2014 Mazda MAZDA6

AFTER HAVING THE DEALER TIGHTEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE THE E-BRAKE STOPPED WORKING AGAIN SO I TIGHTENED THE CABLE AGAIN AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. EVIDENTLY THERE THOUSANDS OF 2014 MAZDA6S' WITH THIS POOR DESIGN. THERE IS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF THE REAR E-BRAKE MECHANISM. SHAME ON YOU MAZDA FOR LETTING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THIS GET PAST YOUR "ENGINEERS".

I HAD MY CAR PARKED ON A HILL, IT IS A MANUAL AND I LEFT IT RUNNING & HAD THE GEAR IN A NEUTRAL POSITION WITH THE EMERGENCY BREAK ON. I WAS FEEDING MY NEIGHBORS PIGS WHEN I NOTICED MY CAR STARTING TO ROLL BACKWARDS SO I JUMPED IN THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR WHILE IT WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS TO STOP THE CAR WITH MY FOOT BREAK. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE COMPLETELY FAILED THANK GOD I TOLD MY SEVEN YEAR OLD SON TO GET OF THE CAR WHILE I WAS HELPING WITH THE ANIMALS! NOW MAZDA IS TELLING ME I AM OUT OF WARRANTY & I WILL HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE BOTH OF MY REAR CALIPERS AS THEY ARE STUCK & REPLACE THE REAR ROTORS & BRAKE PADS!!! NOT ACCEPTABLE! IVE TAKEN MY CAR TO POWER MAZDA IN SALEM FOR ALL OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKING SYSTEM!!

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, MY CAR ATOMATICALLY SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND SLOWED DOWN RAPIDLY. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE FORWARD OBSTRUCTION WARNING INDICATOR CAME ON AND SAID AN INSPECTION WAS NEEDED. MAZDA DEALERSHIP SAID "NEVER HEARD OF THAT" DESPITE SIMILAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON USER FORUMS. DEALER WILL NOT COVER FULL COST OF THE REPAIR BECUASE CARE IT OUT OF WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD NOT FALL UNDER NORMAL WARRANTY CONSIDERATIONS.

I RECENTLY REPLACED MY FRONT BRAKES DUE TO NORMAL WEAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL MADZA DEALERSHIP, AND WHEN THE JOB WAS COMPLETED, MY BRAKES BEGAN TO MAKE ODD NOISES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I TOOK THE CAR BACK, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT BRAKES MAKE NOISES. I TOLD THEM, THAT WASN'T TRUE. PRIOR TO THE NEW BRAKE JOB, MY ORIGINAL BRAKES DIDN'T MAKE ODD NOISES. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MADZA DEALERSHIP. AGAIN, I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. MEANWHILE, WHEN O ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THERE'S A STRANGE NOISE THAT CONTINUES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I'VE READ CAR FORUMS ONLINE, AND IT SAID THE BRAKES ARE THE WRONG SIZE FOR THESE MODEL VEHICLES. MADZA NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED. THIS HAPPENS WHILE USING THE BRAKING SYSTEM.

THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (MRCC), SMART CITY BRAKE SYSTEM (SBS), AND DISTANCE RECOGNITION (DRSS) SAFETY FEATURES FAILED FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE MENTIONED DATE ABOVE (FEB 18 2014, AT 21000KM. I REPORTED TO MAZDA SERVICE CENTER I KHOBAR, KSA THOUGH PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, AND BROUGHT CAR FOR SEVERAL TIMES. I WAITED FOR MONTHS UNTIL THE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED ON APRIL 7 2014 AT 30000KM LAST JUNE 14, 2014, THE SAME FAILURES OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 75MPH. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO SERVICE CENTER ON THE NEXT DAY AND IT TOOK A DAY TO FIX THE ISSUES. IM AFRAID THE SAME ISSUES WILL OCCUR AGAIN WHICH IS PUT MYSELF TO HIGH RISK FOR ROAD ACCIDENTS. *TR