What 68 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Mazda CX-9

THIRD ROW SEAT BELT BUCKLES HAVE NOT HOLDERS PREVENTING IT FROM GOING UNDER AND BETWEEN THE SEATS WHEN SEATS ARE RAISED AND LOWERED. RESULTING IN THE BUCKLES TO BE CRUSHED,BROKEN AND UNUSABLE ENDANGERING PASSENGERS IN THIRD ROW TRAVEL WITHOUT SEAT BELTS ANYMORE

NHTSA ODI 11234640

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT THE TIME ON A BUSY FREEWAY. WHEN STARTED OVERHEATING WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE THEN CUT OFF ON FREEWAY WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AT A FAST SPEED. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SHOULDER. TOWED CAR TO SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT MAZDA HAS FAULTY WATER PUMPS AND THAT MY ENGINE WAS DESTROYED DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO MY OIL WITH TURNED IT TO A THICK MUD. NEW ENGINE NEEDED. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THERE ARE COUNTLESS CONSUMERS COMPLAINING OF SAME ISSUE WITH MAZDA. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR YOUR CAR TO JUST STOP WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR TRAVELING ON ANY HIGHWAY THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS FAULTY WATER PUMP INSIDE OF THE MAZDA ENGINE. I BELIEVE SOME ONE SOON WILL BE INJURED OR KILLED BY THIS ISSUE! THANKFULLY IT WASN'T MY CHILD AND I.

NHTSA ODI 11222956

BRAKES PEDAL ON MY WIFE'S CAR BECAME HARD WHEN PRESSED ON (REGARDLESS OF SPEED) AND NOTICED A HISSING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE WORST AND SCARIEST PART IS THAT THE BRAKES DIDN'T STOP THE CAR AND FELT AS IF I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES ON A CAR THAT WAS NOT TURNED ON. LUCKILY WE DIDN'T GET INTO ANY ACCIDENT AND STOP DRIVING THE CAR. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CHECKING ONLINE AND THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN AN KNOWN ISSUE WITH EARLIER CX9 CARS.

NHTSA ODI 11222325

IN THE THIRD ROW THERE ARE NO KIND OF HOLDERS PREVENTING THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES FROM GOING UNDER AND BETWEEN THE SEATS WHEN THEY ARE FOLDED DOWN AND UP. THIS HAS RESULTED IN THEM GETTING TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SEATS AND UNDER THE FOLDING MECHANISM AND GETTING CRUSHED TO THE POINT OF BEING UNUSABLE AND UNSAFE. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO USE THE BACK SEAT SEATBELTS DUE TO THEM BEING UNABLE TO BE BUCKLED AT ALL. WE DISCOVERED THIS WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN WE WENT TO RETRIEVE THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES FOR USE.

NHTSA ODI 11209917

A FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER.

NHTSA ODI 11203058

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED, SHOWERING GLASS INSIDE THE CAR. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING HIT IT. THE BREAKAGE SEEMED TO BE SPONTANEOUS.

NHTSA ODI 11163950

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT THE TIME ON A BUSY CITY STREET. WE NOTICED SOME NOISES WHICH WAS SOUNDING LIKE METAL CLANKING. THIS BECAME LOUDER IMMEDIATELY IN THE SPAN OF 5MINS AND THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR WENT OFF ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS BECOMING UNRESPONSIVE TO BRAKES IN THE MIDDLE OF COMMUTE TRAFFIC. LUCKILY WE GOT THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE SHOULDER WITHOUT ANY INJURIES TO ANYONE. UPON GETTING THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY A ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC, IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERNAL WATER PUMP (SUGGESTED AS A BAD DESIGN BY THEM AND MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR STALLING SITUATIONS ON THE INTERNET) SOMEHOW MIXED UP THE COOLANT AND THE OIL FORMING A SLUDGE AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE AND LACK OF LUBRICATION CAUSED THE METAL CLANKING. THIS HAS RENDERED THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE ONLY AFTER 5YEARS. SEEMS LIKE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS RAISES SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT IF THIS HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY OR IN THE MIDST OF TRAFFIC, THERE COULD BE SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY TO THE PASSENGERS. UPON CHECKING WITH MAZDA, IT WAS RULED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS YET. THIS STANCE FROM MAZDA IS BEING UTTERLY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DESIGN FLAWS AND PUTTING A PRODUCT OUT IN THE MARKET.

