS IN A STATE AS IF I WAS USING THE BATTERY BUT DID NOT HAVE MY ENGINE ON OR AC. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, PRESSED THE BUTTON TO TRY TO SHUT IT OFF, AND IT TURNED MY CAR BACK ON THEN I PRESSED THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SHUT IT OFF AND IT WENT BACK TO USING THE BATTERY ONLY. I TRIED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHUT OFF MY VEHICLE AND I STILL COULD NOT. I ATTEMPTED THIS AT LEAST 5 TIMES BEFORE MY VEHICLE FINALLY SHUT OFF. I PUT MY CAR IN PARK, GO TO SHUT OFF MY CAR AND IT WILL NOT FULLY SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO SHUT IT OFF SEVEN TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN MY CAR SHUT OFF. I CALLED MY MAZDA DEALERSHIP, AND ASK THEM WHAT I WOULD DO IN THE FUTURE TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE. I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET, AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND ALL OF THEM SAY THAT MAZDA SAYS THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE ISSUE. THEY URGED ME TO COME IN, HAVE MY CAR DIAGNOSED, AND THEN THEY COULD TRY TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. BECAUSE MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, I WOULD BE PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A RECALL ISSUE. HOW ARE THERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, BLOGS EVERYWHERE WITH THE SAME ISSUES AS MYSELF AND NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF IT? THIS IS NOW HAPPENING TO ME ON A REGULAR BASIS. I LOVE THIS VEHICLE BUT I'M SECONDS AWAY FROM GETTING RID OF IT. I'VE HAD ENOUGH. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE VEHICLES.

ON MAY 6TH 2018, I FIRST EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE NOT FULLY TURNING OFF THE CAR WHILE IN PARK. I HAVE A PUSH BUTTON START ON MY CAR AND AFTER I PUT IT IN PARK, I PRESSED THE PUSH BUTTON TO SHUT IT OFF AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I WANT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS BEEPING AT ME AS IF I DID NOT TURN OFF MY CAR. AND THE LIGHT ON THE PUSH BUTTON WAS ORANGE. THE CAR WAS IN A STATE AS IF I WAS USING THE BATTERY BUT DID NOT HAVE MY ENGINE ON OR AC. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, PRESSED THE BUTTON TO TRY TO SHUT IT OFF, AND IT TURNED MY CAR BACK ON THEN I PRESSED THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SHUT IT OFF AND IT WENT BACK TO USING THE BATTERY ONLY. I TRIED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHUT OFF MY VEHICLE AND I STILL COULD NOT. I ATTEMPTED THIS AT LEAST 5 TIMES BEFORE MY VEHICLE FINALLY SHUT OFF. TODAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I PUT MY CAR IN PARK, WENT TO SHUT OFF MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO SHUT IT OFF SEVEN TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN MY CAR SHUT OFF. I CALLED MY MAZDA DEALERSHIP, AND ASK THEM WHAT I WOULD DO IN THE FUTURE TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE. I LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET, AND THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND ALL OF THEM SAY THAT MAZDA SAYS THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE ISSUE. THEY URGED ME TO COME IN, HAVE MY CAR DIAGNOSED, AND THEN THEY COULD TRY TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. BECAUSE MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, I WOULD BE PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A RECALL ISSUE. HOW ARE THERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES AS MYSELF AND NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF IT? NOTE: I AM CANADIAN BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE CHOICE OF A CANADIAN PROVINCE, I MADE UP THE POSTAL CODE TO COINCIDE WITH ALABAMA. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE I WOULD FILE THIS IN CANADA. KM WERE CONVERTED TO MILES

WHEN TURNING OFF ENG, VIA PRESSING THE ELECTRONIC START/STOP BUTTON. THE RADIO STAYS ON. UNLESS YOU PRESS THE BUTTON TO TURN ON THE ACCESSORIES, THEN PRESSING BRAKE DOWN, THEN MOVING THE AUTOMATIC SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO DRIVE, TO PARK AGAIN AND PRESSING THE START/STOP BUTTON AGAIN, THEN THE RADIO WILL TURN OFF. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MANY MONTHS.

AUGUST 23, 2017: WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 MAZDA CX-5 ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPS (SPEED LIMIT 75) THE MOON ROOF SUDDENLY SHATTERED WHILE PASSING THROUGH AN UNDERPASS. IT WAS ROUGHLY 98F WITH CLEAR SKIES AND THERE WAS MINIMAL TRAFFIC. WHEN I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE CAR FOR ANY DAMAGE I SAW THE MOON ROOF SHATTERED, LIKE IT HAD BEEN BLOWN OUT IN THE MIDDLE.

EXITING FREEWAY WHEN I HEARD A THUMP FROM VEHICLE AND THEN DECELARATION. UNABLE TO ACCELARATE NORMALLY. CAR KEPT STOPPING. PULLED OVER FOR FEW MINUTES, THEN TRIED AGAIN AND CAR RESUMED DRIVING NORMALLY. A MONTH LATER WAS IS A STORE PARKING LOT, REVERSING OUT OF MY SPACE, PUT IT IN DRIVE, AND THE CAR BEGAN SHOWING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS BEFORE, NOT ALLOWING ME TO ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER AGAIN AND TURN CAR OFF FOR FIVE MINUTES. THEN TRIED IT AGAIN. THIS TIME PROBLEM REMAINED AND DID NOT GO AWAY. TRIED WAITING A HALF HOUR AND RESTARTING UNSUCCESSFULLY. HAD TO CALL HUSBAND TO HELP. HE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND RECONECTED IT SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. IT SEEMED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. NEXT MORNING PLANNING TO DRIVE TO DEALER TO GET IT FIXED WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. AGAIN, MY HUSBAND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND RECONNECTED IT. WORKED FOR AWHILE, PULLED OVER ON WAY TO DEALERSHIP AND REPEAT SAME ACTIONS. FINALLY MADE IT TO DEALERSHIP. THE TRACTION CONTROL WAS ENGAGING WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO. THE DEALERSHIP CHARGES US $400.00 TO REPLACE THE MASS FLOW SENSOR. SEEMS LIKE THIS COULD OF RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND MAZDA SHOULD RECALL THE CX-5 AND REPLACE THE SENSOR BEFORE SOMEONE GETS IN AN ACCIDENT.