2015 Mazda CX-5

I was near a red light and applied the brakes, but the car accelerated and ran into the truck stopped in front of me. This happened around May of 2024. I took the car to the Elk Grove Mazda dealer. They ran diagnostic and road tests but found nothing wrong. The car had the same problem again sometime later inside my garage. The car rammed into the drywall while I tried to stop by pressing the brake pedal. I took the car to the AAA repair shop in August 2024. They spent three days, and they told me they found a problem with the "steering angle sensor." It was 22 degrees off calibration. They reset the sensor, and the car ran better. However, the car acted again after some driving. It tries to accelerate while I apply the brake pedal near a stop. I took the car back to the AAA shop, but they did not find any problems in a whole week. I still drive this(my only) car, but extra careful, keeping a longer distance between cars in front of me and braking ahead few times ahead of any stop.

I was on my way home going down a windy back road going about 45 mph. there was a jeep in front of me and the mail truck was in front of them. the mail truck went to slow down and take a right onto a different road and as the jeep slowed down i applied my breaks and there was no response. this was not the first time this had happened in this vehicle but this time i panicked and i had to cut my wheel into the persons front yard to the right of us as i was continuously picking my foot up and slamming it down on the break and there was no response my car was just speeding up. i ended up going into the road that the mail truck was taking a right on and i hit the front of his truck and went flying into the woods and the trees were what stopped me. i now live with constant nerve pain everyday from this and suffer with a compressed lower back fracture that limits me daily from many things. before this incident i had issues with the breaks and acceleration twice. i had taken it to mazda and they fixed my “break switch” ? obviously that wasn’t the problem.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE HAS 61,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT A NEW HEATER CORE IS NEEDED AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED ON THIS PART. THE ERROR CODE SHOWED PO11A. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE $2,367.00 TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE. MAZDA CORPORATE WAS CONTACTED AND SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY ARE NOT WILL TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR THIS COMPLAINT IS 1-3153481645. THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN SAID THE AVERAGE MILEAGE THIS OCCURS IS 39,029 MILES. I REALIZE THIS MAY NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE BUT THIS IS SOMETHING MAZDA SHOULD STAND BEHIND. THERE IS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IF THE PART FAILS THIS EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.

DRIVING NORMALLY, SUDDENLY AT AN ON-RAMP, CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I HIT THE GAS A COUPLE TIMES AND ENGINE JUST REVVED, AND THE CAR WAS JERKY AS IF STRUGGLING TO CHANGE GEAR. ANYTHING OVER 3,000 RPM IT WOULD NOT DRIVE. I ALSO NOTICED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH RADIO AND LIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO PULL OVER. TURNED OFF CAR AND RE-STARTED. TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AROUND THE AREA AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT OVER 3,000 RPM. LUCKILY THIS DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

WHILE CLEANING OUR 2015 MAZDA CX-5 THAT WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY, I RAN THE SEAT FORWARD TO VACUUM UNDER IT. WHEN MOVING IT BACK, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT WOULD NOT BUDGE. WHEN WE INSPECTED ALL OVER UNDERNEATH THE SEAT WE COULD FIND NOTHING IMPEDING THE SLIDING MECHANISM. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AS IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH THE SEAT ALL THE WAY FORWARD. AFTER SOME RESEARCH AND HARD WORK, OUR MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE SEAT AND SLIDING COMPONENT AND REPLACE THE ENTIRE POWER SLIDE UNIT (PART # KDY2-88-4FOA POWER SLIDE LF-S ) FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT. HE FOUND THAT THE CABLE TO THE POWER UNIT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT HAD BROKEN. THE RIGHT SIDE APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING AS WELL. THROUGH HIS RESEARCH, OUR MECHANIC FOUND A TSB BULLETIN ON THIS EXACT SAFETY ISSUE. (TSB #09-006-16) HE EXPLAINED THAT THE NTSB HAD TOLD MAZDA TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IN SUBSEQUENT MODEL YEARS BUT THAT LEAVES US, AND PROBABLY OTHERS, IN THE LURCH FOR A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT NORMAL SPEED AT 7PM NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM, AL. IT WAS DARK AND A COUPLE VEHICLES WERE PRETTY FAR AHEAD OF ME. THERE WAS NOTHING ABOVE THE CAR (NO BRIDGE, TREE, ETC.) ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION OR GUNSHOT. I GOT OFF AT THE NEAREST EXIT TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. THE SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED UPWARD AND OUTWARD. THE GLASS PROTRUDED UPWARD AND SHARDS OF GLASS WERE BLOWN OUT ONTO THE ROOF OF MY CAR. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY FOREIGN OBJECT HAVING HIT THE CAR OR SUNROOF. LUCKILY I HAD THE SHADE CLOSED; OTHERWISE, GLASS SHARDS COULD HAVE BEEN THROWN INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND INJURED ME. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD THAT I WAS ALSO LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T PANIC AND WRECK THE VEHICLE. AFTER DOING ONLINE RESEARCH AND FINDING MANY SIMILAR STORIES, I BELIEVE THE SUNROOF GLASS WAS FLAWED OR INSTALLED IMPROPERLY. I REPORTED IT TO MAZDA AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ENVIRONMENTAL AND THAT I SHOULD FILE IT ON MY INSURANCE. I TOLD THEM THAT I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE IT, BUT THEY REFUSED AND INSTRUCTED ME TO FILE IT ON MY INSURANCE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO HILEY MAZDA IN HUNTSVILLE AL, THEY WROTE "IMPLODED" ON THEIR DAMAGE ESTIMATE WHEN I VERY CLEARLY TOLD THEM IT "EXPLODED" OUTWARD AND SHOWED THEM MY PHOTOS.