2016 Mazda CX-5

MY WIFES CAR IS JUST OVER 3 YEARS OLD, COUPLE MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY OF COARSE HOWEVER THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE LIGHT FOR NO REASON COMES ON AND BLINKS WHEN IT DOES THIS IT ALSO BLINK THE RED LIGHT ON THE DASH. IT WAS ONLY DOING THIS AT START UP HOWEVER NOW IT SEEM TO DO IT AT RANDOM EVEN WHILE DRIVING WHICH IS VERY SCARY TO THINK YOUR BRAKES COULD ACTUALLY LOCKUP. CALLED MAZDA USA, AND THEY SAID WELL IT MUST BE DIAGNOSED BY ONE OF THERE DEALERSHIP AND EVEN THEN WOULD NOT PROBABLY CONSIDER COVERING ANY PART OF THE BILL WHICH CAN RUN UP TO $1000.00 FOR THE EPB MODULE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN 100% CARED FOR ALL RECORDS BARELY 21.000 MILES, THIS IS THE 3RD FAULTY ISSUE OF SOMETHING BREAKING ON THIS CAR-1ST- ONE OF THOSE EXPENSIVE LED LIGHTS BURNED OUT, 2ND ELECTRIC SEAT MOTOR BURN OUT,AND NOW THIS MODULE AND THE CUSTOMER REP STATES THEY ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS IF THIS WAS IN FACT A PROBLEM AND SAFETY ISSUE .PLEASE BE SAFE AND CAREFUL WHEN YOU PURCHASING YOUR MAZDA CX-5

ELECTRIC PARKING BREAK (EPB) WARNING LIGHT START BLINKING AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE BRAKE. I LIVED IN A WARM TROPICAL WEATHER. IN MY UNDERSTANDING THIS FUNCTION WORKS ON COLD WEATHER.PROBLEM PERSISTS INTERMITTENTLY. IF VEHICLE TURNED OFF, PROBLEM "DISAPPEARS" BUT APPEARS AGAIN WHEN THE BREAK BUTTON WAS RELEASED. WEEKS LATER THE CAR STARTED TO ACTIVATE THE SMART CITY BREAK ALARM WHEN MOVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN A CITY STREET WITH NO REASON, SUDDENLY, AND BRINGING A SAFETY ISSUE. ALSO STARTED TO MAKE STRANGE NOISES RELATED TO THE BRAKE, SIMILAR WHEN THE BRAKES OR PADS GET WET AND MAKING THE CAR FORCED TO BE MOVED WHEN PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, MAKING THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO MOVE, NO MATTER BREAK IS RELEASED AND TURNING IT SLOW AND VAGUE. AN ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WAS MADE AND SHOWS THE FOLLOWING CODES : CODE C2005 (ELECTRIC PARK BRAKE MOTOR GEAR UNIT (RH) CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION CODE C112A (INCORRECT ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE MOTOR GEAR UNIT POSITION) CODE C2006 (ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE MOTOR GEAR UNIT (LH) CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION.

ON JULY 25 I SLOWED DOWN IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. SLOWLY APPROACHING PARKING SPACE AND APPLYING THE BRAKE TO STOP CAR. THEN SUDDENLY WITH NO REASON THE CAR ACCELERATED, JUMPED THE CURB.THEN CAR STOPPED AFTER I HIT BUILDING FORTUNATELY NO HUMANS. I WAS SHAKEN BUT NO BAGS DEPLOYED. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED IT WILL DO THIS AGAIN AND I WILL BE IN TRAFFIC OR NEAR PEOPLE AND I COULD HURT OR KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY TO 8/12/2019. NHTSA HAD PROBLEM WITH TOYOTA UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN 2010. PLEASE HELP WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON MAZDA. PEOPLE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ME BACK TO 2015. THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT . NOBODY CALLED ME BACK AND CALLED AGENCY BEEN TOLD YOUR EMPLOYEE HE CANNOT GIVE ME INFORMATION I HAVE TO WRITE LETTER AND ASK. YOU ARE GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND YOUR MOTTO IS PEOPLE SAVING PEOPLE. PLEASE DO.

I SLOWED DOWN IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. SLOWLY APPROACHING PARKING SPACE AND APPLYING THE BRAKE TO STOP CAR. THEN SUDDENLY WITH NO REASON THE CAR ACCELERATED, JUMPED THE CURB AND HIT BUILDING. THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE WAS HEAVY DAMAGED.I HAD NO CONTROL. IT WAS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I MOVED THE CAR OFF THE GRASS FROM BUILDING, THIS TIME STOPPED NORMALLY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED IT WILL DO THIS AGAIN AND I COULD HURT OR KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY TO 8/12/2019.PLEASE VISIT WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/MAZDA/CX-5/SERVICE-BRAKES-PROBLEM AND YOU WILL SEE SO MANY CX-5 OWNERS HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS RELATED TO BRAKES. SOME EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION TWICE. THIS IS BIG SAFETY PROBLEM.

