Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 02/06/2013 | 2500 | ||
| There is a rotten egg smell coming from the exhaust pipe from the car. mazda dealer is unable to resolve the problem when i went back for service. i change gas to shell as recommended by the dealer, and the problem persists. dealer said that this is comon problem and blamed it on the gasoline blend. | |||
| 08/27/2012 | 100 | ||
| When the car decelerates (braking or down-shifting) the headlights flash. when i take the car back to mazda service, they tell me that this is a known issue that is effecting many of the new skyactiv engines. they say that there is something wrong with the electronic control unit that is making the lights flash. they state that mazda engineers have not given them a fix for it yet, so they can't fix it. i believe this is a real saftey hazard. people on the highway think i am flashing my lights at them. i bought a second car (same model and year) at the same time and it doesn't have this problem. when i tell this to mazda, they act surprised and state that i must have got lucky because most of the cars have these flashing lights. they seem to just want me to live with it. you need to investigate this since they are saying it is a common issue. i think these cars need a recall | |||
| 04/22/2012 | 2700 | ||
| I was driving a steady 55 mph on the freeway on a dry sunny day with my wife and kids. the roads were smooth and dry, and the gas tank was 1/2 full. the car was 3 months old with 2700 miles on it. the car suddenly lost power and started to decelerate. the engine was still running, but pressing the gas pedal had no effect on engine rpm or vehicle speed. i looked down and the stability control light was on (steady lit, not blinking). i thought that maybe the stability control was confused, so i tried hitting the stability control switch to turn it off. no luck, the light was still on and the car continued to slow. i then moved the shift lever over to manually select gears since i though maybe the tranny was stuck in 6th gear - no luck as the display didn't even show what gear it was in. there was no freeway exit in sight and i was not able to coast to the next exit. i finally pulled over the car at less than 30 mph dodging cars zooming by at 60 mph. i turned off the car and restarted. the stability control light was now finally off and i was able to drive off. | |||
| 04/04/2012 | 4164 | ||
| The drivers door would not open from the inside. broken inner drivers door cable | |||