2014 Mazda CX-9

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MAZDA CX-9. CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE STEERING CEASED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO IDLE WITH BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON WHICH RESUMED TO NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION FOR ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE FOR LEAKS BUT FOUND NONE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COOLANT BOTTLE WAS EMPTY. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE OIL WHICH LOOKED MILKY AND DIRTY. LEE EDWARDS MAZDA (2218 LOUISVILLE AVENUE, MONROE, LA 71201 (318) 388-3540) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND DETERMINED THAT THE WATER PUMP GASKET WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

FIRST BRAKES STARTED FAILING WERE SOFT HAD TO PUMP THEM TO STOP IN TIME AS TO NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I TOOK MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC. HE SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER. DID THIS NOW BRAKES MAKE A WHOMP WHOMP SOUND AND PUSH BACK SOME. WAS TOLD TO DRIVE A FEW DAYS AND SEE IF IT GETS BETTER. DID THIS AND HUBBY WAS DRIVING THEY WERE SOFT AGAIN. THEN I TOOK CAR TODAY IT WAS FINE UNTIL I GOT HOME TO PICK UP KIDS TO TAKE THEM OUT LEFT CAR RUNNING CAME IN GOT MY KIDS WENT BACK OUT TO CAR. AT THIS TIME BRAKES ARE NOW HARD AND YOU CAN'T PUSH THEM DOWN. I PUT CAR I'M REVERSE AND CAR DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE ALMOST LIKE BRAKES ARE ON SAFETY BAKE IS NOT ON. I TOOK AROUND BLOCK TO SEE IF IT WOULD GET BETTER. IT DIDN'T IN FACT I BARELY MADE IT UP A SMALL HILL EVEN WITH MY FOOT TO THE FLOOR WITH GAS PEDDLE. GOT BACK TO MY HOUSE OPENED DOOR AND YOU COULD SMELL THE BRAKES LIKE THEY WERE BURNT. WILL BE TAKING CAR BACK TO MACHANIC TOMORROW. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH OTHER YEARS MINE IS A 2014 I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE FIXED OR SOLVED THEM. MY CAR ONLY HAS 71,000 MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW. NOTE WHEN I SAY CAR I AM MEANING SUV. MY CAR WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED MUSHY BRAKES WAS IN MOTION ON ROAD NOT FREEWAY THANK GOODNESS. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS NOT IN MOTION TO BEGIN WITH THEN WAS IN MOTION.

THE WATER PUMP FAILED ON THE VEHICLE AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED SHAKING, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE ENGINE IS NOW DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS AN INTERNAL WATER PUMP AND THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES NOT RECOMMEND ANY MAINTENANCE TO THE WATER PUMP. THIS VEHICLE HAD ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE COMPLETED AT AN AUTHORIZED MAZDA DEALER, THE VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF. WHILE NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.

I NOTICED A ROUGH NOISE WHEN I STARTED THE 2014 MAZDA CX-9. I CHOSE TO IGNORE IT THINKING IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER. GOT TO THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY HOME TO KANSAS CITY FROM COLUMBUS, OH. SEVERAL MILES LATER WHEN FILLING GAS, I NOTICED A WEIRD SMELL LIKE THAT OF A BURNING RUBBER OR COOLANT. THE CAR GOT ME HOME SAME BUT I NOTICED SLIGHT SMOKING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN I GOT HOME.TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED IT WAS THE WATER PUMP. HE DIDNT HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO REPLACE IT SO I TOOK IT TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHO ADVIED GETTING A NEW ENGINE. IT'S BEEN OVER THREE WEEKS AND I'M STILL WAITING OR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND AN ENGINE THEY COULD REPLACE WITH. TOTAL COST, $4K - $5K. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED THAT MAZDA WOULDNT RECALL CARS WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE/ WATER PUMP PROBLEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ODOR OF COOLANT FLUID AND SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TOWED TO NAPLETON'S COUNTRYSIDE MAZDA (6060 SOUTH LA GRANGE ROAD, COUNTRYSIDE, IL 60525, (708) 354-2700) TO BE DIAGNOSED, WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

MY WIFE TOOK OUR 2014 MAZDA CX-9 TO LIBERTY MAZDA FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT CAME ON THE EVENING BEFORE SHE ALREADY AND AN APPOINTMENT FOR ANOTHER ISSUE. SHE ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE LIGHT AS WELL. AFTER THEIR FINDINGS THEY TOLD SUE THE CAR HAD A CATASTROPHIC WATER PUMP ENGINE FAILURE. THIS WATER PUMP IS LOCATED INSIDE THE TIMING CHAIN COVER AND LEAKS COOLANT IN TO THE ENGINE. AT THIS POINT WE WERE HANDED OVER TO A SALES REP. WHO INFORMED US THIS WAS A FOOLISH DESIGN WITH THE WATER PUMP LOCATED IN THE POWERTRAIN BEHIND THE TIMING CHAIN COVER. THIS CAUSES CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING THIS IS WRONG AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. WE TALKED TO JASON THE SALES MANAGER WHO REITERATED THE SAME MESSAGE AND SAID HE WOULD PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR ME IF COOPERATE CALLED ABOUT MY COMPLAINT. HE DID AND COOPERATE OFFERED US THE EPLAN ON A NEW CAR. APPROXIMATELY $2,000.00 FOR A CAR VALUED AT $12-14,000.00 THIS ENGINE WAS MANUFACTURED BY FORD FOR MAZDA AND THE FORD ESCAPES HAVE THE SAME TROUBLE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME