2008 Mazda CX-9 wheels problems

Filed Oct 11, 2023 · Wheels · TX

It acting like it doesn’t want to hold air. I have to air up my wheels every morning. It’s only the back wheels.

Filed Mar 11, 2021 · Steering, Suspension · MN · crash

Lost control brakes failing and steering and wheel lc about to fall off dealerships saying recall was completed but it's definitely not

Filed May 20, 2019 · Wheels · 130,000 miles · VA

Tire sensor failure has twice now caused blow out of tires while driving, luckily no injury since going at low speed in neighborhood. Also keep having issues with loosing tire pressure. Now I see this is a known problem with this vehicle make model and year

Filed Aug 12, 2017 · Wheels · 120,000 miles · CA

While driving on a city street, the spare tire which is mounted under the vehicle detached and fell onto the road. Inspection of the spare tire undercarriage mounting bracket showed no signs of damage; it's not clear how the tire became detached.

Filed Aug 29, 2016 · Wheels · 73,000 miles · CA

I had to replace both front wheel bearings by 73,000 miles. I would consider this a wheel bearing defect, as I never had to replace this on any of my cars during my 27 years of driving. Mazda cx-9 is based on ford edge and ford is known for bad wheel hub/bearings and this may be related. Shouldn't this be recalled? I'm unhappy with this car as I feel this repair is too soon and not cheap, $650-700 per wheel. If the car was over 100-150k miles, then I would understand one wheel bearing replacement, but two within 73k miles? Read some blogs that it's not unusual to replace all four wheel bearings on this car under 100k miles. Please advise, as this isn't safe for moms driving with young children like my wife, let alone others. This car should be investigated, recalled asap and repaired free of charge or refunded. Thank you.

Filed Jun 7, 2016 · Brakes, Wheels · PA

I had to replace my tires because of the ball joints and causing my wheel to come off. My breaks sounds horrible even after I had them serviced if it rains really bad I get this cranking noise I have a weird sound to my vehicle right now coming from the front of the vehicle again and not sure what's the problem. I'm afraid to drive the vehicle to fast because I have children what's going on with this vehicle

Filed Feb 15, 2016 · Suspension, Wheels · 107,300 miles · PA

When driving under 20 MPH entering into our neighborhood, heard a loud "pop" - then the front left tire suspension 'popped off' the tire, causing the car to lose control and hit the curb with the right tire. It appears that the suspension just "popped off" the joint causing the tire to become 'dislodged' from the vehicle - and sent the car into the curb - see pictures. No police report was taken as it did not involve personal injury nor another vehicle. Upon investigation on the web, it appears that the federal safety agency has an open investigation into similar problems with 2007/2008 mazda cx-9s (see action number: pe15022) - which is why I am writing to you now.

Filed Jan 26, 2016 · Steering, Wheels · 65,000 miles · NJ

I was making a left turn on a parking lot when I heard a loud crunch coming from the front of the vehicle and fully lost control of the car. When I came outside to see what happened I saw that ball joint on my front left (driver side) broke, the wheel with part of the axel fully out, and that break fluid was spoiled all over. Imagine this happening on the fighter when I was driving with two of my young kids!!

Filed Dec 9, 2015 · Steering, Suspension · 136,300 miles · MA

While taking a right hand turn in the parking lot of logan airport, and travelling about 5-10 MPH, my car made a loud noise and came to a sudden and abrupt halt. I stepped out of the car and discovered that the driver's side front tire had disconnected from the steering arm. The car was immobilized, and I was not able to move it out of the way of other traffic in the airport parking lot, causing chaos in the parking lot and causing them to temporarily shut down an entire floor of the parking lot while they struggled to tow the car out of the way. The car was subsequently towed to a mazda dealership and the tire arms and ball joints were repaired pursuant to a recall (8515g). The front tires were also unevenly worn and replaced, very likely from the ball joint / steering arm issue, and cost $481.55. Mazda would not reimburse for the tires because I could not locate receipts to prove I had rotated the tires at the appropriate intervals, specifically stating "our dealer was unable to confirm if the wearing of the tires were due to the recall item as there was no supporting documentation indicating the proper maintenance on the tires". I do not believe most people keep records of every oil change / tire rotation they have done, but the wear was very consistent with what would be expected for ball joint issues. Furthermore the car had been inspected by the state of massachusetts in the month of september, and no uneven wear was found at that time, giving further indication that the uneven wear was linked to the ball joint / tire rod issue. Fortunately this did not occur one day earlier while towing a boat on the highway with my disabled son, this could have easily been a multi fatality accident. I have literally had nightmares over this possibility. This is an extremely dangerous situation.

Filed Sep 23, 2015 · Steering, Suspension · 118,000 miles · MN

Was driving on neighborhood road, heading toward a state highway when all of the sudden a large boom occurred and I lost total control of the car and went up the curb and onto the sidewalk. I thought I'd blown a tire but got out and saw the entire wheel was disconnected - the suspension ruined. Would be happy to share pictures mechanic says ball joint, cv joint came completely off as well as brake fluid all over. I read online about similar issues and that the federal safety agency has an open investigation under the federal safety agency action number: pe15022. Consider this another case! I'm thankful there were no people that I swerved into when losing control! This is clearly a safety hazard- ay least in states where salt is used on roads, like here in mn I expect mazda to take responsibility and pay for these repairs please contact me with additional info or next steps. Thank you! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).