ON 01/10/17 AT 11656 MILES I REPORTED A BURNING SMELL PRESENT CONSISTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. LESTER GLENN MAZDA SAID THEY COULDN'T DETECT ANYTHING. I WENT FOR SERVICE 19MAY 18 AND WAS TOLD THAT MY REAR BRAKES WERE BAD. REPORT I HAVE FROM THAT SERVICE SHOWS RED FOR REAR AND GREEN FOR FRONT BRAKES AT 36865 MILES. 26 MAY 18 MAZDA LODI TOLD ME ALL 4 BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE BAD. I ASKED HOW THE FRONT BRAKES WERE BAD 1 WEEK AFTERLESTER GLENN TOLD ME THE FRONT BRAKES WERE GREEN. I WAS TOLD THAT MOST SHOPS HAVE INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE BUT LODI HAS ALL THEIR PEOPLE TRAINED AS MASTER TECHNICIANS. I WAS TOLD LESTER GLENN PROBABLY DIDN'T MEASURE. LODI SAID REARS WERE REALLY REALLY BAD AND THAT I SHOULD REPLACE ALL 4 BRAKES AND ROTORS AND ALL 4 TIRES FOR EVEN WEAR. I WAS TOLD CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE WORK. I GOT THE WORK DONE. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AT 37354 MILES. 24MAY19 I AM TOLD ALL BRAKES ARE GOOD. I CALL 06 JUN 19 AND COMPLAIN THAT I AM HEARING SQUEAKING. I CALL& I'M TOLD THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING BUT BEST TO SEE IF IT PERSISTS.SOUND PERSISTS. I GO IN24 JUN19 AND COMPLAIN OF NOISE AND VIBRATION THROUGH STEERING WHEEL AND FLOOR BOARD. THE SERVICE MANAGER DRIVES THE CAR WITH ME AND HEARS THE SQUEAK FAINTLYBUT SAYS HE DOESN'T FEEL THE VIBRATION AND THAT THE BRAKES ARE WORKING WELL. I LET THEM CHECK AND AM TOLD THE LEFT REAR CALIPER IS SEIZED. THE CALIPER WENT THROUGH THE PAD TO THE ROTOR AND REAR PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. I AM STILL HEARING SQUEAKING AND I FEAR IT THE RIGHT REAR CALIPER SINCE IT WASN'T CHANGED. I'VE CHANGED MY REAR PADS AND ROTORS TWICE IN 1YR/20000 MI. I FOUND OUT MY CAR IS AFFECTED BY TSB R052/16C (04-001/18) AND 04-002/19. R052/16C RESULTED IN A PRODUCTION CHANGE IN REAR CALIPERS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 9 2016. MAZDAUSA WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR DEALERS SHOULD HAVE REPLACED MY REAR CALIPERS OR THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL.

ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE (EPB) CONTROL MODULE FAILURE: ON JUNE 19 AND 20 OF 2019 MY 2016 CX-5 WITH ONLY 18,000 MILES EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE FUNCTION. WHEN I WOULD LIFT THE EPB SWITCH TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE THE INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD START FLASHING AND A WARNING SIGN ((P!)) WOULD SHOW UP ON THE DASH DISPLAY. THE MAZDA DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND DETERMINED THE EPB CONTROL MODULE NEEDED REPLACING. $765 LATER I WAS BACK ON THE ROAD. *AS THIS APPEARS TO BE AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH 2016 CX-5S WITH VINS BELOW 781350 (SEE TSB 04-005/16 OF 08/05/2016 ATTACHED.) MY VIN IS 654830. ALSO, HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/MAZDA/CX-5/2016/BRAKES/SERVICE_BRAKES.SHTML SHOWS A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS STARTING IN 2016 ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I ALSO SAW SOME COMMENTS THAT A FAULTY EPB COULD CAUSE THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN IN TRAFFIC. THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE EPB ISSUE FOR THE 2016 CX-5. I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ITEM IN 2016. THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY CONCERN. YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS CONCERN IS APPRECIATED. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION. THANK YOU. *TR *TR 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

THIS WINTER, IT HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS OF APPROX. -4 TO 14 DEGREES F (-20 TO -10 DEGREES C), WHEN STARTING THE CAR, THE CAR EXHIBITED THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE (EPB) LIGHT FLASHING, ALONG WITH THE RED FLASHING BRAKE ICON AND THE PARKING BRAKE ICON ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH. THAT WARNING WOULD BE ON EVEN THE DAY AFTER, WITH THE CAR OFF, UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE BECAME WARMER.

STARTED CAR IN DRIVEWAY 2/10/19, 4 PM 'ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE TIMING WAS OBVIOUSLY ABNORMAL. RANDOM AUTOMATIC BRAKING NOTED WHEN CAR IN MOTION, WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF LEAVING DRIVEWAY. IMMEDIATE INABILITY TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 10-12 MPH EXPERIENCED. ERROR MESSAGES THEN OBSERVED ON CAR DASHBOARD WARNING SECTORS: CHECK ENGINE; TRACTION CONTROL: TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING; SMART CITY BRAKE SUPPORT MALFUNCTION-FORWARD SCBS DISABLED. CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE TO DEALER 12 MILES AWAY. CAR TOWED TO DEALER SITE 2/11/19 MONDAY AM. CAR HAS 28,330 MILES PER ODOMETER; SERVICE MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE, AS MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED. DEALER ASSESSMENT OF CAUSE ON 2/11/19 REPORTED AS 'RATS NESTING IN ENGINE AND EATING THROUGH SOY INSULTATION ON WIRING ON ENGINE HARNESS.' REPAIR COSTS OF > $1,500 ESTIMATED. IT SEEMS THAT INSULATING ENGINE COMPONENT WITH NUTRIENTS ATTRACTIVE TO NESTING, UBIQUITOUS VERMIN IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR CAR OWNERS AND USERS. ANY NHTSA GUIDANCE ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE?