2015 Mazda CX-5

THERE WAS CHATTERING NOISE FROM THE REAR WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICEL DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED IT AS A REAR DIFFERENTIAL ISSUE. NAPLETON MAZDA DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL.TOLD ME REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS BROKEN WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DETAILS. I TOLD ME THIS ISSUE CANNOT BE FIXED NEEDS A NEW REAR DIFFERENTIAL. SO THEY CHANGED THE WHOLE DIFFERENTIAL. ONLY THE WORK PERFORMED RECEIPT WAS GIVEN.

I WAS PARKING MY MAZDA CX5 IN A SPOT AT A SHOPPING CENTER AND WHEN I TOUCHED THE BRAKE WITH MY RIGHT FOOT AND WENT TO SHIFT CAR INTO PARK, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FULL SPEED, MAKING A VROOM SOUND, JUMPING THE CURB AND SMASHING INTO A BRICK POST (LUCKILY I HIT THE POST AND NOT A PERSON!). I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TRANSMISSION, BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR ISSUE - BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG. I DID NOT HIT THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MUST BE ME, SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, HITTING THE ACCELERATER BUT I NEVER REALLY BELIEVED THIS. TODAY, APRIL 26, 2019, THE SAME THING HAPPENED! LUCKILY, THIS TIME THE CAR JUMPED THE CURB AND I HIT A TREE, LEAVING A SMALL DENT IN MY HOOD. AGAIN I HEARD THAT VROOM SOUND, AND JUST THOUGHT - OH NO, NOT AGAIN!

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 63,537 MILES. AFTER BEING TOLD THE REPAIR WOULD COST $5,400 I ASKED WOULD I BE GETTING THE SAME TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED. THE SERVICE ADVISOR HAD CONTACTED MAZDA TECH SUPPORT AND SAID "NO, WE'VE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM IN YOUR TRANSMISSION AND IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN THE NEW ONES". MAZDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY TO RECALL OR REPAIR THE KNOWN ISSUE. THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION IF YOU GOOGLE MAZDA TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MAZDA ALSO DOES NOT "TIE" WARRANTIES TO THEIR VEHICLES. THEIR HOPE IS THAT YOU BUY A WARRANTY, THEN YOU FORGET ABOUT WARRANTY TERMS, THEN DENY CLAIMS. THEY'RE COMPLETELY UNETHICAL.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH STOP AND GO TRAFFIC NEAR A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE (MAYBE 10-15 DEGREES), I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP. WHEN DOING SO, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING APPLIED NORMALLY BUT THE VEHICLE WASN'T SLOWING DOWN LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES. AS A RESULT, I PUSHED DOWN ON THE BRAKES AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND WHILE THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN MORE THAN IT PREVIOUSLY WAS, IT ATTEMPTED TO LURCH FORWARD MORE AND MORE. I NOTICED THAT THE RPMS WERE SLOWLY GETTING HIGHER WHILE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS COMING INCREASINGLY CLOSE TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING CLOSE TO BEING PHYSICALLY STOPPED ALREADY, I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE RPMS FOR THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY CLIMBED ALL THE WAY TO THE RED-LINE (I BELIEVE 6,500 RPMS) AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP (ANOTHER 5-10 MILES), THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED NO NOTICEABLE ISSUES. I CALLED THE LOCAL MAZDA DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF ANY PROBLEMS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION WERE CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT NO RECALLS WERE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS GOING FROM R TO D ON FLAT GROUND. THE GEAR INDICATOR SAYS D BUT WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL NOTHING HAPPENS FOR TWO SECONDS. THEN THE GEAR CHANGES AND THE CAR JERKED FORWARD VIOLENTLY. MY WIFE WAS SCARE ABOUT IT, WE HAVE FOUR CARS, NONE OF THEM WILL BE LIKE IT. ALSO, WHEN YOU GOING DOWN HILL, THE GEARS WILL CHANGE VIOLENTLY, I WILL TAKE THIS CAR TO DEALERSHIP NEXT OIL CHANGE.

ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE AS WELL AS SEVERAL DASH WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND WOULD ONLY GO 45-50MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER READING OUT THE DATA ON THE ENGINE COMPUTER, I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS MOST LIKELY "BAD" GAS. I WAS DIRECTED TO JUST BURN THROUGH THE GAS IN THE TANK. WHEN THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME FROM THE GARAGE IT WAS RUNNING FINE AND I WAS NOT TOLD ANYTHING HAD BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I AM STILL USING THE SAME TANK OF GAS AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AGAIN SO FAR. I CHECKED WITH THE GAS RETAILER AND THEY HAVE HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH RESPECT TO CONTAMINATED GAS. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR ON A 75MPH FREEWAY AT 45MPH TO REACH THE DEALER. EVEN WITH EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON THAT WAS A VERY HARROWING EXPERIENCE. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2014. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 15 AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH ALL A SUDDEN I HAD NO MORE POWER I COULD NOT ACCELERATE, WHEN I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED PUT IT IN PARK AND PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE AND IT WENT. SO I CONTINUED ON MY TRIP HOWEVER, ABOUT 50 MINUTES INTO MY TRIP NOW ON INTERSTATE 215 THAT SAME THING HAPPENED THIS TIME WHEN I PULLED OVER JUST PUTTING IT I PARK AND BACK IN DRIVE IT DIDN'T WORK I HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF START IT AND THEN IT WORKED. I HAD TO TURN AROUND AND CANCEL THE TRIP AS I DIDN'T WANT TO BE STRANDED. I'M NOT SURE IF ITS THE TRANSMISSION OR WHAT. *TR