2014 Mazda MAZDA6

THE REAR VIEW CAMERA, NEEDED FOR ADEQUATE VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE, DOES NOT FUNCTION UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: 1. QUICKLY SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AFTER STARTING THE CAR. IN THIS SITUATION, THE TOP THIRD OF THE REAR VIEW VIDEO IS COVERED BY A MESSAGES THAT SAYS THE CAR'S FM RADIO IS TURNED OFF. 2. RECEIVING A TEXT MESSAGE. IF A TEXT MESSAGE IS RECEIVED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE ENTIRE REAR VIEW VIDEO IS COVERED BY A MESSAGE THAT ASKS IF THE CAR SHOULD DOWNLOAD THE NEW MESSAGE. 3. IF THERE IS A BLUETOOTH GPS DEVICE IN THE CAR. WHEN THE BLUETOOTH DEVICE FIRST CONNECTS AND ACTIVATES THE CAR'S AUDIO/VOICE SYSTEM, THE REAR VIEW CAMERA TURNS OFF AND WILL NOT TURN BACK ON. THE CAR'S AUDIO PAGE IS DISPLAYED INSTEAD OF THE CAMERA VIDEO. DUE TO THESE APPARENT DEFECTS, THE ONLY WAY TO SAFELY DRIVE THE CAR IN REVERSE IS TO TURN OFF ALL BLUETOOTH DEVICES, THEN START THE CAR, WAIT FOR THE CAR'S AUDIO SYSTEM TO COMPLETE ITS START UP, AND ONLY THEN SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO BEGIN DRIVING. *TR

WHEN LOOKING INTO THE UPPER HALF OF THE DRIVERS DOOR MIRROR, THE OBJECTS APPEAR TO LOOK AS IF YOU HAVE DOUBLE VISION, BUT WHILE LOOKING INTO THE LOWER HALF, EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE IN FOCUS. I HAVE GONE BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT SEE THE SAME EFFECT. I HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLES IN THE DEALERSHIP AND 5 OUT OF 5 HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, NOTICED THAT THE HOOD SHOOK/VIBRATED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AT ANY SPEED OVER 60 MPH. HOOD ALSO BEGAN TO SHAKE AT SLOW SPEEDS ON ROUGH ROADS IN TOWN OR OVER ANY SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD. DEALER CONFIRMED THE SHAKING THROUGH TWO SEPARATE SERVICE VISITS, STATING THAT IT WAS NORMAL OPERATION AND THAT THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE. SHAKING/VIBRATING GREW WORSE AS TIME PASSED AND MAZDA CORPORATE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN AFTER JUST THREE MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE OVERALL LACK OF CONCERN FROM MAZDA ON CORRECTING THE ISSUE. *JB

A SMALL ROCK STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD AND CHIPPED IT WITH 1 INCH CRACKS AROUND THE DENT AT 6PM. BY 6 AM THE NEXT MORNING THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED FROM THE LEFT EDGE THROUGH THE CHIP AND TO THE RIGHT 18 INCHES. BY THE FOLLOWING DAY THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED MORE THAN TWO FEET. MAZDA DID NOT HAVE ANY REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELDS IN THE U.S. AT THIS TIME (AUGUST 19TH) AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 30TH. AS OF SEPTEMBER 12TH A REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD STILL HASN'T ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE WINDSHIELD REPAIR COMPANY STATED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL 2014 MAZDA 6'S WITH BROKEN WINDSHIELDS AWAITING REPLACEMENT DUE TO DELAYS IN RESUPPLYING THEM. THE WINDSHIELD IS NOW CRACKED APPROXIMATELY 50% ACROSS. *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN MAKES A VIBRATING NOISE WHEN THE CAR'S DRIVING ON BUMPY ROADS, SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING'S LOOSEN. I DISCOVERED IT RIGHT AFTER I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALER LOT WHEN IT HAD 115 MILES. I WENT BACK TO A MAZDA DEALER TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT THEY'VE SEEN BEFORE AND MAZDA HAD A SOLUTION FOR IT. SO THEY FIXED IT, BUT THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO AND NOW THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN IS MAKING THE VIBRATING NOISE AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MAZDA MAZDA6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH, THE RADAR OPERATED CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATE TO 55 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THERE WAS A SEMI-TRUCK LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN RE-CALIBRATED THE RADAR SYSTEM HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. *TR