2015 Mazda CX-5 with 91,000 miles on it. Automatic transmission has failed. When I attempted to pull out into traffic the vehicle would not shift into 2nd gear and instead jerked hard and the engine RPMs revved up. I was not able to get the vehicle past 10mph. This failure with the transmission resulted in the oncoming traffic having to swerve and break to avoid a collision with me. The vehicle was taken to a Mazda dealership who did a diagnostic on it and found that the Mazda had an "internal transmission failure" and would require a full replacement. I asked if it would be replaced with the same exact transmission and was told "no, the defect was discovered by Mazda and has been correct for new transmission models." The manufacture knows about this issue. Luckily I escaped serious bodily injury. The problem has been confirmed by the dealer as well as an independent 3rd party transmission repair specialist. There were no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms prior to this incident to give warning.

- Altamonte Springs, FL, USA

Transmission failed, and vehicle is available for inspection. The incident occurred after exiting a highway and coming to halt at stop light. Vehicle wouldn't exceed above 5 mph after moving forward, it surged, downshifted, and come to a complete stop. This created an incident where other motorist nearly rear ended occupants in subject vehicle. The vehicle was inspected by both dealer as well as independent mechanic and before were able to replicate the issue. No warning lamps or messages appeared. There were no other signs of a potential problem prior to failure. The failure was sudden and unexpected.

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Car had 63,000 miles on it. Began making very loud noise. Brought to private mechanic, then dealer. Both agreed car had mechanical failure of rear differential. The full system needed replacing for safety. All agreed this should not occur with only 63,000 miles.

- Medway, MA, USA

The transmission quit on my at 59K miles. Wont go into drive, but will in reverse. I took the care to a transmission shop, and it needs rebuilt. No warning lamps, messages, etc. I was stopped at a red light, luckily I wasn't driving at it just stopped.

- Fairview, PA, USA

Transmission would not accelerate and automatically braked in the middle of an intersection. Would not advance and to the next gear and automatically kept breaking every few feet. Had to pull over and be towed. No advance warning or prior transmission issues. Car maintenance has been kept up. Lucky it didn't happen on a highway going 65.

- Medfield, MA, USA

Car is slipping. Transmission is skipping gears at low speeds.

- Ronkonkoma, NY, USA

My car's transmisson would just break down in the middle of the highway 69 at prescott, Arizona and finally stop there and cannot move around or pull over at all. If this issue happens, this would cause a servere rear ended accident and a potential cause of accident. Luckily, there was telephone connection and we can call a cop and a towing truck. Otherwise, it will cause serious car accident and trafific jam. This issue must be dealt with. The car's transmission would just break down right after 5years and 60K miles warranty while most cars will be like 150K miles. Instead of being responsible to the customer, they never care about the transmission. I am doubting the relaibility of Mazda transmisssion and belive it should be a recall due to that. For road safety and to make sure no car will suddenly stop in the middle of the road due to transmission problem, I strongly recommend Mazda need to recall its auto with problematic unreliable transmission system. Also, the transmission will cost a lot for its customer to fix. It is also unfair for Mazda owener. To protect my privacy, I am not going to upload whole work order estimate but aa image show the price and how badly the transmission break down in the middle of the highway.if needed and my privacy can be ensured, I can provide the whole work order estimate.

- Tempe, AZ, USA

After a 700 mile trip from Arizona to California on the highway, my Mazda's Cx-5 would no longer accelerate. When pressing the accelerator and reaching 5 mph the car would suddenly feel as if it were breaking, causing the car to lurch forward. This occurred when trying to drive down the street. Imagine if this were to happen while I was driving down the highway at 70 mph.

- Livermore, CA, USA

AWD powertrain failure after 5yrs, 79,000 miles. Power to rear wheels disengaged. Heavy intermittent metallic clunking sound emitted from rear axle when in motion under power, especially in slow tight turns, or backing up. Mechanic identifies failure point at the viscous coupling of drive shaft to rear differential. No recalls from Mazda; repair is replacement of this coupling and the entire rear differential, ~ $2000 parts and labor. Thank you Mazda, for a poorly engineered AWD drivetrain.

- Halfmoon, NY, USA

There was chattering noise from the rear while driving the vehicel dealership diagnosed it as a rear differential issue. Napleton Mazda dealership in arlington heights il.told me rear differential was broken with out any further details. I told me this issue cannot be fixed needs a new rear differential. So they changed the whole differential. Only the work performed receipt was given.

