TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA CX9. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
2011
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING MY SON TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE WHEN I REALIZED THE BRAKES DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT I FELT A LOT OF RESISTANCE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. SO WHEN I GOT HOME I HAD MY HUSBAND DRIVE THE CAR AND HE SAID HE DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE HE FREAKED OUT CAUSE HE SAID HE FELT AS IF THE CAR WASN'T GOING TO STOP AFTER PUSHING ON THE BRAKES. HE HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TAKE THE BACK ROADS HOME AT A LOW SPEED AND GIVE HIMSELF PLENTY OF DISTANCE FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM IN ORDER TO BRAKE SO HE WOULD NOT SLAM INTO THEIR CAR. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING ALL THE PRESSURE YOU COULD TO THE BRAKES, A LOUD HISSING SOUND COULD BE HEARD AS WELL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO OUR MAZDA DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND AFTER THEY LOOKED AT IT, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BAD BRAKE BOOSTERS AND THAT WE WERE LUCKY WE WEREN'T IN AN ACCIDENT. AFTER HEARING THIS AND RESEARCHING IT, IT REALLY UPSET US THAT MAZDA HAS HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE OF OTHER YEARS.... WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN DONE? ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE?! I THANK GOD WE WERE ABLE TO STOP OUR CAR BUT THERE WAS NO WARNING OR LEAD UP TO THIS INCIDENT. IT LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE! *TR