NHTSA Complaint #10114546 — 2004 MAZDA MAZDA6

ORIGINALLY, 5 MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH MY 2004 MAZDA 6I AT WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I NOTICED THE CARS IDLE PICK UP AND THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY FLICKERED. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY AND THE CAR WAS FINE. A WEEK LATER, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND AGAIN THE DASHBOARD STARTED FLICKERING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND HESISTATED TO STAY AT A CONSISTENT SPEED. THIS WAS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AS I COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE PROBLEM CEASED IN A SPAN OF 2 MINUTES AND THE CAR WAS FINE. I IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT MY LOCAL MAZDA SERVICE CENTER AND AFTER TWO DAYS OF INVESTIGATING, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY NEVER OCCURED AGAIN UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO. I WAS DRIVING HOME AND I NOTICED SOME HESITENCY IN ACCELERATION AND AS I PULLED IN MY GARAGE, THE CAR FLAT OUT STALLED. I TOOK THE CAR OUT ON ROADS THAT WERE NOT BUSY AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THEN LAST NIGHT AS I WAS PULLING IN ON, THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED AGAIN AND MY CAR STALLED AFTER ENTERING MY GARAGE. I AM SOME WHAT FEARFUL OF DRIVING MY CAR ON THE FREEWAY WITH THE THOUGHT IT COULD STALL OUT. *AK