NHTSA ODI 11151624

MY BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD TO PRESS DOWN TO STOP MY VEHICLE. A HISSING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE PEDAL. EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS 20-30 MILES PER HOUR I WAS NOT SURE IF MY CAR WOULD STOP. I WAS PRESSING DOWN ON BRAKE PEDAL HAS HARD AS I COULD. TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR 5/22 I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY THIS WAS KNOWN TO BE FAULTY IN THIS MODEL MAZDA BUT TO RECALL WAS INCORPORATED. REPAIR COST WAS $760.00 PUT OF MY POCKET.

NHTSA ODI 11098510

MY 2013 MAZDA CX-9 HAS 48,841 MILES ON IT. BRAKES RECENTLY STARTED MAKING A HISSING NOISE THEN BECAME HARD TO DEPRESS. I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME STOPPING THE VEHICLE TO AVOID A COLLISION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ALSO, I WAS SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION AND HAD TO SIT THROUGH SEVERAL RED LIGHTS, BRAKES WERE MAKING THE HISSING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE'S RPMS STARTED FLUCTUATING AND MY CAR DIED. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, THE RPMS STOPPED FLUCTUATING BUT AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN DRIVE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE RPMS STARTED FLUCTUATING AGAIN. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND NUMEROUS ONLINE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE MAINLY WITH 2012 MAZDA CX-9 BRAKE POWER BOOST UNIT FAILURE. I CONTACTED THE MAZDA DEALER TO SCHEDULE SERVICE AND THEY ADVISED THERE IS NO KNOWN WARRANTY EXTENSION OR RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE FOR MY VIN.

NHTSA ODI 11083790

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A HISSING SOUND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BROWNING MAZDA (18827 STUDEBAKER RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703, (562) 924-1414) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VACUUM SEALS FAILED ON THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER, AND THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ISSUE WAS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 1-1231715620. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

NHTSA ODI 11082208

APPARENTLY, MY CAR HAS A SAFETY RECALL FROM MAZDA AS OF JANUARY 2018 IN REFERENCE TO THE TAKATA AIRBAGS. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ( NHTSA) WHEN COMPLETING A VIN SEARCH DOESN'T HAVE MY CAR LISTED ON A RECALL IN REGARDS TO TAKATA AIRBAGS. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? THANK YOU.

NHTSA ODI 11078504

TAKATA RECALL AM I ENTITLED TO BEING PART OF THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

NHTSA ODI 11063656

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME THAT COULD HAVE THROWN A ROCK MY WAY. IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING LANDED ON THE TOP OF MY CAR AND THEN I SAW GLASS FLYING OFF MY CAR FROM REARVIEW MIRROR WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY SUNROOF!! SCARY AS HECK!!

NHTSA ODI 11021867

MY VEHICLE SEEMED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING BETWEEN GEARS ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER TO SWITCH INTO HIGHER GEARS FOR HIGHER SPEEDS THEN WHEN SLOWING DOWN IT WOULD JERK AND THEN FINALLY STOP OR IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC WHERE I DIDN'T NEED TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP IT WOULD JERK TO SLOW DOWN AND SKIP GEARS AND JERK TO SPEED BACK UP WHILE ON THE HIGH WAY TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEED WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET IT WENT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 4TH GEAR FOR NO REASON AT ALL! THEN IT STARTED MAKING NOISES SOUNDING LIKE BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK END FIRST YOU WOULD ONLY HEAR THEM WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT THEN STARTED HEARING THEM IN REVERSE THEN YOU HEARD THEM WHILE DRIVING ALL THE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY BACK ROADS AND PARKING SOUNDED AS IF MY TIRES WERE GOING TO FALL OFF! I CONTACTED CARMAX BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN MARCH OF 2017 IT'S NOW AGUST 2017 AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING THEY LIED FROM THE INITIAL PHONE CALL BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT THEY HAD MY VEHICLE FOR A WEEK SAYING THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT THOROUGHLY TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY FOUND IN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS THE ISSUE THEY ASSURED ME IT WAS TOLD ME IF I HEARD THE NOISE BRING IT BACK ASAP AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME IT WAS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES WE TRIED TO CALL THEM IMMEDIATELY BUT THEY WERE CLOSED WE CALLED THEM THAT MONDAY AND COULDN'T GET ANYBODY ON THE PHONE SO WE LEFT A MESSAGE WE CONTINUE TO CALL THEM FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY FINALLY GAVE US AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE CAR AND I COULD NOT DRIVE MY CAR FOR THE TWO WEEKS THAT I HAD IT IN MY POSSESSION BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THROUGH MY EXTENDED WARRANTEE THAT DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS STILL DAMAGED WOULD VOID MY WARRANTY THE DAY AFTER WE DROP MY CAR OFF BACK AT CARMAX I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT THE DATE IT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE GARAGE ON THE ORIGINAL REPAIR DATE 3 WEEKS PRIOR THAT THE TECH NOTED TO BRING TO MAZDA

