NHTSA Complaint #10128293 — 2005 MAZDA MAZDA6

DT: CONSUMER SAYS HE IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WILL DROP GEARS ON ITS OWN, CONSUMER JUST HAD VEHICLE AT DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AND HARSH SHIFTING. CONSUMER SAID THAT DEALER DID A SOFTWARE CALIBRATION ON THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. CONSUMER SAYS NOW WHEN HE IS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND CONSUMER TRIES TO ACCELERATE TRANSMISSION WILL DROP FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR BY ITSELF AND THIS MAKES ACCELERATION VERY DIFFICULT. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN CITY CONSUMER SAYS THAT TRANSMISSION WILL DROP FROM 4TH TO 2ND WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER NOTICES WHICH GEAR BY THE INDICATOR LIGHT LOCATED ON DASH. CONSUMER SAYS THAT SLIPPAGE AND HARSH SHIFTING IS NOW CORRECTED, BUT HE IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION DROPPING GEARS. CONSUMER SAYS HE HAS AN EMAIL THAT HE SOMEHOW COME INTO POSITION OF, THIS EMAIL IS FROM FORD AND SAYS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IN OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL AS SAME TYPE AS CONSUMER. CONSUMER SAYS THAT THIS PROBLEM BEGAN YESTERDAY MORNING AND DROPPED GEARS LIKE THIS ABOUT 30 TIMES IN 24 HOURS. CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE MALFUNCTION TOOK PART MOSTLY YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING IN SOUTH FIELD, MI. CONSUMER SAYS THAT HE DROVE AS MUCH IN THE CITY AS HE DID ON THE HIGHWAY YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING. *NM