2013 Mazda CX-5: sudden loss of power

Filed Sep 30, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 147,000 miles · TX

I was driving my mazda 2013 cx-5 on the highway, when it suddenly lost power and would not accelerate. I pressed the the accelerated all the way to the floor and my vehicle would not accelerate. The engine light, low tire, and traction symbols all were lid up on the dashboard. I drove the vehicle back home at 20 MPH as this is the maximum top speed the vehicle would accelerate. I will check to see if there is a recall for this safety issue that can be life threatening.

Filed Jan 1, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 66,000 miles · VA

While my wife was driving to drop our children off to go to work all of a sudden the check engine, low tire and traction control light came on. When all lights came on the engine lost power and could not go above 20 MPH.

Filed Nov 12, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 57,500 miles · MA

After a lube, oil filter service friday morning at the mazda dealership, in the evening while driving at sixty MPH on a major highway, we experienced an engine loss of power. Reduced down to twenty MPH, we safely steered to the breakdown lane and avoided a serious injury or worse. We continued home on city streets going ten MPH up hills and maybe thirty downhill. Steering and brakes were normal. I am reporting this incident because of seriousness of the possible accident and am asking for your diagnosis of the possible causes of this engine failure. Thank you for any assistance.

Filed Jun 19, 2017 · Acceleration, Engine · 45,000 miles · CA

On 2 separate occasions (5/27/2017 and 6/15/2017) while on the freeway while in stop & go traffic, my vehicle suddenly seemed to lose power, and unable to go more than 20 MPH. The tire pressure, traction control, emergency light comes on. Both times I have safely been able to make it to the shoulder. The first time, I had my car towed to auto repair shop. Their $300 diagnosis reported nothing wrong with the car. The second time, I turned my car off & on again on the shoulder. The check engine light stayed on and I and was able to drive to my destination. The check engine is now back off, but I have dropped it off at the same auto repair shop, and they are replacing an air flow sensor in hopes that this resolves the problem. This will cost us another $300. Both times I had my 18 month old in my car. I am deeply concerned.

Filed Mar 9, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 80,000 miles · TX

When driving approximately 65mph or sometimes less the tire pressure, traction control, emergency light comes on. The car seems to lose power and shut down. It happens countless time twice with my two-year-old daughter on the highway. When I take it to the mechanic they run diagnostics test and can't pick up any codes. Because its not duplicating any issue they return the car to me after they reset all the computer. But the issue is still not resolved. I would lose power to the car and my brakes are sometimes not responsive. I would coast with my emergency light on until I can stop my car. Sometime my hazards light would frequently flash at a fast speed than stop. I took it to two mazda dealership to see if they can have resolved the issue but they cannot duplicated what going on. I did some research on my own and found countless complaints about the same issue I'm having and no mechanic can figure out the issue this car is junk. This have started the first week on dec. 2016 it has been in two shop over the past 4 month. The first shop I took it to had it for a whole month and the second shop had it for two week. At one point when I was told my car was fix I came to pick it up. The car would not start at all it was not even reading my keys. The car does not have 100k miles on it. I don't do a lot of driving. This is hazardous

Filed Oct 28, 2016 · Transmission · 81,000 miles · IN

Mazda cx 5 2013, has intermittent loss of power. Most noticeable when trying to cross the highway &/or merge into traffic.(scary) took it in for mazda recall 8915k PCM, this did not fix the issue. Mazda service tech had same issue. (note I took it to a local ase certified shop where it did the same thing prior to taking to mazda--which is why I took it to the dealer). So no solution and not safe to drive.

Filed Jan 5, 2016 · Driver assistance, Engine · 52,700 miles · WV

During a long holiday trip, while driving down us 19 at 65 MPH over the new river gorge bridge the engine started revving / surging, with rpms going up and down, when the car suddenly lost power and decelerated rapidly. The traction control system (tcs) light was on solid and the tire pressure system (tps) light was flashing. We had just left a rest area and were less than a mile down the road from where we pulled onto the highway, just getting up to speed. I may have just turned on the cruise control, but I cannot remember. The weather was warm and dry. The car had about 52,700 miles on it. I put on the flashers and prayed that momentum would carry me over the bridge to where I could pull off, that the semi-tractor-trailer truck barreling down on me would get in the other lane soon, and that no one would rear end me. My mom and my husband were in the car with me. We turned off the car, walked around the outside to look at the tires, looked through the manual, and tried to decide what to do. After about 15 minutes, I started it up again, there were no indicators lit up on the dash, and the car seemed to be back to normal, so we continued our trip. Since then we have driven about 800 miles and it has not happened again. I haven't had a chance to contact the dealer yet.

