2007 MAZDA CX9 Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MAZDA CX9. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED TO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT SWITCHED TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, IT RE-ENGAGED IN GEAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

MY HUSBAND HAD JUST LEFT OUR HOME AND LUCKILY WERE STILL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN OUR MAZDA CX9 STARTED TO STUTTER AND SHAKE AND BECOME UN-DRIVABLE. IT RODE VERY ROUGH. IT HAPPENED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CHECK ENGINE ERROR WAS P0351/PO352. THEY REPLACED THE COIL BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND WE STILL WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR. WE THEN TOOK IT TO THE MAZDA DEALERSHIP WHICH THEN REPLACED THE PCM AND ANOTHER COIL. WE HAD TO WAIT SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE PCM DUE TO "LIMITED AVAILABILITY"; WHICH TO ME, A CONSUMER MEANS ONE OF TWO THINGS - THE PCM SHOULD NOT FAIL OR THERE IS A SHORT SUPPLY OF PCM BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY FAILURES. I SPOKE WITH MAZDA AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND CALLED ME BACK TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS CURRENT...