2008 MAZDA CX-9

234 complaints filed with NHTSA.

234
Complaints
14
Crashes
0
Fires
5
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SUSPENSION54
AIR BAGS27
POWER TRAIN25
SERVICE BRAKES23
STEERING18
WHEELS16
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM13
UNKNOWN OR OTHER11
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC7
SEATS6
ENGINE6
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM2
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT2

Recalls (6)

19V78200031/10/2019

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2007-2012 CX-7, CX-9, and 2009-2012 Maza6 vehicles. These vehicles had their passenger frontal air bag inflators previously replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design. The inflators may explode due to propellant deg

17V42900029/06/2017

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2009-2011 Mazda6, and 2007-2011 CX-7 and CX-9 vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the

09V06600023/02/2009

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

MAZDA IS RECALLING 30,600 MY 2007-2009 CX9 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH POWER ADJUSTABLE SEAT WITH POSITION MEMORY FUNCTION. THE SEAT HARNESS ROUTED UNDERNEATH THE SEAT CUSHION MAY INTERFERE WITH THE FRONT COVER BRACKET WHICH IS ATTACHED ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE SEAT CUSHION. DUE TO THIS THE COVERING OF

15V45100020/07/2015

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

Mazda North American Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 CX-9 vehicles manufactured October 24, 2006, to December 28, 2013. The affected vehicles have front suspension ball joints that may corrode from water leaking into the fitting.

17V45700018/07/2017

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Mazda North America Operations (Mazda) is recalling certain 2012 CX-7, CX-9 and Mazda6 vehicles sold, or ever registered, in the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Sa

09E01100002/04/2009

EQUIPMENT

THULE, INC. IS RECALLING 2,323 OWNER-INSTALLED ROOF-MOUNTED FIT KITS, MODELS 3068 AND 3069, MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2008 AND FEBRUARY 28, 2009 THAT ARE USED WITH THULE PODIUM FOOT PACKS, MODELS 460 AND 460R. THESE FIT KITS WERE SOLD AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED AB

Recent Complaints

20210312CrashAIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CONTACT SAW A RACCOON AND VEERED OFF THE ROAD CAUSING THE CONTACT TO HIT A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH EXTREME FORCE CAUSING THE CONTACT TO HAVE A MIGRAINE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CHEST CONTUSION AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO A JUNKYARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS RELATING THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAM

Mileage: 93,000

20210311CrashSTEERING

LOST CONTROL BRAKES FAILING AND STEERING AND WHEEL LC ABOUT TO FALL OFF DEALERSHIPS SAYING RECALL WAS COMPLETED BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT

20210311CrashSUSPENSION

LOST CONTROL BRAKES FAILING AND STEERING AND WHEEL LC ABOUT TO FALL OFF DEALERSHIPS SAYING RECALL WAS COMPLETED BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT

20210311CrashWHEELS

LOST CONTROL BRAKES FAILING AND STEERING AND WHEEL LC ABOUT TO FALL OFF DEALERSHIPS SAYING RECALL WAS COMPLETED BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT

20190716SERVICE BRAKES

O WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES BECAME SPONGY AND FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE UNLESS I INCREASED THE EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN. FOOT HAS SLIPPED ON OCCASION CAUSING MY ANKLE TO BE STRUCK ON THE PEDAL. I NOW DOWN SHIFT GEARS TO SLOW THE VEHICLE TO ASSIST IN STOPPING WHILE KEEPING EVEN FURTHER BACK FROM VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. CURRENTLY, NO RECALLS ARE OUT SPECIFICALLY FOR MY VIN BUT THE YEAR MAKE AND MODEL ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT RECALLS OUT FOR BAD MASTER BRAKE CY

Mileage: 76,000

20160605CrashSUSPENSION

ON TUESDAY MAY 31, 2016 I TOOK MY MAZDA CX9 TO MAZDA DEALERSHIP FOR THE RECALL, REFERENCE ##15V451000. I TOLD THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I WAS GLAD TO BE BRINGING THE CAR IN AS IT WAS MAKING NOISES IN THE DRIVER FRONT AND THAT THE STEERING SEEMED LOOSE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS INSPECTED, DID NOT REQUIRE THE RECALL AND THAT ALL SUSPENSION PARTS WERE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. ON SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016 WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING MY 2 CHILDREN AND ELDERLY MOTHER, MY BALL JOINT AN

Mileage: 155,000

20160223CrashSUSPENSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE JUMPED A CURB AND STRUCK A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V451000 (SUSPENSION) AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

20150706CrashSUSPENSION

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON ROAD AT APPROXIMATLEY 20 MPH THE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE AXLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 69,000

20150706CrashWHEELS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON ROAD AT APPROXIMATLEY 20 MPH THE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE AXLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 69,000

20150615CrashSUSPENSION

WHILE DRIVING WENT TO MAKE RIGHT TURN TO HAVE CAR SERVICED FOR UNKNOWN CLICKING WHEN I WOULD ONLY MAKE RIGHT TURNS. WHEN TURNING INTO PARKING LOT I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND AUTO WAS IMMOBILE AT THAT POINT. I EXITED AND FOUND LEFT FRONT TIRE TURNED SIDEWAYS. I HAD VARIOUS DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT WHEEL AREA HAVING TO REPLACE BALL JOINT, LOWER CONTROL ARM, BENT AXLE AND RIM DAMAGE. I WAS ALSO INFORM FROM IRWIN MAZDA THAT RIGHT BALL JOINT HAD ISSUES AND I ALSO HAD THAT REPLACED.

Mileage: 83,702

20140308CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

MY WIFE PULLED THE VEHICLE SHIFTING GEAR IN REVERSE WITH HER PURSE WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKES PEDAL. AFTER THE FACT, I DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECKED IT, AND THIS VEHICLE CAN SHIFT GEAR WITHOUT ENGAGING THE BRAKES PEDAL. *TR

Mileage: 122,000

20130423VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

(SUN ROOF GLASS EXPLODED) AT 400PM WE WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON US65 AT 65 MPH, THE SUN ROOF WAS IN THE TILTED OPEN POSITION, THE NEAREST TRAFFIC TO OUR LOCATION WAS 500 YARDS AHEAD OF US. THE MUSIC WAS PLAYING AND THE FOUR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WERE RELAXED AND TALKING. SUDDENLY WITH A VERY LOUD SOUND THE SUN ROOF GLASS EXPLODED/SHATTERED COVERING ALL OCCUPANTS IN GLASS SHARDS. THE DRIVER MAINTAINED COMPLETE CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE AND MADE AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY STOP. THE PASSENGER FRONT OCCUPANT INJ

Mileage: 51,490

20120319CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP PROPERLY, AND CRASHED INTO A GATE. THE CRASH CAUSED NO INJURIES AND THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT BOTH THE MASTER CYLINDER AND POWER BOOSTER WERE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTA

Mileage: 68,000

20120319CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX-9. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP PROPERLY, AND CRASHED INTO A GATE. THE CRASH CAUSED NO INJURIES AND THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT BOTH THE MASTER CYLINDER AND POWER BOOSTER WERE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTA

Mileage: 68,000

20100819CrashSTEERING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY WHERE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE BODY DAMAGE. PRIOR TO THE CRASH, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A POWER

Mileage: 33,000

20091229CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

MY VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH THAT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. MY SUSTAINED ENOUGH FRONT END DAMAGE TO KNOCK THE ENGINE OFF ONE OF ITS MOTOR MOUNTS AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS BUT THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. 08 MAZDA CX-9. *TR

Mileage: 22,500

20080918SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT

THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT HEAD RESTS BEND TOO MUCH FORWARD CAUSING NECK PAIN. THIS BEND CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. MAZDA SAYS THAT THE HEADREST SPECIFICATIONS WERE DICTATED TO THEM BY GOVERNMENT STANDARDS. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE SEEN HAS THIS MUCH BEND. IF THE VEHICLE HEAD REST SPECIFICATIONS WERE DICTATED TO THEM BY THE GOVERNMENT THEN THERE IS SOME SERIOUS ERRORS IN GOVERNMENT SPECS SINCE THIS UNUSUAL BEND (HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MUCH BEND ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE) IS CAUSING

Mileage: 1,000