Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Mazda MAZDA6

Rear control arm broke off the rear subfame due heavy rust. I had to replace the entire rear subframe plus both control arms. This incident occurred while I was driving! now I find out that the front end is shot as well and that Mazda is only recalling the front subframe and not the rear and I want to know why. Somebody could have been killed. The repair cost me $700 plus rental fees for a vehicle. I had my vehicle in the shop for 16days. It cost me $1,135. I have the invoices.

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Front sub-frame rusted causing lower suspension / control arm to come apart, leaving front wheel to be unstable. This happened while driving, almost causing accident do to instability in staring system. I see that this is a common problem with this model, however for some reason my VIN doesn't show the recall. Is this something that the company is planning to address, or am a stuck with the problem? pictures included.

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While making a right turn, I hit the brakes to avoid colliding with someone who pulled in front of me and the passenger's side front wheel locked into a position turned to the right. I had it towed to a repair shop, where I was informed that the control arm had separated from the frame due to rust. It seems there was a recall for this issue in 2018 for certain states, and while I do not currently reside in one of the affected states, I used to and my car did for most of its life.

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Subframe on passenger side has rusted completely through, exposing a lower control arm bolt. This has occurred on the passenger side. There is a recall for 09/10 Mazda 6. Don't know why this isn't expanded to cover this Mazda 6 model as I'm sure the subframe is the same throughout.

The right side of the engine cradle rotted away, causing the right lower control arm to break away and loosing control of the vehicle. I was only going approx. 15 mph on a side street and applying the brakes when this accorded. The vehicle only have approx. 85k miles on it.

While driving on the highway at about 55 mph I heard a loud noice and the car suddenly started to swerve, the steering became difficult. I was able to slow down and pull off the highway and to a parking lot. During the ride at a much slower speed around 20-25 very loud noises came from the right front of the car especially,when the the wheel was turned. The vehicle is not drivable and had to be towed. The sub frame rusted out and the lower control arm pushed the right front tire into the back of the wheel well.

On 6/18/2018, the passenger side steering control arm broke off the sub-frame of my 2006 Mazda 6 while I was driving it. Fortunately, I was driving on a side street close to home when this happened and not on a highway. I did not know at the time that it was the subframe. All I knew was that there was no control of the car as it was being driven. The control arm broke off the sub-frame because the subframe was rusted/corroded. It's unacceptable and a major safety issue for an auto subframe to rot like that and my car only as about 86,000 miles. I called Mazda USA (1-800-222-5500) and explained my situation with a customer service representative. They started a case and advised me to get the car towed to my local Mazda dealership for an inspection. On 6/29/18, I had my car towed to liberty Mazda. On 7/5/2018, the dealership confirmed the subframe failed because it was rusted/corroded. And the dealership quoted me an estimate of $1,973 to repair the car using a used subframe. On 7/9/2018, I received a call from angela (refused to provide last name) a Mazda USA customer service representative. She stated that Mazda USA declined to assist in repairing my car. In other words, Mazda USA is not owning up to their engineering flaw designing the subframe. Even thou NHTSA has received numerous complaints about subframe failures due to rust and corrosion. I declined getting my car repaired since Mazda USA was not willing to pay anything towards the repair.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Mazda 69. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 mph, the contact was turning around in the driveway and the contact had turned the steering wheel to back up and the steering wheel had fractured causing the ball joint, a arm, control arm and the axle to fracture. The vehicle was towed to a independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The technician had repaired the ball joints, a arm, control arm and axle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000. Kc.

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The contact owns a 2005 Mazda Mazda6. The contact stated that while attempting to rebuild the suspension with after market parts for the lower control arms, the contact noticed that the retaining nuts included were the incorrect types for the control arm. The contact mentioned that if the incorrect parts were to be installed it would cause a catastrophic failure. The manufacturer of the part was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle mileage was 200,600. . . . . Updated 06/30/15.

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Turning left at an intersection after coming to a stop, the driver misjudged the right edge of the right-most lane and struck the curb. The ball joint separated from its housing in the right, lower control arm, causing the bottom of the wheel to collapse inward and the driver to lose control and impact the car in the left lane. The ball and stud were still attached to the upright clamp, but the ball joint housing was missing and not recovered. The tie rod, tie rod end and the strut did not appear to be damaged. In previous model years (2009-2013), the lower control arm appears to be a single, solid, forged steel piece with an integrated ball joint, a design for which a side force is unlikely to separate the ball from the control arm without shearing the ball stud. The lower control arm in the 2014 model year is a new design made from a stamped steel plate with a separate ball joint. The housing of the ball joint is pressed into a stamped hole with a lip in the plate. The sides of the control arm have strengthening lips that extend only to about the center of the ball joint and then stop. The outer end of the control arm is a flat plate without a strengthening lip. The flat outer end was folded back flat over the top of the control arm in this accident.

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The vehicle is a 2003 Mazda 6. 2 front, right control arms are bad.

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