2014 Mazda CX-5

Car was inspected in April of 2021. The front of car started making knocking or clunking sounds on the right side. 2 weeks later, while making a U-turn instead of getting on the interstate, there was a loud crunch/crash sound. It sounded like a garbage can went under the vehicle. Upon further investigation, realized that the right ball joint somehow dropped out of the knuckle. This forced the axle to pop out and further damaged the rest of the suspension components. Thank god this didn’t happen on the highway with my wife and 2 toddlers in the car- that would have been horrific.

Lower ball joints, lower control arms, and axles failed on the front right and front left of the vehicle while driving. The wheels were partially disconnected with no ability to steer or drive my vehicle. Both failures happened within 2 1/2 months. After the right side failed, the auto mechanic checked the left side yet it failed regardless of all inspections including the annual state requirement. During both failures I was fortunate to be driving through turns at slow rate of speed. Serious injuries and more likely casualties would have occurred had I been driving at a higher rate of speed through traffic when the failures occurred.

front passenger side CV Axle/Boot, control arm, tie rod end fell apart causing tire to dislocate from vehicle. Vehicle has been properly maintained. It is at Mazda dealer service dept. It can be inspected there. If this fell apart on freeway it could have caused a major accident and loss of life. Dealer has not confirmed problem yet, awaiting their inspection. There were no warning signs or symptoms or messages.System passed previous Mazda service multi point inspection. Incident occurred out of the blue.

While driving on an urban road and going over a slight bump, heard a clunk in the left rear wheel well. Pulled over and off road to investigate the situation. Was unable to see any particular cause in the rear suspension. However a small piece of corroded aluminum fell onto the ground from up inside the wheel well. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop and the diagnosis was that both aluminum rear shock mounting plates were corroded. The left rear shock had separated from the mounting plate. The service station was unable to locate-acquire new mounting plates, hence had to have both shocks completely replaced on Aug. 19, 2021. I believe this problem represents a risk to the public, a potentially serious safety issue. I have a photo of the repair invoice and imagine the repair shop can confirm the basic problem. I located a Mazda email contact address and emailed them regarding the issue this evening.

I HEAR SQUEAKING AT MY REAR DRIVER'S TIRE AS IF THE STRUT OR SUSPENSION IS IMPAIRED...I HEAR IT MOST PROFOUNDLY WHEN IT IS DAMP OR RAINY OUTSIDE WHILE IN MOTION. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. TODAY, 9/29 I TOOK IT TO MY HOME DEALERSHIP HILEY MAZDA IN HURST, TX...THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A BUSH WITHIN THE STRUTS THAT CAN GET LOOSE AND JUST NEEDS TIGHTENING. BUT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACCESS IT STARTING AT $120.00...WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE AS A FULLTIME STUDENT AND WORKING FULLTIME. YET, AT THE SAME TIME WHEN IT SQUEAKS, AS METAL RUBBING AGAINST METAL...IT VIBRATES AT STEERING AS IF I MAY LOOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS COMPLAINT IF THIS SHOULD COINCIDE WITH OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME ONLINE WITH NHTSA. BECAUSE, I HAD PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN LATE APRIL 2016, I THOUGHT THAT MY COMPLAINT FELL IN LINE WITH RECALL ID 243197 IN 05/10/2016. WAS MY VEHICLE CALLED IN FOR THIS RECALL PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE? BECAUSE THE ONLY RECALL I AM COGNIZANT OF ACTING UPON IS THE LIFTGATE STAY DAMPER CONCERN STATUS DATE 07-22-2017. CAN YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE FURTHER FOR ME? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. RESPECTFULLY.