Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| 2006 mazda 3 lurched forward*cw the consumer stated the vehicle was only a few months old, when she backed out of a parking space to let another vehicle get out, when suddenly the vehicle went out of control and crashed into a lamp post. when she put the vehicle into drive, it lurched forward and then accelerated through the path she had backed out of and crashed through the window of a convenience store. *jb | |||
| 06/27/2009 | 46900 | 1 | |
| I am glad to be alive and telling this horrific story. i was traveling alone in my 2006 mazda3 on i-95 to lumberton on june 27, 2009 to meet my sister and pick up my mom who had been staying with her while i was out of town for the week. i had my cruise control on about 63 mph and had been traveling behind a tractor trailer truck for approx. two miles before i reached my exit. i pulled over into the exit lane and hit my brakes and nothing happened! i hit them again and nothing. i hit my on/off cruise control switch and the deceleration switches and nothing happened. i put both feet on the brake and hit my horn and entered a five lane intersection at the end of an uphill exit ramp on a red light doing in excess of 60 mph!!! i knew i was going to die or be physically injured and didn't know who i would take with me as i had no way to slow or stop the car. looking back, i know i had no more than 10 or 12 seconds to react before i was at the top of the exit ramp going that fast. i turned to the right as i entered the intersection to avoid cars that were entering and i think my car spun around and i was hit by a pickup truck in the inner lane who probably had no idea where i came from. i then went head-on into another car traveling in the opposite direction. my car was totaled, the one i hit head-on was totaled but the pickup truck was able to drive away from the accident. all of us were able to walk away - me very shakily. i had seatbelt bruises and air bag burns and all of my muscles were sore, but i am getting better each day. i still have pain and tightness in my chest area, but from what i am learning about this type of injury it may stay with me for several weeks. nothing broken and nothing so far that i can't live with. needless to say my nerves are shattered. something needs to be done. this does not need to happen to others!!! *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 06/29/2007 | 20000 | 2 | 09/17/2005 |
| On two different occasions i was using the cursie control when all of a sudden the car just took off and the speed just kept climing until i turned the curise control off. the first time this happened was in may 2007. the second time was on june,2007. *ak | |||