2012 Mazda CX-9 Engine Problems

CAR IDELS UP AT STOP SIGNS

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND LOST ALL POWER. LUCKILY, SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WE HAD CAR TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. AFTER INSPECTION WE WERE TOLD THE WATER PUMP HAD FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. WE WERE QUOTED $8K-$10K TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE 2012 MAZDA CX-9 ONLY HAD 99K MILES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED A FEW YEARS AGO, SO MAZDA WAS OF NO HELP. WE WERE LEFT TO JUNK OUR CAR FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT IT'S VALUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND WE WILL BE JOINING THE CURRENT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MAZDA.

IN OCT. 2019 MY CX9 STOPPED WHILE BEING DRIVEN. FOUND OUT THE WATER PUMP (WHICH IS INSIDE THE ENGINE) HAD GONE OUT AND DESTROYED MY ENGINE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM OF WHICH MAZDA HAS FAILED TO MAKE THEIR CONSUMERS AWARE. I PURCHASED THIS CARE NEW AND ALL OF MY SERVICES HAD BEEN HANDLED BY MAZDA. NO-ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I STILL HAD TO PAY JUST OVER 4K TO GET A NEW ENGINE OF THE SAME STUPID DESIGN PUT IN MY CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. HOW MANY MAZDA DRIVERS HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED IN CRASHES BECAUSE THE WATER PUMP DESTROYED THE ENGINE ON A FREEWAY AND THE CAR CEASING TO MOVE WAS THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT TOTALED THE CAR AND AS A RESULT WENT UNDETECTED? THE ENGINES NEED TO BE RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KENNEDY MAZDA LOCATED AT 1411 RIDGE PIKE, CONSHOHOCKEN, PA 19428, (610)272-0700, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO A WATER PUMP FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE HOME AND LATER REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY, ENGINE LIGHT ON, NOISE FROM TIMING CHAIN AREA, VEHICLE OVERHEATS, WATER PUMP FAILURE PUSHES ANTIFREEZE INTO THE OIL COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO GET DAMAGED WITHIN MINUTES WHITEOUT A WARNING. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR VERY EXPENSIVE SAFETY ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING MY MAZDA CAR, IT SUDDENLY STARTED BUCKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. PER MAZDA MECHANIC, WATER PUMP MALFUNCTIONED FORCING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. FEEL THIS POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AS THERE WAS VERY LITTLE WARNING POSING RISK OF ACCIDENT, ENGINE OVERHEATING AND POTENTIAL FIRE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AS MULTIPLE OTHER POSTS REPORTED

FUEL PUMP FAILURE CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE AND TO DIE IN MOTION ON A RURAL HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE ROAD.

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS. MY RPM'S WENT UP TO 4 AND WOULD DROP DOWN WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS. WITHIN MINUTES MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE CAR BASICALLY SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO TRY AND DRIFT TO THE SHOULDER IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. WHEN I GOT TO THE SHOULDER THE CAR STARTED SMOKING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME MY WATER PUMP WENT AND LEAKED FLUID THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN ME NEEDING A NEW $8,000 ENGINE. THEY TOLD ME THAT MAZDA DESIGNED THE CX9 WHERE THE WATER PUMP IS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK BEHIND THE TIMING BELT AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN EASILY INSPECT WHEN I BRING MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE. SO WHEN A WATER PUMP GOES ON THESE MAZDA CX-9'S IT RESULTS IN THE CONSUMER NEEDING A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE ARE NO INDICATORS THAT WILL NOTIFY YOU IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WATER PUMP TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT MY CAR WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME THIS OCCURRED WITH VEHICLES GOING AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY CAR BASICALLY SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO BETTER ASSIST ME GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC.

THE MAZDA CX 9 CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IT ALSO HAS CUT OFF AT LOW SPEED TURNS. IT RESTART SOME TIMES. SOMETIME IT WILL NOT FOR A FEW MINUTES. BEEN LEFT IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF US 27 SOUTH OF SEBRING FLORIDA AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT STALLED. THE RPM FLUXUATES AT TIMES AND THE VEHICLE SURGES. DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IN THE CENTER LANE AND IT JUST CUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT OR WARNING PRIOR TO CUTTING OFF.

MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) COMES ON WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF EVAPORATING SYSTEM / LOOSE GAS CAP. MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTICS FEES, A GAS TANK PRESSURE TEST AND 3 GAS CAPS LATER AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. I NOTICED A FEW ONLINE FORUMS WITH SEVERAL OTHERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE ACROSS A WIDE RAGE OF YEARS AND MAZDA MODELS. THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH MAZADA EVAPORATING, FUEL AND EMISSIONS SYSTEMS. THE DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. BEYOND REPLACING THE GAS CAP AND COLLECTING A DIAGNOSTIC FEE.

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW FROM DAVIS MOORE MAZDA- WICHITA, KS. FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ENGINE STALLS AS WELL AS COMPLETE ENGINE STOPPING WHILE DRIVING, CITY, HIGHWAY, TURNING ETC. HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THEIR SERVICE DEPT. MANY TIMES AND THEY KEEP SAYING IT IS FINE ( THE LAST TIME THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY HAVING 8 OZ TOO MUCH ENGINE OIL IN IT). WE HAVE LESS THAN 12,000 MILES ON IT TO DATE BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY REAL SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR EACH SERVICE DEPT. VISIT. LAST TWO VISITS WE WERE TREATED LIKE WE WERE MAKING THIS STUFF UP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY YEAR SINCE PURCHASING.

I AM UNSURE OF THE FIRST DATE OF OCCURRENCE, BUT THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW WITH 12 MILES ON IT. AND THE DEALER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. 1. THE AC ALWAYS COMES ON. EVEN WHEN IT'S BELOW ZERO OUTSIDE. 2. IT FAILS TO GO WHEN PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR FREQUENTLY, AND ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE, FROM A STOPPED POSITION, UNTIL YOU REALLY PUSH HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING IT JUMP. 3. LAST FRIDAY 2/21/2014 AS I WAS ON A RAMP MOVING FROM ONE INTERSTATE TO ANOTHER, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV UP EVEN AFTER I LET OFF THE GAS, AND PUSHED THE BRAKE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THIS, IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT LEAST 10-12 TIMES. IT WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST SCARY, AS I THOUGHT I WAS GOING OVER THE SIDE OF THE RAMP OR INTO THE SEMI IN FRONT OF ME FOR A MINUTE OR SO. 4. THE BRAKES SQUEAK LOUDLY WHEN IT'S COLD. 5. THE BRAKES ARE EITHER REALLY SENSITIVE, OR YOU HAVE TO STOMP THEM TO GET THEM TO WORK, SO SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH IT'S GOING TO BE YOU'RE LIKELY TO JERK YOURSELF AND YOUR PASSENGERS AROUND A LOT. 6. THE VEHICLE PULLS TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, WHICH WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT AN ALIGNMENT IS NEEDED, HOWEVER, IT CAN'T PICK WHICH SIDE IT'S GOING TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING IN THE STEERING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CONSUME EXCESSIVE OIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TECHNICIAN MENTIONED THAT THE CONSUMPTION OF OIL WAS UNUSUAL AND COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. *TR