THIS INDIVIDUAL BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER COMPLAINING OF HIGH PITCHED SQUEAKING SOUND FROM BRAKES. DEALERSHIP CHECKED BRAKES AND SAID NOTHING WRONG. PICKED UP CAR NEXT DAY AND FELT THAT CAR NOT RIDING WELL AND LET IT SIT IN DRIVEWAY FOR 2 DAYS. WENT TO DRIVE AGAIN AND PEDAL WAS "HARD" AS IF IT WAS ON THE FLOOR. THEN WHENEVER I PRESSED ON THE PEDAL, I HEARD A HISSING SOUND AS IF AIR WAS LETTING OUT OF TIRES. CAR RESPONSE FOR SLOWING TO A STOP MUCH LONGER. CALLED DEALER ASAP AND ARRANGED TO DROP CAR OFF THAT NIGHT. DEALER CALLED NEXT DAY TO SAY GOOD THING WE DROPPED CAR OFF NIGHT BEFORE AS THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO BRAKES LEFT DUE TO POWER BOOSTER FAILURE. HOW WAS IT THAT I COULD TELL BRAKES WERE GOING BUT DEALER COULD NOT? THIS IS A LEASED CAR. 10 WEEKS LEFT ON LEASE. PAST WARRANTY. $800 REPAIR. CLEARLY MAZDA IS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE 2010 CX-9 POWER BOOSTER DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LODGED ON THIS SITE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEALER WORKED VERY HARD ON MY BEHALF AND WAS ABLE TO GET MAZDA TO COVER MOST OF THE REPAIR, THE DEALER PICKED UP ANOTHER $200 AND I HAD TO PAY $100. FAIR I GUESS BUT SINCE THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE MAZDA SHOULD RECALL THE CARS AND DO THE FIX FOR FREE. *TR
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
