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Chart based on 16 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
Stomp the gas at highway speed and you can hear very loud clunk that vibrates the entire vehicle.
53000 mi
Car was taking a time going into gear from Reverse to Drive - Transmission replaced. Leak started under car / replaced transmission washer, a gasket was not installed properly.
127000 mi
US $700
Spark plugs replaced
20000 mi
Transmission shock on shifting from park, and some increased shock when downshifting at highway speeds (automatic transmission)
26000 mi
Transmission was blowing downshift from 5th to 4th, articulated problem to dealer with conditions that caused issue. Dealer referred to Mazda hotline. Mazda replaced transmission in entirety.
Shifter would stick in manual mode when returning from an upshift.
10100 mi
Dealer had to re-program the trans control module.
24700 mi
Going at slow speeds, car would suddenly fall out of gear; still had power but would not engage in gear
15500 mi
C $269
TPMS and Traction control light coming on. Manual mode indicator not iluminating. Rough shifting. Restart car all is fine. Happened twice. Mazda diagnosed with code U0401 - Invalid Data received from PCM and TSB#09-14-25. Brakes/Air filter
16120 mi
Axle seal failure
7000 mi
Mazda installed a data recorder to capture transmission (mis)behavior (first reported 5/22/12). Data recorder caused car to malfunction, Mazda NA impounded for 3 days to diagnose. NHTSA OID 10488066. http://goo.gl/BNpnJ
20096 mi
transmission hesitation, sometimes seems in wrong gear, dealer says is normal. 6 Speed Automatic Transmission -- 3 issues (could not fit details in this text box) Cruise Control – inaccurate at highway speeds
19998 mi
Car hesitated 2 or 3 seconds before it would shift into first gear from a standstill or out of reverse. Replaced entire transmission. The car was left on January 15 and picked up on February 12. Took 2.5 weeks to ship a new transmission from Japan. Replaced entire transmission. The car was left with the dealer on January 15 and was picked up on February 12. It took 2.5 weeks to ship a new transmission from Japan.
17000 mi
Minor leak was discovered on differential case. Differential was replaced under warranty.
35960 mi
When transmission is cold, after shifting from Reverse to Drive, engine revs to near 3000RPM. Vehicle would lunge forward.
When transmission is at normal operating temperature, rough shifting and clunking when switch from R to D.
50580 mi
Transmission slips and launches car erratically from R to D on cold start. Once transmission is warm, rough shift from P to D
46300 mi
Faulty bearing in transmission. Dealer informed it is design flaw, outlined in TSB #05-005/15. Entire transmission replaced under powertrain warranty.
6820 mi
The transmission died during a uphill. It would rev. but no acceleration at all. Pull over on the side shut the car for 30 second and it work fine after that.
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