- Bloomington, IL, USA

I was parking my Mazda CX5 in a spot at a shopping center and when I touched the brake with my right foot and went to shift car into park, it suddenly accelerated full speed, making a vroom sound, jumping the curb and smashing into a brick post (luckily I hit the post and not a person!). I don't know if it's a transmission, brake or accelerator issue - but there is definitely something wrong. I did not hit the accelerator instead of the brake. At first I thought it must be me, somehow, someway, hitting the accelerater but I never really believed this. Today, April 26, 2019, the same thing happened! luckily, this time the car jumped the curb and I hit a tree, leaving a small dent in my hood. Again I heard that vroom sound, and just thought - oh no, not again!

- Richmond, KY, USA

Tried to take off from a red light, car accelerated then all of a sudden would not go anywhere and rev'd like it was in neutral then slowed and stuttered to a sudden stop. Would not shift into gear.

- Mckinney, TX, USA

Shifter assembly is faulty in Mazda Cx-5. radio system/car will not completely shut off when parked. Vehicle still on after parking and shutting off engine.

- Atlanta, GA, USA

Transmission failed at 63,537 miles. After being told the repair would cost $5,400 I asked would I be getting the same transmission that failed. The service advisor had contacted Mazda tech support and said "no, we've discovered the problem in your transmission and it has been corrected in the new ones". Mazda knows about this problem and it not taking responsibility to recall or repair the known issue. There is an abundance of information if you google Mazda transmission problems. Mazda also does not "tie" warranties to their vehicles. Their hope is that you buy a warranty, then you forget about warranty terms, then deny claims. They're completely unethical.

- Santa Fe, NM, USA

While driving through stop and go traffic near a traffic light on a downward slope (maybe 10-15 degrees), I attempted to apply the brakes in order to come to a stop. When doing so, the brake pedal was being applied normally but the vehicle wasn't slowing down like it normally does. As a result, I pushed down on the brakes as hard as possible and while the vehicle slowed down more than it previously was, it attempted to lurch forward more and more. I noticed that the rpms were slowly getting higher while I was in the middle of applying the brake pedal as hard as possible, but the vehicle was coming increasingly close to making contact with the vehicle in front of me. Due to the vehicle being close to being physically stopped already, I placed the vehicle in park as quickly as possible and the rpms for the vehicle immediately climbed all the way to the red-line (I believe 6,500 rpms) and then returned to normal. Throughout the remainder of the trip (another 5-10 miles), the vehicle exhibited no noticeable issues. I called the local Mazda dealership to see if any problems regarding the transmission were currently being investigated, but I was told that no recalls were currently open for a transmission problem.

- Akron, OH, USA

I was going from R to D on flat ground. The gear indicator says D but when I press the gas pedal nothing happens for two seconds. Then the gear changes and the car jerked forward violently. My wife was scare about it, we have four cars, none of them will be like it. Also, when you going down hill, the gears will change violently, I will take this car to dealership next oil change.

- Paso Robles, CA, USA

Accelerating onto the freeway, the engine lost power and the check engine as well as several dash warning lights illuminated. The vehicle would not respond to the accelerator pedal, and would only go 45-50mph. I took it to the dealer and after reading out the data on the engine computer, I was told the problem was most likely "bad" gas. I was directed to just burn through the gas in the tank. When the car was returned to me from the garage it was running fine and I was not told anything had been done to correct the problem. I am still using the same tank of gas and have not experienced the problem again so far. I checked with the gas retailer and they have had no other complaints with respect to contaminated gas. I feel this is a safety issue. I had to drive the car on a 75mph freeway at 45mph to reach the dealer. Even with emergency flashers on that was a very harrowing experience.

- Spring, TX, USA

I just purchased this vehicle in September 2014. While I was driving on interstate 15 at approximately 70mph all a sudden I had no more power I could not accelerate, when I pushed the gas pedal nothing would happen. I pulled over to the side of the road and stopped put it in park and put it back in drive and it went. So I continued on my trip however, about 50 minutes into my trip now on interstate 215 that same thing happened this time when I pulled over just putting it I park and back in drive it didn't work I had to turn the vehicle off start it and then it worked. I had to turn around and cancel the trip as I didn't want to be stranded. I'm not sure if its the transmission or what.

- Oceanside , CA, USA