11/16/18 towed for inoperabilty. stuck fuel injector/ ruined engine. all panel lights came on. kept car for 57 days. fuel injector # 1 failed. we were driving onto interstate. while working on car, exhaust stud broke off into turbo charger housing. drilled out and rethreaded took back to mazda dealer to c/o about swooshing noise in r dash said they did not hear. this occurring with acceleration 2/7/19 while driving out of state on interstate , swooshing noise r dash lost acceleration while passing. st peters , mo dealership had to put back on the turbo hose & clamp 5/6/19 back home and again heard the swoosh noise on acceleration. dealership replaced gasket to turbo charger / air leak with smoke test 9/14/19 again became inoperative while driving out of state immediately after passing large truck, lost acceleration with pedal to carpet. was told in limp mode smelled something in car compartment. stuck on narrow county road. limped to turn off. on inspection by tow truck person, stated was pouring gasoline from front of car. 'this could have caught fire due to 90+ degree temp in tex. fuel injector # 4 exploded mechanic on inspection told serv mgr this car was put back together in a shoddy manner. the hose to fuel injector had previously been routed wrong when engine replaced. now waiting on malfunction of fuel injector 2&3. scared to drive car. c/o to mazda customer rep. his response well u have warranty until 4/2024. that is b/c we took extended warranty. hollingsworth mazda in baton rouge, la closed reason unknown. *tr consumer stated error to vehicle speed instead of 10-15 mph.*jb
I bought the car saturday. four days later, i filled the tank at 2:00 pm for the first time. i then drove about 30 miles. when i arrived home at 5:00pm, i parked in the garage. i noticed the odor of fuel as soon as i exited the car and checked to make sure i had secured the gas cap, which i had. thirty minutes later, the entire downstairs of our house smelled like gasoline. the garage was consumed with fuel odor, and the fire potential caused us to return the car to the dealership immediately after that. the fuel odor was present within the car as well.