NHTSA Complaint #10579027 — 2014 MAZDA CX-5

ON 3/31/2014 I TEST DROVE A 2014 MAZDA CX5 AT A NEARBY DEALER. WHEN COMING UP AN ONRAMP TO A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. ROADS WERE DRY WITH GOOD VISIBILITY. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT NO POWER WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WHEELS. PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR HAD NO EFFECT. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE OUT OF TRAFFIC AS I WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN THE POWER RETURNED. THIS WAS NOT A HESITATION IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AND HAD I BEEN IN NOSE TO TAIL CITY DRIVING I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. BELIEVING THAT THIS WAS A DEFECT IN THIS PARTICULAR CAR I BOUGHT A DIFFERENT CX5. THE CAR PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY FOR ABOUT 60 MILES, BUT TWO DAYS LATER I HAD AN INCIDENT JUST LIKE THE ONE DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY, THIS TIME ON A US HIGHWAY WHERE I DID HAVE TO MOVE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOP. CONDITIONS AGAIN WERE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THIS TIME THE INCIDENT WAS MORE EXTENDED WITH TWO MORE LESS SEVERE INCIDENTS BEFORE I ARRIVED HOME. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND ASKED THEM TO COME TO PICK UP THE CAR AS I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND ANALYSIS SHOWED NO REMARKABLE CODES. I FINALLY DISSOLVED THE DEAL FEELING THAT I COULD NEVER FEEL SAFE AND SECURE IN THIS VEHICLE. THE FACT THAT IT OCCURRED IN TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES WAS TOO MUCH FOR ME TO TRUST THIS MODEL. I PURCHASED A DIFFERENT BRAND. IF THIS IS IN FACT IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE IT IS SURE TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE. *TR