NHTSA Complaint #10579271 — 2012 MAZDA MAZDA3

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND CAR LOST POWER, EVEN WHEN PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL I COULD NOT GET THE SPEED TO GO PAST 40, VERY DANGEROUS ON A FREEWAY. HAD TO GET ALL THE WAY OVER TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY, GOING 40, WITH PEOPLE GOING 80 MILES PER HOUR AROUND ME! LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT! TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON AND STAYED ON THE ENTIRE TIME. PULLED OFF FREEWAY AND CALLED THE DEALER THEY HAD ME COME IN AND SAID THEY RESET THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND AN ERROR CODE. THEN IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY, I WAS CHANGING LANES AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND AGAIN I HAD NO POWER EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. IT WAS A SUNNY 75 DEGREE DAY SO NO REASON FOR IT TO COME ON. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND IS VERY DANGEROUS!! I TOOK INTO THE DEALER AND AGAIN THEY SAID NO ERROR CODE SO IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN BRING IT IN. I TRIED TO TELL THEM WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOME ONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION! *JS