2013 Mazda CX-5

WE BOUGHT OUR CX-5 IN APRIL 2013. LAST NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO GET IN MY CAR I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD ITS ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG AND CURVES LIKE A HOOK. WHEN I PARKED MY CX-5 THERE WAS NO CRACK. WHEN WE CALLED DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR HE STATED "A ROCK HIT IT" WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CRACK. MY HUSBAND LET HIM KNOW THAT A ROCK DID NOT HIT THE WINDSHIELD AS IT WAS SITTING IN OUR YARD. I AM WORRIED THAT IF I TAKE MY CAR UP TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WILL DO THE PEN TEST AND STATE THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A ROCK. THERE ARE NO STARS OR CHIPS ON THE WINDSHIELD. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO CONFIRM THIS CRACK BEFORE THEY DO A PEN TEST? *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND FELT A STRONG SHIMMYING IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY SHOT. AS THIS WAS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL GIVEN THE MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS A NEW CAR, THEY CALLED A MAZDA DEALER WHO AGREED TO FIX THE REAR BRAKES AT NO CHARGE BUT REFUSED TO FIX THE FRONTS. THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE REARS. AFTER THEY FIXED THE REPAIR BREAKS, THE CAR WAS STILL UNDRIVEBLE DUE TO SHIMMYING. I TOOK IT TO A BREAK SHOP AND PAID TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ROTORS SO WARPED AND GAVE THEM BACK TO ME TO SHOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT CARE. *TR

THE 1ST INCIDENT WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR IN 2012, DRIVING UP MY BLOCK THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST POWER AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. I COULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 5MPH AND DROVE BACK HOME. THE NEXT DAY CAR RAN FINE AND I BROUGHT IT FOR SERVICE WHERE THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND NO ERRORS ON THE COMPUTER. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ALMOST TO YEARS AND IT IS VERY UNSAFE. THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY REV'S FOR NO REASON AND I HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. THEN FREQUENTLY WHEN YOU WANT TO ACCELERATE ESPECIALLY ENTERING A HIGHWAY, THE CAR JUST DOES NOT SPEED UP OR DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN BY ITSELF. THE CAR FREQUENTLY FEELS LIKE YOU CANNOT STOP WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THAT IF I HAD TO STOP QUICKLY I WOULD CRASH! MANY TIMES SITTING AT A LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, I HEAR A THUMP AND THE CAR SURGES FORWARD, LUCKILY IT HAS NOT CAUSED ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR OR PERSON. THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE WHERE THEY RESET IT, WITHIN A MONTH IT WAS BACK ON AGAIN AND NEVER SHUTS OFF UNLESS RESET. I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK FOR A NEW NON MAZDA CAR THIS WEEKEND AND TRADING THIS CAR IN BECAUSE IT IS JUST TOO UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS REALLY IS A SHAME!! *TR

THIS VEHICLE WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, SUDDENLY TRIED TO ACCELERATE THEN A LOUD THUMP AND JOLT (AS IF SOMEONE RAN INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE). THIS HAPPEND IN FEB 2013 (TWO TIMES) (DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM) THEN AGAIN IN MAY 2014. DEALER STATED SAME PROBLEM IN ANOTHER MODEL AND ALL THEY COULD DO IS UPDATE THE COMPUTER PROGRAM. THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MAZDA CX-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TPMS WAS RESET AND NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE OF THE FAILURE WAS 100.

CAR FAILS TO START X 2 BUT THEN STARTS. BRIEFLY, ACCELERATE CAR AS I MERGE ON THE FWY. CAR BEGINS DECELERATING, LURCHING SO I STRUGGLE TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE FWY. MANY WARNING LIGHTS FLASHING, NO BRAKES, NO STEERING ABILITY. TURN OF CAR. TRY BUT UNABLE TO TURN ON CAR. CALL TOWED. MECHANICS SAY CAR STARTS RIGHT UP AND NOTHING WRONG. FUNKY OTHER LITTLE THINGS LIKE, I OPEN REAR HATCH TO PUT ITEM IN CAR (KEYS ARE IN HOUSE). ATTEMPT TO CLOSE HATCH BUT IT WON'T LATCH. OBTAIN REMOTE AND TRY TO USE IT TO ENGAGE LATCH. NO LUCK. LAST MONTH, CAN'T START CAR. CALL AAA, TECHNICIAN STARTS CAR BUT SAYS TO REPLACE BATTERIES IN REMOTE. TAKE TO DEALER. BATTERIES FINE AND NO FINDINGS. 4/17/14 START CAR AND PROCEED TO BACK UP. ALL WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON. UNABLE TO STEER OR DEPRESS BRAKES. TURN OFF CAR. ONE HOUR LATER, CAR STARTS AND ALL IS COPACETIC. *TR