general problems of the 2009 Mazda MAZDA6

On January 25, 2014, I had my car service at a s. Florida Mazda dealership for a 2013 recall on the door latch mounting screws. The recall stated that the screws may become loose. If all three door latch mounting screws become loose and fall out, the door latch mechanism will not engage when the door is closed, and the door ajar warning light will illuminate. Currently, I am experiencing the same issue with my doors and the door ajar light illuminating. In addition, due to this issue, my battery that I had replaced in may 2020 does not work. My car did not start. I had to have my car towed to the nearest Mazda dealership. The dealership replaced the battery but told me that my door latch on 2 doors had to be replaced because my car thinks the door is ajar and this causes the battery to drain even with the car turned off. It sounds like these issues could be attributed to the 2013 recall. Furthermore, the technician informed me that my car alarm goes off without warning and the technician attributed this to the door latch issue. So all of the above issues can be traced back to the 2013 recall on door latches. It appears that there is a manufacturer defect on the door latches. Therefore, the dealership should make the necessary repairs without charge to me. Right now, my car has been at the dealership for 1 week and 2 days.

Driving on highway, I had to brake and realized I had to struggle to steer the vehicle properly. I heard a loud clunk when releasing clutch when I had to use it. My steering wheel was out of alignment. When I brought in for service they said the entire frame and underside of the body had rusted out. I do not have pictures yet.

Was driving vehicle at 45 mile per hour. Suddenly noticed steering wheel was off center. I did not hit a pothole or any other obstructions on the road. Steering became very loose and vehicle hard to steer. When braking the vehicle started to make squealing sound and pulled to one side. Suspension became very harsh even on good surface road. . This is a catastrophic failure with no warning. Fortunately was able to get vehicle to auto repair center without getting into accident. Auto repair facility examined vehicle and showed me that engine cradle - subframe had rusted thought and broke. This caused the engine to go off center which caused the braking, steering, and suspension issues. Auto repair facility told me the vehicle was not safe to drive and made me sign a waiver to release the vehicle.

Faulty e-brake. E-brake button has corroded away and will no longer hold the car in park (car is a manual, so this is particularly concerning since this is the only way to offically keep the car in park when turned off). Car was parked in a stationary position, on a slightly slanted road. Came back and car had slightly backed up into car behind it because parking break had 'let go'. Luckily slant was small enough to not cause damage to the car behind mine, and only left a minor dent in my rear bumper. Inside of car was hot (it was a usual hot day) and seemed as though the actual parking break button, or glue that held it on, had melted. I can now no longer keep the break in park - have to either put it in first gear, or physically hold the break up with something underneath, putting my car and other at risk for car rolling back.

The contact owns a 2009 Mazda Mazda6. The contact stated that while attempting to engage the emergency brake, the release button fractured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the emergency brake assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 49,000.