2012 Mazda MAZDA3

I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH ON A SMALL RURAL ROAD GOING THROUGH A RIGHT-HAND TURN WHEN THE A/T, ENGINE, AND STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. I PUSHED THE STABILITY CONTROL SWITCH IN ATTEMPT TO SHUT IT OFF BUT TO NO AVAIL. I STOPPED AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF BUT THAT DIDN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE EITHER. I DROVE IT HOME BUT IT WASN'T EASY. THE CAR HAD NO ACCELERATION (NO TORQUE) AND COULD BARELY GET UP THE HILL TO MY HOME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY ARE REPLACING AN ELECTRONIC MODULE THAT COMMUNICATES BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE MODULE AND LABOR IS $1,000+. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS 105,000 MILES AND IS ONLY DRIVEN ON FREEWAYS AND NORMAL SURFACE STREETS.

CRUISE QUIT WORKING, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH STARTED FLASHING AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. CAR DECELERATED AND I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED CAR OFF AND THEN IT WOULDN'T START. WAITED ABOUT 10 MIN AND RESTARTED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STILL ON. DROVE ANOTHER 70 MILES GOING IN AND OUT OF LIMP MODE WITH DASH LIGHTS FLASHING ON & OFF. TOOK TO DEALER AND REPLACED THE ANGLE (SP?) SENSOR IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER RESET ALL CODES AND IT'S DONE IT TWICE SINCE GETTING CAR BACK, DEALER CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG. HAVE TO GO IN AND HAVE THE CODES RESET EVERY TIME TO GET IT BACK TO RUNNING AGAIN.

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT, THEN WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IT WAS REALLY SLOW. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND SAW THE TCS/DSC LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. AS I CONTINUED DRIVING THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED TO BE REALLY SLOW AND WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 2000 RPMS, TOP SPEED WAS 40MPH. I LIMPED HOME LIKE THIS WITH MY HAZARDS ON, PARKED FOR AN HOUR OR SO, THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON IT HAD GONE OFF SO I DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND IT RAN PERFECTLY FINE. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF I SHOULD BRING IT IN AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME IF THE LIGHT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON AND IT'S RUNNING FINE. WHEN I ASKED IF HE HAD HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING WITH THE 2012 MAZDA 3 SKYACTIV HE SAID A FEW TIMES. THAT ALONG WITH READING ON THIS SITE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TELLS ME THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. I'M JUST GLAD I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY BABY IN THE CAR. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I'M SURE MAZDA DOESN'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? *JS

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A CITY STREET ON THE WAY TO A MALL WHEN I NOTICED THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT COME ON. MY CAR THEN STARTED TO DECELERATE. I PRESSED ON THE GAS AND NOTICED THAT THE NEEDLE ON MY TACHOMETER WAS RUNNING HIGH INDICATING HIGH RATE OF RPM. I COULD NOT DRIVE FASTER THAN 35 MPH FOR FEAR OF REDLINING AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING THE ENGINE. I WENT BACK HOME AND PARKED MY CAR. LATER WHEN I STARTED MY CAR THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT HAD TURNED OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR NORMALLY AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER THAT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY OR ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR, NOT KNOWING WHEN THIS MIGHT OCCUR AGAIN. I WILL BE HAVING THE CAR INSPECTED AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND CAR LOST POWER, EVEN WHEN PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL I COULD NOT GET THE SPEED TO GO PAST 40, VERY DANGEROUS ON A FREEWAY. HAD TO GET ALL THE WAY OVER TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY, GOING 40, WITH PEOPLE GOING 80 MILES PER HOUR AROUND ME! LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT! TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON AND STAYED ON THE ENTIRE TIME. PULLED OFF FREEWAY AND CALLED THE DEALER THEY HAD ME COME IN AND SAID THEY RESET THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND AN ERROR CODE. THEN IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY, I WAS CHANGING LANES AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND AGAIN I HAD NO POWER EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. IT WAS A SUNNY 75 DEGREE DAY SO NO REASON FOR IT TO COME ON. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND IS VERY DANGEROUS!! I TOOK INTO THE DEALER AND AGAIN THEY SAID NO ERROR CODE SO IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN BRING IT IN. I TRIED TO TELL THEM WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOME ONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION! *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MAZDA MAZDA 3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRACTION SKID WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO A LOW GEAR AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,900. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 45 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED; THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS THEN CAME BACK ON. WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE WHOLE ISSUE GAVE THE APPEARANCE OF PART OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LOSING POWER AND THE POWER THEN BEING RESTORED. DURING THE INCIDENT THE ENGINE DID NOT APPEAR TO LOSE POWER, NOR DID THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGE. *JS

