2008 Mazda CX-9 Electrical System Problems

SOMETIMES THE BLIND SIGNAL WORKS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T SOMETIMES IT BLINKS ON THE SCREEN AND WHEN SWITCHING LANES, BRAKES KEEPS GOING OUT BALL JOINT KEEPS POPPING HARD SHIFT OR KNOCK IN REVERSE AND WHEN PLACED IN PARK HAD REPAIR DONE SEVERAL TIMES. DVD WIRES KEEPS GOING OUT/SHORTAGE M. SOMETIMES SEAT BELT BLINKER WORK AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 17V457000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE BATTERY BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER GREINER FORD OF CASPER 3333 CY AVE, CASPER, WY 82604 (307) 462-4090 WHO STATED THAT THE REMEDY PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

ONE DAY, MY KEYLESS DON STOPPED WORKING. THE NEXT DAY THE DOOR KEPT LOCKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ALMOST EVERY TIME I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. THEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WOULDN'T UNLOCK, WHEN I MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE DOOR IT WAS HARD TO DO. I LUCKILY HAD THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN, GOT OUT THE VEHICLE AND AS SOON AS I SHUT THE DOOR I HEAR THE DOOR LOCK AND MY TWO YEAR OLD WAS IN THE BACKSEAT! AGAIN LUCKILY I HAD THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN OTHERWISE SHE MIGHT'VE BEEN STUCK! THEN THE ALARM KEPT GOING OFF AND WOULDN'T TURN OFF UNTIL I UNHOOKED THE BATTERY. IMAGINE MY FRUSTRATION. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHO SAID IT WAS THE DOOR LATCH/ACTUATOR. UPON PAYING HEFTILY WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR, THE CLICKING OF THE DOOR LOCKS HAD STOPPED BUT THE UNLOCK BUTTON STILL WOULDN'T WORK AND THE ALARM WAS ONCE AGAIN GOING OFF! NOW THE CAR IS STILL AT THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP AND HAD ITS BCM/BCU REPLACED FOR A SUPPOSED 'FIX', I'M SUPPOSE TO PICK IT UP TOMORROW. SO I GUESS WE'LL SEE. THE APPARENT PROBLEM FROM ALL OF THIS? MY CX9 HAS A SUNROOF, WHICH MAZDA KNOWS THESE VEHICLES DON'T DRAIN PROPERLY WHICH CAUSES WATER TO GO TO THE BCM SHORTING IT OUT! THIS IS INEXCUSABLE AND COULD VERY WELL COST SOMEONE'S CHILD THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF THE DOORS CONSTANT LOCKING AND UNABLE TO UNLOCK SOMETIMES MANUALLY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS SEEN IT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND MAZDA COMPANY HAS EVEN ADMITTED THIS FAULT! SO WHY IS THERE NO RECALL?!

I'M THANKFUL I WAS NOT GOING 75MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR INSTEAD I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT ON A SMALL CITY STREET MY MAZDA CX-9 WITHOUT A WARNING STARTED HICCUPING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND NOT ABLE TO POWER UP AGAIN WE HAD IT TOWED TO A MAZDA DEALER WAS TOLD OUR MAKE MODEL OF CAR HAS A TSB CODE ISSUED CODE # 01-026/11 DEALER TOLD US CAR NEEDS NEW PCM (COMPUTER) AND NEW COILS THEY WEREN'T SURE IF COILS RUINED PCM OR PCM DAMAGE COILS. SPOKE TO MANUFACTURER THEY ADMITTED THEY HAVE SEEN ISSUE BUT THAT MY CAR IS 40000 MILES OVER WARRANTY. I HAVE OWNED OTHER CARS AND ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE CARS I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. I HOPE THIS GETS INVESTIGATED THERE ARE LOADS OF MAZDA'S JUST LIKE MINE ON OUR ROADS I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE GOING SO SLOW THIS COULD HAVE GONE VERY BAD. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND THERE ARE LOADS OF STORIES LIKE MINE. WITH NO WARNING SIGNS AT ALL

REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE CAR THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM HAS ANYONE ELSE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID SOME KIND OF SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 700.00 DOLLARS I DONT THINK I SOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET.I TRANSPORT MY GRANDKID AROUND AND IF A SOMETHING HAPPENS THEY WOULD NOT GET OUT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE BATTERY WAS RECHARGED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT UNINTENTIONALLY MOVED TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL. IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE DUE TO HOW CLOSE THE SEAT MOVED TOWARDS THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED PERIODICALLY. MAZDA OF ORLAND PARK (8910 W 159TH ST, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462, (708) 444-3200) WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V066000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) IN 2009. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,000.

2008 MAZDA CX9 SMART KEY, AFTER REPROGRAMMING ($350) NEW FOBS ($100 EACH) AND NUMEROUS BATTERY REPLACING THE SMART KEY STILL WILL NOT FUNCTION AS PROMISED, WIRELESSLY UNLOCKING, LOCKING AND STARTING THE VEHICLE. HERE IS ONLY ONE KEY HOLE ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH CASES HE OWNER/ DRIVER/ USER TO CONSTANTLY WALK AROUND THE VEHICLE TO LOCK/ UNLOCK AND/OR START THE CAR. IT ALSO GREATLY INCREASES THE RISK OF LOOSING THE ONLY HARD COPY OF THE KEY COSTING ANOTHER $350 IN PROGRAMMING AND CUTTING. *TR

RETURNED TO VEHICLE AFTER WORK (5PM) AND SAW THAT BOTH SIDE MIRRORS WERE DAMAGED. A CLOSER LOOK REVEALED THAT THE PAINTED PORTION TO BOTH SIDE MIRROR HOUSING UNITS HAD MELTED. IT APPEARED THE PLASTIC HAD MELTED FROM INTERNAL HEAT. THERE WERE NO BURN MARKS ON THE OUTER PORTION OF THE UNIT. THE PLASTIC HAD SHRUNK TO A SHRIVELED AND WRINKLED APPEARANCE. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A MAZDA DEALER (ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA). THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THE MELTED SIDE MIRROR UNITS WERE MELTED FROM THE SUN. I DO NOT LIVE IN ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, OR SOUTHERN NEVADA WHERE TEMPERATURES REACH ABOVE 105 DEGREES CONSISTENTLY. TEMPERATURES TYPICALLY REACH 80-95 DEGREES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE REMOTE KEY WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.