We have classified the 4 complaints from 2006 Mazda Mazda6 about STEERING into the following categories.
The passenger side front vehicle frame has rusted completely through where the steering members attach. found this when checking the brakes. appears dangerous!
I was driving to work at 733am and my brakes locked front wheel slid card did not stop and hit front vehicle and air bags did not deploy and cause me an accident which car was completely a loss and im still scare that the airbags did not work. im still scare i did not cause myself a worse accident but im emotionally still shaken by the air bags. *tr
Steering locked while driving the car in the city at around 35-40 mpg. it would slightly pull the right though very hard. it unlocks if the ignition is turned off and turned back again. the issue repeated 10 days after the first incident followed by a loud thud which appeared to coming from the car as the road was clean. steering was unlocked once restarted.*js
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mazda mazda6. the contact stated that when letting go of the steering wheel, the vehicle would pull abnormally hard to the right. the contact stated that the front driver and passenger side control arms were replaced as well as an adjustement to the sub-frame. both front strut heads were replaced and an alignment was performed but to no avail. the contact was concerned because the vehicle pulled extremely hard to the right and the contact did not want to lose control of the vehicle. there were no further repairs. the failure mileage was 58,000 and the current was 99,951.
I was driving a hertz rented mazda 6 2006 with approximately 1,100 miles on it. was driving at approximately 65 miles per hour when i lost control of the car. the car swerved to the right and hit a truck and swerved back to the left and hit a median. on subsequent inspection, it was found that the steering linkages were faulty and had failed. the police have recorded the incident as mechanical failure. the car was completely damaged due to impact, the side air bag had released and the front left wheel had completely come off (the last mentioned being the cause of the above accident). the rental company was supposed to be investigating the accident, so far i have not got any information back. *jb