WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 MAZDA CX-9 APPROXIMATELY 65MPH ON INTERSTATE 270S IN MARYLAND, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PASS SEVERAL VEHICLES WHO WERE TRAVELING IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. ONCE I FELT THAT I HAD ENOUGH ADDITIONAL SPEED TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE VEHICLES, I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTED THAT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY MY BRAKES, BUT THEY WOULD NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO APPLY MY BRAKES, I SEARCHED FOR A SAFE PLACE TO CONTINUE TRAVELING AS MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, NOTING I WOULD NEED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND MOVE INTO THE MEDIAN. LUCKILY, AFTER NUMEROUS REPEATED ATTEMPTS, MY BRAKES FINALLY ENGAGED AND SLOWED THE VEHICLE. I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT THAT COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A FATALITY. I AM TOO SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. *TR
2011
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON MY CX9 COMES ON AND STAYS ON, EVEN IN DRY CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM IS NOT NEEDED. ALSO THE TCS SYSTEM LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND THE TCS OFF LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. *TR