AFTER TAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A LOCAL ROAD,I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS DECELERATING DESPITE THE FACT I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR APPEARED TO BE STUCK IN 1ST OR 2ND GEAR; I COULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 40 MPH WITHOUT THE RPMS GOING TOO HIGH. THIS CAR HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I TRIED TURNING OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL BY PRESSING ITS BUTTON, BUT THIS DID NOT WORK. I ALSO TRIED SWITCHING TO MANUAL MODE BUT COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO SHIFT OR THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT TO SHUTOFF. I FINALLY HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR TO GET THE LIGHT TO TURN OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION TO ACT NORMALLY. I HAVE SEEN OTHERS POST A SIMILAR PROBLEM, THOUGH THEY WERE IN MUCH MORE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTS - ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVING TO PULL ACROSS TRAFFIC AND RESTART THE CAR BECAUSE OF THIS WEIRD TRANSMISSION-TRACTION CONTROL ISSUE. THIS CREATES FOR AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I AM PETRIFIED OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN IN A SIMILAR SCENARIO. THIS IS SOMETHING MAZDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN CITY IN THE EVENING TEMP. ABOUT 65-70 F,DRY AND SMOOTH ROAD(MY DAILY ROUTE TO WORK) IN STEADY SPEED OF I WOULD SAY 45 MPH, TRYING TO CHANGE LANE MY CAR TRACTION LIGHT WENT ON AND ENGINE LIGHT AND AT LIGHT BELOW MY GEAR SCREEN, MY CAR LOCKED MY TRANSMISSION,CAR WAS IN DRIVE MODE SO I PUT ON MANUAL TO TRY CHANGE GEAR MANUALLY BUT DID NOT CHANGE GEAR, I WAS STUCK ON ONE GEAR AND I COULD NOT SLOW DOWN BECAUSE I WOULD LOOSE MY RPM MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, I DROVE ABOUT 2 MILE TILL I HAD SAFE PLACE TO STOP, PULLED OVER TURN OFF THE CAR AND WAIT FOR FEW MINUTES,THEN TURN ENGINE BACK ON,TRACTION LIGHT WAS OFF SO AS THE AT LIGHT BUT ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON,CAR WAS BEHAVING NORMAL AND I COULD DRIVE IT HOME, NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO DEALER I TURNED IT OFF FOR WAITING TO CHECK-IN MY CAR WHEN THE DEALER SERVICE PERSONAL TURNED IT ON AS SHE SAID THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF TOO, BE SHE SAID WE KEEP IT TO MAKE SURE ITS FINE,I GOT A RENTAL CAR FROM THEM,THEY TOLD ME IF SOMETHING IS WRONG MAZDA WILL PAY FOR RENTAL, THEY KEPT THE CAR OVERNIGHT,MECHANIC DROVE IT WITH HIM HOME, DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT,THEY CONTACT MAZDA AND REMOTELY CHECKED THE SKYACTIV COMPUTER, DID NOT FIND ANYTHING EITHER, THEY UPDATE THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE AS THEY TOLD ME AND THEY WERE GUESSING IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH BUT THEY WAVED THE RENTAL CAR FOR DAY AND HALF!! SINCE THEN IT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN,I EVEN TESTED THE TRACTION FUNCTION IN SLIPPERY ROAD AND WORKS FINE. *TR