NHTSA Complaint #11396524 — 2016 MAZDA CX-9

- THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM A MAZDA DEALER IN MAY 2017 - THE DRIVER SIDE CUSHION HEATER FAILED IN MARCH 2020. - THE PASSENGER SIDE CUSHION HEATER FAILED IN NOVEMBER 2020 - BOTH SIDES EXHIBITED THE SAME PROBLEM DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE USAGE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS ABOUT 25% OF THE DRIVER - FROM THE TIME THE CUSHION HEATERS FAILED, WE OBSERVED RANDOM OVERHEATING OF THE BACK HEATERS AND RECORDED "HOT SPOTS" OF UP TO 149 DEG F (PICTURE ATTACHED) - WHILE THE CUSHION HEATERS DON'T OPERATE, THE BACKS GET TOO HOT FOR OCCUPANTS (ATTACHED PICTURE OF SKIN REACTION) AND AT ONE POINT THE PASSENGER SIDE PARTIALLY MELTED A PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG - MAZDA RESPONDED TO THE COMPLAINT THAT THE CAR WAS OUTSIDE OF THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY (EXPIRED IN MAY 2020) AND THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS SO THE COMPANY WAS NOT INTERESTED IN ANY TESTING OR INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM ATTACHED: - PICTURE #1: TEMPERATURE IR READINGS - PICTURE #2: EFFECT OF THE OVERHEATING ON ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS