2016 Mazda CX-5

WHILE DRIVING THE WOULD NOT SHIFT. ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND FLAT TIRE LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 10. TRIED TO SHIFT MANUALLY AND NOTHING. GOT OVER AND STOPPED, RESTARTED CAR AND ONLY ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON TRIED TO MOVE AND IT DID FOR A VERY SHORT DISTANCE AND AL THE LIGHT AND NOT SHIFTING AGAIN. STOPPED AND RE-STARTED AGAIN AND I COULD SHIFT MANUALLY. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR TWO HOURS AND THE AUTO TRANSMISSION DID WORK BUT DIDN'T RESPOND WELL. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR DRIVE IT LOSS POWER AND WOULDN'T SHIFT AGAIN. I BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T BEING ALLOWED TO SHIFT DUE TO A VALVE ISSUE. CURRENTLY WAITING FOR MAZDA TO MAKE A DECISION DEALER RE-SET COMPUTER AND ALL LIGHT ARE OFF, BUT CAR STILL DOESN'T RESPOND WELL WHEN DRIVING SO IT IS STILL AT DEALER SHIP AND THE CAR ISN'T A YEAR OLD WITH ONLY 18500 MILES.

I CAME OUT TO MY 1 MONTH OLD MAZDA CX-5 THIS MORNING TO FIND THE CONTENTS OF MY GLOVE BOX AND CONSOLE STREWN ABOUT THE INTERIOR CABIN. CLEARLY THE CAR HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FORCIBLE ENTRY. I RELY ON THE WALK-AWAY LOCK FUNCTION TO LOCK MY CAR WHEN I EXIT THE VEHICLE (AS DESCRIBED BY THE DEALER & OWNER'S MANUAL). LATER THE SAME MORNING I TESTED THE AUTOLOCK AFTER DRIVING THE CAR, AND THEN PUTTING IT IN PARK AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE. I WALKED AWAY FROM THE CAR WITH THE KEYFOB IN MY HANDBAG AND HAD SOMEONE STAND NEXT TO THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND CHECK THE CAR DOOR HANDLE -- THE CAR DID NOT LOCK. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE MAZDA DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE AUTOLOCK MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN DEFEATED IN THE ONBOARD COMPUTER SETTINGS. I CHECKED THE SETTINGS AS THEY DIRECTED AND ALL OF THE AUTOLOCK FEATURES WERE TOGGLED IN THE ON POSITION. THE SERVICE REP ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE AUTOLOCK WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY IF YOU WALK AWAY FROM THE CAR TOO QUICKLY.

WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN I HEARD A SUCCESSION OF LOUD POPPING NOISES COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD AREA. AS I WAS ON A DIVIDED INTERSTATE WITH NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OR BESIDE ME, IT WAS A BIT STRANGE THAT I HAD TWO CRACKS APPEAR IN THE CENTER OF MY WINDSHIELD AND ANOTHER ONE RUNNING FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD UNDER THE WIPER BLADE. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYONE AROUND BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARLY NOT CAUSED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I PHONED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO REPORT THE INCIDENT, AS I WAS UNSURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. A DEPUTY MET ME AT WORK (18 MILES FROM WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED) TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, THE LATTER OF WHICH NOW STRETCHED ABOUT 4 INCHES PAST THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD, AND TOLD ME THAT THE AREA WHERE I WAS DRIVING HAD BEEN CHECKED IMMEDIATELY BY OFFICERS, THAT THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE AREA, AND THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN REPORTED. EVEN THE OFFICER WAS BAFFLED BY THE UNEXPLAINABLE OCCURRENCE OF THE BREAKS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES EITHER IN FRONT, BEHIND, OR BESIDE ME FOR AS FAR AS I COULD SEE (LONG, FLAT STRETCH OF INTERSTATE, SO VISIBILITY WAS EXCELLENT). THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 16000 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 MAZDA CX-5. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE NO FAILURES WERE FOUND. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR JUNE 2016 AND LAST WEEK I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR AND WAITING FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THEN ONE DAY 6/2/16 I PUT IT IN DRIVE AFTER BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO A STREET, STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. IT TOOK ME 3 TIMES OF PUTTING IT BACK IN PARK THEN IN DRIVE TO MOVE AT WHICH POINT I DROVE IT RIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THE NEXT DAY THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY IT FAILED BUT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE IT. I GOT ONLINE AND SAW THAT MANY OTHER CX5 OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HAVING THE POWER TRAIN FAIL AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, A RED LIGHT, OR AFTER BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ONTO A STREET PUTS THE DRIVER IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

AT 609 MILES THE CAR STARTED TO BUCK WHEN STARTING TO ACCELERATE FROM BEING STOPPED. THE CAR THEN WOULD ALSO SHIFT ROUGHLY ON THE THE HIGHWAY WHEN YOU HIT THE 25 MPH MARK. THE CAR THEN ADVANCED TO BEING ONLY ABLE TO GO IN REVERSE OR FIRST GEAR ONLY FROM A STOPPED POSITION..YOU COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD IN DRIVE. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERS AWAITING A NEW TRANSMISSION.

AFTER PULLING INTO A PARKING AND ENTERING PARKING SPACE MY WIFE ATTEMPTED TO STOP CAR, WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD JUMPING A PARKING BUMPER AT AN ACCELERATED RATE OF SPEED. AFTER JUMPING THE BUMPER OUR CX-5 HEADED TOWARD TWO PARKED CARS, SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT WHERE SHE WAS THEN HEADED TOWARD A CROSSWALK, BETWEEN TWO PARKING LOTS, WITH A HAND RAIL. THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER BECOMING WEDGED UNDER THE HAND RAIL AND BUMPING A PARKED CAR. DAMAGE WAS TO THE R FENDER, FRONT BUMPER AND HOOD A TOTAL OF $5,100 WORTH OF DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. MAZDA WOULD NO LOOK INTO WHAT OR WHY IT HAPPENED, OUR INSURANCE COMPANY SENT OUT A MEMBER OF THEIR FORENSIC GROUP TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG AT THE TIME THAT HE CHECKED AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE AS HE COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS OUR SECOND MAZDA AND OUR LAST, MOVING ON.