2010 Mazda MAZDA5

REAR SLIDING DOORS OF MAZDA 5 ARE FREEZING SHUT WHEN PULLING ON HANDLE DOOR OPENS SLIGHTLY AND FRREZES. DOOR THEN CANNOT BE OPENED OR CLOSED AND THEN HAVE TO DRIVE CAR WITH A PARTLY OPENED REAR DOOR. THIS IS HAPPENING ON BOTH REAR DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED DURING THE DAY IN A CARPARK. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED ON 6 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND IS VERY UNSAFE. DOOR LATCH IS FREEZING AND WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE REAR SLIDING DOORS. DOOR WILL START TO OPERATE NORMALLY ONCE CAR IS DRIVEN INTO A HEATED GARAGE AND RETURNS TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER DROPPING MY THREE CHILDREN OFF AT SCHOOL. THE ROAD THAT I LIVE ON IS WOODLAKE PKWY AND THE SPEED LIMIT IS FOURTY-FIVE MPH. A LADY IN A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME FROM A SUBDIVISION ON MY RIGHT, SHE WAS HEADED IN MY OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I HIT HER AS I ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE AND MISS HER ONLY PROJECTING ME FURTHER AND FASTER TO MY LEFT WHERE THERE WERE TWO SETS OF TREES AND BUSHES. AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION I THEN FOUGHT MY WAY THROUGH TREES REALIZING I HAD NO BRAKES I SLAMMED DOWN THE BRAKES AND LANDED ON SOME TREE STUBS 150 FT AWAY FROM THE CRASH SITE. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MAZDA MAZDA 5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE FRAME. IN ADDITION, THE DEFECT CAUSED BOTH REAR TIRES TO PREMATURELY WEAR. THE REAR TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITH NEW TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.