Filed Nov 25, 2015 · Driver assistance, Engine · 43,250 miles · MD

Running errands on way home on the highway while on a hill suddenly incurred loss of power, check engine and driving stability warning lights came on. Pressed gas and no change in speed. Speed dropped from 45 to 20 and had to move to shoulder. Other than loss of power everything else functioning normally. Managed to return home via back roads and avoidance of hills. Speed improved somewhat once completed climbing hill but as neared home car's speed topped out at 20 MPH, total trip 4 miles or so. Once in driveway turned off car and then started again neither the check engine light nor the driving stability came on again. Car well maintained first time this has happened in 2 years of ownership. Will be taking it in for service and see if problem can be diagnosed.

Filed Sep 12, 2015 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 24,450 miles · CT

I was traveling at approximately 65 MPH on a highway in the right-hand lane when my tire pressure indicator, traction control indicator, low oil indicator, emergency check engine indicator light illuminated. The car appeared to be driving normally so I drove it to a nearby meineke shop where they ran diagnostics & reported they were getting error codes p0571 & p02507. They further advised they were not equipped to fix the problem and I had to go to a mazda dealership - the closest was 20 miles away. While on my way to the dealership, (again traveling approximately 65 MPH on a highway in the right-hand lane), every light remained illuminated. Approximately 10 minutes into the trip, my push-to-start button started flashing yellow, I lost power to the car and my brakes were not responsive. I coasted to the side of the road where I turned the car off, not knowing if it would turn back on. I allowed it to sit for about 5 minutes and attempted to turn it "on" via the push-to-start. It did turn on and allowed me to continue driving, (this time in the break-down lane at 25 MPH with my hazard lights flashing). I made it to the dealership where they noted the check-engine light was on. Diagnostics by the dealership / my invoice reveal the "cause" as "61 p0302xrx brake switch, r & r 71 w" and "1 lmin07*5 mini lp 7.5 fuse" with a part number of bn7n-66-490. The issue was repaired under warranty as the car is less than 3 years old / less than 25,000 miles. I was on vacation 8 hours from my home with this happened. I had 2 teenagers in the car during the first failure. This could have been really, really bad had I been traveling in the left lane as I believe I would have been rear ended when the car suddenly slowed down and I lost the ability to brake. The out-of-state dealership was wonderful; however I believe this make/model needs to be recalled for this issue.

Filed Jun 19, 2014 · Electrical · 3,000 miles · NY

The 1st incident was about 3 months after purchasing the car in 2012, driving up my block the car all of a sudden lost power and all the dash lights came on. I could not go faster than 5mph and drove back home. The next day car ran fine and I brought it for service where they found nothing wrong and no errors on the computer. I have had this car for almost to years and it is very unsafe. The engine constantly rev's for no reason and I have to apply the brakes to slow down. Then frequently when you want to accelerate especially entering a highway, the car just does not speed up or driving on the highway and the car suddenly slows down by itself. The car frequently feels like you cannot stop when applying brakes that if I had to stop quickly I would crash! Many times sitting at a light with foot on brake, I hear a thump and the car surges forward, luckily it has not caused me to hit another car or person. The tire pressure light came on and would not go off about a year ago, I brought it in for service where they reset it, within a month it was back on again and never shuts off unless reset. I am actually going to look for a new non mazda car this weekend and trading this car in because it is just too unsafe to drive. This really is a shame!!

Filed Nov 13, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 6,000 miles · NJ

While driving on the highway, the vehicle very suddenly decelerated (from about 55 to 40), almost as if it slipped back a couple of gears- it was a jarring and immediate loss of power, and I could hear the engine strain as if it was forced into a lower gear. The traction control system and tire pressure monitoring dashboard lights came on, and the check engine light began flashing. I lost ability to accelerate above maybe 1k or 1.5k rpms. When I slowed the car down and drove to a place I could safely pull over, the car was sputtering and trembling aggressively with each push of the gas pedal. When I finally did stop, I powered off the vehicle and checked the tires - all of which were fine. I turned the car back on and it behaved normally, all the error lights were cleared. I even drove it quite some distance to the dealer for maintenance. The service center said they have never heard of this type of incident. A quick web search, however, indicates that others have experienced this very same issue. This is a new (6 months) 2013 mazda cx-5 with around 6000 miles.

Filed Aug 6, 2013 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 32,600 miles · PA

While on a very busy road, all of a sudden the accelerator stopped working and my speed began to drop rapidly. At the same time, the traction control warning light and tire pressure warning light came on. It was as if the car had completely lost power. I was able to coast to the side of the road and turn the car completely off. I got out and checked all of the tires and they were fine. When I turned the car back on, the warning lights did not come back on and the car ran normally.