NHTSA ODI 11013134

TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL MADE A HISSING SOUND AS IF AIR WAS ESCAPING. THE VEHICLE ALSO KEPT MOVING EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FULLY PRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER HAD FAILED INTERNALLY.

NHTSA ODI 10954472

I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO 2 DIFFERENT MAZDA DEALERS TO FIX THIS RECALL. THEY HAVE INSPECTED THE ISSUE AND DETERMINED IT NOT TO BE URGENT. THE LAST TIME, NOV 16, 2016, I WAS TOLD THE PARTS WOULD BE ORDERED AND I WOULD BE CONTACTED TO SET UP AN APPT FOR REPAIR. NO CONTACT YET. I AM FRUSTRATED.

NHTSA ODI 10943752

WHEN I USE MY REMOTE TO OPEN MY LIFTGATE IT GOES UP 3/4 WAY AND JUST DROPS. I WAS GETTING GROCERIES OUT OF MY TRUNK AREA AND HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY AS IT SUDDENLY CAME DOWN. AFTER CALLING MAZDA I WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL BUT MY CAR VIN WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IT SEEMS THE SAME INCIDENT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON OTHER MAZDA VEHICLES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY TURNED OFF AND PARKED. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10940185

SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE. THE VISOR'S LEVEL IS AT MY FOREHEAD, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR VISIBILITY AND TO MY HEAD WITH ANY SUDDEN IMPACT. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED. THIS IS MY FIRST MAZDA. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY MINI VANS WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS $189.00 AND ANOTHER $100.00 TO INSTALL A NEW SUN VISOR.

NHTSA ODI 10918741

I HAD JUST COME OUT OF A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND ENTERED A STRAIGHT STRETCH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD CRUNCHING SOUND. I WOULD ESTIMATE MY SPEED TO BE BETWEEN 15MPH AND 20 MPH .THE VEHICLE SHOOK BUT I WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD BUT HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING AND COULD NOT BRAKE. THE CAR SPUTTERED TO A STOP THEN I HEARD A HISSING SOUND. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE I SAW THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE FENDER AND FLUIDS LEAKING ONTO THE PAVEMENT. THE WHEEL WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED. THE TOW DRIVER REPORTED THAT IT TOOK HIM ONE HOUR TO LOAD THE VEHICLE ONTO A FLATBED BECAUSE THE AXLE KEPT POPPING OUT WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. RIDGEWAY TOWING TRANSPORTED THE VEHICLE TO INGRAM PARK MAZDA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE TOW DRIVER TOOK PHOTOS BEFORE LOADING THE VEHICLE BUT I DO NOT HAVE THEM. THE LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAD BEEN REPLACED IN JULY 2016 UNDER RECALL 8515G.

NHTSA ODI 10913635

BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS, WITH HISSING SOUND. HAD TO FULLY DEPRESS PEDAL TO BE ABLE TO STOP FROM MODERATE SPEEDS OF 20-30MPH. RESEARCH INDICATES THE CX-9 HAS EXPERIENCED BRAKE BOOSTER FAILURE WITH THIS SYMPTOM IN PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS.

NHTSA ODI 10907398

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED, THE SIDE AIR BAGS SUDDENLY INFLATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES.

NHTSA ODI 10905492

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STOPPED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE TWISTED INTO THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER BALL JOINT HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ODI 10893383

A TRUCK SWERVED INTO MY LANE AND I TRIED TO BRAKE. THE PEDAL DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY DEPRESS SO I HAD TO SERVE. JUMPED A CURB AND HIT A SIGN. MORE THAN $11,000 OF DAMAGE. THE BRAKE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS QUICKLY.

NHTSA ODI 10885005

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ODI 10855255

2013 MAZDA CX-9. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS RECALL NOTICE AND VEHICLE SUN VISOR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUN VISOR NO LONGER STAYS IN PLACE. *JB

NHTSA ODI 10852643