2008 Mazda 5 Service and Repair Manual

FIRST INCIDENT, POWER STEERING WAS LOST WHILE MAKING A U-TURN. WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REGAINED POWER AFTER HALF AN HOUR. SECOND INCIDENT, ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A SWERVING CAR, BUT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. ENDED UP SPINNING OUT AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR AND THE CENTER MEDIAN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MAZDA5. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THERE WAS DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS DURING THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,143.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 MAZDA 5. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER HEARD A BANG SOUND NEAR THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A PRIVATE TOW COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE

I WAS PULLING INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT WHICH HAPPENED TO BE A STEEP SLOPE. I STOPPED MID WAY UP THE HILL TO SEE WHERE I NEEDED TO CHECK IN AND PARK. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE, I STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, MY CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT IT WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO PUSH IT DOWN. IT WAS STUCK. THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS MY BRAKE LIGHT. AS I REACHED FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE MY CAR STOPPED BECAUSE I RAN INTO A LIGHT POST AND A TREE DAMAGING MY CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR INTO PARK AN

FLOOR MAT FLIPS UP OVER CLUTCH AND BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTAL BRAKE APPLICATION WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. EYELET SECURING MAT TO FLOOR SEPARATES FROM MAT AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF USAGE. ALLOWS FLOOR MAT TO SHIFT FORWARD AND THE FRONT EDGE OF THE MAT CATCHES THE CLUTCH PEDAL. WHEN THE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, THE MAT CATCHES THE PEDAL AND FLIPS UP OVER THE BRAKE AND CLUTCH PEDAL. PRESSING THE CLUTCH AGAIN WILL ALSO ENGAGE BRAKE. WHEN OPERATING VEHICLE ON FEB 25, 2010, TWO TIMES THE BRAKES APPLIED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS DUE TO THE MAT INTERFERENCE. THE SECOND TIME THE VEH

Mazda 5 power steering system fails intermittently. The power steering light comes on and steering becomes extremely difficult to steer. Occasionally, the check engine comes on as well and the engine stalls making the situation Also vibration in the steering wheel, and when I mean, the steering logs all the way up it locks all the way up, likes flicker and go out, but then it goes away after a few moments

Mazda 5 power steering system fails intermittently. The power steering light comes on and steering becomes extremely difficult to steer. Occasionally, the check engine comes on as well and the engine stalls making the situation even more dangerous. The Mazda 5 is available for inspection upon request. My daughters life was put at risk when the steering fails intermittently potentially causing damage to the car, other vehicles, and injury or death of pedestrians. The car has not been repaired or inspected at this point. There is no warning before the power steering fails. The power steering

We bought 4 of these tires 1/23/2018. The first failed within 3 months (passenger rear). The tire distributor no longer carried them, so we fit the next best ... a different Primewell. Now, the driver side front tire has developed a bulge where the tread and sidewall meet - similar to the first failure. We cannot drive it and - still - the distributor no longer carries THAT tire. We have - as of 9/1/2021 driven the car a TOTAL of less than 14,000 miles since the purchase. The 50K warranty was ignored in the first failure; and we have been told that it is irrelevant in this second one. The size